= News

If you ever felt the need to talk
to someone about a problem and
didn’t know where to tum, or, you
weren't sure where to go for
community or social support ser-
vices, there is a friendly voice just
| a phone call away.
= For about 20 years there has

| been a 24-hour telephone service
available in the Capital Regional
#@_ District that responds in times of
eee niced.
@ The NEED Crisis and Informa-
tion Line has a list of 800
resources at its disposal which
people can utilize to help resolve
8 their various concems.
j Formed in 1971 by concemed
@ citizens, the service was initially
established to provide emotional
support to people in times of
Se] crisis. As the pressures of society
i grew, so did the type of services
offered by NEED.
A community information line
Se, Was added, whereby people are
sa given the numbers of associations
| which deal with specific concerns
like finances, employment, physi-
cal health and chemical depen-
dency.
The group also published a
volunteer training manual and
sy piloted a suicide prevention pro-
Be gram for schools.
Now, with a newly installed
telephone system, which was

Wednesday May 6

2:00 pm B.C. LEGISLATURE
- LIVE Coverage. Live coverage
of the daily proceedings from the
Victoria Legislature.

6:00 pm WOMEN UNLIMIT-
ED - Lifestyles. (x) Host Pat Ni-
chol profiles Victoria's interesting
‘women as they share their views
on careers and lifestyles. This
week's focus is "Business Women
of the Year" with Kathryn Stolle,
Keatiteen Costello and Deb Urqu-

6:30 pm TAI CHI - Medita-
tion/Exercise.(r) Join us for in-
struction on the movements and
meditations of Tai Chi.

7:00 pm VOICE OF THE
PROVINCE - Provincial Affairs.
Keep abreast of Provincial affairs
and the issues as members of the
press question B.C.'s political fig-
ures. LIVE from Rogers Cable
Victoria.

8:00 pm THE HELEN SIMS
SHOW - Cooking.(r) Join Helen
and her guests for a half hour of
food and fun. This week, a bevvy
of barbaque recipes.

8:30 pm CENTERED ON
- Instructional. (r)
Gardening tips and techniques
from the stat students and vol-
unteers of the Horticulture Centre
Of The Pacific. This week's topics
are fence construction, herb gar-
dening, another variation on con-
tainer gardening and of course a
floral arrangement lesson with
Elda Mendels.

Thursday May 7

10:00 am BC. LEGIS-
LATURE - LIVE Coverage.

12:00 pm WO UN-
LIMITED - Lifestyles. (r)

12:30 pm TAI CHI - Medita-
tion/Exercise. (7)

1:00 pm VOICE OF THE
PROVINCE - Provincial Af
fairs.(1)

2:00 pm B.C. LEGISLATURE
- LIVE Coverage.

6:00 pm KEEP FIT WITH
KATHI - No-Impact Aerobics.(r)
Shape up the easy way with Kathi
Hemphill-Nash. Great for begin-
ners and seniors. Try it - you'll
like it!

6:30 pm SHORELINE MAG-
AZINE - Current Affairs. (r) Pen-
insula people, places and’ events
with host Eva Barnes. This week,
visits from the Saanich Peninsula
Chamber of Commerce and’ the
Sidney Museum, classical music
from the Johann Strauss Founda-

tion and information on “le
@ Cercle Francophone".
7: pm PENINSULA

:00_ -
SPORTS LINE - Open Line. An

donated by Northern
Telecom, B.C. Tel and the Tele-
phone Pioneers (a B.C. Tel-
employee service group), the ser-
vices are available on Saltspring
Island and at Port Renfrew through
a Zenith number (Zenith 2262).

Executive director for the
United Way-agency, Joan Cow-
deroy, said, “It (phone system)
gives us the capacity to grow if we
need to,”

She said the primary element of
NEED is the preservation of ano-
nymity for both the callers and the
volunteer operators.

“We don’t want to jeopardize
the trust of people calling in on
anonymous basis,” she said. ““We
don’t ask people for their names or
where they are calling from unless
they insist on telling us.”

NEED takes pride in its screen-
ing process, making sure the peo-
ple who man the phones have the
tight personality to handle diffi-
cult situations without being offi-
cous.

“If someone is reaching out for
help and they have a good experi-
ence, they will call back again if
the need for support is there,”
Cowderoy said.

Once a volunteer goes through
screening they are given up to 60
hours of training, which translates
into 13 weeks of direct instruction.

The Review - Wednesday, May 6, 1992 — A35

Growing need has Crisis line asking for help

Cowderoy said new volunteers
aren't introduced to answering the
phones until after 10 weeks of
training.

She said the agency fields up to.
15,000 calls per year and as a
result, more volunteers are needed.

The majority of the calls,
approximately 70 per cent, are
people who need emotional sup-
port. Twenty per cent are straight
information calls and the remain-
ing 10 per cent are crisis calls.

Cowderoy said the length of
calls vary from six minutes for
information to over 30 minutes for
crisis and emotional support calls:

At present, the volunteer staff
numbers about 75 to 80 people.
But, she said closer to 100 volun-
teers are needed to effectively deal
with the growing number of calls,

“Sometimes people just need to
talk,”’ she said. “And, they can get
frustrated not being able to talk to
someone.”

Despite the shortage of volun-
teers, Cowderoy said the service is
very effective. “We do a lot of
referrals.”

Also, “A lot of times people use
us as their primary support,” she
said.

People who are interested in
volunteering can call 386-6328 for
more information.

open-line sports talk show with
sportscaster Scott Earle and John
Wilson. Tune in and speak out!

7:30 pm SHA CABLE
SPORTS - Sooke Youth Soccer.
Sooke Youth soccer action from
Fred Milne Park. This week: Di-
vision 4 Boys' Lower Island Dis-
trict Cup featuring Peninsula VS
Gorge.

Friday May 8

10:00 am B.C. LEGIS-
LATURE - LIVE Coverage.
Monday May 11

2:00 pm B.C. LEGISLATURE
- LIVE Coverage.

6:00 pm CENTERED ON
GARDENING - Instructional. To-
night's topics are beekeeping,
planting annuals and more con-
tainer gardens.

6:30 pn ARTS CALENDAR -
Arts & Culture. Current events
from the Victoria Arts Council .

7:00 pm THE HELEN SIMS
SHOW - Cooking. Join Helen and
her guests for a hour of food
and fun. This week, winemaking
with Bill Turner.

7;30_pm TAI CHI - Medita-
tion/Exercise. Join us for instruc-
tion on the movements and
meditations of Tai Chi.

8:30 pe WOMEN UNLIMIT-
ED - Lifestyles. Host Pat Nichol
profiles ictoria's interesting
women as they share their views
on careers and lifestyles.

Tuesday May 12

10:00 am BC. LEGIS-
LATURE - LIVE Coverage. Live
coverage of the daily proceedings
from the Victoria Legislature.

12:00 pm CENTERED ON
GARDENING - Instructional .(r)
Googe ARTS CALENDAR
Arts Culture.@) Current
events from the Victoria Arts
Council with host Erika Kurth.

1:00 pm THE HELEN SIMS
SHOW - Cooking.(r) Join Helen
and her fucss for a half hour of
food and fun. This week, wine-
making with Bill Turner.

1:30 pm TAI CHI - Medita-
tion/Exercise.(r)

2:00 pm B.C. LEGISLATURE
- LIVE Cavetage

6:00 pm SPECIAL PRESEN-
TATION - Mock Council Meet-
ing. How do our kids view our
EY How would any run
things if they were in charge? The
answers can be found in this vid-
€0 as a group of elementary and
high school students hold their
own council meeting to discuss
local civic issues.

6:45 pm FYI. - Drive To
Survive.(t) Parapelegic Mike Fro-
Bley recounts how a half-hour of
reckless driving cost him the use
of his legs for the rest of his life,
and his message to other young

drivers.
ee ae KEEP FIT WITH
KATHI - No-Impact Aerobics. (r)

7:30 pm SHORELINE MAG-
AZINE - Current Affairs.

8:00 pm IN COUNCIL: - Civ-
ic Issues. "Gavel-to-gavel" cover-
age of the May 11th meeting of
the Sidney Town Council.
Schedule subject to change -
watch Cable 11 for detailed

listings

Help stop many bicycle thefts

Crime Stoppers and your local
police departments are asking for
the public’s help to stop the ever-
increasing amount of bicycle thefts
that are plaguing our area.

Each day in Greater Victoria,
including the Saanich Peninsula
and surrounding areas, dozens of
bicycles are stolen from any num-
ber of places, including locked
storage lockers, garages, schools
and shopping centres.

Considering the prices of newer,
quality-built bicycles, these thefts
are escalating to the tens of thou-
sands of dollars.

Many of these bikes are re-
painted, modified and resold.
Others are “chopped” up profes-
sionally and sold for the value of
their specialized parts. Others are

simply taken and later abandoned.

Your police departments want to
reduce these losses. You can help
by taking extra care in securing
your bicycle when it is left unat-
tended. Also, it is very important
that you properly record the serial
number of your bike or mark it in
such a way that it can be easily
identified by police.

Crime Stoppers wants to help in
catching the people responsible for
these thefts and will pay up to
$2,000 for information leading to
an arrest.

Remember, you do not have to
reveal your identity. If you have
information on stolen bikes, parts,
or bicycle “chop” shops, call
Crime Stoppers 24 hours a day at
386-8477.

CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY Saanich Peninsula Unit

656-1151

president Bill Draper expresses his graditude to some of
the many volunteers who helped the Society during the
Apnil is Cancer Month campaign at a recent tea.

PCA THRIFT SHOP
The thrift shop is open Monday to
Saturday, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Good quality
recycled goods. Proceeds stay on the Penin-
sula. 9783 Third Street, Sidney.

HOMEWARD BOUND
Parent and teen mediation. Referral
needed from social services and housing.

Call Bill at 656-0134 for information.
MORNING MENDER
Senior residents in home require clothing
repairs, ideally on Tuesday momings. Call
‘Dale at 656-0717.
YOU AND YOUR BABY
Discussion group for parents meets Wed-
nesdays, 10 am, at St. Paul’s United
Church, 2410 Malaview. Babysitting availa-
ble. Cost $3 for drop-in. Info, Kim at
656-6671.

UPGRADING
Tutoring in reading, writing and arithme-
tic is offered by 15 volunteers for those
adults who need upgrading in those sub-
jects. Call Donna at 656-0134.
GRAND MATCH
Need a grandparent? Want a grandchild?
Call Donna, 656-0134.

Lands End dock approved

Installation of a walkway and
dock leading to a float moored
from a private property on lands
End Road received approval by
North Saanich council Monday
after a public hearing.

Council granted a rezoning to
M5 from M6 to allow the Mac-
Donald family to have the struc-
ture built for use during the sum-
mer months.

Council heard the waterfront in
that area is inaccessible by the
public.

Ald. Ross Imrie urged council to
pass third reading of a bylaw to
allow the use, saying “I see no
reason not to approve it.

“My feeling is that to a great
extent, the majority do not have an
objection to these wharves, docks
or piers,” Imrie said.

Ald. Dee Bailin was the lone
alderman against approval. She
said “I think public property is
something we should treasure as a
finite item. Once the foreshore is
built up it’s no longer pristine, no
longer beautiful. I’d hate to have a
structure like that in front of my
house disturbing the peace and
quiet and natural beauty of the
area,” Bailin said.

Ald. Edo Nyland said he would
like to see tighter restrictions ion
place to control foreshore develop-
ment but decided to vote ion favor
of this application because of the
public’s show of support.

Ald. Brian Dunic said council in
recent years have denied two simi-
lar rezoning applications and
approved one.

Ald. Bill Turner said new guide-
lines for the M5 zone are being
drafted and are now in the hands of
the municipality’s environmental
advisory commission.

Chris Williams, who made the
application on behalf of the Mac-
Donalds, said he’s “trying to
create something fun for the
McDonald family, to enhance their
home living.”

The temporary summer moor-
age is being built so people walk-
ing at low tide will be able to pass
undemeath a walkway leading to a
float on the north side of 1032-
Lands End Rd.

All of North Saanich’s foreshore
was rezoned to M6, which does
not allow wharves, piers, docks or
floats, requiring all applications to

come to council for approval. ~

Council recently defeated a
motion to abolish the M5 zone,
deciding instead to judge each
rezoning application on its own
merits.

An application for a dock on
Madronna Drive foreshore died on
the table last time council consid-
ered a M5-rezoning application,
after Dunic’s motion to give the
bylaw third reading could not find
a seconder.

Sielly’s addition granted approval

A $9.4 million capital grant

from the provincial Ministry of
Education will upgrade and
expand Stelly’s Secondary to
accommodate an additional 300
students.

Education Minister Anita Hagen
announced the capital grant as pi:

Another 60 students will be
accommodated at Prospect Lake
Elementary once a $1.4 million
addition is completed.

The remaining $200,000 will be
used to upgrade roofs at various
district schools.

“This capital projects are an

of a $22 million allocation to t investment in our children’s future

Saanich School District.

and a major economic boost to the

Also included in the allocatic community,’ Hagen said. Prov-
is $10.5 million to renovate Clan jnce-wide, the ministry has allo-
mont Secondary, increasing th cated $583 million for school
school’s capacity by an addition: gjstrict capital projects.

350 students.

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