ae A RE Ee On The Street | Question: In their fight for full indexing of pensions, teachers have said they will work to rule and may withdraw from extracurricular activities at school, How do you feel about this? SS By Steven Holland and fan Wijesinghe pees es casey oi DENEEN. CUN- WILF SEYMOUR, 17, |. NINGHAM,. 16, BEN- BEXLEY TERRACE. — = VENUTO. — ‘‘Teachers. “They ought to do it should do it if it’ll get them what. they want. If I was a teacher I'd do ‘the same thing.” because they. need the money in. their old. age. This is one of the best ways to doit rather than going on - strike and no teaching.’ he oer MARIN. PARK DRI VE. ae WEST. SAANICH. ‘We are their free ticket to” certainly: feel: teachers have getting what they really do the right. to obtains full: “need. — I don’t. really. feel... pension. coverage: . Vm not. % -used but I'wish teachers had threatened’ dropping ‘some : other things..." ; “ going to hurt a lot of © students.”” . : BRENDA _ NICKEL, 17, RAFIKI, — “It’s. com-. pletely unfair. We have to: suffer, .. We don't get any.” compensation for it... We're stuck in the middle, We’ re being used”? RA YMOND LEW, - 18, WOODWARD. — — ‘They. shouldn't ‘do it. ‘There are © better .alternatives,.. They. ; Ought to negotiate because this makes. students miss , out, ae “<= He et pee out an so much,"* nment but Breatly affects ae Te E Bincenta. Sp hoe d Facts tlheddny runshh aR AAR a eee “vessels with 30,000. barrel capacities certain though . that: this. 2 _ “would be the best way. It’s @ e “IRENE LEW, 17, .. - MARK MARTIN, 17, “ BRENTWOOD KERSEY. — “We're. | HEIGHTS, -— “1 don't. suffering the consequence }' think. they’re using the of the teachers’. and 4 sludenis,... becuuse what government's. amisun- a other way could they affect derstanding. The teachers}! “the government? - However. taking away = our’ ex- | it isn't fay io us because it Cracuriicular . activithes is our grad year and we lose doesn't affect the gover- By CAROL BERGER (Staff Writer] Chevron’s proposed Hatch Point tank farm’ will be legally challenged ‘following expected approval . by Municipal - Affairs Minister Bill Vander Zalm and Cowichan Valley Regional District board. _ Lawyer Felix Rueben, representing Saanich Inlet Preservation Society, says once fourth reading is given to the bylaw amending Cobble Hill’s settlement plan, legal action will begin. Until: that time though, Rueben says the nature of that legal action: will not be released. In. December, the. CVRD. gave third reading to a bylaw approving the project and necessary .amend- ments to its zoning bylaw. Chevron’s proposal would see development of a — $10 million tank farm on fie acres of a 50-acre site. ; __ Increased. commercial traffic and potential’. for... an -. ecologically damaging oil spill have’ remained major concerns for tank. farm op- - ponents. - However, ‘little - to date has been ~ said ‘of current ‘ commercial tanker traffic and fuel use in Saanich Inlet. . . During normal production, Inland Cement: Company. at - Bamberton consumes 2,000 barrels (40 gallons per barrel) of Bunker C oil each day. “. That fuel until - recently. arrived » aboard. tankers carrying sometimes: 5 ~ 100,000 barrels per shipment. For the “past few.. months: however, plant ~ ‘Manager Joe Chance says: ‘smaller: have. come. fen Vancouver once'a ‘15, 1975 that workers at:Bamberton’s ay cement works found themselves with . “more than‘ 6,000 gallons of Bunker C°: spilling. ‘down the slopes’ and into the : Saanich. Inlet. ‘Mention the spill to Barney Lane, a ‘Environmental Protection‘Agency oil spill co-ordinator, and his memory is fresh, ‘Sure, it was Bunker. Cand in ‘ Saanich Inlet it sure showed. ” ' The spill’ occurred several hours :. before workers repaired ‘a malfunctioning, ‘kiln burner: © ‘At waterside, two tanks hold a ~ total 700,000 gallons of Bunker C.. Fuel: is then: pumped up: hill to a smaller, 3,000-barrel tank which runs off during ‘the: day. In: the - fuel. “transfer from ‘storage: to. day-tank _ that “night, an automatic alarm. alerting workers the day-tank ’ was filled malfunctioned. ' “The tank just kept - filling and slumped over the tank, onto the hill and .down into. the water’ says Lane. So cena Fr YOU'VE HAD A STROKE. don't despair if it's left you impaired, ° immobile and lonely at home. You _can share your problems — as well as. your triumphs as you make gains —. witha group of people in Sidney, Sidney Stroke..Club celebrates its _. » first birthday Jan, 20 It's still a small: “group «around 10 people - ‘and coe ordinator” Ruth’ Snow, | 9999-3rd Street, would like to hear from: you. a \ “Call her at 656-2101. - o NOW THAT peninsula emergency co-ordinator Herb Brewster. has resigned someone is needed to fill his ; shoes. If anyone is: interested the semi-volunteer job pays © around. $2,000 annually. Get in. touch with your local municipal hall, _ WHATEVER HAPPENED © Eric. Sherwood's suggestion for, A - local farmer's market at) Sanscha Hall? He thought it was. grand idea for local gardeners to sell their excess produce and carn a few dollars .to augment their pensions, recelved only one reply from his letter in The Review. He says. if anyone out there likes the idea he'd like to hear from them, Sherwood, incidentally, teams up with Sanscha Hall manager Chuck’ Harvey to perform at Victoria Silver. Threads next month. The popular - local dua — Chuck sings, ric plays the plano ~~ entertain sometimes at | _. Sidney Silver Threads; THERE'S YET. ANOTHER MOVE afoot to _ cuca Sowerby ate was s early i in the: morning of Dec. fans * market: is favorable, supply Bam- » Joe. ‘Many. of. those. vessels: “receive. - certification ace “outside Canadian waters, 02 When. asked if ships: given c cer-" being . discovered. ‘while but, he. Once discovered, workers placed a boom on the water to contain the spill, . ““A few bags of peat. moss was thrown on top and when daylight came — they had a mess.”’ Oil had escaped the boom con- tainment and for the next three days aircraft was used to ‘‘chase small slicks up and down Saanich Inlet.”’ Because peat moss had been strewn on the contained oil, oil skimmers were of no use to clean up the mess. | “Then they had a jelly-like mass of junk with peat moss.’’ Sq far:the next month workers at Inland Cement Co.- kept up a bucket job from boats and onshore. “‘There was no major damage to the.inlet but had it been a lighter oil, like diesel, it would have been much ‘worse,”’ says Lane. While Bunker C is worse to clean- up and “looks terrible,’’ it is much less toxic to. fish:.and wildlife than- f lighter.-oils except- when the: heavier - oil sinks and smothers bottom life. ~ B.C. Cement was Charged .. in Duncan provincial court and fined . $1,000 ‘for the internal. spill. The. . clean-up itself cost $42,000. “You might say the whole. thing cost them’ some. bad. PR. and. $43,000,’ says Lane. Some. months vironmental protection assisted B:C. Cement in “upgrading oil spill equipment and instituted a: ~~ ; oil spill contingency plan...) : -Robert Baird, district: surveyor of 7 “ship - safety, is™: responsible for-en-:- “.. suring. only: inspection certificated ships enter Victoria: and Saanich Inlet © waters.” ~The ® -average:. ‘three-hour ‘inspection. is: -Tequired. once. a year Baird however ¢ can’t Tecall making an nspection for at leas - “Mediterranean when: “the: international berton’ . cement 4 ‘Chance. “works” ‘says. inspection tificates outside Canada’ followed ~ inspection guidelines, Baird’s response was, ‘‘I wouldn’ t like to get . into that.”’ _- Baird: says: safeguards placed on. tanker vessels are no ‘more than on. _ any other vessel. : 2 "You've got to assess ‘the risk and a see what you’re protecting,” he said. Other tankers using Saanich Inlet. . are:Imperial Oil’s Tofino-and Skeena | - ~vessels transporting fuel to Victoria International Airport:: Imperial. Oil : agent and dealer Duke Braunton said any information regarding oil supply _ was confidential and. declined to’ . release any information, .° . An - indication . of: the’ quantity transported however, is Air Canada’s _ consumption of 22,500 palone: per week. i] av. 248 Pere UME GEENA dd ups LAra out of the president's seat in Sidney — Days Society. There was the same squabble last year but Eleanor held on, put down the: insurrection and stayed on as president, A> source close. to. the society Membership (20) tells us a form sent out to members asking them to en : _ resolution president is not just a heartless move. to. 'dump her’ Apparently she's removing. Eleanor been asked to step down but refused, ~ Members feel they. will never get full -§upport from local organizations and business as long as Eleanor heads me society. They're going to pet their wish = woe Eleanor told The Review Monday she | utente to p tender her resignation at- igen ad wie later’ the. : en-:: : agency. “United . Way, $26,800 but Matheson set. his target aa tess, — RYE VOPR HERE AU IST ; Page 13 ~An arson investigation into two .. ~ December Central Saanich barn fires -has concluded one. was deliberately os ‘set, and the other ‘‘probably” set.. ‘However, investigators would not "say if the'two fires were connected. . ‘The arson probe. followed fires to. wor barns. owned by Geoff Van-. 7 treight.. —. the first Dec. “Wallace Drive in’ which ‘damage 10 °on~ totalled $175,000, ‘and the «second Dec..13 on Martindale Road in which. ; $1,200 automobile was burned out. started as a result of electrical. Bei inthe automobile, ©. . Miles added the Wallace: Drive fire’ was: probably. arson,’ meaning Kaye. : His: son, Mike - ~, Staniake, is still_on staff and runs the: : company's”. “gable 10... program, .. welcome to Pastor =», Wout Brouwer, who commences his month, so. ; congratulations to’ Andrew Jotin«: “stone, 7949 East Saanich Road, who recently retired after serving 29 years | ministry. here... this: as postmaster at Saanichton, Axelson, . the B.C. Heart ‘Foun. dation needs‘ volunteers for. its drive . “for funds in February, Please get In touch: with local, campaign leader ieanor Sowerby at 656-3840, AS. A RULE our Have Your Say survey: feature. Is popular, drawing © . good response from readers, but bast week's question — Concerning | pension — bombed, Either people “for ‘a. $1, ,200. car. call: the . me trouble they went to.”” cece “Ken-2 4s. Elmer © Wi 4 ¥