Outdoors

- SCRAM eaten
alive last year

Spending money to fight mos-
quitoes is a waste unless a program
is started soon enough, the presi-

@- dent of Saanichton Concerned
Residents Against Mosquitoes told
council Feb. 5.

Larry DeCosta presented a
seven-name petition to council
Feb. 5 suggesting a mosquito con-

: trol program be started by mid-
March or April.

DeCosta said last year was a bad
year for mosquitoes.

“One of the reasons we [ccl
resulted in this was the late start
(mid-May) to undertake this prob-
lem,” he said. “We are welll into
spring by this time and are alrcady
eaten alive before you tackle the
problem.”

Council earlier discussed a
request from D.G. Regan and
Associates environmental services
a proposal for a 1990 mosquito
control program.

But some aldermen said they
aren’t happy with the result of last
year’s program.

Ald. Jack Mar said, “I think
@ they did a terrible job with the

Vectobac program.”

Mar said the Tsawout band, who
contributed $8,000 to the $20,000
program, weren’t happy with the
results either. The CRD contri-
buted $1,500 to the program.

Ald. Arlene Box said, “I’m not

: sure we got value for our moncy.”
& Council decided to ask Regan
and Associates to send a represcn-
tative to a later finance commiltcc
= meeting and provide results of last
@ year’s program for council perusal
one week prior to the committee
. meeting.

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by Glenn Werkman
The Review

Every year farmers in Central
Saanich leave crops to rot in the
fields because there is no market
for them, farmers Ralph and David
Michell told council Feb. 5.

Michell Farms said about 25 per
cent of produce that is harvested
has to be shipped to areas as far
away as Calgary and Seattle
because of lack of local sales.

“T_ocal wholesale and retail out-
lets in the Victoria area are becom-
ing more and more unwilling to
sell local products because a num-
ber of their own reasons,” the
Michell’s letter said. “Cash return
for vegetables seldom covers the
cost of production.”

The farmers said that people
who say the ALR is needed for
future food production are unaw-
are of the facts.

“We would like individuals and
organizations to stop using the
excuse that the land now in the
ALR in this municipality is

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Ald. Arlene Box said: “I share
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Ald. Wayne Hunter suggested
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Farmer Bud Michell told coun-
cil he frequents four major grocery
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Other members of the public
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Clarence Bolt suggested local
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Mayor Ron Cullis said: “An
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