Wednesday, August 11, 1976 By JIM RODGERS There is a recreational void on the Saanich peninsula not due to lack of interest, en- thusiasm or know-how but because of a paucity of physical facility. Peninsula Recreation Commission co-ordinator Randy Aubie says a survey of the peninsula indicates that people want a_ recreation facility. The recreation commission sponsored study reveals that peninsula residents favour a swimming pool, secondly an arena and the third choice is for tennis courts to fill recreation needs. Aubie says. these facilities just aren’t available on the peninsula at this time. He says there is more to recreation than the arts and crafts that can be handled by utilizing the facilities of local schools. Chairman of the Peninsula Recreation Commission, Eric Sherwood, says 18,000. people on the peninsula. have no community hall or cinema and basically no recreational outlet. “We are deprived of the facilities other communities enjoy and this shouldn’t be the case,’” he said. People in Sidney and ‘North Saanich have to travel to Victoria to take .part in organized sport and have the incanvience of getting booked at odd times in places like the Pearkes Arena because of overcrowding, he said. Support for Facility ‘There are enough people in the area to support the proposed recreation facility and I believe it will get good support if approved,’’ Sherwood said, and we may even attract some support from Gulf Islands residents. Sidney at large recreation commission representative Bob Hope says the need for a recreation complex is obvious because of the negligible amount of current ‘peninsula recreation facilities. “If we include Central Saanich, for example, the Saanich peninsula is the largest semi-urban area left in the province lacking a recreation complex,’’ Hope said. Hope said another good reason a recreation complex is needed is because he. wants to go swimming: “The recreation complex will get kids off the street if the activities are properly programmed and that task would be up to co-ordinator Randy Aubie,’’ Hope said. If free swimming and in- teresting activities are programmed and properly run the thing will undoubtedly be successful, he said. Sidney Alderman Bob Wallace, formerly a recreation commission member, said the Proposed facility managed by Randy Aubie would not be confined to sport. “He could offer an alter- native and activities of interest ‘to people in the community who have nothing to do,’ Wallace said. Peninsula will Grow Wallace says everything from swimming to pottery and discussion groups are sociologically healthy and good for the community. The peninsula will grow in the future and we need to provide an outlet for kids as well as young adults, he said. STAG does a good job but under .Randy’s guidance | believe the facility, if con- structed, will offer a viable alternative for youth. ‘‘Also, the 20 to 40 year age group has been badly neglected and are frustrated by the lack of a recreational facility to act as an outlet for excess energy,”’ Wallace continued. The proposed facility would hopefully not stress ultra- competitive organized sport, even though this would be a part of the program, but concentrate on the whole spectrum of recreational activities, said Wallace. Corporal Mel McIntosh of Sidney RCMP detachment . 1 ; SOUTH SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, on Weiler, will be opening its doors for the first time this Sep- tember to welcome about 100 area youngsters for classes from. kin- dergarten to graden f four. Dwight would love to cook your dinner tonight. 9812 - 5th St. 656.5331 Just up from the Stop Light on Beacon says personal experience has proven to him that you can’t do enough for some people. “Even if we built a facility equalling the Olympic Stadium in Montreal it wouldn’t attract youngsters,’’ he said. There is a fraction that is always in trouble and they are the types that would spray pdint slogans on the walls of the proposed facility as soon as it was built. some No Crime Reduction Kids who are highly en- thusastic about sports aren’t the type that get into trouble, Mclntosh said, and the ones who do, would rather sit in front of the Post smoking than participate in group activities. ‘‘In my. personal opinion, I don’t think the proposed centre would do that much to reduce crime and from my experiences in Port Hardy and Haney, were new facilities were installed, the proposed centre on the peninsula might not even be used to full capacity,’ said McIntosh. Sidney Town Clerk, Geoff Logan, said a referendum held November 17, 1973 proposed a $1.3 million complex to be built on the Bowcott property in Sidney. Sidney ratepayers’ defeated the referendum by only 20 votes, Logan said, and in those days money referendum needed a 60 per cent majority to pass. The 1973 proposal called for swimming pool plus curling and skating rink. Logan says the bi-municipal referendum September 11 will need only a simple majority to succeed. Advance Polls © Polls on referendum day, Saturday, September 11, be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. while an: advance poll will be held on Wednesday, Sep- tember 8, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. | Functional, Decorative Clocks Pewter Clocks — 400 Day Electronic Clock Travel Alarms in interesting styles RUST’S JEWELERS : 2443 Beacon 656-2532. probably. ._ Office . will - THE REVIEW RECREATION FACILITY WILL FILL VOID - Sherwood Says 18,000 Residents Shouldn’t Be Deprived Of A Hall | In the both the advance poll and referendum day poll, Sidney voters will cast their ballots at the Town Hall while North Saanich residents vote at the Municipal Hall on Mills Road. 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