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Wednesday, February 2, 1972

Page 4_

The Navy And Alderman Robinson

In his remarks at last week’s. meeting of Sidney
Council — criticizing the way in which the Canadian
~. Navy plans its role in search and rescue operations. _
-- Alderman Fred Robinson has. displayed a surprising
- lack of understanding of the situation. —
The dedication of the Canadian Forces personnel who
untertake search and rescue missions — often in. ex-
tremely dangerous © circumstances — is not open to
question.
_ With the men and equipment available, there is no
doubt that this important rescue organization is doing
the best possibile job.

Canadian Forces Rescue Coordination organization
were directly involved in the saving of 114 lives. During
the same period, forces of the entire Pacific Region
search area (which includes the Yukon) took part in 1120
Marine incidents — and this in addition to mercy
_. Inissions, missing persons. searches and aircraft in-
 cidents.
-. What Mr. Robinson apparently fails to realize is that
-. any criticism (whether. valid or not) of the role played
by our armed forces in the marine search and rescue
field should: properiy be directed at Ottawa, where -
. decisions: on the extent: and function of facilities are
-made... :

a : they are used, that is at issue and that fact Alderman
- Robinson 1 is. intelligent enough to know. es

me Liquor And The Law |

: : "Legislation ‘recently “presented - in ‘the. Provincial

a licences mandatory in drunken driving cases, is another
step in the Government's war on. traffic accidents which
he: :

The ‘new ‘la —removing c

while drunk, when they know that the means of: their
livelihood: ‘may ‘well be on the line...

In addition, it will remove ‘completely.

driver who does take the chance and gets caught,

'Minitorial

was Premier Bennett's final laying to rest of the various

st. ANDREWS’ | ee
LADIES MEET |

Group from St. Andrews
Presbyterian Church, Victoria,
will meet at the home of Mrs.

‘Monday, Feb. 7 ats2 p.m, Plans
will be inade for the Rummage

i

Kirk Hall,

During the past year the Victoria facilities of the

Itis this extent of facilities, and not the way in which OS

Legislature, making the complete suspension of driver’s |

" possibility—should yo.
result in even fewer drivers taking a chance on driving |:

roadways, albeit for only a limited period of time e, the er

ms “Among the most welcome news in the past: few weeks

| schemes for a bridge network through the Gulf Islands.

- Osborn, 2200 Dolphin Road on].

‘Sale at the endo of cee in the

Sidney Plans To Increase Sewer Rental

a = .. For goodness’ sake, Thornton ... it’s only another $1.50 a month 2 is

ABSENTEEISM
NO PROBLEM
IN SAANICH SCHOOLS

Many -citizens were ‘surprised.
to learn recently of the rather

high daily rate of absenteeism
experienced by the high schools -
of this province. However, ex-
cessive. student absenteeism. is
not a problem in the secondary

schools of Saanich-: School
District.

‘A recent survey indicated that
the normal. daily absentee rate
for the junior. secondary schools
in Saanich was a modest six to
seven per cent while the senior.
secondary records a twelve per
cent absentee rate. Interestingly,
many large industrial and
commercial organizations ex-
perience higher rates of em-
ployee absenteeism.

Since
1912:

FUNERAL CHAPEL
_OF ROSES

hk. G. (Greg) Lonsdale.
RESIDENT MANAGER.
9838 - 4th. ST.
"SIDNEY, B.C.
856-2932.
Colwood, B.C. ~ 478-3821

Victoria, B.C. — 283-7511. =
Nanaimo, B.C. —- 753-2032 °°

Editor, The Review, Sir:
The letter by Mr. D.R. ‘cook i in

: last week’s Review implied that:
| this

"Association does”

- resigied.

Yours lye
. J. Lennard,
s - Secretary, ee
“North West Mount”
Property Owners’
7 _ Associ ation. .

cana The Review, Sir:

that inthis, they were con~

our ecology.
TE would like to “bring to the,

| attention. of ’ all concerned,

that the christmas trees sold by

i "| the boys of the 1st 'Taartlip Group
‘The Sidney and District Ladies

in Sidney, were purchased from a
commercial. Christmas. tree
Yours truly
> Kenneth L. Carter |

v4 » Group Committee
‘Sidney. So tes Sat

Editor, The Review, Sint

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The report in last’ week's

~ Review. regarding» the Sidney
J couret discussion over. sewer.
service charges prompts mo to
‘write this article,.On reading the
report, T realize that the citizens,

of Sidney are entitled to much
“more information than {8 therein
contained, Tani not criticiing the
_ press, for they reported only

| what they heard; but after

reading the article 1 am con:

vineed of two things: 1). lhat this:

“matter: should have, been

2 discussed at a closed meeting,

“INSURANCE
HOME: OWNERS |
AUTO

CASUALTY»

MORT
656-3951,

SIDNEY
New, 086-2727
Rew, 668-1880.

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tended: by well over. a hundred.
ae members who elected by.

‘© Lrefer to the column written by.
Mr. John Squance,. in which he -
| expressed concern that the Scout
movement ' were gelling Christ-
‘mas trees. His feelings. being, .

tributing to the deterioration of

~~ Chairman, lat Tsarilip | jek

L Letters '

and. 2), ‘that the. reason for the.
increases..was not © adequately
explained.

lam fully a aware. that councils.
are. “annually: criticized by the

~”Epress i in one municipality or the.
{other for conducting | ‘too much:

‘thrashed out in private: and the

. Dublic.

= Now: that the. trunk line and

treatment plant are under’ con- |.
~|-struetion Council has the unen-.
| viable task of determining the:

method by ‘which. the required
suns: shall be raised for the

‘annual cost of ammortization of

| the loan and for ‘annual main-

tenance. charges. ’ Council®: has

‘tentatively: agreed that: the most

equitable. method . for. ° the
majority of Sidney | taxpayers is.

‘by a two-mill ‘levy on. general

taxes, and by an increase in the |

‘sewer service charges. A revised.
seale of service charges must

now be established, even: if it
takes 10 times 46 minutes. :
“> Stanley A. Dear, ..

“Mayor.

Editor, The Review, Sir: :
The. Supreme Court Action
initiated by the Bains Develop-
ment Co., against tthe District of
North Saanich has been with
drawn, However, ! feel that the.
ratepayers of North Saanich
“should be made aware of events
that: Jed -up:to this: withdrawal,
Mayor Davis's claim that he
felt -he waa ticting In the best

Interest of the Municipality when

he. withheld. from. Council the
legal opinion of ita solicitor dated

January Sth, 1072 concerning the

‘stop work order on. the Bain’

“COUNCIL not the Mayor,

“things about the whole matter:

property. way. and. still ie. not
Acceptable. This correspondence
incidently, waa directed

Amongst other extraordinary

was the shocking disclosure that
Alderman. Grieve had ae-

; “Ow Tan,

companied. the: Mayor at. a
moeting with our solicitor on Jan.
tth and he alone of all. the
Aldermen had knowledge of the

contents of the letter, This makes

the suppression all the. more
serious when one considers that
he could have alerted. hia
colleagues about the . letters

HU oxistente, |

As precious time passed nome
Aldermen: exprestod unasasiness

¥ about the lack of legal opinion
A and atarted to probe the situation,

GAGES |

y he had expressed his legal

On January 14th there was an
Indiontian from our collettor dhs

opinion regarding the en-
forcement af the stop work order.
iMh the Mayor was
questioned. about this, in Com-

' waltlee of the Whole. He stated
_ that no opinion existed, When

‘been withdrawn
probably. destroyed:

TO]

: pressed. he admitted the letter’
had been written; but that it had

fang: _ was

2 twas Jan. 2ist nefore 1 mem-

‘bers of Council could | achieve.
a another. full Council meeting with |”
is | ‘the solicitor present, Even then
_Clear that there are times when it-|'five members of Cou ad.to’
is far” better: for = ‘everyone Gor
Ver ed that: ‘certain. ‘matters.
“one “of. ‘whom has.
woe results | then “Pregented to" the
The: letter to which he bjects |
_| was endorsed by this executive at
their last meeting. .

over-rule, “Mayor | ‘Davis’ ‘and j b
“Alderman © Grieves» who. at- | -titu
tempted ‘to prevent’ the legal S
“opinion. ~. which had. not | been

withdrawn’. from — _ being :
presented to Council.
It becomes an extremely grave
matter when correspondence’
directed specifically to Council is
intercepted and. suppressed by
the Mayor. There is no excuse to
hide behind the: Municipal Act in

‘this regard for nowhere does it

state: that. the Mayor had the
power. ta- keep | correspondence

from Council. which is related to
‘the interest’ of: the. property
‘owners.

Ii. was five menibers : of Council

-who eventually served the best’ |

interest of the Municipality. By
insisting that twenty-four hours:
notice be given ° ‘for a. Special |

“Meeting with. the solicitor

present, there would . be
assurance that any resolutions
made at that time would have to
be accepted for consideration:

Apart. from the legality of the
situation it became more and
more apparent that the mounting
legal and. potential court costs
(which obviously were. not

‘provided for. in the Provisional.

Budget) were really going to hurt.
the ratepayers, Itis of interest to

‘note that when Alderman Grieve

was questioned about legal costs,
he was not at. all concerned. In
fact he felt that Council should
proceed with’ a. defence of. the
court action no matter what the
“Chat: ‘and regardless of the < out
Comes.

The situation became still more
aggravated when atthe Special
“Meeting on Jan, 26th ‘it was
learned that Mayor Davis had
‘personally ‘communicated with
Mr, Balas without the knowledge
of our solicitor and without the
knowledge or authority of
Council,

The Jan, 26th action to rescind
the stop work order was based on
our solicltor’s advice. Alderman
Grieve jramediately walked out
of Council without any. ex-
planation, This left six around the
Council table who unanimously
approved and adopted the
agreement to settle our. dif-
fovencea wlth the rogletered
owners of the property. This
decision was based. on our
solicitor's successful out “of-court
legal negotiations,

This whole issue could and
should have been resolyed in the

much more favourable at-
thosphere.
It in possible that many

firat. week of January. ~ ina)

unless twenty-four hours notice i is”
given, an emergency meeting of...
the.
“consent | of cits ].,
“members in order’ to. “approve ae
“resolutions. In. -this..we were —

the». Council |
“unanimous -

_ Tequires

blocked by ‘Alderman. Grieve...
‘There i is: good cause to; wonder
ust what cis: the” real” “motive

ind 5 obstructionist at;

oI would: like to feel that we.

‘could now put this” ‘unhappy exe
perience behind us and all

work |*
together as a team for the good of - ~
the whole Municipality. The well-.

members of; ‘ ‘Council

being. of, our ratepayers hes ‘in’
a democratic Council. We are
‘still a democracy I hope - not a
dictatorship. a

-My sincere thanks to you Mr.
Editor for the use of the columns

- Nell Horth
~Mberman, an
North: Saanich,

- Review Columnist.
John Squance —
1S on holiday

FILM IN REVIEW

| PSYCHIC PHENOMENA
AT THE GEM!

“SEE - FOREVER: Barbra
Streisand’s probably the sort of

this reviewer admits. finding her
poisonous -~ until “Clear Day"!

movie-musical, she uses her

‘roles of English Lady (yes, with a
Capital 4!) In the 1700's, and a

psychic powers, —

alas — but gracefully!) Yves
Montand is pleasing as a
psychiatrist under the Streisand
spell, and though on the joni side,

gentle wit,

The music is melodie and the
lyrics come from the brilliantly

Lady) Lerner, And: though
we've been bombarded with the

‘two main hits — the title song,

and "‘Come

(breathtakingly
neyntinet fn hetienmt or ove wou of
“New York) - for several years
they still fall brightly on the ear,

“Back to Me"

abe Ceail bealon'a stunning
costumes. Musical

Vincente Minelli directa with

ratepayers do not realize that

much imagination and love,

of your newspaper in order that: '

_THE PARISH. OF.
NORTH SAANICH ©
ANGLICAN CHURCH
: OF CANADA
fs Rev. Robert Sainsom
% Ph. 656-4870. a

Sunday. February. 6th :
LY TRINITY CHURCH

_ United Church
oe OF Canada. oe
"SIDNEY and NORTH |
- SAANICH ax
Rev. R “Hori: Pratt © ee
- Church’ ‘Office - “656- 3213 =
Manse’ - 656-1930

DEEP. COVE:

the aforementioned facts may. be |

‘placed before the People o of North Pe
-| Saanich. -

ON A CLEAR DAY You CANE

star you either love or loathe, and»

“Annual general, meeting of

St, Mary's Church will be held
at 2.30 p.m. in the Church Hall |:

on Feb. ¢, All. members are
requested to attend.”

omeaty.” performances rather ff
in this refreshingly unusual
‘undeniably large talent to the:
hilt, and. shows: unexpected in- &
sight and sensitivity in the dual |
rather dumb student gifted with. !

French charmer (ageing now,

the script has many touches of -

‘ ASSEMBLY OF GOD
M02 EK. Saanich Road
Pastor C.D. Lynn

650-2545 .
. Sunday Services.

Morning Worship
we p.m, Evanagelintic Service Qi: 4C, Vone, ‘Pastor,
Tuesday PH. 682-1607
bw p m,” Bible Study and Prayer Sa | Sunday school 10:00a.m,
Thursday f° | Morning Worahip ~~ Ns00arm.
# 8:00 p.m, Youth Service. Evening Woruhip © m= 7:00 pan.
i P g | Prayer & Praise Thuveday 8:00pm,
We Friday :45p.m.- Crusaders RB | Young People, Friday 7:0p.m,
ag om no A. Friendly Family Church,
Welcome,

mPENTECOSTAL

“2. Sunday School”

Sunday, Feb.6
Y, Wa.m.-9; 1a m

~CKAVN. 1410 KC.
GEMS, 98.5, MGS.
8:45 to 9:00 AM

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BRENTWOOD BAY .

literate pen of Alan Jay (My Fair.

photographed ‘ 656-1230 or.

BETHEL BAPTIST

CHURCH
NWOWam, Family Service
and Children's activities
7p, Pvangellotic service
Afriendly welcome awaits all.
Information.
856-4537

nn RIDN IY TI acm
. 580 Vitus Breet,

10.0 Aan:

The toed Supper Meum.

Prieting dur yivg Tau pan.
Sunday, February & Dr, Ry Coo! hing

Wostnonday, & pam?
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Sunday Sr! ar
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Peace Lutheran Church

2h ai AEYUAVER, 7
Morning Service 9° 9.009.471;
Sunday School
Thuraday - Bible Class 6 p.m,
Hev. ALK. Olke AZ8-4.4664

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652-2713 fo.

ST: JOHN'S | oe
<- Patricia Bay » : Servieso! Worship. 9:30am!
pian, Hi “ST.PAUL’S:. _ SIDNEY}

: - nie “Service of Worshiy 1:00
followed | by: refreshments, in. 4 Church School. P men.
the Rall - g
‘| f°) CENTRAL SAANICH
‘ST ANDREW SuURCH ||) unrTeD. CHURCHES - as
reet, Sidney dq ‘Rev. Geoffrey G. Smith == |
8. 00a m.- Holy, Communion ‘ Caurch Office.
11.154, m. Choral Communion ‘|. | Manse “652-2748 |.
_ Sunday School & Nursery’ ! _
Installation of the new Vestry ‘SHADY cx, we East
at ine Eady - Family Service and ‘Sunday
9.00a.m. Holy Communion | [School 2 Sham,
.  SEVENTH-DAY
~ PARISH OF. : “ADVENTIST CHURCH ©
a ee Rest Haven Drive, Sidney
SOUTH SAANICH "SABBATH SERVICES
“Rev. IvanH. Futter | | 9.30a ‘me Bible Study
852-2812 eae 41,00 a.m... ee Worship
nS oS 3.30p.m.. Youth MV Service
February 6th MID WEEK SERVICE
ST. MARY'S ot 7.30 p.m., Wed. “Prayer
9.00a.m. F amily Service ALL ARE WELCOME —
10,.00a.m. | Mattins‘| | pastor B. L. Gilleroth
ST, STEPHEN'S. : ~' Phone 656-2756 :
11.15a.m, Holy Communion | 4 ; ut
7.a0pm. Compline with | [rie TRUTH THATHEALS
Meditation

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