a et vata ane F (annie HSE RL SRA il BE eat aaa re complains| ‘ about bay || access | 35 Cents © VOLUME 74_. Sidney & ISSUE NUMBER 2 Peninsula Peninsula residents will have the opportunity to help their fellow man by rolling up their sleeves next week. The. Canadian Red Cross Society is holding a blood drive in Sidney next Wednesday. Red Cross staff will be on hand at the Sidney Elementary School from.2 till 8 p.m. Jan. 20. The organization is currently experiencing a short supply of blood and will also be seeking donors at Red Cross House on Fairfield Road in Victoria Mon- 4 \. day and Tuesday, Tillicum Mali y, on Thursday. and CFB Es- quimalt Friday. _ For: further’. information on call 382-2213. "Peninsula growing Recently released: census _ Statistics’ prove what most . people already suspected — » the Peninsula is’ growing * faster. than other : areas : within the Capital region. _”.: North: Saanich: leads. the...» none numbers, race, with 3.9 per: 2) Cent: ‘population. growth. ing. - : 19872 ‘The municipality’ now. has: 7,530 - residents, com- =. ‘pared * with” 7; 247 “in. the.” * “Previous year.. ance : Central. Saanich remains : ‘population of.84,680. ° the: largest: municipality: on’ > *.".°- Colwood experienced the -.the Peninsula, with 12,769... .. residents... This. represents | cos cent ~~ 2.9 per: cent: more than ‘in’. “residents... 1986. . ~ Sidney has shown 3.1 per. cent growth, with a 1987 “ population of 9,260. — Population ‘grew: an- average of .3.2 per cent on ° ‘the. Peninsula ‘in despite no growth on any of the four Indian reserva- tions. Total growth in : : population of 269,909. he, “i Victoria. has: ‘the smallest : ‘increase, “adding “177. néw .Tesidents: to its. previous: tal- to” give “11.950 ° “than.2 per cent. ~~ The figures were ‘publish- ‘ed in Trends, a review an analysis of economic trends .. in the Capital Region. 5 OFFICIALS FROM the coroners office ae way to Swans Bay Thureday evening. “FOUL PLAY NOT SUSPECT ED: A aR-year-old disabled Victoria. man drowned when be went overboard during a B.C, Perries sailing Thursday, aannel foul play is not suspected. me The man went overboard from the Queen of Esquimalt during anevening trip from ‘Tsawwassen to Swarts Bay. Resctie Coordination Centre helicopter the next morning, officials: had-that a man-was missing. Tt was not discovered until after the ferry docked at Swartz Bay. °° An extensive search started soon after. An Air Force Bufs falo aireraft dropped night iumination flares that lit up the nrea f rom Active Pass to Swartz Bay for several hourse There eq wasno sign of the man despite wood weather conditions and “calm water, Aes ini ii ibe ane how to become a blood donor, 1987, the ne Capital regional district was ~~ -.1.7. per .cent,. to. give. it: a ~ ly. of 66,303... Saanich. re-~ Mains.: the largest, with | ae ‘largest. growth: at 4.5 per. 3 Other’ * Western Communities’ grew by more’ “man from the RCMP boat after he drowned. The man went overboart oB,C. Ferry on - oo ; ‘The bods of Dunald Frederich Stoliker was recovered by il - A wheelchair left on the deck of the ferry was the only clue | . STONE a ARNEL eh aT Se a NR Ca FM SENT a adc TELS SET PEN ES eG a ERY Leia GE BR RR RR aA Sita TOONAMI Em PU Ln gh eRe TE eile i samara York _Fage A* || Cool, clear water will cost Peninsula municipalities a little more in 1988, but the water commission’s dyke was at least partially plugged Thursday. . By GEORGE LEE Review Staff Writer The thumb belonged to Central Saanich Mayor Ron Cullis, who said he couldn’t justify a 18 per cent increase by a com- mission that consistently ends the year with.a surplus. community, Cullis said. pected to find (the increase):— they’re having.a hard enough time as it is,’ Cullis said during budget discussions. 3 So the cost to the three participating municipalities will.go f up about 12per cent, instead. Central “Saanich, ‘ North ‘cents, the commmniission decided in a 5-4 vote. municipality, depending on their methods of collection: transfer of money to reserves by $30,000. . surplus budgets is worth betting on for 1988." : the: surplus will. be.- “wants.”?. ; 1983. ». $45,931 in 1985. 1988. ‘the commission buy an estimated one billion gallons of water “| ,000 0 gallons. prepare to remove the body of a 38-yoar-old . - Search finds body of — overboard — Helping outwith the. search were a- Labrador. helicopter from the CFB base Comox, the Coast Guard cunter skua and the RCMP vessel Harvison. The body was located just before 10 aim, Friday by: a rescue helicopter about a half.a mile northwest of Portland _ Island, three miles northeast of Swarts Tray, Vewha Vater pick- -ed up by the Harvison: and taken to Vath Isle Marina mn Sidney, . bey ~The man was identified as Stoliker by. Sidney RC MP. The district coroner.cont zines that drow hing was the cause -of death. - RCMP say that foul play “is not snspected and ‘they are” treating the incident as a suicide, Stoliker was acresident of Nigel House, a Vieworia boarding” , house for the physically disabled. ie acm i NO ai AR HH aa EHO wisest eet ee _ About 48 per cent of the Peninsula’s water consumption is’ ~ in Central Saanich, and much of that goes to the agricultural » “*T think it’s unacceptable that they (farmers). would be ex-_ other: bookkeeping methods are used. Saanich and Sidney ‘will: pay 59.5. cents :per-1,000 imperial af gallons of. water consumed in 1988; up from last year’s 53 get around the lack of rate reserves, Sealey said. How ‘that ‘is reflected’ on water. bills differs. in each : - government to pass the legislation... ~The: alteration to the budget makes no real difference in. “the: GVWD ‘supply. during peak: periods. That: reduces the. ‘revenue. The change Cullis proposed: was simply. to cut a » amount of penalities paid for over use. : Cullis said ‘the water commission’s’ “track record” of a8 cost of. equipment for.a groundwater.: But others said: the ex- pense may eventually be justified. ‘*The commission can, later. in. the year, transfer: whatever a «s ae ‘didn'wsay: may be anywhere i ‘Staff. information: shows. surpluses between’ 1980 and. 1986. a Tanging from a high of $160, B4ri in: 1980 to a low. of. $62, 440i ins : "farmers, the water: commission heard: At s ‘cooler: than. the There. were two. deficit. “years = - $20, 951 ‘in 1984, ‘and .) 3. GVWD water. a .. The. other water. commission bulk customer, the: research. hs “station, will: ‘continue to pay 66. cents per 1 ,000- gallons: in oa sula’s dealings with the GVWD. Bulk: ‘ates dominated discussion of a budget that will: see: A - ~ careful how we put the package together and how we put ioe from the Greater Victoria Water District at. ae 5 cents per ‘ Road. believe ‘a new residential . Bob = Whyte Flames bid Christmas pabseacd Wednesday, January 13, 1988 Established 1912 scastiatadeiachenarathasumiatdintoconaumcunte td: cetomace nein ah Seance aca ee ee. ER Revenue of $596, 090 is estimated from the resale of the water, out of a total budget of $2,266,070. Another $1,545,490 will be raised through requisitions: from the municipalities :-— $618,310 from Cental: Saanich, $428, 100 from North Saanich and $499, 190 from Sidney. Not all. commission members agreed with Cullis’s amend- ment. ; Sidney Mayor Norma Sealey said regular surpluses are bet- ter than deficits. She also pointed out that counting on surpluses to continue. is dangerous, because water needs vary with the weather. Earl Tabor. thought some kind of: formula should be developed to cushion increases over a period of years. Jumps of 16 per cent are too much for municipalities to absorb. - One method members discussed would bea rate stabiliza- tion reserve. The legislation allowing that i is not in place, so Water authorities are forced. to do ‘creative fiddling” to . ‘Sealey said pressure should be applied to the: provincial Also discussed. was the.use of ‘groundwater to supplement Some. commission :members pointed. out: the: prohibitive ‘We have discussed accessing ground water. béfdre and the i argument: ‘cametip? “that‘we:can’t: ‘afford: ti Pp It the ng in. But-maybe it will come. to the. point: vhe e'can’ ford not to’put the] piping in,*” Sealey said. :* Using ‘groundwater. for’ irrigation: may~ pose: difficulties t Another: aspect to the water woes is the GVWD’s dislike of , the Peninsula using large amounts of its water for irrigation. - The wrong water combination could jeopardize the Penin- : Said chief engineer Mike Williams: “We have. to. Be very. Information together, for the most t beneficial deal.’ anne ~ Condos not | needed here ~ neighbors say ‘Some businesses on Harbour — He also said his condos will. ‘be at the fringe of the G-1 neighbor will threaten their — district. A section of just 25 feet" marine industry heritage. fronts on Harbour: Road, and. EET re aeneniumeiemmenenaed . , By GEORGE LEE there’s no access from the road. The property. offers ocean view only = it-isn’ t actually water- ° front, he said. | _ Review Staff Writer -has council's ‘blessing for an 18-suite con- © . dominium complex ‘onthe. cor-. ner of, Resthaven Drive and . Harbour Road. . . ‘He also has a petition backing : up his claim that the develop- ment isn't unpopular. -- even though an official public. hear- “We were’ in agreement," snid : Lynn Henshaw of Pacific Pile Driving in.a recent inter- | view. “We actually signed his petition, We don't mind anybody developing their pro-. perty.”’ However, she worries that condo owners might prove less- than-friendly neighbors: when the ‘noise of industry wafts through their windows. When we want (o repairs tug boat, we want to repair it," Henshaw said, Often enough, that's when people are asleep. hor. his. part, Whyte notes similar © that there are developments to his plan onthe other end .of. Harbour Road, “To my knowledge, there have been no adverse com ments.” Live Bea e a! - marine ~ businesses. fear. - Henshaw said Whyte should. include’ mention of. the. sometimes noisy. . activity’: on. Harbour in a sales prospectus. | Noise is “‘part of living here."’ oo“ Tf we start: making noise, they’re going to hear it. ‘They: ) - . should be informed of that,” ing was weighted heavily against -_ _ the three-storey: Harbour Haven a complex, . Harbour Road is a traditional ‘ boat building, marina and boat” \.. repair district. with an industry’ _ wide reputation. If- residential neighbors. com-° also. have the democracy. of’. numbers on their side, some “id That): ‘adds impetus to further residen-- “tial development and could spell» “ the demise of boat works, Said neighbor Bob Gartside: The boatbuilders and marine engineers inthe Harbour: Road. . marina zone are alarmed at the: -potential threat to their business je not just from: this condo - development but from. an. ine. creasing trend...’ jarside added. that condos - will gradually ‘“‘whiltle away’’ the G-1 area. Businesses “are all aware that high-density retire-_ ment homes and marine = in- ~- ~ dustrial activity don't mix." But Whyte, said :he. respects the Town or Sidney and doesn't... — believe his project will be harm- 7 ful, : so SE was born here. My. .. children were raised here, This. Continued on Page A2- plain about the noise, they will