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Near drowning
at Port Sidney

A four-year-old boy was plucked
from the chilly waters of Port Sidney.
Marina and taken to Saanich Penin-
“sula Hospital “Monday” night after:
falling off a dock.

Commissionaire Mel Desrodics
quickly came to the boy's aid after.
hearing calls for help from the boy: s
‘five-year-old brother. ~ he ES
_.. The two boys were being baby- sat oe

aboard a 40-foot boat moored at ‘FE’ e
dock when the child ventured outside
- in his pajamas and slipped th to the wa-
|: ter. The babysitter jumped in after him,
but was unable to pull him to safety...
; “According | to”-witness John ‘Wye,
i whe called an ambulance to the scene,
*.-Desroches pulled the child from the :
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ay. have heard, the agreement could & cause Se students and families to suffer
“serious ‘dislocation i in their school programs.”
+ *The agreement removes any flexibility the board has to deploy i its teach: -
_ ing resources in the most effective manner to. meet the needs of the Saanich
_ students,” he said.

: Peninsula News. Review

. Minister of Education Paul Ramsey says sthal Spestr trustees have juste turned 7
- downa $150 million offer.’
- “Obviously, ’'m disappointed,” Ramsey told The Review Tuesday after hear- Under terms of the agreement, students could be forced out of neighbor” z
-.. ing SD63 unanimously rejected the latest contract offer by the provincial gov- 7 hood schools to meet rigid class size provisions and, despite funding for new
“> ernment and B.C, Teachers’ Federation. “teachers, other parts of the agreement could force the district into a deficit of |
“Let's make this very. clear, What they are saying ‘no’ tois 1,200 new teach- up to $700,000 and impose drastic cuts in other areas, Chow added.
* ‘ers across the province, reduction in class size for Kindergarten to Grade 3... In an interview last week, Ken Babcock, President of the Saanich Teachers’

A 4b year-old Sidney man sncused
of bilking a dozen investors of more

‘classes and 500 teacher-librarians and ESL teachers,” Ramsey said, adding

it contains, but because they were left out of contract talks.
“That's my take on it,” he said.

Derek Chow, SD63 board chair, announced the decision at the regular :
» Victoria district. Obvious sly, that’s not to be and I'm exiremely disappointed.”

~ board meeting Monday night.
Reading. froma prepared statement, Chow said that despite what people

m Neighbors and teens seek solutions to skatepark problems

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Peninsula News Review

‘Tempers. flar ed at ‘mes. but there was some movement toward selntions

at a meeting that brought youth, organizers and neighbors together to talk

‘about Sidney's new skateboard park...

_..,. About 15 residents from the area near the skateboard park being built next.
_ to Sanscha Hall crowded into a meeting on Wednesday, June 10 at town hall. .

Thelr major concerns were traffic, safety of children and other residents,

ae aa the nolse generated by the skateboarders, Of those, traffic took top billing. «
Its getting to be aracetrack around our neighborhood,” said one resident

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Association, expressed hope trustees would vote in favor of the agreement. :
“Any agreement that puts money right back into the classroom has to be

But Babcock’s hopes w were dashed in the wake of Monday’s announcement.
“I was hoping against hope that (trustees) would fallow the lead set by the.

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whose front window has been broken by rocks flung from spinning tires.
“They're racing around the field, ripping up the grass, and speeding along the
strects.”

“There are 11 children living in the four houses s near the stop sign,” added
another resident. “Does a child need to get hit by a car before something is
done?”

The neighbors agreed, however, that the speeding cars were likely not be-
ing driven by the kids using the park for skateboarding. The consensus was

that such a facility tends to bring out the young people who will abuse the sit-

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