a oe ee ha ener ee Reet ae 7 = re * . ee Shyam tos = Z a aa s Pi ee == 9 cee Se PRINTING AND HOME OF REVIEW PUBLISHING LTD. ESTABLISHED 1912 Serving the Municipalities of Central Saanich. North Saanich, the Town of Sidney, and the Gulf islands 656-1151 Phone FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR, No. 17 22 PAGES SIDNEY, Vancouver Island, B.C. Wednesday, April 29, 1970 Subscriptions, in advance, year $4.00; Copy 10c THIS ARTICLE $ NO HUI Offered to the Public under Some Hich Sounding Name, But it is simply no more nor less than ITS NAME INDICATES, A remedy, a simple one, perhaps for 50 ‘SORE THROAT, BRON CHITIS, Or other affections of the Throat or Lungs. BUC, soLD WILLIAM ZRLNER, Goverxuent St., BETWEEN Yates AND JOHNSON, Vieron., ; BY ; of Manufactured at No--70. Merchant atreet, San Francisco, by 4 WILE AM NEWELL, STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER advertising of the 1860s is contained in 110-year-old directory of: the district, the first to be published, which belongs. _toD. K. Archibald, Curteis Point. See Story peel) Saanich’ School Board: passed its: 1970 budget. Monday. evening:. Provincial: Treasury Board two years ago. The total mill rate now: stands at 32, an increase’ ‘of 2,25... ‘Government, grants, for the _ Saanich “District” $1,440,953 eying al, 381.3 raised locally: Ns " Principal ‘Joe Lott gave” “an amusing and. interesting account ‘of his visit to a senior secondary. school of 1,300 students in Cali- fornia during his trip with the Claremont. Choir. Ne: described their system. of flexible modular scheduling of classes with per- sonal reservations. as to the successful control of students by a teacher. staff. of . 90... The amenities, he said, were fantas- tically luxuries but insome cases 1 ern. Trustees Charles: MacNeill and ~ Zachary « ‘Hamilton’ stated. with - pride. that’in spite of rising costs in every. department and. ‘ex- cessive: perspiration’. been able to hold the new budget, below, the allowable 110. percent a of the 1969 budget in: accordance “with a ‘directive. applied | by. the these arise from. a tax x base of z as” “much as 75> mills: in highly, af. , fluent. districts. : they. had. received from: Mayor’ J. Cum- ~rning. of: North Saanich and with. » the: reception accorded their: ‘stand. abe 32 to be Sone ovat all times. “was. thanking her for excellent service - Mrs. my! ‘eee eevee, eer The Board expr ressed pleasure in. a letter ‘of: commendation budget. committee. and: ‘will stand ready.to cooperate with that body: “The. resignation, “of Mrs. M. Kratmann of Cordova Bay School - accepted with) regret, to the di strict, Thanks for excellent service were tendered by the board to: M, Campbell. secretary of the North . Saanich. Secondary School who is retiring from the. fulltime position to: part time status, “were doing, using gasoline and. a t TREE PLANTING | od Three boys were sent-to Rest Haven Hospital on Monday after- noon suffering with burns caused by a gasoline explosion in their tree fort. _ Norman Heyer, 11-year-old son of. Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Heyer: 10139 Resthaven is the only one sufficiently recovered to be: at home, Eric Griffiths, age 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. 0. Griffiths, 2351 ~Malaview and ‘Andrew Beck, age ‘11,-son of ‘Mrs.. Barbara Beck, 9820 Third St. are. in “‘satisfactory condition” but still hospitalized. . ‘A. neighbour” Roy. Budeshein, 2363 Malaview,. rushed. to «the: rescue when his wife’ heard. the boys ‘screaming. ‘‘We were sit- ting in our kitchen and at first thought they might be. playing a | game,” said Mrs. Budeshein. - Attracted by smoke. from the Griffith’s garden, Mr. Budeshein - rushed | over, with a. ‘garden hose. and’ found’ the small tree. fort inside: .Meanwhile, two. . ambulances answered, the alarm | “ and took the three burn victims to O. : ablaze’ Tented car ndle.. “GARDEN. GROUP OFFERS” SIDNEY ‘Sidney 4 and North : Saanich Gar den Club want | to. plant: trees’ on. Fourth” Street in Sidney but Council would” prefer. enhaneing ae “finished road. H : On receipt: ofa ‘letter from Club, president, dack Rogers, Mayor Stan Dear”: “said he hoped that the Club, ~ would: consider the paved : and sewered. section of © -Resthaven Drive for, tree planting, Otherwise, he pointed out, the members efforts: would be) wasted when Fourth Street is widened and improved, | which. have now. been, indicated, a said Mr, ‘Horel. neo BY BERT GREEN Stringent new regulations applying to the installation and maintenance of septic tanks have been issued to Central Saanich council ‘Metropolitan Board of Health. by: Greater Victoria New standards are required which will drastically increase the cost of an approved sewage disposal system where the ground adequate percolation. “To meet the new standards, property owners on lots failing to pass the tests are looking ata cost around $3,000 for a household sanitary system,”’ said Inspector of Services Jim Horel. bet By inference it*may be con- will be enforced by the sanitary -authority. if the: second. presen- tation _of the Central © Saanich © Sewerage scheme is rejected by ~ ‘the electorate in the coming. re- 7 -ferendum. Failure of the. ‘referendum would automatically» allow. the” health authority to serve notice to. : confine “sewage effluent to their : “own “properties: °° 2 ..: ‘In order: to comply with such a we directive: ‘probably 99 per. cent ‘of. residents ‘whose septic tanks: are. malfunctioning © would: have “ABSORPTION SYSTEM crawl space of the: adjacent i building,’ Sd - Soil for. “construction ofthe’ : above-ground system must not be straight. sand. or coarse. gravel, “because of too rapid filtration, | Neither: must. it be clay or. peat. soil, as peat absorbs and retains should © pere-rate of: ‘Approximately 10 to 15 minutes, liquids, have a Approved medium soil according to the instructions, “Formerly, two feet of fill over a 30ft. by 90-ft, disposal area was considered adequate in’ Central Saanich, but now the requirement is, for five to eight. cluded that.the new regulations © does not provide natural feet of approved soil on an area 38-ft.. by, 100-ft.” said Mr. Horel. WHOLE AREA The new regulations’ are ap-- plicable to the whole area con- trolled by the Metropolitan Board of. Health, .over.. which Senior Health Officer Dr. J..L. M.. Whit- | bread has the sole perogative of. sanctioning or refusing sanitary: installations. In. the - past, the. “ several 7 sanitary inspectors working. in various. areas have not had _written specifications for general” application, said L.E.: Benham; director of. homeowners: requiring them to. services ‘to the Board. ; Regulations. governing sewage a “disposal under. the Health Act™|~ have i now been standardized, and. |. ore persons requesting a permit ils environmental “With: regard. ~ CONTINUED oN PAGE 2. “Sidney To Get ‘Smaller, Faster . Fire Engine — - Sidney firemen want a smaller, Hugh: faster fire truck, “Ald. Hollingworth - told Couneit on Monday: -: Specifications for a 600- sallon: tank’ fire truck costing ‘at least’ $30,000. were. approved bya department committee which included Fire Chief Hugh Loney I*; Muselow and Ted. Clarke. Ald, Wilkie Gardner questioned | the choice. of -a. vehicle. with smaller tires than the present fire engine but was assured by Ald; Hollingworth that this will be most efficient, : Council approved the fire truck =. purchase. orm’ ‘of: r aplcton said ‘Mr. _ oe Benham, oo ‘to. existing } ae oe pollution, Mr: Horel said that the” ~The ‘answer.’ to. inadequate” ah percolation. conditions is an. ‘above ground absorption system, 4 with either a bell siphon’ or pump '|~ to deliver effluent to the tile lines.: “There must bea separate pump |. |. well or siphon box:to receive the’ septic: tank overflow, and when’ | | using an effluent pump it must be: |: Jocated in: a housing over Members of Parliament. David: Anderson and David Groos has - jbeedis talon’ did dopa dle tiisen WHiil >. "the D of T, but progress in Lhis direction does not mean that SPARA is woutallled to thiv parhcuiar wile, . He faid that. the land vp agit dapat weatern end of: rae | abe acquisition committee ia looking at. several other. locations before making positive recommendations, the aim. being: ’ to. secure'a' property of best ad- vantage «to main. population -centreson the Peninsula, 0. SPARA‘s plan fora completely — equipped recreation complex is centred on san. Wh by 185 foot skating: area and a’ four-sheet Curling Fink as a first stage. With these facilities established and operating oon oa reasonable financial basis, an adjoining viv LOR puol nid he logical extension to the project, The, committes. also has Paying Helds for soceer, bageball ohd oiler Tedd sports ia dyad, us well as. tennis courts and 4 bowling green. © 7 mith the whole ‘eomtnunity: behind the initial project, Tam quite sure we can succeed,” aaid SPARA Chairman, Don Ruffle. dhe committer ys looking ata cost oof between 8200.00 and {iy “possible: the $900,000 10 est nblish the skating ~ and curling rinks. Sidney Rotary Club has earmarked $10,000, and provided $500, for. promotional expenses, Sidney Kinsmen and. Central Sdanich Lionas’ Club have ondicatod practical support. and the response: from ‘other com: munity organizations - has heen encouraging. Indications: that financial aid : Will be forthcoming from other. directions are given by a private donation of $500 and ‘offers of “material assista nee from geveral Oliver: Salvador, who detailed tentative “cantractors,. sald: plang for the lee surfaces, For economy (of canstruct ion the. pkating ‘and’ curling rinks would be integrated in the one - i sagen ge Ak al le oy ao of Bagi ot von et ; sa resign DE ME ET EEE i Above 18 an arust’s conception of the facade of the pr posed SPARA skating, and ‘curling. rink building. prehensive recrentional facility for Saanich Peninsula visualizes an ae ae This first phase of a vom. “shell witha common wal for _ separation, | Plans, under. CONTI NUED ON PAGE 2 a i “Yi a “" vote vite Bi My my ae) Heke. ; ice arena 85 feet by 185 feet and a four-sheet curling rink, with foyer, ticket office, multi: “Purpose rooms. changing reome and lnekors, A swimming pool nearby is seen as a natural extension of the project. consideration show. spectator accommodation, curling lounge and viewing area, we me a, | "BY ROSEMARY OWEN. arly, in ‘a meeting. of. the Saanich | School Board on Mon- day,. Trustee | Gordon Ewan. picked up his agenda and stalked: out leaving © five. astonished “trustees to carry. on. the business "Session, ” ee ‘The ™ ‘friction. developed when - Trustee. Ewan. of» ‘Central Saa- : a sub: ‘the. “nich ‘sought : to. have ‘section ‘deleted "from ‘procedural by-law governing. : ‘committees, “He described’ the offending. clause as. ‘irrelvant, redundant: and an insult to my. integrity’. The ‘Trustee then moved for removal. of. the subsection but - failed’ to. raise a seconder;: He then declared himsell unable to proceed with committee. work under the terms of the by law or ‘to contribute anything further to this meeting’. The subsection with which. he ‘took iggue reads: “No member of -any committee shall conduct any. committee. or board. business unless specifically 80 directed by. the board”. ue ue BOLD RE PORT _ AL a ‘previous meeling trustee Ewan had read a jongthy report concerning the procedural by-law In. which he ‘took exception to much of. the. phrasing and structure of. the document, The Huide Ines had been get up. in committee by Chairman Rubymay Parrott, with. ‘Trustees a MacNeill. “using” as. precedent. ‘similar. rules laid down by other’ “districts: designed ta: ‘streamline: : committee, werk © ‘by. Trustee, “ descussion ‘on the part. of: board ; aan ol each commitice. Saanich School Board on January the passage of business.,”. "These were: passed , following. “the voluntary: abdiction. from. all: Ewan on. ‘Monday, night.» : ‘Interviewed’ from her ‘hospital ‘bed, Chairman ‘Parrott’ stated’. ‘that the rules: were not intended me to be restrictive of preliminary oe -members: but action is- the perogative of the | ‘boord as | whale, 7 in the. matter of signing saperl ‘authority this. rests: with the | - board chairman and the chair- | ous phe “UNOPPOSED - se Trustee Ewan entered. the é j this year by acclamation, He is Continued | on 1 Page 2 ; rere arr | | BACKWARD ABOUT} [comING FORWARD: ‘Step forward art, don't “be phyt o> a Kntr ten for “the ‘Bldney “Day Miss Mermald content | close on May 0, and only). J tour asplranta dor) the “ “beauty queen tite have. f- sent in thelr names, 000 Be Again this year Mrs. f" Anna Allen of) rental f Ledge ts in charge of the @ Misa Merinald competle § tion, and she in anxious te Boo have at lewst a oven ete — trles, > nf AUB. giris of Saanteh § Peninsula are cligible and: f application juruas Wen. i, available oat Sidney Pharmacy, Cunningham's. Dewt Stare or Local But ochera In Sldney, and at the 7 Royal Dank, Brentwood: | Pharmacy! and: Saanich § Peninsula Credit Union at. | Firentwool Bay.