eS Rind Se e & 1 4 ¥ £ i ‘ g t t q ¢ id } A ‘ 4 arta Taal NNO E aye Gt Aen peg Hk Oe WOE Ss A aA Ee eT SEP Peep, ee ee “although — Ald.: Pe was SIXTY-EIGHTH YEAR, No. 22 The library stalemate died a sudden death Monday night as North Saanich council voted to - call tenders on the same 7,250 square foot building’ that had. previously been approved by Sidney council. Ald. Harold Parrott made the key move in clearing up _ the impasse by insisting on con- sideration of motions to recall and then to rescind. council’s previous decision to approve the library only with a 1,000-foot ' meeting room deleted from the architect’s plan. As soon as the recall motion: was approved Ald. Edgar. Far- thing moved. ‘the | limited to 5,000 square feet. Only Ald. ‘Dermid Bingham supported. him, and Parrott was then able to > move which was carried. Lo He then proposed’ the sii of... the ‘joint library committee be “accepted... This ran’ ; position from Ald. Jim Cum-. ~ ming, who said he wanted to see». UE plans: and: a. firm: cost estimate, ob not just sketches, before. com-" og his. rescinding motion, into. op- ut. he stressed there: wa “No. commitment. that the: building tee go-ahead if- tenders ‘were con-. ‘sidered too high.. = motion. “carried with oP, aldermen Bingham, Farthing and” That © Cumming opposed. Earlier, . with municipalities. The vote was unanimous, "be in another municipality. ‘Sidney - alderman ‘resigns seat Sidney. Ald; Glen McMillan has ‘resigned his seat:on council, effective July 1. In a letter to- . council -MeMillan... said: his decision was due to. a change i in employment: and. he no longer. had the time to spare, Ald! Ross Martin said Monday. : unfortunate” - » MeMillan felt he must resign, He “most — praised the alderman. for “ex- ~~ cellent work"? with the advisory planning» commission. and — said McMillan had ‘served well,’? ~ A motion: was approved’. to hold open the vacant seat until the November minnie sal cles “tions. By PEGGIE ROWAND |. Teenage © youngsters Peninsula, ‘Sidney. Camille Martin, co-ordinator “at Sidney Teen Activity Group (STAG). said» Monday. Student -. Manpower in Victoria will) be a ‘ 4% ‘library’ be: considerable e discussion, council had agreed in * principle. to a formula proposed .. by Sidney under which the new . library. building would be paid. for and owned equally. by the two . Farthing. had questioned why 40 per cent of the” . people should pay. 50 per. cent of the cost when the building would . - * Bawlf (13-18 > years) and ‘young: adults -—.19 years and up — who need jobs: - can register now for work.at the “Community, “Assocnmion office om and Street,’ business: peaple, Serving Central. Saanich North Saanich, the Town of Sidney, Cordova Bay, Royal Oak and the Gulf Islands” PHONE 656-1151 answer is on Page 3 ~ By GRANIA LITWIN Sam- Bawlf, . who recently _ purchased the 1,200 acre Genstar _. property: on Tod Inlet, plans a - bring’ a conceptual. plan before... Central. Saanich - council melon. the end of the month, “In an. earlier interview Bawlt said he plans to construct some |. housing, possibly a golf course arid) a quality. tourist: resort on: nearly» 100° acres on the sume” pr ‘operty, ‘Central Saanich Ald, George ‘MacFarlane told council Monday ~ Night he met with: Bawif along - with the mayor, members of staff and? representatives. for. Bawlf's “architects May 29 at-which time he would like to. - ‘said, present some conceptual plans soon, MacFarlane told council the May 29 meeting reviewed. the community plan and zoning channelling all work available on- in’ Central Sidney and. ‘North the peninsulas = Saanich, . Saanich — tothe PCA office: As well, Martin is calling on all: merchants who need extra help. ~ otis summer to get in touch with her at 656-0134, OF particular interest 10 some she “says,” ‘Manpower program which pays employers Up to BS per cent of an. bylaw: ‘Jones, an Wallace Drive, ; - businessmen disadvantaged youth. this. kind of: job should contact Martin right: isa Wednesday, June 3, 1981 “We ground rulcs,”’ Bawlf .has. hired John Trent esteemed went projects have .- included — the - Kaanapali. golf course on Maui, - » Hawaii, MacFarlane said, Bawlf: has also employed the architectural: firm of Benjamin Thompson, of Cambridge, Mass, This firm redesigned the city of. ~ Boston: some years ago .and the. |: considered’: exe tremely Wwell done,"” according, to ‘. “project. - was MacFarlane, “This project could be ‘very. over the American | golf course designer whose major. - How did John McAndrew grow peas three feet high in hls Brentwood d garden in May? The : ing, resort: exciting and possibly a very fine view) disposal ‘fields adjacent to each other could ‘pose an obvious “development”, he added: ‘Bawlf said earlier the tourist. ~. future health. risk, a cisk which we are attempting to minimize," resort is planned for.95 acres just south of Butchart Gardens, while a golf course could go on-an | adjacent. 200-aere : parcel east of course,” who can apprenticeship away. or for more information all Manpower, Victoria, : ~ And houscholders.: are not exempt ‘from Martin’s plea: to help provide work for youngsters “during. the «next - ext few months. - There’s plenty of teenagers. who ; denied the “recently Lot size "won't halt | development | Eric Sherwood - has minimum lot size approved in Mayor: Saanich’ is designed to halt development. Council. is concerned. about possible: septic problems on the © small lots, he said Friday. oe ~. Council May 19 approved. in. “ principle:a minimum lot size: of “14,000 square: feet (about ‘one- third-acre), The move will affect about 90. lots-in. the Deep Cove. “and Pay Bay areas, some as small as 5,000 square. feet, says Mayor " Brie Shetwoods.. "The compounded. ‘effect ‘of ‘small: inadequate (in council's . Sherwood sald. Ald, Jay Rangel agreed, “All Continued on Page 3 _ employees wages if taken on an. Local five 1: will now lawns, mend fences, a paint, shop, — babysit, ©" do housework and general pardening -for-thase who haven’ t the time or energy, ‘tidying, And. they! re ald available to do thé job-boy' jobs in stores and’ warehouses .--"- sweeping, scraping or painting a boat. are higher. . _. teaching areas there, “North | seeking, emplo yment hoping the promised jobs from Student Manpower, with Input from Jocal business people and householders will help. give work for many youngsters who are ate. stacking goods On. Joose end but who want to work. ~ shelves, Or boat owners find might a youngster handy | for” _ESTABLISHED 1912 By JOHN GREEN Increased rental rates for school facilities being put into effect by Saanich school board July 1 will result in cancellation. of some night school courses that would otherwise. have been of: fered by Camosun College in the - district this -fall,; and: in higher prices for other courses. -This in turn may lead to a confrontation between the school board and the college board. Pat Floyd, ‘the college’s director _— off community _education, says © Camosun’s policy is to have each course pay for itself,.so that fees will‘ be higher. for .a. course in Saanich _ school district than ‘for the same course in Victoria if rental costs Where - fees would have to be unrealistically high the courses will not be-given at all. ‘School board chairman Gerry | Kristiansen, says - both’ those alternatives are unacceptable — that the college should charge the same rate-for: the same course’ - throughout. its area, and that os ‘when night schools -were turned > .over to the college by the school - board. a year ago -it. was witha --commitment that there would be - no reduction -in. the variety. of. ‘ courses offered. - Kristiansen : “could. not | “say” “whether the.school board would © itself have raised the cost of night ‘school courses: in: line = with: ‘the. new. rentals if the board were. still: ad art. rooms,..: ‘because. h facilities: needed :are not likely, to: -- .be available anywhere but in the. “. schools.and because it is for those ~ rooms: that rent . increases | have been highest. : In: Sidney the college i is justin. the process. of buying the present -school: board offices on Third / Street. and plans. to have three but the renovations may ‘not be ,com- ’ - pleted’ in time for night” school ‘this fall. Floyd illustrated the: ‘problem. ‘from the college point of view by » ‘ pointing out that for a 20-hour course for 10 students in a shop: ~ costing $35 an hour the rent alone would be $70 per student... He indicated that in Greater Victoria. School . District»: rent would be $3 an hour, and termed ‘ the Saanich cost ‘‘astronomical.’’: Kristiansen says the board did not think ‘taxpayers paying for. kindergarten-to-gradeJ2 education’ should. be subsidizing © other community. activities. and - that the new rates represented the actual extra cost’ of making» - rooms available after hours, .’ ‘He © says - there: “enquiries from the Greater, © Victoria. district about ‘the: new o Saanich rent scale and he thought | “the same policy might. be adopted there. : But when the school district | ran the night school the fees did not include any charge for rooms atall, Until two years ago Camosun are now. out . ‘and need the money, ~ But she warns youngsters — teenagers and young adults - mm 10 | _VICTORIA AIRPORT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY In The Bear's Den 656-1176 25 CENTS College operated only in the Greater Victoria district, and ‘it first took over local night school operations last September. At that time some courses which were more in. the. area. of. recreation than. education were shifted to the control of the Peninsula — Recreation. Com- mission which has an agreement with the school board for the use - of each other’s facilities at no charge. The fall night school program _ is planned in May and June, so it is not known yet. how. many | _ courses will be dropped in this are being offered area that elsewhere. Continued on Page 2 2 jhad ° been ‘Traffic Be. concern in $3m I Jan Sidney council chamber: was. crowded | “Monday. “night: ‘with | residents who turned - ‘out for a. oa in the:town’ s Tecent traffic study. : of: future: traffic’ plans: for the. area Mayor. ‘Norma ° Sealey said” council. was only: one: party. to. is alternate . traffic. _proposals. and. ‘plans hinged’ on. what: the: other. ~ two parties — the department of highways and the RCMP. — — were eee going to do. © an ‘But. the: mayor - ‘paid she \ was : ae well” aware of traffic.:concerns...- and agreed with. one resident on . . the dangers of ‘McDonald Park _> Pat Bay Highway intersection... - ‘It’s probably one of the most ‘dangerous « on the highway,” she -said.: One. resident ‘said he'd. be: happy if traffic was ‘‘just slowed | down’’ on, Resthaven. — Martin » agreed fast traffic on Resthaven was. a perennial problem. and... - the’. most .. effective “means of dealing with it was to. «phone the RCMP when motorists: mei - Suggested -. are specding. The development on a total of | 9.95 acres includes 12 units on © ‘Resthaven Island and 95 on the: ‘and. ©. recreational .. “Underground: parking | and. _.Water’ garden-are other: features - of the plan by Cardigan Holdings — Ad. Council has varied: the town's 30 foot. maximum. - restriction by three feet to allow a the underground parking. ail ~ Martin says many. younsters of school and | ~ and she’s, phone her. who require social insurance “certificates, - course. at). Manpower ~ enables her.to acts counsellor to Continued on Page, 2 ‘Despite’ requests for disclosure Hee mainland portion, ‘Two. apart. “ment blocks parallel to each other: © are: linked ‘by a swimming pool). Pate ee height. register n now at the. PCA office c or acer . Martin. has. ap. plication forms for young people. numbers and: forms: for those’ “who need capes: of thelr birth Martin took a special one-week Which >... youngsters seeking: work. She At