ESTABLISHED 1912 if 9781 - 2nd ST., Sidney, B.C. V8L 3C5 Sorry episode Is Bert Stocks being crucified by Central Saanich: council? Hardly. _ Of course, seeing a photo taken last week of Stocks holding his sobbing granddaughter while Central Saanich employees forcibly cleaned up his property, one might feel differently. But this is because Stocks called over a photographer and staged the photo. During the circus-like episode last week, Stock’s. Keating Crossroad property swarmed with media types the family had previously contacted. Meanwhile, his neighbours refused to comment. Their suffering, due to Stock’s continued dumping of -manure and garbage on his property in protest, rather than paying the $500 deposit for a public hearing to rezone the land, remained unheard. The $500 fee is the required deposit, so Stocks was ‘stalling the rezoning himself by refusing to cough up. Yet at the precise moment a television camera was poised last Tuesday, a cheque for $500 was finally pro- | duced and thrust at.a hapless district employee. As the news camera rolled, the unfortunate employee drew SECOND CLASS MAIL REGISTRATION NO. 0128 VIC SWAN, Publisher SUSAN MCcLEAN, Editor Proprietor: Island Publishers Ltd. ‘blasts from the entire Stocks clan for refusing to accept i _the cheque on the spot. ..— Central Saanich: . ee ~. Central Saanich council received notice of federal surplus properties coming up for sale when a letter was - forwarded to them by Saanich council. They-weren’t on — the federal government’s mailing list. Earlier this sum-. ~- mer-Ald. Eric Lewis expostulated over a. tourist guide’s - failure to recognize Central Saanich as the home of But-: . chart’s Garden. Once again Saanich got thecredit. “This sprawling community. of rolling. green acreages . ‘will shine its own light on the Peninsula this weekend.. ‘The ‘local Lions club has sponsored Central. Saanich... ~ : ; ‘Days for the-past 15 years. The business sector is spon- -soring a $1,000 draw. Centennial Park, one celebration . ‘location; was ‘recently praised by visitors as the best out- - door recreational facility in Greater Victoria. ee Stocks’ daughter said he could not afford the deposit, but the family had suffered so much, she finally decided to lend them the money. Perfect timing. If the rezoning was blocked simply because Stocks couldn’t afford to pay, why take it out on his neighbors by continuing the smelly protest? But if the money was withheld for other reasons, and. | then finally produced when it suited Stocks, he is guilty .] of causing the whole sorry episode. _ — $y - There’s a community close by with an identity crisis . Editor: | ee ee re o ~.: Anyone: who watched Sidney - ‘People frequently complain about. the lack of com- : . -- munity activities and feeling of cohesiveness and identi- ty. As human nature would have it, we tend to pass the buck, expecting someone else to provide these for us. And we.often complain about the effort made, offering pithy suggestions on how an event could have been bet- terif only... i The efforts of a few will provide entertainment for many this weekend. Central Saanich Days are Aug. 2-4 and are an excellent excuse to visit the area. Events like this should be supported and ‘helped to improve year * after year. The 1986 Central Saanich Days promise to be \ i g ” ot a VICTORIA -— The race for the leadership of the Social ‘Credit’ Party is. just ‘about over, and a handtul of British ~~ McCarthy will carry the * Columbians | will snow deters: , mine who. is premier. gs Just to. go-on-record. one... | more time, Estill believe Grace. |” MeCarthy will carry the day at . to. become Whistler. 2. “But what-about the tally o _. Po whieh some Socreds claim that - 1 Bill Vander Zalm_ is’ in’ first : Poe place? _ Funny thing about commit- “ted votes is that those profess-~ ing to. be committed ‘to: one candidate or another lie a lot, Let's face it, if you're a good Socred from. McCarthy's » riding, you had better profess to be committed to the lady. or you won't go to the conven. tion. une ” an ; ‘l “Another thing, about: com- omitted votes is that-they often | hold only for the first ballot, Unless a clear winner. begins to emerge in the first ballot, votes tendtochange, Remember that Bols Skelly “had: only. a" sednt 170° or: So votes at the NDPts last leader cobecume.- clear) that aeitlien David: Vickers. nor. BIL King. could, win, delegates looked torssomeone .clsey and Skelly 2S | “Without. getting ‘a-lot oof, ~ “votes previously committed {o> . a | aii fan vinta asain oe va er ali aammnanamanion Sealant om a re someone . with, cabinet the best ever. Don’t sit back and say there’s nothing to do — be there. — oo" | TT eee =, eee wouldn't have had a chance, According. to vimny > calenla- tions, MeCarthy. will be. out: ‘front on ‘the. first ballot and: “will stay ’-there in. successive. . ballots, collecting most of the Votes - committed. to scoring delegnies in previous “ballots, 7 Vander Zalm has been com- ing on strong in the final two. weeks of the campaign and. may well) be © MeCarthy's the voting process, My -Grace-for-premier delegates may begin scouting around: ‘fer oan According toa TV s thy delegates aie luokiig for eX perience... That would leave Bud Smithoutinthecald. low: TV survey, council proceedings July:21 and saw’ Marylin Erickson: present: “the petition from almost 1,400 — ‘people, must have come to the 1 \ the tally of, the two front runners, Skelly. “-cominitted votes, according to conclusion that it is not the fear. of insurance risk keeping .signs off .the streets of Sidney. It is - the simple fact, that our mayor does not like them. Under correspondence, Chris Dysart’s letter about the signs that took more than five weeks to: get before council, was quickly disposed of; -‘‘Receiv- ed’’,. . an . . -.. Erickson’s presentation of the _ petition was’ very. coolly Whistler. but: will be called on ~for support: in. the next lees ‘tion, aren't “that much in terested in-the old guard, They — would” prefer someone who “sent cabinet, strongest challenger . early in ‘seenario can come apart Ifthe: ‘two front “runners... remain deadlocked. That's the. ime winning: the next election mMlernilive. - “That alternative could well be: - Brian Smith, ship ‘convention... When it’ Act isn't associated with the pre- I have a hunch if all Socred voters in B.C. hada say in the leadership race, Vander Zaln. would) walk “away with) the: prize, But they don’t have any say inthe matter, which is why - Tdoubt that Vander Zalm can win, 0! Boon - “AML of which vis. very une fortunate for. the party beenuse. Vander Zalm is: the only one of the candidates” who would have a chance of the Socreds..0. ete oTdon’t think that MeCarthy can win iin election, As the on- ly leftover from’ the W.A.C, Bennett government’ “she once referred to her and-two. . kitchen cabinet The sume survey, however, — found: that Socreds in general, the -folks. who won't: be: at: th other. women in cabinet as his, is the very antithesfs oof political renewal. Unless. the Socreds present: Liability changes received by’ Mayor’ Norma’ day Sealey and. the’ meeting almost terminated very quickly with no action on. the> petition. However, council ‘was*able to’ refer the infamous sign bylaw to. ‘committee for review. The only vote against the motion was that — of the mayor. Erickson. pointed out-that the municipalities of Oak Bay, Cen- tral: Saanich, Ladysmith, Che- mainus, and Esquimalt allow the sign boards. Victoria has: such a bylaw, .but does not en- force it. I: personally counted more. than 40 of them in Vic- toria a couple of weeks ago. In conversation with Mayor Susan Wednesday,. July 30, 1986. Page A4 - more jobs - samewaht . zany for. “eandidate vos MeCarthy voters with a lot of new faces and a new leader, untainted by 10: years of Bill Bennett rule, they. will be defeated at the next election.» ‘That leaves out the present: cabinet ministers. and backbenchers. It also. leaves. out Bud: Smith because of his close association with Bennett. “A few others ‘such. as) Bob: be associated) with the present government, but- don't count, because: they don't: have. the political recognition “Necessiiry to win an election, The more I look around, the » Wenman may onot more Lam convinced that. the Socreds'. only ‘chance of stay: J” ing in power is. Vander Zalm, He has the experience, but he has yalso disassociated himself from) the — present ‘government by resigning when he could no longer agree with the way Bennett raw the pro- vince, - And most: important, Vander: Zalm represents: that aspect of politics British Columbians shave always preferred to. the sedile and dull polities. prac. _ticed elsewhere in Canada, om sure Vander Zalm is the the “NDP. - would least Uke to face in the -next election, They'd much prefer John: Reynolds, but TP doubt: | delegates “at: whether > the Whistler will accommodate then. . . eins emai anne - Sidney, — the factor. Brice of Oak Bay some time ago she said ‘‘we love them here.’ Don’t you, as I do, find it dif- ficult™:to understand ‘how. the liability . changes —_ with ‘the . mayor? : ae “In her inaugural address (1 have it on video. tape) Mayor: Sealey said ‘‘At the pension fund conference held in Vic-" -toria, it) was pointed. out that jobs are not created by big business getting. bigger, but by small businesses ‘thriving. Small business creates eight times than does big business.’’ 7 oo Sealey: also said she would work to preserve the downtown of Sidney, as the commercial core of the northern part of the Editor: Can the Review. continue to bring to the -attention — of residents in North Saanich and fact Memorial Park) land ‘(approx- imately 4 acres): belongs to. us all? P did not understand this ‘when IT became a member of the ~-community.. The land was: ac. ; quired by a group of citizens in, the early 1920s as a memorial to | First World War soldiers of this. - (n-1932 Sidney and) North Saanich “War memorial. park © Society was formed and became title holder of the land, Sidney and . North Saanich Community) Hall. Association -(SANSCHA) was. established and after the usual people pro-— ~ blems,. wis granted the site on the Memorial Park for a rental of $1 a year. There were further problems that finally led tothe request that a Trust be set up, and that: trustee be removed ~ from any possible local conflict. The Royal Trust aceepted the | responsibility, acting sas trustee: from 19468 until this July when the court granted their request: ~ tobe relieved of the chore, — Only one application > for -. (rustesship was made, this by group of citizens ~that — had already formed the new Sidney and. North. Saanich Memorial: Park Soviety. and trusteeship was granted by the court July 15. “of this year, | " Wher land was expropriated Date with the mayor ~ that — the: In 1952 an organization =~. . ‘Saanich Peninsula, and work to prevent the ‘‘Nanaimo’’ syn- ‘drome, of. all the centres along. the highway.» .. Have-you noticed the empty _ stores on Beacon, and the build-.. up along the Pat Bay Highway? The mayor and I are working fairly well together in. this coun- cil. Much. better than we both expected following the election, but, in the matter of the sign: bylaw, Sealey is once again on the wrong side of the fence. As Erickson pointed--out, more ‘people want the signs returned to the streets of Sidney, than want most of the members of council, on the Sidney council! “Cy Relph, Alderman | Land belongs to us first by the provincial govern- -.- ment and then by Sidney in 1961 and 1984 respectively, there was then. money. as well as land: in the Trust. It is a very involved legal affair. but the essence is that-you, citizen, own the land, - soewhen. the new Sidney and North Saanich Memorial Park Society asks as follows, that yous. “submit ‘suggestions for land use requirements (o> meet cultural, recreational and” athletic needs inthe communi- ty" “your Interest, suggestions © and support are in your own ins.” terest and valuable, Jessie C. Stewart Thanks | police — ~ Bditor: As anew resident to Sidney, | wis most impressed with the ef- ficient “service report whieh TE made'to them, concerning idlori¢ vod disgusting graffiti on and adja- ent tothe Pat Bay Highway. It this bramless and irespon-: sible. spraying of walls cand... “pavements: is nor curbed (are. pun) visttars ands; residents will get avers WhO: Impression of Beautiful Sidney don: -the by the Sea. | . _ FF. Butler HElEN S| given by “the RCMP who acted promptly to a.