oo Sidewalk sign. Serving Central Saanich, North Saanich, the Town of Sidney, and the Gulf Islands SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR, Number 39 “We must try and ber more cogni= =. “gant of the aesthetics in-our com-- munity and hope that the older non- conforming situations will fade out with time,'' said Ald) Ross. Martin, “responding: to comments by local businessman John Marsh at Mon- slay? s meeting of Sidney council. Marsh, owner of Marsh Marine © * Seu School and Charterboats, spoke: to council about Sidney's sign bylaw in the wake of complaints, that. businesses are finding it inereasing- ly hard te advertise under current regulations, os ; ~Teewas referring one business : dn particular, Jaymie’s Unises: hair styling salon, located on analley off being told to fold up a ‘sandhwieh™ Marsh said council should look att the situation, “With regard to peo- ple being accommodated." Couneil should be: giving direction to the: “business community and encourage. ing ito flourish and develop’ he 4 By RON NORMAN (Stal Writer) ‘A Central Saanich developer who wis Ordered more than a year ago to: estop dumping land fillinto Sandhill Creek and to restore the creek to its: natural water course has still not ful- ilies that girders unsintiit municipal “administrator Gay, aeneeler said » Monday. “And no one really-seems to eure except Central Saanich council, But. couneil isn't giving up o— not yet fo said “Beucon, which closed recently after = ‘Twelve-year- rold Mark Nunn and Sidney dentist Murray Kosick, pose with prize fish following Ww - at Sidney Anglers derby Sunday. Mayor Norma ‘Sealey. While Mayor Neen Sei ley des scribed any attemptto blame-council for forcing a person out of business: is uo spurious accusation,” she conceded the application. of the “sign bylaw in its present forny was not. generally’ fair to everyone" and said council is looking at reetily- “ing the situation immediately.» anyway. eo Council, has, asked Wheeler to. _ notity the provincial: water rights “branch that the developer is still ins ~ violation of the Water Act. S —. But that's about as far as enunell ean go under its present bylaws, |. Wheeler sind: the ‘mumeipality doesn't have u bylaw relating to land fill, so the only route open is through “the water rights branch. : ii But that hasn't beeb overly suce cessful. Two orders from the water PHONE 656- Vst Wednesday, September 24, 1980 eigh-in . ‘Tom Cronk bolts ; ~ Racing, | maybe — liquor, no_ ‘Peninsula horse. racing fans: may. “be allowed to watch their favorite ponies. run on Sundays at. Sandown _ give a. damn,’ race track —- but probably not until ‘next year, North Saanich council approved Hl = “request from the Capital City Turf Club Monday night to hold a public vote on: Sunday horse racing. “But council said it's: unlikely the ~ vote will be held in time for the up: coming thoroughbred season. so": A second request from the Capital 7 carly vole. But council. was hesitant to rush the vote without giving the public a chance to take a look at it, However, Continued on v page 2 since then fill has been piling up. The municipality's latest fetter written June 10: hasn't even been answered by the water rights branch ~om more than three months laters. ~The land an question as an ban. “The he Waddling Dog Inn , Fatricte Bay Highway - Scere bettie fi ESTABLISHED 1912 25 CENTS Traffic crackdown | Faced with a sharp increase in both traffic accidents and injuries re- sulting from accidents. Central Saanich police have initiated muni- cipal-wide crackdown on speeders and traffic violators. Chief Bob Miles said Monday the move means more policemen on traffic duty throughout Central _ “Saanich and particularly along the Pat Bay Highway. The crackdown came after Cen- tral Saanich. police. were. informed “traffic accidents for the first seven ~ months. of this year are up 14 per | “City Turf Club requesting a liquor” licence for Sunday if, racing goes. ahead was nat supported by.council. > Council was asked by the club to me hold thevote on: ‘Sunday: racing as.» “soon as possible to make it available © in-lime for the. thoroughbred season =< starting Oct. 22, and the club offered ~ to. reimburse. the munici ipality for. “any expenses | involved i in Staging rT) “cent: overall from the same period * last year. -At the same time decidents result-- ing in injuries have increased 18 per cent.in Central Saanich, Miles said. Miles called ita general disregard on the road — law’’; he said. “Everyone just doesn’t seem to "Miles explained. Helle hey have by. ‘inn?’ committee indicated it was in 1 Favor. of rezoning. However, he said since e then com- F mittee’s stand: has-shifted, and: has. : recommended: against the develop- ment. Ald. Jay Rangel s said: he ques= “tioned the plans submitted — ~ dated . PI Bes council’ s* ‘zoning “committee with ae “request the zoning be changed, fr rom “residential to ES ES . Aid: ‘Edgar: Farthing ‘explained’ Ly “that when the zoning committee first. met. with the owner last February, But. Central Saanich police are going to try to puta stop to it. Police now have a more sophisticated radar system called "*moving radar’ Miles said it permits police to gauge. the speed of cars heading in both directions of a police cruiser. “Is come in very handy.”’ he said. His officers no longer have to . be stationary to operate it and can now patrol at the same time. _ The machine operates as.a com- puter and gives the speed of the. approaching vehicle related to the speed of the police car — all before — the officer can even wink. But even with the new radar and — increased manpower, Miles. said: drivers won’t get any better unless ; ' there is a province-wide crackdown. “a + something he said he would: like by drivers for others people’s rights: . to see. In other police Statistics released this week, total criminal offences re- ported in Central Saanich dropped a _ by 23 per cent from the same:time: ; osed. | would not. receive: the support we ‘of the. Pollution. Control Board. Then the owner suggested putting “the sewage into the Sidney system, but that too was ruled out, Cumming, said | pounell: had no” choice but to turn it down. _ Trustees veto. ‘go public’ ala’ By PAT MURPHY | A proposal to bring school board negotiations - for teachers’ salaries. out into public view, was lost Mon- “day night-at a meeting of Swanich i school trustees, The: motion. supported only. by. a trustees Rubymay Parrott and Esther! Galbraith, would have approved the concept of public negotiation, pends. cing approval of the idea by Saanich Tei ichers' Association. °° he ‘It would be entirely impossible = a “said. Trustee Gerry Kristianson. There would be no frank exchange of view by either of the negotiating | © parties and discussions would be left’ wide open to political ex ploitation. Both parties would find them- selves taking positions which would acre lot at= the. corer. of Keating | Cross Road and: Central. Saanich » Road, owned -by Bert Stocks, 6760 ° Central Saanich Road, In an interview Monday, Stocks : appeal. to their constituents: and sup- said he had n't theard about the restore. _ ation of Sandhill Creek to its natural "water course for more than a year, ~ and he thought all that was wanted of him was to have an engineer approve ‘the culvert he installed, 2 He said he hasn't had the engincer View the work because he docun't ave the money, But he didn't agree with restoring _ the creek to its aatural water course. “its my land, Dshould be able to. do what F want with it.’ he said. ; porters and. then. being unable to withdraw from them, Negotiations must necessarily. be. private, Kristianson said, they must: ~ be flexible and both parties had to”. “make concessions if a consensus... was.to be reached, In full view of the: public this: would be. impossible, There should be. nothing secretive os about negotiations over the disposi _ tion of public money, Parrott said, In two districts where. this concept was -eniployed: it, was: found to be - sucessful, she said, ‘One. ai) fheny: ~ With Courtenay: Other trustees, who had not consi: "dered. the ‘proposition before, felt. that much more notice should have been piven ino such an important issue. Particularly since. teacher. negotiations begin at the end of Sep- - tember and heginning of euaieeild hting to save cre rights branch to restore the creek: ~s Were ingnored by the developer and When asked if he had received ‘any order from’ the water rights: branch ordering him to restore the creek, Stocks ‘said he didn't: even. — know the Jeter was about when he received it. "The land was ‘originally included. “inthe Agricultural Land Roverve un” ti April, 1978, when Stocks’ appli- cation for removal was approved by the Agricultural Land Commission, .. despite an carlicr rejection. — Stocks told the commission he - : : ‘parking. lot. spotted:a vehicle and its. : * door and: dt rashed him;'s : - in the face and breakin ‘where he was punched and kicked Ald. Jim ‘Cumming explained. ae 2 by the trio before being dragged into ” . was the Owner’s intent at-the time of >. application to hook: into the: B.C. “Ferry. terminal's sewage disposal “system at Swartz Bay. But that was - ~turned down, : last year. The number of juveniles charged in the municipality has also dropped -— by 13 per cent, while the number. of adults charged has increased 17 per cent. Clerk hurt in $5,000 — hotel grab More than $5,000 was stolen from the Waddling Dog Inn on the . Pat. Bay. Highway early Sunday . - morning when three people burst in. and viciously beat upa 62- “year-old” night clerk. ‘The -clerk,. Lyal. Chalmers, was » “later taken: to Saanich: ‘Peninsula : Hospital where he was. treated for severe lacerations. ‘Central Saanich police’ chief Bob _. Miles said his department is actively - - following up several leads, includ- 7 ing one in which a young man sleep- ing in.a motor. home in the hotel occupants early Sunday morning: © ~ Miles. said: ‘the “robbery. occured “The night clerk fell:to the’ floor the office.. ‘There, he: was assaulted. “once more, knocked unconscious: ; ‘and bound with electrical cords fi rom the adding machines. The robbers then cleared the. office of more’ than $5, 000 in cash. oe the: night's. receipts; A small: . home- made- wooden. container _. Measuring about s¢veninches by.” “.. seven inches was missing also, The - container was used as one of the cash ~ boxes, : Miles said Chalmer’ $ identity had ~ been withheld earlier because he had. - undergone open: heart’ surgery. Jim Tang recalls the day Ab ‘Travis helped beat the Brits in soccer game that made history te here in 1951, See * page ie tit "Mena reintoeremtne een nont eye maple veg caareneigneran enn rave wanted. to construct commercial warchouses dn the property. we - However, he also informed coun- © . cil he planned to purchase a... McClure heritage home in Victoria. ces and move it to the site. He would | then restore it and turn it into atoure 3 ist attraction. 8 ew ~ But the idea was rejected by: coun cil because the land is still. zoned | 7 agricultural - ~~ despite its exclusion . - Continued 0 on | page 2"