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- Wednesday, July 31, 1974. THE REVIEW —

Sidney Tourist Bureau Busy Place

COULD USE BETTER LOCATION

Most People Looking For Campgrounds :

 -By JIM RODGERS
Special to The Sidney Review:

The Tourist Information | B: ant are th ever ” ‘si
; atio ‘ + the committee mem- .| everyone,” Baal said adding the &
Committee did. alot of work in | bers, information centre was a Bint f
setting up the operation, “The more money brought into | ¢ffort by all: the merchants dn-
Denis Paquette and Gilbert | Sidney the better it is for | Sidney.

The Sidney visitors information

- bureau has attended to tourists

from Australia, Japan, England,

France and from all of the United

States, said Debbie Perry,
manager of the centre.

“Most people are looking for
campgrounds, places to stay and
directions to Butchart’s . Gar-
dens,’ said ‘Judith Lewis an
employee at the bureau.

The local hotels and motels are
phoned so tourists will know
where vacancies exist, she said.

_- ‘The bureau. phones primarily .

those hotels in. Victoria which
‘have helped the bureau finan-
cially, said Perry.

“We could be doing a lot more
for more people if we had a better
location,” she said...

People from the Anacortes

_ ferry.go into town anyway and it
-would be better if we could at-
tract the tourists from the Swartz
Bay ferry, Perry said.
The staff.tries to keep visitors
in Sidney as long as possible, she
~ said, and they plan tours of. the
city and peninsula area’ for
"visitors. :
The’ bureau. makes | reser-

7A" mohair roller coater, Gives a lightly
stippled finish. For use with either latex

paints or with enamels.

SUPER $
SPECIAL

For removing loose. paint

and rust before painting

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> ‘vations for visitors as well as
“providing.” information: on the | eo prrg ARE UP. with the t tures for local busi sager, Scott Nunn, 10, of 10148 Fifth, On
weather, ferry sailings, excha 5 UP with the temperatures for loca siness manager, un 0 ml
, y. sailings, exchange one’ of the. last week’s better. days : the , business: ee

Kool-Aid and comic salesmen. Drinks -were going
for a nickel a glass and comics ranged from five to
25 cents depending on the guality. ‘The umbrella is to
[: keep the Kool- Aid and customers cool, explained.

“netted ‘$4.67. ‘The roadside proprietors are Terry
_Johal,.9,: of 2373 Malaview, Roy. Johal, :7, Cindy:
iene 10, Scott Nunn and Tim Nunn, 6...

rates, and bank” and restaurant
locations, she said.
‘The: information centre has

~. three employees, Perry. said.”
-» Many people who: come to the oe
*- centre are. completely. unaware,
she. said.
Some people have never. “Jooked a

--at a map and don't. know if they.
«are in Victoria or wherever and:

~~ gome don’t know ‘about Canadian _

7 money, Perry. ‘said. ae Le
. Accommodation ° for transient ea
“youth is'a big problem,’ she said;

~and‘anyone with a field for: them::
to throw their. sleeping : ‘bags and.
stay: the night: should contact the ve
visitors: bureau.’
‘The building could use a a water “,
fountain. and’ toilet, Perry’ ‘said. =

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tothe public’on July.2.and should
_be open until September 45, if the:
money for the: project holds. ‘out, :

“The Bureau is’ ne respon- uy
“sibility. ‘of:-the North. Saanich and ©
: Sidney ‘Chamber of Commerce.
78. Phe. booth, ocated on. First
“Street, was-funded by local ~
“merchants, : said Don Alger, .
’ secretary. of.“ the chamber e :
“commerce. -
-.. Phe bureau: formally housed in
‘the present Sidney . recreation a
~: commission building, is located --
ona site donated by the town and ~
ina building constructed by the.
graduating class of Claremont
high school, Alger: Bald.” ms
Ae $1,000. of muterlals | was
“provided by” ‘the chamber. of
commerce and the industrial arts
teacher at Claremont supervised .
‘the construction, he said,
Alger had-praise for the girls
operating the visitors” bureau
mentioning the great service they

i onday, August 5th, 1974
. “With the declaration ‘of this provincial

7 “statutory holiday, Sunday schedules”
will be in: vetfect for this day, on. the following. routes:

“VANCOUVER- VICTORIA iccoelameatery)

MV. "Queen ols sidney" only, will operate Sunday: schedule ‘toa,
-Tsawwassen-and Swartz Bay with stops at Otter. Bay and Village 7
Bay. (Please: consult Summer Schedule)... oO

eminent

ements v0

‘HOWE SOUND

_- provide for tourists and the hard. — i ‘
: ork which | “oes into making oe iP a, Extra sallingas joave b anadaie. at. 1. 1; 55 am. and 10: 30 pm.
: is 1 .
stich a project efficient, ~ Rt > Extra sailings leave Mor nestog Bay @ at-12:55 (noon) e and 11 40 pm. “

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The site is strategically located
>to intercept: the Anacortes ferry

traffic which arrives’ in: Sidney 7 s Pi : : ‘GULF ISI. ARDS - VICTORIA

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EXTERIOR

'.twiee a day, ‘aecording to Karel ie
“Drost, the: president. of. ‘the.
‘, chamber of commerce. 8

> MV “Saltspring Queen": -epscial Monday sali. a a 0 pnd FE
Ly Fulford ly Swarlz Bay cL. Otter Bay. '

Abit ofa: parking. problem M fore an
~ariges outside the bureau when ff eitian de’? 2:00 pam « (Pender).
ma tho ferry comes in, he. said: oa eo ee 45 a come 5:45 pin. AL AT EX

The. ‘driveways opposite’ tho: TAB

i information centre have: been.
2s painted yellows chy theo
ree omunieipalily to keep: tourlits oo.
oe, from, locking them, Drost said,
“The site is notin aryarca: which
“would ‘attract highway: traffle, hee”.
. sald, and the department of high+ ere
oe ways. has. beon asked to. pubes
~~ aigns, directing . visitors’ fo the en || oe
information contres oe: arr Sturdias. Bay. Vehicle. rane
The Nuilding was brought (rom |. hen oe ©
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Claremont. ‘on av flathed= truck:

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GULF ‘SI ANDS- . AVAINLAND

MV “gocholt Queen" will: oporale ‘gunday ‘gervice: between Long ie
Harbour. and Tadiwwassen with:stops at. Oltor Bay, Village Bay and tents
rvations are Neoessary.. “anes .*

‘White, black, dco colors, i
Custom, colors slightly higher,

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provided by. Dench Excavating, ~ - Peas :
Drost said, and missed hitting the | BOWEN ISLAND vers }!
bottom’ of a-pedestrian overpass a en | i
“on the highway by five avert on : Last salling jeaves Sniig Cove 5 at 9:00 pm. ic eT ae : mo
. pe Las st Bolling, laa wes 5 Horseghoe Bay at 9:30 PMs eerie. |p

2 Roy Hunt. of Roy's. Garages Bp ; ch sigh |
. provided his tow truck to help eS a Cae tee ee Gee Ee TE BE
“Winch the bullding off the truck’ ©) Mo: ERS Sn ee
and Into-position, Droat anid: ae: é : ce

' “Alot of: tourists oo money... hf
‘for the gerviees cand amounts. Bt. fl sh Colt bi F i on
ranging between 34 centa.and $10. 0° 5: My Lots lenin’ Bri is ulm ia ert es Boe
have turned up inethe donation. pM oo, Beg os
box, Perry said. : ; ee eer SPE aS For information ‘Phone.
~ Other duties include answerlng MP 2 ee oo Tsawwassen 943- 2221 a
_ MEL is Wy iia il from natential : , se mas Te we te ts os a Horseshoe Bay’ QO1-7A11
“viaitora and to Tel: “businesses: a e OE he EET EE a ge Biny:GEGT 194

Anow the. number: af reeam:
mendatious they were given
duriig the year ly: the bureai
~Ahe said. an -
+ The third eynployer is. Marnie. ;
_Hyferd of Sidney. ; _