| News “Share the Cove Community Hall vision by Pauline Holdstock Deep Cove Community Hall Association They used an excavator to take down the hall on Wain Road. The huge machine drove up to the north side of the Deep Cove Com- munity Hall, as if to take stock of the 70-year-old timbers, still sound beneath the peeling paint. Then the driver backed off and raised the arm as high as it would go. He eased forward again. The heavy claw was poised just above the roof. It hasn’t happened yet but that is the scene that will inevitably be played out some time after next January unless some land is found to which the hall can be moved. And yet the old Deep Cove hall is physically sound in many important respects. It can be restored. The recent feasibility Study made that quite plain. The historic hall can be restored at a not unreasonable cost of $200,000. That figure represents a gener- ous outside estimate for a func- tional, heritage community hall. Compare it with a suggested esti- mate of $500,000 for a new build- ing. For two-and-a-half times less than that amount the community would be endowed with a much needed hall and an important land- mark in the history and develop- ment of the community would be preserved. One only has to take a brief look around North Saanich to see that there are not too many public buildings of such age (the hall was built in 1922) still standing. Are there any? Where is our heritage? And where is our local, accessible Community hall? Both are about to disappear and yet both could be restored in one building. The funds for such a restoration could be met in part by heritage B.C and by Go B.C. grants — the hall is eligible for such funding — and in part by donations of labor time and materials from the local community. The Deep Cove Community Hall Association is prepared to work to that end but a recent decision of North Saanich council has made the task doubly difficult. Council voted to have the land on which the hall stands rezoned and ordered that the hall must be moved. This decision leaves the Deep Cove Community Hall Associa- tion in urgent need of two things. First, a new site for the hall. Second, a show of community Support for the project. So we should like to share another vision. The hall has been restored. Its simple lines and pleasing proportions have not been altered in the process. Tt is now in good repair and protected by its new shingle roof The Review - Wednesday, March 25,1992 — A31 and shining paintwork. Inside,a celebration is taking place. Representatives of the groups who plan to use the hall have been invited along with the hall’s supporters. Residents who attended gather- Ings there tn their youth are shar- ing memories with those who are looking forward to using the hall in future. Grandparents, grandchildren sharing Common ground ... Con- nections ... Community. If you think this is a vision worth pursuing and that the hall restoration should go ahead, please give one of the association members a call and express your support. The Deep Cove Community Hall Association needs to know that North Saanich residents want this hall restored and functioning again. The association has already heard from many groups and organizations who would be inter- ested in using the hall. Now we would like to hear from families and individuals who are in favor of restoring the hall. Please give us a call and tell us if you Support this project. Penny and Peter Brand 656- 0654. Pauline and John Holdstock 656-2430, Lois and Peter Mason 656-6428, Susan and Ron Perkin 656-6288, or Wendy and Michael Walden 656-0004. C. Saanich backs water board connection A bid for Peninsula representa- tion on the Greater Victoria Water Board was. endorsed by Central Saanich aldermen March 16 fol- lowing a March 9 committee debate. Aldermen advocated inviting a representative from Capital Regional District staff to speak at the next tri-municipal meeting on the possibility of membership on the regional water board. At present, the three Peninsula municipalities of Sidney, North * Saanich and Central Saanich ‘obtain water through the Saanich Peninsula Water Commission, which obtains water through the Victoria board. However, membership on the Victoria water board would give Peninsula communities direct input into the setting of bulk water supply rates, the capital expendi- ture programs and cost-sharing and disinfection practices affect- ing water quality, taste and odor. Membership would also allow Peninsula municipalities to com- ment on policies which restrict water use, establish system water pressure and manage the water- shed. Through direct representation, the Saanich Peninsula Water Com- Mission would be more aware of the Victoria board decisions which affect the Peninsula water system. Ald. Bruce Tobin said represen- tation on the Victoria board could be through a direct representative of each council or indirectly through having a Saanich Penin- sula Water Commission represen- tative on the water board. Each Peninsula municipality has repre- sentation on the local water com- mission. Ald. Gary Valiquette said details on the future operation of the Saanich Peninsula water system, control of assets and responsibility for existing debt are among the questions which would have to be resolved before Peninsula munici- palities joined the Victoria board. silver Threads seeks grant The financial strain of running the Silver Threads operation in Sidney saw Meals-on-Wheels president, Bea Holland, lead a " delegation to the Town council meeting Monday night. Explaining that Sidney Silver Threads has a membership of over 600 Gncluding 125 from the North Saanich area) and the figures revealed that 4,800 people attended the centre through Febru- ary, Holland requested that council consider special funding of $5,000 for the group’s Wellness program in Sidney. Saying that the municipality “‘is advantaged financially by having the Silver Threads operation in Sidney,’ she explained that the group needs the funding to con- tinue providing its range of recrea- @Pional activities, as well as provid- ing hot, nutritious lunches — an average of 50 per day — five days a week. Silver Threads were also in negotiation with the CRD to coop- erate in the provision of a blood pressure service at the center, where seniors “have the comfort of knowing their friends are there,’ Holland added. In reply to a query by Ald. Don Amos, she assured council mem- bers that Silver Threads would also be approaching the neighbor- ing North Saanich council for financial support. Members thanked Holland — and her colleagues Mary Lehan, director, and Wily Clarke, trea- Surer, for taking the time to attend the meeting — and held over discussion of grant-aid to a later date when an itemized breakdown of the costs involved in the Well- ness program would be made available by Silver Threads. Council members agreed to put the issue on the agenda for the next meeting between. Sidney, Central Saanich and North Saa- nich councils, tentatively planned for the end of this month. 656-1151 WASHING THE TOOLS at the end of a busy morning are members of the Haig-Brown Fly Fishing Association, who planted native trees along Kennel Creek off Puckle Road on the east side of the Pat Bay Highway, March 15. 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