Page B2 No major changes Incumbent Ron Cullis is seeking. re-election. on Centrai..Saanich’ council. The 37-year-old Saanich firefighter was elected first to-council-in 1972 and has: served as chairman of parks . and. recreation. where he ‘advocated. support for many groups in...the. community to develop their own recreational interests. He has. consistently supported . the community plan, due for-review in 1984 -and does not forsee. any. “major changes: in policy direction. of the plan, adding the balance of rural, commercial and residential development detailed in the = _-plan.is asnecessary: device io. ‘control. growth and: preserve the. unique. sural cand)... agricultural: - components of the area. A longterm preservation of the agricultural heritage of Central Saanich, when faced with “the increasing’: I “25. per. cent may impact. severely ‘on. provision. of © and on capital demand. for. — urban ‘amenities, can occur. only with an effective broadening of the tax base, next” “generation. will ave great diffic ulty finding he says. point ‘for “services, ess vorks projects.. Saanich Peninsula” ‘water “we? Hi Ron Cullis “*Council » must continue to respond. to the. ‘needs of the industrial and commercial. areas;. to “encourage their promotion — the and .. vitality,..as in Brentwood Bay beautification project and the ‘Keating Cross Road : reconstruction.’ . The reality of the current economic. recession. on. municipal government: has of ‘‘restraint’’, he out. and: Says a decrease in revenue sharing grants from the province in. course: -1984, and the reduction: in capital funding (provincial) - water and sewer. projects from.75 per cent to ‘draw water frome: : istribution but already. ‘almost up. capacity,” Sharpe says.” Another ~ problem | eeds’ to. be — solved’: ‘completed = close the! new establishment of al three-year — ‘road. “surfacing | that getting irrigation to farmers eat rock bottom rates.’ All THE REVIEW Ruth Arnaud. * has to. two terms: on .Central’:Saanich -council and is seeking re- election. She thinks she’s been ‘‘reasonably. useful’’ and says there are two thing she is proud of — chairing the. health and’ welfare committee. which lobbied to retain obstetrics at Saanich Peninsula. Hospital... and support. ‘for council’s adoption’ of . shellfish standards. ‘*It’s more costly. but it’s pretty important for our treatment plant,’’ she says. She also takes. some credit for the part she played in preventing’ the dumping of storm drainage into the ‘dumping’: suggestion. . Farmers..already had. their - land flooded, she says. So she called farmers, and set about obtaining acopy ofa report by Eric Schulz which ~ helped: attitude. Following a meeting with: -, Saanich Peninsula Farmers’ is” now. getting easements and will. be. responsible for clearing “change... council’s Institute, council ~ Creek. although highways have to come toa ‘decision about plans for a road leading from Keating Cross: Road onto: Pat':Bay.- the. McHugh ditch. © ~ When engineers presented a report. to council: she was~ appalled’: at given...cause to. follow. a heavy: duty Ruth Arnaud the McHugh: ditch which runs north of Island View - and..dumps. into. Noble Arnaud says there are no real isues in Central Saanich council... and Highway. Arnaud. says. highways’ longrange plans are to close” off.-all access: roads to the ‘highway and. have frontage roads so that the only roads . exiting onto the highway. are where there are lights. That would mean. large, trucks going past Keating. school to the Island View. junction — or. upgrading Central Saanich’ “Rd. on. the: route to the “TENDER FLAKE pees PURE | share. in | BEEHIVE Sayward Rd. junction, ‘she says. Arnaud -thinks» there should. be. an overpass at Keating and. says she ‘‘fully supports’’ that plan. has She. thinks » council done. quite..a. lot. for recreation. within. -the municipality and points to the new library — no frills but all paid for — and the new senior citizen’s centre on Clarke Rd. Currently, . council: is negotiating with — Mount. Newton middle school to the. use