eng RRA TE NESE TORN ANY I arc meeeeetees tt & "Paper | pnd ATI ERED tn Uateatty SS TCAE Te REETENANSLTS WEEE ALATTER TOR a cat speedier bs earto neh ass ow ae ee serie of dancing Za no EI OEIC Bose briasiet fe VOLUME 75 ISSUE NUMBER 13 35. Cents REIN A I Se ete SY A SN a Duo dreams _ DOWN WITH A broken jeg is a 32-year-old Surrey man: who was- hit. while: ‘operating a road-surface cutting | “machine on McTavish Road east of the Pat Bay Highway, . - ARORA Ma Sidney & Saanich Peninsula I Aue NRA A BARRON EE CONSE EN SOP PRIS each am Wet eM aban LAER TIE Fiat rCa NR MAN UNE LE METS RENASIASNININ IR EBSA ARS RGD SAIS: CSTR oS SRC RTH I SN i: prvoitelieeennmsimuphadsipardantondel iS | -. about 3:50 p.m. Monday. Charges are pending against a » 63-year-old Sidney man: who apparently ran a red light while: seatpouns on ‘McTavish Road. ina 1383 Chrysler, . three Henry Robert “Friesen, 50, of Sidney was sentenced to three “months in jail. March 23 in Sidney _ provincial court after he pleaded guilty to fraud. “Noting Friesen had convictions for fraud and false pretences in 1970-71 and in 1986, Judge Alan. Filmer: suggested. there was little chance Friesen would be reformed by the 30 day sentence suggested. by crown counsel Derck Lister, “AL 50 years of age you obvi- ously stand pelore ne court not ere AA Ae kote A AN UF DN PLA HA 2: AG PALIN EINE MOVER A Uh Se REALE EOS ES NTN NMA ENN A ace RE | Bus boost still a bargain Transit fares are going up by 25 cents for a trip from Sidney to Victoria as of July 1, but the total is sull less than the $1.70 charge two years ago. throughout the region, , the fare increases. ‘from 50 cents, 7 _ pay. full fares. nie. paperwork chan dirt At the March 20 council meet. ing, property owners Jim and Edith ‘Gardner threatened to fill in the. pond Ww. North Saanich councd = does not allow development of the: nujoining property. AMA BCe Transit: Coiimission hoard members voted. March 2 approve fare increases, following a series af public hearings Only seven people turned out 10 the March 7 Sidney hearing on: Transit spokesman Chris Ford said those at the meeting discussed the merits-of the one zone system verses the two zone system. Most favored the one zone system: because of simplicity, ~The major issue for most at the meeting was not fare inere but increasing transit, use in order to cut down: on. highway, 7 congestion, pollution and parking problems in downtawn Victoria. Fares between Victoria and Sidney were reduced to. $1. from $1,70° in: September. 1987, The. new tee increase will bring the “ho tworzone fare to $1.25, ~The new transit service. in North Saanich and Sidney climin: ed © ‘the §0 cent surcharge on the old taxi system, Ford noted, : As of July 1, single zone fares will j jump by 15 cents to $1 from the present-85. cents, Seniors and students will pay 75 cents, up Monthly passes will j jump 10 $37. from $34 and to $22 from $20, The transit commission will also meet with university. students before deciding. if the students should receive the same fare concessions as secondary anal students, University stulienis now . having leamed “anything,” Filmer said. Lister said Friesen had been : working. as a salesman fora ‘leather company when he received a $500 cheque in payment from a Duncan shoc store. Fricsen depo- - sited the cheque.in his: own account through an automated tel- ler machine, Lister suggested cither a. short jail sentence with a requirement for restitution to the company ora 30-day jail. sentence. . Defence lawyer Richard ees 2 10. SAR Set MRR TT a “USCS, ‘stalls pond threat The per filling of Gard- ner’s Fond will require moving. The couple maintain they evacu- But North Saanich Municipal ‘Lnginger Ipor: Zahynacz said the pond is now classed as a natural. wanercourse and any change would require approval of the water mane ‘Aggoient branch. state ye st thie © sect eet wot nonce ie le hi SCRE AR RE CE RE EINE “CE ATR EE SME sau ih Nay wt ai sa Gunes oun OY sn it i SROs e PETE Crs cree ROY PRL ee OT NSLP CL PU SOT eRe AUR TAT PN Bs Vent OO eRe ELE SEES A SIE Te One LSU Lei AV Mab MA RER CHOON OR dire Liar nei MALATE Aae PRE CS Rake heer eae os ‘His: car, r-hit, a Volvo. northbound on: the. highway and. oa continued: through ‘the intersection befofe striking: the =. Slowpitch season starts with work cutting machine, the man and a Service truck. The 1987. undcr extreme financial stress when he cashed the cheque. The. name of the payee had been left. blank on the cheque and Friesen had not filled in the blank when he deposited the cheque -to his own account nor had he endorsed the cheque. The bank had made an error in crediting the $500 to Friesen’ Ss: account, Schwartz noted. Friesen has two adult children and two. teenage children in a second marriage. He lives in-Sid-. Symbol 1 of hope nths for fr Jud : ~ Schwartz: said Friesen had been’ ~ Chev shown was hit by the cutting machine. Sidney _ RCMP report that the intersection was properly marked ©. mt wane cones and flashing lights. ‘: GLENN WERKMAN PHOTO ney but has just left his wife and is” not welcome in the family home, Schwartz explained. A jail sentence would give his clicnt a base for a few weeks from which to plan his future, the law- yer said.. would remain employed in his present sales job once convicted of ‘fraud and suggested Fricsen’s record. may. preclude future “employment, making restitution difficult, _ Friesen had taken night school courses in sales, Schwartz added. Help stop the disease Buy an Easter: flower this week-- end and help stop the spread of Canecr, Saturday the Susnichi Peninsula - unit-of the Canadian Cancer Society isholding-a Daffodil Day > fo raise money for cancer research, - Markland and Stelly’s secondary students will be selling the flowers: door-to-door in various locations. on the Peninsula, including Bren- wood Bay and: ‘Sidney, : “Our goal-is to leave a cancer fiet sheet-at every home and to wher $65,000 in contributions.” said unit fundraising chairman Jim” § Cumming, “This will be the second com- bined campaign for Sidney, North Saanich and Central Saanich con- ducted by the mt since it was formed. last yea “Tt will be'a ‘hig job and many are more volunteer canvassers needed,” Cumming, said. - Cumming also reported that Canadian Cancer Society offices “alls fram peo: ple questioning mail thay. have receded front an agency called. the med the soil which created the. - paad adler basi Wie oie ia WG7, have been fielding Cancer, Research Society Inc, of: WMounucal, ; Because: the “Montreal- -pased _ Organization has'a name and logo vaguely sinihir tothe Canadian Cancer Sociely’s. people. wink they are donating to the: canadian Cancer Soci lely, Cursing bisa REL NN RAY “ALES GCS, ET ITER TLE ON A I i OE pore Se REN na The Canadian Cancer Socicty is Canada's largest volunteer health — care organization and the only national organization dedicated to cancer research, public education : anil patient SCrVICcs, r sda atte hy von teat Sil saiahehaiihidtenieeeaieabiiiclDucanieatalaaaad sormavamaanen teen vaaiieeainmantelinnel sHnsniiontns puna sree a nnn tenet sramaninim ane He nsmrhimamia enn P.O O° eS peace Bus iness “Page B10 : ‘Classifieds Columns At The Legislature oh Inbort Beyer. vad Page AS CrossQuotes From The Top | 2 oan Dee Un aon Sree Resmi Sabet ay He doubted Friesen: : Pages B11-15 - Community | : | Page BY Deanna Boulter: Pot... Page n7 of The Pp Ne sssemrenesenl age Aa RRS RETF ESAEARO: SNES TRE EEN EES TE AE SME ANT AO GENT RSE NM TAREE RSENS Tecan Distribution of Panorama passes to AVIM delegates was not author- ized by the Peninsula Recreation Commission, North Saanich Mayor Linda Michaluk charged at a commission mecting Thursday. Although Sidney hosted the Association of Vancouver Island Mayors’ convention, Michaluk felt that the municipality had no right to distribute the recreation centre passes to delegates without com- mission approval. “It’s not Sidney’s recreation ‘centre; it. does belong to both . Municipalities,’ she said. Given. the cost to the centre of the free passes, the decision to distribute the passes should have been made. by the recreation com- mission, she stressed. Staff reported the passes were ‘the start of the convention. Commission chairman Brian Sibley. agreed mass. distribution of free passes should be approved by the commission. - Michaluk also objected to recre- ation centre staff handling the ‘scheduling for the Sidney. and - ~ North. Saanich Memorial Park ~ Socicty’s: new Blue Heron: Park - ~- and: Sanscha field. _ a letter. received at the March Be mer ore “from the ‘Town of Sidney. Henderson pleaded guilty to the change and ‘was fined $250 by judge : 7 Alan Filmer, - Giving the circumstances, c crown ‘counsel Derek Lister said a witness : : called Sidncy RCMP to report a woman Jaking Plants from Tulista Park 7 at about 5:30. p.m. Sept. 22. Police found a yellow ‘chrysanthemum plant and a red geranium plant oO Passes not authorized requested by Sidney shortly before - Flower picker picked up | “Picking flowers from a park, ‘by the roots, landed Faye Lynn tie ~ Henderson, 43, in Sidney Provincial court March, Sad charged with. theft ae ree Ne ot eri ian) cA gS | 34 a hy a £ : Pace ex 1 Teena Wednesday, March 29, 1989 _Established 1912 23 mecting, Society Chairman George McKimm invited the com- mission to handle programming and scheduling of soccer, baseball and other activities.in both fields. He predicted the Sanscha ficld would be used for bascball this summer but the Blue Heron ficlds would not be ready for use until this fall. Michaluk questioned the staff about time which would go into scheduling and said North Saanich council objected to any change in the commission mandate to include the fields. Commission members have been told present staff are’ stretched to the limit, so no deci- - sion. should be made ‘on the Memorial Society request until the cost to the commission is deter- . mined, Michaluk said. Recreation manager Monty - Holding said the time involved would be minimal, as staff would ~~ only be scheduling the use of one _ field this summer. With the com-: _. pletion of Blue Heron Park, ‘staff. “ would only be: scheduling: the use of two: more. fields. Sidney ‘Ald. Tim Chad : agreed aes -the costs should be determined but .. P- agree to schedule’ use of the fields. ‘in Henderson’s car,.Henderson had a previous conviction. for theft i in Saskatoon, for which she was fined $100. Henderson told the judge she took the pans to beautify her parenis , - plot in the cemetery. Judge Filmer said the community hins to rely on. the honesty of its. citizens and the court to protect plants in public parks. He. reared the. theft as serious and imposed a $250 fine. Sidney RCMP are. continuing with an active investigation of the. -armed robbery of the Pharmasave .. Drugs store in Mariner Mall on. - Seventh Strect in Sidney, about 8. p.m. March 21. Police said a lone male approached the Pharmasave cas-. - hier with a-candy bar in one hand and a jacket hiding a knife in the other, : : “The man took the knife out and _ demanded. money. After the cas- “hier turned over, some cash the man left on tpt towards, Beacon ; Hugh's view Hugh Nason PaBe AS “Not Another 7 Cooking Columnn | Barb Bronnan,,..Page Ne Outdoors Unlimited Cy Hampson..ncnnePage AN . Over The Garden Fence &> @ Hole LANG vesinedtage AZ ; Smart Money _ Mike CretbymnnPage Bi wiv 7 Community. ‘ | MallboXnnnaP a4 Ms. 4 Caen datncsssnnnanPage V2 ; . Search on for nervous. robber Avenue, The man is described to be a “thought ‘the. commission: could: white male in his mid 30s, of slim. build, wearing a dark, short beard, ° shoulder-length hair and dark ‘clothing. 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