4 PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW Cransfo TIPATION? acrecative wrizing workshop wich Susan Mayse April 24-25 in Sidney phone: (250) 656-594} email: tidewarerwillahiccom ie ee ne es eee ee ae ee ee, ee ee Oe Phone your personalized order in early, or drop in and choose from our display SIDNEY DAIRY QUEEN 656-3339 _. 2323 Bevan Ave., Sidney. ‘Tho Slanoy Dalry Queen is a participating epansor (o the British Columbia Chitdran's Hospital through tho Childran's Miracle Network Tolethon, Dairy Queen Kevin Woedley _ with: basic’ maintenance ° maint nance bill for the dis-- A terflies,"s ~ combe, the head naturalist Peninsula News Review Lochside Drive will be smooth soon,;.but:for now motorists, should proceed with caution along the pot- | hole-infested stretch of road in Central Saanich. The municipality will con- tinue with plans to grade, gravel and dust-coat a small portion of Lochside Drive . twice a year rather ‘than make changes to the feat s surface. ~The maintenance issue — for the portion of Lochside Drive between. Martindale and Island: View Roads - came back to council only a.. few months after. they had. authorized staff to proceed measures including gravel and ‘grading. » “Under the current diree. tion we need to know. how |. -many times a year we are to ‘ do this,” Central Saanich - Municipal Engineer Al Mackey told council. “We are recommending’ meaning a: $12,000 annual “ment,”' said” mayor Wayne Hunter after a brief council discussion. Brentwood “sented to council, is to apply: ~a double chip seal:surface: aid -. The one-time cost is under. _ pressed concerns over that type of-surface.” ae “Tt seems fairly ‘obvious - ~ we need: to go° ‘with the : ‘ $12, 000 solution at the mo- “KEVIN WOODLEY PHOTO ny ‘With potholes scattered a across most. of Lochside Drive between Island View and ‘Martindale Roads, Central. Saanich has. decided to make repairs twice a year. The The alternative, as: out- “< pwice a year Hopefully he ‘ined in the staff report pre ~-will last until the other-and.: “no one will request 1 us to.do- it inthe. meantime,” Mackey. i. o. The: sprocedure will: cost : $6, 000 for each application, to the short stretch ofroad: $20,000: but councilors ex- > “Chip seal works for cz cars but not--other.. uses, said Councilor Diane “Moen in —reference to the cyclists and. horse back’ riders who make ‘steady “USE, of the. road... We shouldn't move it into alongside: : te Mackey. ‘said ‘stat eq pe “mates the’ cost ofa second ‘trail. at..$25,000,. but indi- ‘cated funding for. such a project..may be: available from the provincial govern- : “ment.- Bay, 7, Butter vy Gardens chip seal until: we ‘have an al- ~ ternative trail in. place: for. the Lochside Trail.” - Mackey ‘ said that, should . ‘the existing road be treated -with a chip seal surface, it. _would: still be. possible. . “ued: e heavy rainfall in recent weeks means the repairs will neve to wait another month. In addition to approving the twice-a-year \ mainte- “nance, couricil instructed. - - staff to investigate contin- “permits ‘through: provincial capital “commission and the Capital _. Regional District parks de. . © partment in order to find aise “permanent: solution::: “funding -In the meantime; the: pot: : holes ‘will stay "fora little - while ‘longer. Mackey said. he expects the first treat- ment won't take place for about. another~ month -be-: cause of the fieavy rainfall. prepare for Gypsy Moth Spraying | Kevin Woodley : Peninsula News ‘Review Brentwood Bay residents may soon be awakened by the sounds of low-flying air- craft as the provincial Min- istry of Forests gets set to carry out its Gypsy Moth Acrial Spray Program in the small Central Saanich neighborhoad, The spraying, which. is set to take place anytime between April teand June. 30, will cover 602 hectares in the Brentwood Bay area, including. local tourist at traction Butterfly Gardens, vos This. spray can: harm any type. of caterpillar tor but- at Butterfly Gardens. "We have to closeup all “our y vents during the spray: ing. “Southcombe aid it ~~ would only take an hour ta seal up all the outside vents ad we cieaec cne We bad act Get a bit-of a concern,- sald Clive South: with plastic and added the Forest Ministry has been helpful, promising. to pro- vide notice to his staff be- fore the spraying.) =. “We've been: told the spray will settle and break- down within a week,” said Southcombe who added that Butterfly Gardens is in the buffer zone and not ina direct spray area. "We're hoping: not ‘too much of the spray will hit: us," he said, This’ year's — planned spraying comes despite an Environmental Board (EAB). ruling in April, 1998 that found spray- ing would create an unae- dren, people with allergies, “asthma and other respira: tory ailments, those with ‘immuno deficiencies, chemical hypersensitivities, ORE ar Appeal , ceptable risk of health prob: -Joms-among residents: of | é densely populated-areas, es: ~~ peelally to the health of chil. and the elder ly. But, according to. the Capital . Health Region’s chief medical: officer. Dr, Richard Stanwick, there is no research that indicates Btk is a danger to humans. At the March 15 Central Saanich. Council meeting, Councilor Michelle Haddon was upset about the spray- ing taking place over her district, especially with the’ lack-of notification fr am the ministry. "With three schools in the area, we should expect some sort of notification,” she said, . Nine days. later, notices appeared through a pair of the advertisements. in Peninsula News Review. — In the ads the provincial forest: ministry sald: they will make three to four ap. plications of Bik =a hiolog- ical insecticide - during the “three month window. The * applic ions will oc- cur. ten days apart from: each other and each spray- ing will be preceeded with 24 hours notice from the Forest Ministry so. resi- dents can decide whether they. want to. take pr ecau- lions. ~ Spraying will occur be- fore-7:30 am. during the month of April and before 7 am. in May and June. Btk is approved © by Health Canada and the U.S “Environmental. Protection “Agency and, according to the ministry advertisement, snot harovful to humans, "The ongoing YPsy moth monitoring program has found high numbers of this non- “native pest in the: spray arcas,” stated the ads. “These voracious leafeat- ing inseets can seriously damage forests, park land | and urban areas, as. well as nursery stock, fruit: trees and Garry Oaks." with NewsGroup files.