Hf H SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR, No. 30 Search called off for missing youth By Donna Vallieres The body of the East Saanich Indian Reserve youth who drowned off Saanich Spit has not been recovered to date and the search has been called off. RCMP spokesman said because of the strong tide and the deep water in the area, search operations have been called off until the body of Jack Joseph Tommy Jimmy has washed ashore. Sixtcen-year-old Jimmy had been on a crab fishing excursion with companions Leonard, 14, of East Saanich, and Ena James, 14, of the Pacquachin reserve when Jimmy left his two friends to return the small boat around the spit into Saanichton Bay. He panicked when he hit a strong tidal current at the tip ol the spit which started to push the boat toward James Island and jumped into the water only 10 feet from shore. The tide carried him under and out into Cordova Channel, Sidney RCMP boat Harvison, two boats from James Island and an RCMP helicopter searched the area for six hours until 2:15 p.m. when Jimmy was presumed dead. More sewage facilities needed — in Sidney An interim report by the Engineering department of the Capital Regional District recommends construction of two new treatment modules for $593,000 at the Sidney Pollution Control Centre. The report, presented to Sidney council Monday night, estimates capital ‘costs of $296,500 for the Town of Sidney. The report assumes the federal Ministry of Trnasport will pay half of the capital costs because one of the treatment modules. will be paritally required to deal with MOT wastes from Victoira International Airport and the proposed Pat Bay Oceanographic Institute. The report states that ad- ditional costs may accrue to the Town of Sidney when it starts to use the spare capacity - of the federal government treatment module. Sidney Mayor Peter Malcolm says the Sewage Facilities Assistance Act should pay 75 per cent of the capital cost billed to Sidney. “We can apply for the provincial grants for any costs over three mills, which we are already paying into the existing plant,’? Malcolm said, “The Town will pay only 25 cent dollars for the $296,500 and that isn’t a horrendous price over 20 years,’* he said, Mayor Malcolm says ad- ditional money should come from the federal government as they are using many existing sewage treatment facilities, “In effect, the people of Sidney | are supporting — the federal government because some of these more expensive lreatment plant items were paid for by Sidney,’ he said, Mayor Malcolm feels the federal government should pay for use of the existing equipment. ‘They aren't doing us any favor by being ISLAND CHAMPS Saanich Peninsula Division 4, Tier 2) lacrosse team sponsored by Royal Canadian Legion #37 advanced to the B.C, finals in North Burnaby, The Legion team came up with a strang performance Wednesday night to take a9 to 2 victory over Saanich Advance Collision and win the Vancouver Island = Cham- pionship 2-1, here but we will accommodate them and they should share part of our extra expenditure,” he said. . The interim report recommends one treatment module financed by Sidney which will bring plant capacity to 7,500 people _ from the current 5,000 total. MOT will require a further 1,300 person treatment capacity with the remaining 1,200 reserved for future use by the Town of Sidney when needed. . Sidney council forwarded the interim report to Willis, Cunliffe and Tait, and engineering firm retained by the Town, to advise them on the federal government proposal which came through the regional district. Oe . ‘Way-out’ discussion on ‘no Exit’ Is there:a ‘‘way out’? for Central Saanich council? Can a new set of street signs for ‘**No Exit’? roads be replaced to read ‘No through Road’??? Alderman Don) MacLaurin hopes so, He raised the question Monday night, saying that “No- Exit’ is incorrect grammatically since every road has an exit — even if it, is the same as the entrance, The current municipal council decided to create uniform signs throughout the area six months ago and at that time "*No Exit’? was chosen for no through roads because it conforms with the national road sign guidelines, Maclaurin told committee members that while he had voted for the change from “No Through Road" at the time, he had since studied the situation and changed his mind, He argued that “proper English should be used here even if the Federal standards are linguistically incorrect, and “No Exit’ signs already or- dered could be returned, ‘higher impost ‘proposed By Jim Rodgers Mayor Peter Malcolm suggested to Sidney council Monday night a committee to be struck to consider charging fees on new development to bear :he brunt Serving Central Saanich, North Saanich, the Town of Sidney, and the Gulf Islands Wednesday, July 28, 1976 6 Lenrenenne Butler Brothers Butler-Lafarge Ltd. 2046 KEATING X ROAD ESTABLISHED 1912 $2,000 ‘IMPOST FEE’ FOR SERVICES Sock it to the newcomers, Mayor Malcolm proposes of the cost of supplying water and other essentials in Sidney. Malcolm wants committee of the whole vin conjunction with town administrators to consider charging up to $2,000 extra and tagging this sur- charge unto building permits. Malcolm says bulk water in Sidney will result in a gigantic increase in developed lots. “The new impost fees will -Not reduce the cost of new ~ facilities but will force new residents to pay the brunt of the cost,’ he said. PLANNING Malcolm also suggested a special meeting of council during August to look at the problems of growth in Sidney. DELAWARE OWNER of this recent visitor to foretaste of things to come if the Sidney Airport probably doesn’t realize it but some people will lingualism are brought to the west coast. say the designation on his plane is a Davis photo. blessings of bi- — Reg CE eee $136,000 operating cost for rec set-up By Jim Rodgers The operating expense of the bi-municipal recreation complex will total $136,000." ; ; This figure is an operating deficit to be shared by Sidney and North Saanich if the recreation complex is approved ‘by voters in a Sept. 11th referendum. The $136,000 includes part and full-time labour costs as ‘well as operating and main- tenance supplies, utilities anda $30,000 administrative cost levied by Capital Regional District. The administrative fee includes accounting — costs, publicity and the salary of the recreation co-ordinator, Peninsula Commission Randy Aubic Recreation co-ordinator has estimated Operating expenses and revenues by comparing the books of various reereation facilities currently operating in the region. “If the referendum passes,”’. Aubie says, ‘‘estimated pool revenue will be in the $40,000 range.’’ This -is revenue generated through admission charges, area rentals, tuition, vending and catering charges, he said. Costs should run close to $104,000 and will include full- time salaries, utility costs, maintenance and operating expenses as well as miscellaneous expenses. Aubic estimated the net pool operating loss at $56,130. The proposed arena complex will incur operating expenses of $147,000 and estimated revenues in the $101,000 range for anet loss of $46,000. The operating = deficit calculated by adding — the estimated net loss of both pool and arena equals $106,000. Added to this is the $30,000 administrative fee for a total Council contemplates buying ‘new second-hand’ grader Central. Saanich may be faced with a major, un- budgeted cost item this year — 4 $10,000 road grader, And that figure includes a trade-in of the municipality's 30-year-old) grader valued at about $3,000, The $10,000 out-lay would not buy a new. grader, Alderman Perey Lazarz pointed out, but a “new second-hand grader,” The public works com. mittee’s quandary arises over whether to spend the money on anew “old™ machine or spend in excess of $5,000 in bringing the old one up to modern workable standards, Laraarz told the committee which met Monday night that “up-grading the old grader would easily run to $5,000 plus,” Committee was told that the bulk of the money would go to overhauling the gears which raised and lower the grader’s front blade. Alderman Don Maclaurin pointed out that on an old machine such as this one the blade gears could fail today and the transmission fomorrow, He asked municipal staff to gather Sipures and faeis on bringing ‘‘the machine to reasonable working con- dition,” WINNER Graham Vewley, 2199 Bradford Avenue, won (wo awards at the recent B.C, Lacrosse Championship, division ten finals held at the George Pearkes Arena, Seven year old Graham took home the most valuable player award and also the award for Most points scored, estimated operating deficit of $136,000. , ‘Aubie says the operating costs will be shared on the | samc ‘cost. sharing formula worked out for capital ex- penditires of the proposed complex.” Sidney will pay roughly 51 per cent and North Saanich 49 per cent of operating costs and the formula is based one-half on population and one-half on assessment value of property in the municipality, Aubie says. ‘This works out roughly to $70,000 paid by Sidney and $66,000 paid by North Saanich, Last week the recreation commission announced similar costs in the same proportions for Sidney and North Saanich to cover capital expenditures and borrowing charges of the proposed complex. Aubie estimates a mill rate increase of 7.7 in Sidney and 5.8 in North Saanich if the recreation complex is ap- proved. For a $50,000 homeowner in Sidney this will mean = an estimated $64.45 per annum taxation increase. For a $50,000 homeowner in North Saanich the increase will be $49.30 and will include ‘capital costs and borrowing charges plus operating costs of the 1.85 million proposed recreation complex.. Wayne Martin, Robin Norbury, Lesley Stanners We're Moving Soon to our NEW STORE — and in order to Reduce our stock, we offer you 1()* off on every and Danny Margetts chat with a customer at the “Bulk water on the peninsule will result in a 3,000 person population increase in Sidney,’* Malcolm said) and council should) get together with specialsists and decide how our town should grow. Malcolm said that Sidney town plan would — ac- commodate an — additional 3,000) people and warned council that it is up to them to plan for low-cost housing, rental units, condominiums or whatever is needed to suc- cessfully deal with such a population increase. Council agreed to the proposal and set August 16 as the meeting date. Malcolm said council will look at the community plan before bulk water arrives and if it needs to be changed to accommodate a population increase, it can be ac- complished before people start arriving, AMENDMENT Sidney council introduced and read three times a building amendment bylaw Monday 652-1121 15 CENTS night which would — halt construction of any building not hooked to a municipal water source, The bylaw would prohibit issuing building permits to any proposed building or premises which takes any of its water requirement from a water well or an arrangement whereby water is carried to the premises in containers. The preamble to the bylaw states that the Town of Sidney doesn’t consider an arrangement for. trucking water or a private water well is a satisfactory indication of a proper supply of potable water. The essence of the bylaw was introduced at a regular council mecting two wecks ago for first reading but didn’t contain the section banning trucking of water. Instead of amending the Original, councillors rescinded Building Amendment. Bylaw . 557 and introduced and read three times Town of Sidney Building Amendment Bylaw 558. STAG popular with ferry ‘waiters’ By Donna Vallieres Anacortes ferry passengers who find themselves waiting hours for the long lineups to. inch forward will now be able to pass the time with a cup of coffee or a snack from the. concession booth set up and manned by Sidney Teen ac- tivity group for the summer. A booth, donated by Ed Price for the concession, was erected one night last week and al 7 o’clock in the morning the STAG kids .were ready with refreshments for the passing “travellers, Hundreds of people fortify themselves each day with gallons of coffee from per- colators on loan from Safeway and the air cadets, pop from a cooler the Kinsmen have provided, and dozens . of doughnuts, chips, bars and fresh fruit. Business is booming, say the young entrepreneurs who are happy to smile and chat with their customers. chocolate “We've: had .a :really ‘good response,’’ said STAG. worker Camille Martin who explained that profits from the con- cession, will -go ‘towards financing the summer and winter programs of the self- supporting organization. The booth is also providing the young people with job opportunities, They paid a small salary on a ‘rotating basis, but come in frequently as volunteers. 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