minimum.

surveillance seems to work.

: April and May.

According to Sidney RCMP statistics for Sidney and North
Saanich, there was an average of 8.5 drinking-driving arrests
each month from danuaty t to October, 1984. In November, there

“were. only four.

».ween'll p.m. and 2.a.m.

spokesman said.

desired by “Sidney and North .
Saanich Memorial

trec), a citizens committee charg- «
_ed with the responsibility of fin-

~ ding a piece of property. suitable

~ to meet the communities’ cultural
and recreation needs.
-According °to

‘input from’ a number of local
~- groups . including: Track °86, a
~ group anxious’ to. build ‘an all-
weather running
peninsula.
Sansmeptrec, if the rraperty is

available, would recominend ata

: : special See meeting: (hat: trust

- You’d better not drink. ©
~ -You’d better not drive.
You’d better be careful,
If you wanna stay alive.
Sidney cops are waiting for you.

Sidney. RCMP constables are making a special effort again this.
year to be sure that the number: of drinking drivers i is kept toa.

_ As participants in B.C.’s Christmas CounterAttack: program
against drinking drivers, they set up roadblocks from time to
time in various peninsula locations. And this threat of extra

According to. provincial statistics,
drinking-driving accidents occur in December. The high is. in

~The number of such arrests to Nov. 30, 1984 was 90, up. more
than 25. per cent:from the 1983 level.

The RCMP use all-10 of their. auxillary. policemen to assist with
- the road blocks. They also have two shifts of road patrols bet-

Drivers of cars stopped at the road blocks are not only checked
to see if they have been drinking but are asked to show their
driver’s license and the vehicle’s registration. The vehicles are
-also checked for minor defects such as missing lights, an RCMP

"North -Saanich and ° Sidney ane
be -tesidents could know sometime in

a ‘This’ ‘property, plus : about SIX
- more | acres. to. the : south, are

~ Park.’ Trust
~- Residents”: ‘Committee (Sansmep- .

“committee
member Gil Montgomery, after.
“months. of. deliberation,. the 20-
acre property is the committee's
~~ first choice. Before reaching that ~
_ ‘decision, the committee received _

track on the.

the lowest number - of

“monies ‘received from: ‘the sale of
“land near Sancha ‘Hall in Sidney ~
be used to purchase: the property. ee
at ‘‘a reasonable cost.’ .

The more reasonable. th

he more money eft'over to: pay ~™

oe agreed to

council that a. small committee be.
‘struck to discuss, with Sansmep-.

tree and: the school district, ten- |

it.

he was afraid.
government ‘would be concerned

if they. found out. ‘‘we were
- dividing up the spoils before WE os

got them.’

~ Parrott said there was plenty of

time for. ‘discussions after.

January ‘and. before. Sansmep- -
trec’s deadline of June, 1985, to.

“ meetand discuss what to. do next,

“Ifthe land does come to us
_ (from the province) it will come.

with some terms attached-and we

should wait until we see what.
‘these terms are before we do.
_ anything else,'" Parrott said. eohagie

: | eae Fund _ :

passed, And that's notally

have applied for-help.,

The: Review: Sidney Lons Chrismas Fund has gone over ths top. ieee
“Ina short five-week campaign for funds the $12 1900 target has, been

“Tt addition, more than $5, 000. ‘has’ been raised! separately for the ae
food bank, And money is Still coming in dally for both funds, 9
The combined total Talsed. likely exceeds'$.19,000,and along with that .
- goes dozens of boxes of food, and hundreds of toys. Re os
The result will bea good Christmas for the hundreds of families who oa)

Any: money left over from the Christmas hamper fund will go to the

food bank, the need for which was. established a year ngo and con

* tinues to grow,

Unlike many appeak jor public funds, 400 per cent of cash raised
_ goes into the fund -— and that includes interest on the money when it’s:

banked, The Review and Sidney Lions carry all administrative costs.

“This is the fifth Christmas The Review and Sidney Lions have works . i

Ss wed fogether:on the fund and never: before have people. been .so

apenerous, Caring and concern for others have been demonstrated in. a
an outpouring of money, food and gifts — even a cot and baby clothes
fora pregnant mother, wha. Was.destitite. 9...

“and: breakfast operations and

‘tative uses for the land, if they ‘Bet to the next council meeting.

“Although the: ‘other. ommintes A meeting, Brennan, backed by .

A members, all aldermen, wanted:
to make a start now, Parrott said ~
the provincial. —

Esquimalt

“more: ‘restrictions placed on bed
she’s going to bring a list of. them

At ‘Monday night? s committee
another new alderman, Eugene:
Bailin, said the present guidelines.

which cover signs and parking do°
not go far enough. She wants to

add others including liability in-»
surance minimums, ‘noise restric-~

. tions plus fire inspection, septic

“tank /and © other: health - restricts
lions. = -

She said. Washingion State and
licensed, bed and

Continued on Page A3

pee

little help from your friends - and

the most fortuitous times

), it’s always nice to-have a
ometimes these friends pop. up: ‘at

Law. student John Blackman

a found that. out in Sidney provin-
cial: court last -week when he.
. defended Norman Williams who _
was charged:as the alleged owner .—
ofa car which left the scene of an:
~ accident in’ the: early” morning
~ hours of Aug. 20. :

According

Rene. Gagnon, president: of:Army, Navy and ‘Air Force.

VOLUME 70 ISSUE NUMBER 50

and across the Pat Bay. Highway:
; without stopping for the stop sign. -
.. but not: before banging into ~
: ce their car. They could not tell who.
. to. ‘evidence “was driving the station wagon,
~ presented by Sidney. RCMP. con-.
“stables, a red Pontiac station ©
wagon was scen leaving a party ©
some time before the accident. It
“was. also«seen,-by two men who= «
~ had ‘been: at the party, driving”

-accesse

. _- mendation coming from its com-
mittee Ay

FS “agreed: that:
should aggressively pursue funds
ine available. under a-federal “govern
~-oment job assistance ‘program for.
~~ people. on.
= surance, ©

ion but, as iney. turned onto

Amity, the red. car. ‘zipped past

~A-check of the damage turned -

up.a-tail light: assembly: from the
station wagon, © Be

The men were pretty. sure e who:
owned the red station‘ wagon and:

Continued on Page A3

| ‘Trails

‘and walking” trails’ in. North
aanich, plus.a few. public beach
s, could: be” improved | dn
1985 if council approves: a recom

pi

On ‘Monday, the ‘committee
the” ‘municipality

‘unemployment’ Ane

According 10. Ald. ‘Dick.

e Herlinveaux, ‘any persons hired
under the: program to! do this
. labouring work must, as required.

by the. municipality’s agreement
“with its’ union, ‘be paid’ ‘the:
“minimum: labourer’s wage of.
~$11,75.-ane hour. or: the union.

would: velo -it. “The feds. would.

es pick up $8 of this cost and the»
- COSL LO: North Saanich would
therefore be‘only $3,78 an hour,

| Wednesday, December 12, 1984

= “great

o ~motion,"”

“More. than ne miles: of. ee

Genoa uf
girlfriend's mother’s car home:
, from a:party in Colwood July. 24,

“driving himself,

| 35 Cents. -

- Ald.Cy.

discomfort -
organization | ‘that can: raise its

own indemnity’ and. said’ the oe

Relph: said he ‘had a
‘with- any

decision: should go to a neutral
body. ae m going to oppose the

Calder noted council eS

~hadn’t had: an: increase: in two. —
» years “‘but I suggest some people ee

~ haven't had a pay cheque in two.

- years” and {strongly ejected,

the hike. =:

Both ‘date’ Jim. Lang and
Don Phillips agreed it was ‘‘not —

the time’? and the Council. In-

-demnity: Amendment Bylaw. —
“seen the

which -. would = have.

Mayor's stipend increased from...
~ $7,740 to $8,160.and aldermen‘s

saught-didn't. work out for an.18-

was, suspended, . a
Shawn Trevor Moody,
“Place, ‘drove:

Taking. a chance in not being ‘

year-old: Central Saanich’ man.
who was sentenced to ‘seven eave
is

~ Taised from: 3, 036 to $3, 324, ay

~ because © ‘she was. too tired to’

‘drive!’ He went through asiop .—
sign on East Saanich Rd, ‘and was.

“pulled over by Central Saanich —

police
- speeders..

waiting — nearby for

“Moody said in Sidney. provins te
‘ clal court last week that he con-
“sidered It would have been hazar-
~dous to let his girlfriend drive and:
decided to: chance, It and. Go, the.

“Judge Robert welt (nipsaed s
‘the minimum penalty, the ee
sentence plus a $300. fine and. He
further 12 months license suspen.
ston, and allowed Moody to serve
the Jall term Intermlttently, three”
days at a time, so he would:n nat
vie hls parting Joby suey

~Individuals, students, groups, organizations ~ _ “everyone: has been cs
eniger to help.and Alven, with asmile, happy to be part of this season's |»

Veterans Sidney branch, last week presented cheque for SN it would 7 os
| goodwill sco "$2,000 to’ Mike Massie, co-chairman of The Review-Sidney for. three people. working. 15. .
~~ Food hampers, food vouchers: and toys. will yo to everyone ln need in Lions Christmas Fund, "Holding foad hampers almost ready... weeks each todo. the job. The |
a “'Slapey: Central Saanich and North Saanich, Anyone whoisnotonthe to go.are Alex Bonare, North Saanich volunteer fireman, and: work: would .be supervised by
ee Mer af recipients and should: he can call the Peninsula Community ": Norm Rubenstein, - ‘prasident: of ‘Sidney Kiwanis Club, °° volunteers, anxlous to see the”
ao Aasoclglion al 656- O14, ess ae Sy See a “representing (wo other. SOURS Sipporting: the: Chrismas RE paths in.as soon as possible, & Hin No”
WEE “Continued on Page As prem ets damper fund d drive, is cost adel Hite