Mas Mee RTE EA eek BY APPOINTMENT ONLY . Cis WA NATURAL HAIRSTYLING BY WARREN & JANE . Till 9 p.m. Wednesdays 656-6811 _| Open Daily 9-5 2417 Beacon Ave. Serving Central Saanich, North: Saanich, the Town of Sidney, and the Gulf Islands PHONE 656- 1151 Wednesday, October 4, 1978 ‘ESTABLISHED 1912 (SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR, No. 40 : thoughtful: “very. Canadians situation “10 say; and. blowing: out. a: ‘working "20 CENTS Lib, ‘suffered: no:.more: thi trivial. damage, Such: as ‘pestuous weathe : a letter to.’a.. Review. staff. member. Captain Dic inson. ‘described - this. weather.;: the following. manner: oo “The so-called moratorium. on rezoning and : property. development. in - Sidney may: be: breached. if town: council’ ollows ‘its development com- mittee recommendation to’ give Abacus Cities Ltd. permission to proceed “with a'town- house and apartment rental project at me. end of, Harbour | “chickened. out over ‘going into! Tomales: Bay under: ‘the prevailing | - weather. conditions ‘since ‘I | <2 “Talofa Lee” (German), ‘who - -was - in: Sidney. just® ‘before. we left, lay to--off Moods, St = neatly overboard: by. a free. he Road. . «It consisted of thirty-six ~, $85,000 © to » $100,000 . townhouses. oon” “othe .” waterfront.-and, 36 - apart- se ment-type. dwelling. accommodating: © families. presentation Campbell said that .the company. - has hoping that .a — building’ permit would be issued for the development ‘this month", After ‘other. business had been. - transacted. the committee came back to the Abacus question, ‘He saw (no reason why Original objection -against the development wis thatit = encompassed, homes: not oo J suitable for Sidney. but that ; obstacle | had been © over- ~ cone, There was no reason Le tol keep. (he company owaiting 30, 60 or 90 days. » “What docs “Ald, - Lang want??? asked. Ald. Peter kind surely you must stop allow Abacus -to go ahead with this development, you Commenting on the fact that the moratorium” was imposed. pending - revision of the’ community plan, Ald. Ethier said council didn't get. itself together there would be no .-- days — “and then we can be sued.” Wmaratoriinny the B.C. Municipal, Act which allows it to hold up “tastiance of oa ‘permit . for “several reasons | ‘each | two. At .the conclusion of the Must have'good reason, If a oy permission. “should not. be ~ given for the company to go: ahead, said Ald. Jim Lang, : Grant. “Does he want. to - violate the: moratorium? If: "yOu stop one project of this. all-of them. And, if you: — must allaw everyone else," thats if. oe " gommunity: plan within 60 — Ile was. “referring to ‘the fact that. there really is no. Council ‘can Invoke Section. 707. af. 2 building — With models, charts and three representatives of the c company, Abacus made an elaborate presentation on Monday night. Project manager Dave ~ Campbell said the development was first: presented to council four years ago by ‘‘Sailview’’ enterprises and received acceptance at. that: time. Sailview was ‘taken’ over by Abucus and the present. development t had received a lot of time and careful attention. | af council was unable 4 to among which is the fact that” a community: plan. is under revision. : -At the end of 30 days council can, if the action is justified, impose another 60 days delay but for ‘this ‘it would ‘not; why not. allow them, to go. ahead at this ‘point.: To do so, said Grant, was discrimination, “He - was developer. thinks he is being 1 unalterably opposed. unjustly delayed he ean sue | . When “the motion to the corporation ~ “for f- recommend to-council:- that _daniges, the development be allowed Ald. Jerry Tregaskis to proceed, was put to the brought. some. of ‘this in- | vote, Aldermen: Lang, formation out and added | “Lregaskis, . Sowerby. and ‘that the first 30- clay. period | Ethier voted tn. favour. tlapses next Monday after: Opposed’ were | Grant and which only 60 days remain. Martin, © - Court May Return to. Sidney Says Mayor a : - Mayor Diek l. cigh said Monday he had. “high hopes that” negotiations would: soon: “resume for-a) full-time: provincial. court: office in Sidney. He was optimistic; Leigh said, that the court, would “materialize . before very long. * - “Mayor Leigh’ said that. he spoke to. *Minisier-of Municipal Affairs Hugh Curtis recently at “the Union” of B.C, Municipalities convention in Penticton and Curtis is going 10 set up. a meeting. with. Attorney-Cieneral Garde Gardom at which, it is hoped; some minor difficulties in-the Way of establishing. the court of fice, will be eliminated, Ina. letter to Sidney. council: in April Associate Deputy Attorney-General DLR. Shepphard. suid that the deparuncar Pelt. that the only viable procedure was to open a full-time office in Sidney and to staff. it vith an administrator justice of the peace “together. with a deputy sherriff who would ‘be tr ansferred from Victoria. impede -Abacus:- after” oT “days, and it appeared that it ‘|: ring: jobs * the. charter na “The ‘weather for all the -yachts coming south. this” ‘fall. has”: been’ very bad: ‘indeed and I don’t think we left our various departures - ‘until too late as'l believe the Pantelins: were held: up. in Neah* Bay. from. about the middle of August:’* ‘Most having already -done . the Both these yachts lay ahull, San (“F.¢in. 60: ‘knot--winds | had never been there before: and‘I- was quite sure ‘there was-a considerablg tisk of ‘those very high’. swells breaking. in- all.-sorts- of unusual shoal patches at the ‘entrance to Bodega Bay;’? -*As> we -were ‘seudding “under. storm job only I felt the coast .was “a place to same: thing. off Cape Blanco. ‘‘Lady Jane” of Vancouver . ‘did. . likewise.: which has never appealed to me, and. got swept by. heavy N New Zealand yacht ‘Tunning staysail halyard!?"- : ‘Dickinson’s*. originally; purchased : their “proceed: on South from San... Noveinber: a The vessel in: Hong Kong: and sailed it home.to Sidney by. way of the*Cape of Good. Hope. It is their intention to ’ Francisco some: time - in. Central Saanich Police Crack Juvenile Car Theft Ring | Central Saanich Police have. smashed - a- juvenile responsible “for °29 automobile thefts in the last nirle months; Early Sunday - mornlig Sidney RCMP: recelved .work for. 88 employees of: the Ci. o«[sland. Closure. has. been * blamed/on-a decline in the: “plant on James. need ® for dynamite,. Most explosives are . now manufactured | right > at Mining sites, Six cployees will remain with the CHL distribution’ subsidiary, Explosives Co. - Some of the 88 Inid-off. cmployees are. facing «an uncertain — future. Larry Continental Smith, president of the Oil Chemical “Workers and) Atomic International Union (OCAW), says about 45 of the 88 will be placed in. off both on. ond “Vancouver Island.’ One aspect of the story is the OCAW local itself and “reputation. it) has established with the . company. and the Victoria labour movement, . “Formed first ona federal the canaminy ‘Chemical - and :Bisliatvos Workers : -International, Canada,. ‘Tha October, 1942,-In 1960 it beeame part of the OCAW, Victoria Jocal has. earned itself. al. dependable reputation “for.” never resorting to strike actlon.- meeting ofthe: Victoria’ local’ was held’ on: Wed- nesday,. Sept. About ‘all’ Abacus’ Cities Lids. will) say. about the development which will replace. Rest.) Haven Hoeplint, naw razed is that it will be, “residential, " Confronted, at. the tation he. made to: Sidney with: was: the first to: “orahniee: ‘Vancouver locals, : workers. at: CHL plant in. was in Since “its inception the: A strike. was near in 1948. ‘but a lost minute settlement. halted the walkout, The last: 20,. What. ist conclusion of ‘A> presen for. 88 Employees — left of it will, soon ‘merge. one of the: Digger “Uabour - “Couneil Sceretary Larry: Ryan. has: suggested the. relationship between CHL and the local would make a good subject for study, Ryan says there has, been A tendency to go to Sweden or Germany to study employer — and .- union -telationships, “when it “probably wasn't necessary. 1a-go: farther than. James mene, town. counell-.on Monday night, Wruce .-‘Tisdall, Vancouver Island manager for -Abacts, said: that formation” of: as plan: for Rest: Haven. was. awalting the Sidney Plan which is now ‘under revisions: : Community

Adjustment “Committee under the “chairmanship of - Gordon: Eden, decided hit: “the. project plans: submitted: : “seven: _ engineering. Mk “Alds Jim Langs “Terms. of reference were: exactly the. same for each. borhood of $3.5. millian.| he said,” but ‘amounts and the: adjacent land ine]: ranged © from © $6,300: to ‘stallation which. will cost: $12,000, about the same, | ; “Firms. which - ‘tendeved The federal government along with their: price, has commissloned | ‘estimates for the jab | weret economic impact study Ker, -Priestman: Be from. Philips Eby and Associates; “$11,500; > ‘Target date for both the | $8,$00;. Northwest federal and the chamber.of “Hydraulic. Consultants: cummerce: studies was ho. |. Ltd, $7,300; Associated ‘Engincering. Services Ltd. 56,350; Willis, Cunliffe and. extended by aboutea week de Talte) $12,0005,%" Case: or, mores When. tenders} Existological Ante?” “were opened Monday atthe | +$8,900; ° “Thompson; Sidney. Hotel members of wick,’ Pratt a $9,800; : ae tate “Manpower [- a