-:. Peninsula News Review When Victoria. resident Dennis Perry, a commercial fisherman, found himself out of work because of depleted = salmon stocks, he decided he -.. wasn’t going to sit idle. _ Instead; he chose to help get fish stocks and the indus- try back on a better footing by - doing something about the ~ state ofthe environment. — ». Perry and 10 other out-of- work fishermen. got pro-ac- tive, formed the Coastal Envi- » ronmental Restoration Co-op- _ erative Association in January, *. and are now working to re “store ‘local. salmon’ stocks : > through stream enhancement me projects. Every summer, the water e ~~ -Jevel in lower Reay Creek in © Sidney is reduced. signifi: | * cantly, and the already endan- © “gered coho salmon in the creek have a tough time sur. ~ viving. : ce ‘The shall ow: ieee be - comes foo warm for the fish _ and the waning streariside. --vegetation doesn’ ‘t provide: ad- p cause cimde or. food, ae * Pay nce some be Greek ae de- bris in and around, the cree to —— ‘pools for the fish,” he to ee ae ng cut en nearer e c t : i * become a blueprint for Sidney’s future for —- tween 1 and 44. PRLIRI ONT A A delicate re} ‘i PAR i ios) Mi ) . f " nt ‘3 | Special of ‘the Mc on he All. 1 4kt and 1okt > 20: off italian Gold Earrings seem ne tnag 1m ete trem minha On are pote 'S (mscer ten en vein nrg waver PT - Barelar ' of'Oak Bay iy ee ene reel ; “We don’t expect to, siagiehandedly restore ayear-round fish- ing season, but if we take the first'step,, then other s groups ‘could ~ follow and jeveonualy the rivers and oceans will be teeming with Vision plan g goes to public fir st, then council 2 By Judy Reimche oer os The Sidney: Corporate Strategy Com-. . Vision docuirients were charged. with "Peninsula News Reviews)» See, munity Vision looks at “the aging popula- ~ meeting those new demands within the : tion, shifting economic structure and in- ‘village’ context that residents want to see. 7 “+ Change, and how to deal with it, is ihe 7 creased pressures on community and so- _ continue in Sidney. where it was injected Under-: _! basis of a process that has taken about a “cial services” according to the introduction The sub-committees will come together | wood's body by intravenous __ looking forward ie teal tie tocome tofruition. to the report. Key elements include the . Aug. 26, after which the seven chairpeople | on July 15. nétiod has passed.” - On August 5, committees and sub-com ~~ fact the population is expected to grow by will incorporate the changes into a report He was released fromthe "jy supposed to take at least * mites comprised of up to85 Sidney resi g.2 percent by 2018, to reach 11,857; and back to the overall committeé. Then a + dents and business owners submitted draft: the age curve is changing: in Sidney, there ~ rough draft of the final report will go out to reports that will become the Vision 2000 is a reduction in the 65 years and overage thepublic = A . document. The whole, once polished, will group and an increase of all age groups be- The next half-day public input function fen next 20 years. ; Ce ~The committees working on the new September, after which it goes to council, hehe i) CAREFREE / Y ). feminine look! : RETIREMENT LIVING © He's WHME Fo LEVEE a | ae 104 Athlone Court 2107 Oak May Ave. 502-1100 : 74 were nearly wiped out at one point. Reay Creek has had to be re-stocked two or three times in the last few years,” he said. Fisheries. and Oceans ‘Canada provided $14,120 in funding for the project, which was nearing completion last week. It has taken the four-man crew three weeks to clean up debris along the creek and place boulders and fallen trees in the creek to make TAN Clery 8) | CANAD +‘ ENCER S ~ deeper pools for the fish. Matt Underwood and fiancé Dawn Frank with daugh- _ All that’s left now is to | ter Brigette t before Matt's life-saving surgery. build and install a grate on the : -culvert that opens at the ocean side, Perry said. “In “winter, logs get washed into ~ the: culvert: and ‘block the creek. Installing a grate will ‘prevent that from happen- ing.” Perry.. became. familiar with Reay Creek while work- - ing - with South. Island _ Streams — a make-work pro- - .. ject. for displaced. fishers. * funded. by . Employment. By Lee’ Lee Torgalson galson | : ‘the threat of further. compli- Peninsula News Review. cations has passed. “It gets really lonely over | --here, so I'm looking forward to coming home,” he said. Matt's father, Barry, travels - to Vancouver every weekend, .and: Matt's: fiance, . Dawn _ Frank, and. their eight month- old daughter, Brigette, re- Central ‘Saanich resident Matt Underwood is suffering some complications from a, recent bone marrow trans- ‘plant, but is confident he’s on: : - the read to recovery. ~ “My: “stomach - “AS “really: bothering me; but it’s only Canada and the Department. _| day 25, soit’s early yet,” Un main by his side... Ee of Fisheries and Oceans... ae pe : ion TR n=. “They're ‘my. ‘critiches. 1 “When funds dried . “up, erwood: told The Review . don't know what I'd do with- |-from his: hospital bed in Van- _couver éarly Monday. soe ; » Underwood, 24,aTsawo iN nd - well-know out them here,”: ‘Underwood said, adding little’ Brigette has ce legion. of fan of h her own a ‘Perry decided.the work was» far. from complete. Reay: Creek is the first’ of. what: he: hopes will: ‘be many projects’ ‘taken'¢ ‘on by CERCA. ‘surprised him with a visit’ | “It was great: They made a'| presentation with a team jer-. “He © was. 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