By SUSAN McLEAN
Review Staff Writer

Track 86 took a giant stride
towards becoming a reality last
week when local MLA. and
Finance Minister Hugh Curtis
announced a $100,000 grant is
earmarked for the local project.

The approval is one of the
largest lottery grants to be
awarded in the Capital Region.

At a press conference Friday,
Curtis told representatives of
North Saanich council, the
Saanich School District

and

Track. 86 the grant: was the
result. of wide-spread public
support. :

Two years ago, Curtis recall-
ed, ‘‘I said ‘get me a number of
letters.’ But I wasn’t. prepared
for what happened.’’

The finance minister said he
received ‘‘several hundred’ let-
ters from Peninsula residents of
all ages supporting the project.

In 1984, a 10-member steer-
ing committee formed after
parents, athletes and school
district staff identified the need
for an all-weather running track

HUGH CURTIS

rant approvec

at the north end of the district.

Track 86 organizers hope to
construct the 400-metre, eight-
lane rubberized track adjacent
to Parkland Secondary on land
currently under negotiation by
the Memorial Park Society.

The track is estimated to cost
$302,000.

Elaine Sigurdson, Track 86
secretary, said. $5,000 has been
raised through dances, barbe-
ques, garage sales, cutting
firewood and. bingo. .The local
Kiwanis Club has pledged an
additional $5,000 towards the

project.

Memorial Park Society
members have expressed finan-
cial support of $125,000 to help
defray construction costs if the
property ‘transfer is approved
through public referendum. :
North .Saanich .and Sidney
councils have promised equip-
ment. and labor estimated at
$50,000 in kind.

“We would like to raise the
full amount before we start so
we don’t end up with half a
track,’’ said Sigurdson.

Construction is set to begin

'for Traci

next spring, with completion
slated for the summer of ’87 to
facilitate the B.C. Summer
Games to be held in Victoria.

Sigurdson said she is ‘‘very
pleased’’ with the provincial ap-
proval. ‘‘l was surprised they
approved the full amount.. It
makes a big difference.’”

The track will serve more
than 3,000 students, including
Parkland, North Saanich Mid-
dle School and several elemen-
taries. The general public will
also be encouraged to utilize the
facility.

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_ BY AARON DOVLE
Review Staff Writer

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“ing the areas’

About 100 residents: filled the

North Saanich, Legion Hall, ex-
pressing concerns. that sewers

would mean higher taxes, bring: a

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" ) binds all local alreraft. a

Cove
“residents turned: up atan Aug 7
“public meeting to oppose: sewer:

ES We got the guys in Vancouver to talk him into coming”
Ki over and giving us a Hetle look-see,"" satel Glen MeConivell of

Be But. MeConnell said, the. Cotcorde. couldn’ ( show ‘all’ its
EY stuff — tChad to keep within, the 250 knot Speed Hentt thae:

‘SLURPY ICE-CREAM eating contest between Sidney Teen Activity Group and The
Boys and Girls Club was won by Sidney Friday afternoon. Each team had nine ice- . > |
cream eaters and one saptain: Ales roBiect— —to eat as much ee rieam as posse’ in

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more population and disript
their serene raral lifestyle.
“Once people are faced with
the bill, everybody. with.a piece.
‘of land to spare will agitate to
have sit ‘built: on said: “Edgar
“Farthing. a
"You cannot “Bate
With half-acre lots,"" said John ©
SLapham, “saying. the © “move,
: would: force North Saanich § into

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thril ls: wate ers —

Passersby ‘eraned ‘their: necks. 10 view: the world's: most ,
sophisticated commercial passenger. aircraft, ag'a Concorde.
, Jet did a surprise fly-by over the Saanich Peninsula Aug. LQ.

"Ht looks like a giant swan," sald Sulll Alderson. coe!

The sleek jet, capable of travelling at twice the speed: of eo
sound, more than 3,350. miles. per hour, can tly from: Vans oy.
“‘couver to London in six hours, It zipped over trom the Abe,
f botsford Alr Show for a couple of turns over. Greater Vice |
i torla, and made Iwo passes over Mierorin International: Alre

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‘sewers

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siniiller lots and more housing.
“I's going to change the whole
character of the area.

~ Lapham agreed that some of

“the -health-endangering Septic
» field problems revealed by a ree
cent CRD survey, could not be.
by! on-site.
». The study shawed bet,
“ween -3$-und 40 per cent-of the.

fully: Solved

repairs

just.

“ septic fields surveyed in the area

malfunctioning:

suspected of malfunctioning.
But, Lapham said, concerned:

residents would be mecting with

Alds, Eugene Bailin and. Gil
Soellner this. week to-try and
develop analternate plan, other
than full scale sewering,..

Other residents. atthe crowd-
ed public meeting worried about

possible. environmental effects
of discharging sewage. into:the
osean. | could be ecologically

disastrous, ''. snide J. inda
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However, - following the .

meeting, CRD regional heal...
officer Les. Potter said he owas”.
certain raw sewage would not be of
‘dumped inte the ocean as some)

residents apparently: feared,

Potter said he wns sure the same:
“type af -sewape treatments that”
“occurs al other Peninsula treat
ment plants would be required ©

for a Deep Cove sewer system,

Some residents at the meeting
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VOLUME 72
ISSUE NUMBER 32

Established 1912

By SUSAN McLEAN
Review Staff Writer

““Sanscha hall and adjacent
premises may be closed,’’ warns
Memorial . Park. Society. presi-

‘dent Gerry. Edwards.. ‘‘And
we're not kidding.””
Sidney» and . North. Saanich

Community.

ty will not-pay. 1987 property

i. taxes. amounting to. more: than
t-. $14,000. _
Edwards, said the park Socien) °
“noted. with: ' disbelief’ Sidney.
s July 21 decision t not to: ns

council’

A public. hearing on the.con- |

Bert °
8.5-acre East. Saanich:
for.

troversial
Stocks” (
Road property is slated
Monday, Aug. 18 at 8p.m..
‘Stocks'says he feels confident
of victory in his long-running
‘battle to have the property
rezoned,
« ~The Stocks’. property is cur-
‘rently designated agricultural,
but. a_ bylaw to rezone it for
. residential use has passed two
readings. Stocks says he has a
petition: of . more .than
‘signatures supporting the rezon-

rezoning. of

me. 77
_ Rezoning “would allow. ap-.
proximately . four. houses..an

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ee

-_ ‘Hall. Association .
‘cannot pay, and the park socie-:

200.

proceed with the tax exemption
bylaw’’ for the trust land’ near.
Beacon Avenue at the highway.

‘To'exempt a property owner
from paying taxes, council must
pass.a bylaw before the. end of
August.

“It is probably the only

‘memorial park. land-in- Canada |

to be taxed,’” he said.

- Edwards “noted. other

“organizations in Sidney ‘receive

no-tax. status, “including © the

Peninsula. Community ‘Associa--
= tion.

J‘This: is: discrimination,”’

~he charged. '‘‘We are also a. non- ~

profit organization.*?® * _

‘Edwards * said,.
‘clear understanding

the town
Sidney. in. 1983.: The - following
year, council .
property tax.

“The Royal: Trust Company

- (as trustee) failed to effectively
challenge this violation of the
‘trust -agreement,”’. said) Ed-
wards, adding the | newly-
appointed trust. society intends
todosonow. .
In. 1984, ‘the. Royal
Company paid $13,039 in pro-

perty taxes, then sought reim- -

bursement from: Sanscha. The
community hall association ap-
plied. for and. reccived $7,367
back: from Sidney. »North
Saanich, asked to. pay the ‘re-
“maining $5,672, refused. —

_. The following. year, taxes
were assessed al $44,226. Sidney
again refunded $8,043 with

Sanscha picking up the balance.

Taxes were waived for 1986,
excep! for $536 for
. Vices including water and sewer,

Jf a 1ax- “exempt bylaw is not mo

In. 192)? when the: land ‘was.
onated for a. memorial’ park,
‘there owas. a
te would
“not .be. taxed by. any level of .
“.) government. -For°62 years that
- policy was honored. 9

~~ Part of the park. land was ex-.
7 propriated . by.

“of

levied the first

Trust.

loval -ser- *

passed within. the next -three

“weeks, Sanscha will be forced to

pay more than $14,000 next
summer:

‘‘These’ taxes. are largely in-
strumental in driving Sanscha to...
imminent bankruptcy,” he said.

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. deterred:..by-a fear of
heights.

The flags ' were 40 feet off
the ground, said Peninsula
Co-op. sales: manager. Dick.
Tomlin, . who ‘spent’ -last
Thursday . morning rehang-
ing flags--valued- at.-$150
apiece. The tourist booth is
“a cooperative effort. bet-
ween the > Co-op ‘and- the |
‘Saanich Peninsula. .
Chamber of Commerce.

A reward is being offered
for information leading to |
prosecution. of the | thief, *
Tomlin said. And because a
40-foot. height. wasn’t:
enough ‘to: keep thieves at
bay, flag poles now sport a
wrapping of: barbed wire...

“YVt's stupid anvone - -
would hamper. the industry
of the tourist. booths: Shee:
said angrily. ,

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