AEP h wile PE TET ONT © ICC CO IT liee WO EAS al ee f News Injured woman says shoppers scared of sidney A woman writing Sidney coun- cil from her hospital bed after being hit by a car as she was crossing Beacon Avenue has asked for a pedestrian-only area in the town. Joan Barrett writes she has been in the Royal Jubilee Hospital since Oct. 31, when she and a friend were struck down by a car while crossing Beacon at a pedestrian walkway near Safeway. She said her husband was also struck by a car four years ago as he tried to cross Beacon. “T have been interested in chat- ting to other patients and staff members to find a universal dis- may about walking and driving on Beacon Avenue to the point that people will no longer shop in Sidney, and thus the Town loses trade,” she wrote. She asked council to make the town safer with perhaps a pedes- trian precinct, which would be an area where traffic is prohibited. “I just don’t want anyone else young or old, to have their way of life changed forever in one dread- ful accident. Let us be SAFE SIDNEY,” she wrote. Aldermen expressed sympathy with Barrett’s situation, and voted to endorse an administration rec- ommendation to refer the matter to the engineering department and the RCMP for suggestions ‘to increase pedestrian safety. It was also referred to the advi- sory planning commission to con- sider during the Official Com- munity Plan review and to the downtown revitalization commit- tee. * KX Council approved an APC rec- ommendation to rezone part of the land containing Mary’s Coffee Bar from C Commercial to A Residen- tial. The rezoning would not affect the restaurant, but would create two residential lots on the south side of the property. APC liaison Ald. Don Amos said the rezoning conforms to the . Official Community Plan, and commission members felt it would minimize commercial growth in the area. Sidney’s heritage advisory com- mittee discussed the issue at its Nov. 27 meeting. According to the minutes, Ald. John Calder, council’s committee representative, noted the coffee shop would not be demolished, “but the effect of this development may remain a concem.” The heritage significance of the restaurant was discussed as was the need for such matters to be referred to the committee for input. Head denis police car hood A Ganges man who protested his arrest by putting dents in a police car hood with his head is now successfully battling an alcohol problem, Judge Wayne Smith heard in Sidney provincial court Thursday. Victoria resident Stephen Headrick, 32, pleaded guilty to mischief and assault. Both charges were laid following incidents on Saltspring Island last summer. Crown counsel Stephen Fudge said Ganges RCMP were called to a home about 3:40 a.m. June 30. They found an intoxicated Headrick was breaking items in the owner’s home. After Headrick was arrested and his arms restrained, he deliberately hit the hood of the police car twice with his head, causing $276 damage. On Aug. 30 at 12:30 a.m., police found Headrick in a Ganges parking lot after an apparently intoxicated Headrick had called the local hospital, begging for help and threatening to commit suicide, Fudge said. Police took Headrick to hospital but then decided to remove Headrick to a cell to sober up after the man began abusing hospital staff. While being removed from the hospital, Headrick bit one police officer’s arm, Fudge said, adding that the police Teport described Headrick as “delusional.” Defence lawyer Mayland McKimm said Headrick has sought help for alcohol addiction by moving to Victoria and checking himself into a detoxification centre. Headrick has completed the detoxification centre’s program and is now living in a residence which does not allow either alcohol or drug use. He is also receiving daily counselling. Judge Wayne Smith commended Headrick on his efforts and said he hoped a probation officer could help the man complete his rehabilitation. He placed Headrick on probation for 12 months and also ordered him to pay $276 restitution for the damaged police car. Club fracas ended with assault Flying glasses and broken glass were described in Sidney provincial court Thursday and Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans patrons related details of an assault upon a club bartender. Witnesses agreed that the accused, Diane Kaszab of Sidney, was yelling and throwing glasses at the bar and at other guests when she was approached by the club’s female bartender, The bartender suggested Kaszab quiet down, at which Kaszab struck the bartender across the head, witnesses testified. 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