Wednesday, November 10, 1976

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LEVI RECOMMENDS COMMUNITY DECISION-MAKING
Tells R es Society About ‘H Of Centralization’

Getting the community | said, who feared another level Jit, you don’t have a | that ‘welfare is something we There is another position yet | grants, but Layton warned that | of inertia on the part of members volunteered — their
involved in decisions | of government was being |problem,’? Levi said, | should be ashamed of and the | to be filled which there were no | ‘‘we are in danger of losing the | residents. time to serve refreshments at
concerning social services was | instituted. ‘‘The municipalities | attributing the feeling to | people onit are bad people.” _| nominations for. sense of iF Sorununity”” Desuss Sidney Teen Activy Group | the gathering.
the subject of an informal | did not buy it from the word | former premier Dave Barrett. Department of Human Langlois opened the meeting : aa nce ie _
lecture by Norman Levi, | go.” 7 BECOME A Resources, under the Social | by giving a report on the |
former human resources] VALUENOT ACCEPTED GUERRILLA BAND”’ Credit administration, is not | accomplishments of the ?
minister. The problem now with the On a more optimistic note, | helping this situatiion, he said. | society, such as a community

A small but enthusiastic | present provincial government | Levi encouraged the Saanich ‘The hard-line, bottom-line | development program under
group attended the annual]! is that the value of resource | Peninsula Resource Society to | approach is affecting a lot of | the direction of John Layton,
meeting of the Saanich

Peninsula Resource Society at
North Saanich school where
Levi spoke on the current
status and the future of local
resource society boards.

‘People in the community
are the ones qualified to make
the decisions on the services
and allocations their area
needs,’’ Levi stated.

Community resource boards
are a vehicle to get input into
the social service policies of a
community, Levi said, because
the people who make these
decisions should be the people
who understand community
problems on the local level.

He gave a brief recap on the
history of the formation of the
resource boards, stating that
the original concept came
about ten years ago.

“There was an enormous
amount of interest,’ he said,
and by the summer of 1974, 64
communities were setting up
boards.

“It was the most exciting
and different program.”’ :

‘‘The people we scared most
were the municipalities,’’ Levi

boards is not being recognized,
Levi said. Decisions on social
services to individual
communities has gone back to

being made by a centralized
body.
Levi attacked human

resource minister Bill Vander
Zalm’s position that it’s the
taxpayers’ money and the
government will decide how it
will be spent.

‘*That’s garbage,’’ he said.

“‘The horrors of
centralization’’ are creating a
system which is now more
costly and unresponsive to the
needs of the community, Levi
said,

‘‘What we loose sight ofina
hard-nosed bureaucracy is
‘why are we there?’”’ Levi said.
‘*We’re there to serve peopie.”’

‘*There is no way the cabinet
under the present government
is going to tolerate resource
boards he told the society, and
the Union of British

Columbia Municipalities is
‘“‘unalterably opposed’? to
resource boards.

The attitude seems to be ‘“‘if

“you don’t do anything about

AS WE PAY
MORE FOR LESS

Fine horses drew elegant
carriages along fashionable
Wimpole Street when the poet
Robert Browning penned the
above lines. His lyrical
outpourings a century ago had
nothing to do with inflation
for the economy was utterly
stable: his thoughts were on a
higher, philosophic plane.

But the words seem to fit
aptly the dwindling value of
the coins in change purse and
pocket today. Split a dollar bill
and what is there left? A
quarter now has to be
reinforced with a dime in order
‘to ride a few blocks on a city
bus. So too fora cup of coffee,
which in the not too distant
past would wash down a
doughnut for just a dime.

FLOWER SHOW

The
Arranger Guild will hold its
Holiday Magic show on
Friday, November 19, and
Saturday, November 20 at the
First United Church Hall,
Quadra and Balmoral.

There will be beautiful
arrangements, table settings,
tiny miniatures, and gorgeous
six-foot creations suitable for
weddings and large parties.

There will also be swags and
wreaths and an exhibition of
evergreens,

Tea and = coffee will be
served and plant material will
be available for sale ata stall,

Admission is $1 to the event
which will be held from | p.m,
to9 p.zm. on November 19, and
10 am,.to 8 p.m, on
November 20,

MAJORETTE NEWS

In addition to Sidney
Kinsmen Twirlers Awards in
the October 30 competition,
Norma Stiles in 15 yrs and over

placed Ist in Solo, Ist) in
U.S.T.A. and 3rd in’ Basie
Marching,

-the

Victoria Flower

Browning’s era knew the
halfpenny bun and the farthing

packet of pins. Pennies saved
led to pounds in the bank.
Now our
scattered without
thought,

coins are
conscious
and to very little
advantage.

Take a piggy bank of
coppers to a busy counter for

small

crediting and maybe you will

get a long, hard look from the
teller. Should you wish to
insult and drive off a beggar in
the street, try offering him a
dime!

The fact is that small
purchases and_ services are
becoming ever more costly in
terms of petty cash: bus fares,
postage stamps, parking
meters, matches, the list is
endless. We pay more and
usually get less — no icing on
cake and doughnuts
without jam. What did you
pay for your last pair ‘of
shoelaces?

When our small coinage
really had value as we moved
about town, a dime in the
meter was sufficient for a
haircut (hair styling now at
incredible cost.) The balance
of a dollar bill was ample fora
lunch hour snack and cigar, A
bottle of pop and a couple of
candy bars would shrink it
today.

Trouble is that we know and
accept that inflation has
crippled dollar values as they
existed before the world
economy went on the skids,
but we spare little thought for
our debased small coins.

Dollars are abounding with
dividends, increments,
percentage awards, incentives,
expense refunds, but the nickel
is dead as a meaningful coin.

The trend may herald the
day when we throw away the
change from our paper dollar:
when it is an encumberance
rather than an asset because it
serves only to wear out the
pocket linings!

ELECT
OWEN

PHILP

CANDIDATE FOR
ALDERMAN

IN
NORTH SAANICH

ECKANKAR

PATH OF TOTAL AWARENESS
INTRODUCTORY TALK

7:30 P.M., NOV. 11, 1976

9824 FOURTH ST.
GUEST SPEAKER WILF COONEY

survive the best they can by
becoming
‘*guerrilla

something of a

band’’ giving
constructive criticism and
suggestions on ways to
improve social services to the
government.

‘There is a failure of people
to speak out about the things
that are important to them,’’
he said, and it is up to the
society to remain a working
element.

He characterized the present

government as being ‘‘very
cold, very hard, very
impersonal a_ closed,

inaccessible government.’’

“It’s gloomy,’’ he said.

Too many people believe
that a budget designed for
social services all goes to ‘‘21 -
22-year-old hippies with long
hair and patches on_ their
backsides,’’ Levi stated, and

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THE REVIEW

people in this province.”’

The only major changes that
will take place in social services
will not be expansion, but the
de-emphasizing or elimination
of exisiting programs to create
new one, Levi speculated.

SECOND ANNUAL

MEETING

This was the second annual
meeting of the Saanich
Peninsula Resource Society
which has been in existence
since 1974 and has a
membership of approximately
150. .

One of the purposes of the
meeting was to elect new
directors to the board.

Remaining directors are Sue
Langlois, chairperson, Barry
Wyckham, Nita Spratt and
Judy Hilts. New directors are
Rily Hern, Debbie Leier, Ross
Martin and Kate Spencer. —

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research and development of
social services on the peninsula
support of local community
groups and _ low-income
groups; a liason with the
human resources department,
a home-aid program for
elderly, informed and disabled
people and a Central Saanich
drop-in centre.

Layton spoke to. the
necessity of maintaining the
‘fessense and spirit of what we
intuitively recognize as a
committee’ describing the
peninsula as ‘‘distinct and
unique’ in its needs.

The resource society is a
comprehensive network of

community resources and a-

means for direct input to social
services he explained.

The society has been
successful insofar as expansion
of services and the addition of

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‘spoke a at North Saanich school last
week. Pictured above with Levi are
Barry Wyckham and Ruth Taylor.

FORMER HUMAN RESOURCE
minister Norman Levi (right) talked
with members of the Saanich
Peninsula Resource Society after he

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