the ESTABLISHED 1912 9781-2nd St., Sidney, B.C. V8L 4P8 Phone 656-1151 SECOND CLASS MAIL REGISTRATION NO. 0128 Good idea, quick death A favorable and friendly news conference greeted the idea of combining Sanscha Hall with future development at Sidney Elementary School. It’s hard to believe the idea met such a quick and merciless death. The proposal went public before any boards had voted on it. George McKimm of the Memorial Park Society liked it. Mayor Norma Sealey liked it. And Joe Lott of the school board liked it. But neither Lott’s board nor McKimm’s were nearly as enthusiastic. The Memorial Park Society rejected the idea, because of reaction from the community. And the concept died before it came within an HB pencil mark of the drawing board. . It’s a shame it wasn’t investigated further. In many _ Canadian municipalities, schools buzz with activity in the evenings because they’ve become true community schools. Auditoriums and gyms double as community halls. In Sidney, it looks like the norm will be hallways empty save for the janitors, after the last bell of the day has sounded and the youngsters have headed home. ‘The society rejected the plan largely because of a letter from the Sidney School Association. The association feared for its contribution of $4,000 of playground equipment. And ~ .the association thought one of the town’ S green areas would become parking lots and buildings. Unfortunately, the idea wasn’t carried far enough to find . { out whether the fears would come true. There are some definite advantages to combining uses of public buildings. The major one.is economic. Why heat, light and otherwise service two buildings that can house the same functions _-when,.with co-operation and scheduling, one building will do? Schools also gain by becoming more entrenched in the rest of the community. It’s excellent public relations to have ~ the community actually believe education and school are part - . of their lives in’a concrete way. | - And there’s another reason for further investigating the | University’s ~ continually complained of the flying little bloodsuckers and: J > their itchy: bites, concept. ‘Sanscha needs a new home. And there are no Sites with the same advantages as the school’s property. We hope there’s more ee ona Proposal w wu sO many” oat advantages. ~ Sanscha. relief : Regardless of where’ the new Sanscha Hall i is ‘eventually b built, ~ the councils: and citizens of the Peninsula must address a ° oe major money: problem: ‘The hall board is unable, 2 pay. its: . He'll be missed : : ‘Bditor: ne Sidney. will be the poorer with the recent resignation of Ald. ‘Ron he ~The Memorial Park Society has been subsidizing rach of : ie the municipal tax bill, but George McKimm.of the society. gays that can’t go on forever. In fact, it’s his. opinion that». ~~ Sanscha won’t be rebuilt anywhere unless there’ 's municipal ‘support through the exemption. of taxes. | ‘But Sidney town council has upheld that tax exemption . would constitute a grant — and a grant contravenes its no-grant policy, The town regularly justifies its. grants of -. money and manpower for Sidney Days and the Jazz Festival. by saying they do not contravene the policy. The two societies - put on the Canada Day celebration on behalf of the Town of | ~ Sidney, council says, making the, grants a payment for . “services rendered. Aldermen have. been unable 10 extend that reasoning to ~ ~Sanscha, however. It’s hard to imagine a community : remaining vital without a hall, yet council doesn’t think » -Sanscha is essential enough to subsidize. The only option for Sanscha would. be to-charge users more, There’s arisk of that backfiring, however, and. forcing. some users out of the community. A byelection approaches in November, Much of the debate will undoubtedly revolve around the Port of Sidney project. Saving Sanscha, however, should become sialnal important byelection issue, Our fiend the mosquito _ - Befor you slap 4 your next mosquito, consider this: a Simon Fraser University news release. nates mosquitoes aren't entirely bad. : Says graduate Al. Furnell: “Mosquitoes ane an important a part of the: food chain for many fish; birds and beneficial . insects, So control, not eradication, ‘is our goal.” B.C, the news release notes, has not been among the mosquito’ 8 staunchest defenders in the past. In fact, the namesake, Simon Fraser, was one of those who. People of B.C. have been trying to emdicate them ever -gince — and that goes beyond a few slapped forearms, In. 1917, the government used dikes and. landfills to’ destroy © breeding areas, Later atlempts employed: DDT and mineral Oe ' Yet. the mosquito has survived for F Zurnell. ) defend. So. “next: ime. you're out camping with family, friends and. ‘ mosquitoes, perhaps, you should: slap one, Het the next one : par in this space, the left-hand - glde of Page Ad, are those of the news- under the editors direction, andthe opin- -_lons expressed are. independently devel- | oped by. the editor. and Ihe Review's | wd ediiviiul vepaiinens, (ib ve* Sidney does have VIC SWAN, Publishex — GEORGE LEE, Editor - Proprietor: Island Publishers Ltd. ante J se a ; ve y Le _ Wednesday, August 2, 1989 Page Ad MT. NEWTON MIDPLE SCHCOL EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLAN.. 7 Kubek, It’s true, Ron isn’t everything people want in their elected offi- cials. But give.the guy a break, he’s just a young man, ‘On the plus side, Ron’s a mover and a shaker. He has demonstrated - tireless dedication and affection to ~ this community (when many of his ilk would be happy tooling around in their BMWs). Kubek brought to his Tole on. council youth, enthusiasm, drive, determination and hard. work. ~ Those. aren't bad qualitics, cou- pled with the wisdom and experi- ence of other council members. LT hope the people of Sidney, will ~ ¢lect someone that has those alor- ementioned good qualities, What - we do not need on council are any . of the old guard, For all its. warts and pimples, ¢ a breakwater, And I, for one, hope that Kubek? 8 replacement on council will have a positive attitude about what. Sid-’ ~ ‘ney has, what Sidney could ‘have, “and what, ‘Sidney. should be in the : future. i -.What we do not need'6 on council are, negative retreads. We do not “need retirecs, who have nothing “better to do with their time than to carp and turn back the time, to the .- good old days, Relax, John. Wood, Cy Relph, Don Phillips, Arthur Gregg, et. al., ‘enjoy your twilight years: and ‘let the new guard shape our future. ~ You've had your turn, Rian H, Martin Sidney | ‘Well- -taken, -mean- spirited — Editor: Over the weeks ! had been impressed with Valoric Lennox’s standard of reporting in’ The Review, so when it was suggested “by the Property Tax Reform Com- “mittee (PTRC) that perhaps our. ve drive Vor. Property ax feform interviewed me, I:lent her a large file of years-of pertinent material, ‘and: the result was the article.in . last Wednesday’s Review, (July 26, “Property tax protests Spark aaa ings”), ~ Thwasa good factual write- -up of our cause... Valorie, you are: an: _ excellent reporter and a credit to The Review, The separate editorial criticism was well taken, (‘Careful reform necded’’) for we had discussed among ourselves the need for “revamping it’s wording ‘and had already reprinted a revised version of the one handed to Lennox some two weeks: ago: Arevised copy = ~ enclosed). Having said that, it is my. opin- ‘ion you over-reacted negatively, The thrust ‘and intent of the peti- tion was correct in principle: we | are heading fast for 5,000. signa- tures, In explanation of your criti- cism of the three “whereases,"’ | do. provide services to all residents would make. timely local: newspa- : ‘per: news, I phoned: Valorie. She - would offer that. (1) municipalities © m3e?: UCI, : ne a Om Ea Ne co “uN;S a equally (visitors, 100) The septic- ~tank: serviced resident prefers to live. where the municipality has. not provided. that service (seman- tics?); (2) School ‘boards levy taxes on. residential property owners only, “as Opposed to those residents who do not own property. Of course, ‘commercial and industrial. proper- lies are. taxed, 100; (3) The. B.C, Assessment Authority carry out value. assess- — ments (guesstimates?) every other year, causing cver increasing unc- even: taxation on property owners, - Continued on Page AS Letters:to the editor. | must be signed. and | contain the writer’s ad- dress. and telephone number. Letters should not exceed 500 words in length and may be edited for clarity, legality or taste. . | Great time, great fish, great people paper. They are written by the editor or- THE GREAT ONE landed the big one, ‘and gave Iwo wince M boys the. thrill of a lifetime, Over the David Foster Celebrity Softball Tournament weekend, Mark and Tommy Kosick went fishing with Wayne Gretzky, ieott Courtnall and Nee Majors. wm A SIDNEY resident is among award winners: to graduate trom BCIT. Mari Deanne Wood. received the Fish, Wildlife and ~ Recreation Graduating Award for top marks in her program, during the BCIT School of Engineering Technology awards ceremony. Wood sraduatcd from whe renewable resuurces. = sMackty, amidated from the broadcast radio progrim., Oe ; > WHEN BILE BAMFORD wad his recent lever in The Review, he noticed something a little fishy, Tums out 4 few lines slipped into that . ~ netherworld between the: computer sereen and the printed page, and tendered scveral sentences senseless, Sa, dhe problematic paragraph, : within a fetter on the boat mural in downtown Sidney, should have read: “The boat to the right isa gillnetter, where nets of varions mesh, depth and length are set out at likely locations. The web is supported by.acork line Hoating on the surtace, with Q lead line at the battom of the net t hold: it vertically: in the: water. Salmon swimming into the ; _| L at Wvist bie We wie. enuapped by. Hear gids, (hence we Name.) (iatvvioreasnni Lan Tish, Wildlife. and. ~ recreation program, and another Sidney resident, Jenniter Patrieta a ‘The. net is reeled aboard onto’ Inge hyerautic drum a the stern of the L bout” * i] * Co a aD ee ca : . : * oF ee ET rape et Tear ERR ve ee oe tafe one ett a eae wl at 7 : COSSISS ctneaeperee we ESPETS SA Spe CE a] SL Ata A AE AEA AS ee EP IO aN ihe d eee ad LE BLT PERT Ae Ee faeces ge se lal eo NE W: MANAGEMENT. TOOK over the Sidney ‘and North : | Saanich Meals on Wheels program, yesterday, The new phone — number for all requests and inquiries is 388-6842, ‘The program. is» “now administered by Greater Victoria Meals on Wheels, Outgoing co-ordinator George Glass of the Meals on. Wheels: says it-was the hard work of many local volunteers that kept it operating “smoothly and efficiently these many: years,’ Topping the list are Evelyn. wwynn, Ethel Williams and Connie Turley, Says Glass: “Then there are the host of volunteer drivers who have driven many hundreds of miles in.sunshine and showers, fair weather and foul, to ensure the meals were delivered as promptly and hot as possible," He adds, “My ‘life cannot help but be the richer for having associated with each and everyone one of you.” New co-ordinator is Audrey Webb. , . ALITT LE note of appre lation from the Goodtime. Jaaz Band for their chance to perform in Sidney: “We had-a great time," Stafford Miller of the Woodinville, Wash., band wrote. The people of Sidney’ Wealed members wonderfully, “Everyone was just great, We hape you all were pleased with our performance und will invite. us back ugain | | NONE year,” Pe a UNIT 302 of the Army, Navy and Air rorce came through witha ve $l 000 donation to the Lions Review Food Bank. “1 pat us on track again,” said Lion Don Crowhurst, But that doesn't mean the public should stop bringing i in their dollars and goods, 10 a.m. to.12 noon, Wednesday: and Friday, Extn: garden produce, canned goods and other products with a shelf life will be gladly © The. food bank, on” Second Street in downtown Sidney, is open for food donations from a caeecepted, Monetary donations may he made at The Reuiae: afficn Monday through Friday, except holidays, 9 AM to 5pm, * a er ae ae