ARTS A13 BUSINESS C5 CALENDAR C3 CLASSIFIEDS —_A23 COMMUNITY All COPS A10 GARDENING C12 OPINION AG SPORTS A19 OUTDOORS C14 BEYER AT CROSS A13 GRENBY Gis HAMPSON C14 LANG C12 TOP OF THE PILE A7 TERM TIME TEMPEST Local teachers challenge extension of school year by inree complete days Page A4 BUYERS BEWARE Imported trees are undercutting Our Canadian growers Page A22 TROUBLE WITH TANKERS No slick solutions To spill hazard, especially in Strait of Juan de Fuca Page Bl SHORT OF BREATH An allergy sufferer tells her story as a regional survey looks at the issue of environmental illness Page Cl FLYERS eA & B Sound e Cal Van* eIrly Bird e Pharmasave* e Island Furniture e Shoppers e Panagopoulus* ¢ Co-op* e Silo* *select areas Review Office Hours The Review office, at 9726 First St in Sidney, is open from 9 am. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Mail to Box 2070, Sidney, BC. V6L 3S5. Canadian Publications Mail Sales Product Agree- ment #41815. ATS De IR TD Audited Circulation 12,762 A Victoria Weeklies Publication Wednesday, December 9, 1992 84 pages 50¢ Tanner won't resign, plans speech in Leg Liberal MLA Clive Tanner was pulloried by the media, then sus- pended from the Liberal caucus, for writing a letter on legislative letterhead to be considered by a judge while sentencing a convict- ed sexual assault offender. This week, Tanner is fighting back and vows not to resign. In an interview with The Review Monday, the MLA for Saanich North and The Islands said he plans to stand up in the legislature Tuesday (yesterday) to explain his actions, although he wouldn’t elaborate. “I’m not going to resign,” Tan- ner said. “Ill be in the house tomorow and everyday because I have a responsibility to my consti- tuents to represent them in debate on the labor bill.” In a letter to constituents, Tanner conveys his “sincere regrets” and apologizes to “anyone who has been offended either by my actions or by the controversy they have - generated.” He believes that the majority of constituents and people around the province don’t understand the whole story surrounding his letter to Justice Kenneth Murphy about Theologus Joseph Gardener’s business reputation. People couldn’t make a value judgment based on the informa- tion the daily and electronic media presented, Tanner said. “That’s why I’m putting a letter in the paper, so they can make a judgment with all the informa- tion,’? Tanner said. Although published reports last week quoted Tanner as saying he would do it again if faced with a request to write a similar letter, this week he said: “That's a Continued on Page A2 More demand for hampers More and more people are turning to the food bank for help this year — leading food bank president Andy Andrew to predict an increased need for Christmas hampers. Although the names of hamper recipients are still coming in, Andrew hopes the 400 hampers $7,100 “Donated planned by the Sidney Lions/Review Hamper Fund and the Peninsula Kiwanis Toy Drive will be enough to meet the demand. “They re out there. It’s not a good situation.” The fund has reached $7,133.50. The goal for this year is $30,000, which Andrew says will provide hampers for about 3,000 people. Especially needed are toys for the Kiwanis Toy Drive. Items which would make suitable gifts for babies, children and teens up to 15-years-old are all needed. The hamper distribution should be completed by December 18, Andrew said, adding that there have been many volunteers from the community helping with the project. “The public have really come through on volunteers.” Donations may be dropped off at the depot in Mariner Mall in the former dive shop premises or at The Review, 9726 First Street, Sidney. Love-loaded bears leave Sunday There’s a lot of love crammed into 225 teddy bears — the love of the creators and the love of the children who will treasure the toys. This Sunday, all of that love will be gathered together at the Saanich Peninsula Presbyterian Church when Chris Tinworth of the Christian Blind Mission International collects 225 bears created by church members and friends. Although all of the bears were knitted from the same pattern, each has an individual personality. One resembles an Eskimo, complete with a hooded parka, one wears glasses, one carmies a ‘baby’ bear and one is unbearably cute in a full pink skirt and ruffled-edged blouse. The project started in September with members of the church creating the first bears. The project then spread through the community as other knitters joined in. The result, over 200 bears collected to date, is displayed in rows in the church foyer. By the time the bears are turned over to Tinworth, organizers expect to have at least 225 completed. Included with each bear is a colorful drawstring bag. The bears are being sent to the St. Vincent School for Handicapped Children in Haiti. The sending of the bears will be noted as part of the Advent Candle of Joy service Dec. 13 starting at 10 a.m. Organizers are already planning to start another bear collection for a future donation. Any knitter willing to help 1s invited to call the church at 656-2241 to obtain the pattern.