~...ly-1,000-metres into a 20-metre

a a

"reaches 120,000 gallons per day. : chairman ofthe. environmental

-advisory commission get: ‘into’
“politics. ‘by his. reference ‘to: the’.
~-council vote.. He will remember:

th tion in Dean Park, ‘this will. OCs
cur in a: year or.two:

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Wednesday, December 16, 1987

We found the keys to the truck without any trouble even
though the rock we’d hidden them under had been covered |
with six inches of fresh, wet snow.

{t was only when my brother said his truck had bald sum-
mer tires (its snow tires were still in his Vancouver basement)
that my stomach turned queasy. This feeling was with me for
the next few hours as we clawed our way down the side of a
mountain from the Pasayten wilderness highlands.

But let me start at the beginning.

it was a beautiful fall day in mid-September when we began
our backpacking trip into the northeast corner of this

520,000-acre, Washington State wilderness. The Pasayten is
strung out under the British Columbia border from near Ross
Lake in the west almost to the Okanagan River in the east.

The trail we hiked was directly south of Keremeos. We’d
got there by driving. south from Osoyoos, B.C., to Ellisford,
Wash., and then west along lesser highways and logging roads
to the trail head where we left the truck.

From there it was an easy climb of 1,200 feet along 6.7
miles of well-maintained trail to Horseshoe Pass and alpine
meadows which extend westward forever — well, at least for
114 miles — at about the 7. ,000-foot level. Glorious hiking
country.

We’re not up to 100-mile jaunts and so, the next day. just
ambled along about six miles before making.a second camp
and taking time to explore surrounding hills.

Our plan was to stay in the area for a couple more days, but
with black clouds. building in the distance we decided to head.
our way and the next morning we headed back. About [2
noon the first. snowflakes arrived and, by the time we'd
returned to Horseshoe ‘Pass, two inches of the stuff-covered
the grass and tiny alpine flowers.

_ And by the time we'd reached. the truck, six inches had
landed.

My thoughts turned to -bald tires. andthe six “miles of
twisting, one-lane mountain road which lay between us and a

paved highway. ‘‘No problem,’’ said brother Pete. ‘‘I’ve got
chains and a brand new winch.’’

The truck slithered up a slight incline and paused. The next
stretch sloped down. Trees grew close on the left and a sheer
drop of a few hundred feet was-to the right. Our speed would
increase as we descended. and a touch of the brakes would
mean a disastrous rightward skid. Guard’ rails? You've got to
be kidding! -.

Somehow Pete, with consummate skill, got us down and
around the next corner to the next hill which we couldn’t

Continued from ~ - off the sewer and ‘put in a very

extend the outfall appr oximate- contribute twice as much as the

experimental farm-would..,

depth. when the discharge

“At the present rate of construc-.:

Although the permit for thé:
Basin’ Bay. ‘plant: “is” “‘‘tem-"
- porary,’’ no one’ seonig to know... venture into politics.
what ‘that means. ‘The Sidney”. The. growth’ of slime. and
and: Central Saanich: plantsare « -seaweed.on “the. shores:
also “temporary.” In afew.” clean. and clear, ©
years’: time, ‘some 800 Dean.

Park residences will have.access.
to the plant. The experimental
farm’ would . contribute . the’

“hat Ted -the ‘Council “effort f
restore the EAC after his last

-tor. It shows: that. the sewage

condition: in the. whole’ of the
eight houses.

.: large septic tank and field: They —

- Editor:
-It.is unfortunate to see “the” . portunity = “of:
“Sidney “Association ©
» Chants.

organizing.
- boats. and the effort. and. ex-:

once: :
must... be =:
deplored by. everyone. The high: :
coliform. count around storm -
drains. is’ one: ‘contributing ‘fac-

THE REVIEW 9781-2nd St., Sidney B.C.

climb. On with the chains — more or less. It seemed that
some of the single-strap, tworlink jobs were missing and half
the rest were broken.

‘We cinched on the good ones and spun up the hill — part
way. The spinning broke two more chains and lost the others
in the rapidly accumulating snow.

‘‘No problem,”’ said Pete. ‘‘I've got a brand new winch I’m
dying to try out.’’ I didn’t like the word ‘‘dying.”’

We read the winch instructions and in less than an hour |
was trudging up the road pulling a long cable which would
soon pull two men and their ladies out of a ticklish situation.

I hooked the chain around a sturdy looking tree, stood
back and waved. The chain tightened and bit into the cight-
inch diameter tree. Just as the truck began to move, the tree
fell across the road — in front of the truck.

Triple trouble.

Wet snow falling faster; tree lying between us and fréedom:
crew muttering mutiny and cries of permanently crippling
their leaders reached a crescendo.

‘‘No problem,’’ said Pete..He started up the winch and
watched it pull the tree toward. the truck but at an angle which
shifted it (the tree) near the ditch and out of the way.

Up the hill again I trudged and this time hooked the cable
at the base of a tree instead of three feet from the ground. It
held. The truck crept up. Only eight more trudgings and win-
chings were needed to bring us to the crest.

Nothing could stop us now and surprisingly nothing did.
We skidded down and winched up but, as there was more
down than up, our elevation decreased, the snow became rain
and ‘‘no problem.’”

The four of us want.to go back to the Pasayten, probably a
little earlier in the hiking season, and I suspect some day we
will. Pete’s got another truck now, a spanking new winch and
a shiny set of chains. ;

Now, if I-can just put my hands on a pair of snowshoes —
no problems,

_ Sailpast praise...

I-would like to. take this op:
‘thanking. the:
of: “Mer Q
sponsoring, the:..

e ‘watch for all ‘spectators. Com-

‘for 's

arade of boats.::

: The excellent, job. they did. in

the parade of Rec “at Christmastime

-Sidney- by-the- Sea..
Another * one’ or:

-Tesponse that-followed.-

pense’ undertaken “by).the® par-

- ticipants - in: decorating. ‘their “things about living in Sidney!
boats. is something to be proud= -Dorrien Clack,
of. Tt. ‘was a sheer delight 10 :

and more praise...

“ments I-heard were-all so ap-
- preciative™ of the idea and: the:

-May we long continue to have. 7
aphis: ,enjoyable water. pageant. ase 4
‘feature in

ahe nice»

Sidney oat

Is.this. significant considering.
-the amount of ‘public: service:

they .are contributing to -the
community] If so, perhaps. he

should start a movement to get
the: Panorama, Leisure. Centre

southeast quadrant of our com- -

-munity must.be cleaned up.
Only’ then can we hope to

reverse, the condition on our”

beaches. .- L,
_ Lloyd Harrop

| Editor:

Sidney is fortunate in ‘having
sailors that gave of their time,

‘and: this includes the enterpriz-
ing scuba diver, please be very

sure that. the thousands. that

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7 HE CHRIS’ r MAS spirt is being demonstrated i ina variety WAYS:

in- the Peninsula community. First on our listethis week “is: PLB. "s
restaurant in Brentwood: Bay. Needy t residents, §(-vach day, will

~ benefit from free'meals, Dee. 2land 22, courtesty of Phil Dagger:
§,

and: his: suppliers. A major-contributor will be Superior Poultry,

supplying chickens. for the meals: Names of the needy we, being .
provided by foad: bank organizers: “Edo business in the communis ©
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treat us. to a wonderful -il- © only. delighted with the show -
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SIDNEY MUSICIAN Megumi Otani is one of six young musi-
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series adutions, held at Battelle Seattle Research Centre Nov, 28,
Otani will be presented ins public recitals-during the spring.

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right direction, and we're re aly, pleased, with this.” te

OTHE SIDNEY ROTARY ANNs ire at work this Christmas
season, An annual Christmas dinner was held Deo. 10-at member:

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~. Edna Bowles" home, The 2f menibers welcomed Hazel Bartlett, ihe
district governor's wife. Arrangements were made to assist seht a:
“the Mount Newton Dayv-Care Centre with wrapping Christmas pitts.

and baskets; President Theresa Scrivens reported that a cheque lor

“$300 had been given to. Barbara Stonier of Peninsala Community™
Association of the purchase of a Medic Alert System for asidney:
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craft will be shown atthe workshop. Normally, an open house iy

held j in June, but a Christmas one was added torthis year's list, Aire

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