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BUTLER BROTHERS

2046 KEATING X ROAD
Telephone: 652-1121

Serving Central Saanich, North Saanich, the Town of Sidney, and the Gulf Islands

SIXTY-SECOND YEAR. No. 8 | : | Wednesday, July 31,1974 ae ESTABLISHED 1912200 CENTS —

All Saanich Peninsula - ISLAND POTATO GROWERS INCOMES — WESTMONT FARMS
Boundaries Finalized American Import | LN NORTH SAANICH

Caures Drop For Locally-Grown Produce
TO OPEN IN EARLY AUGUST

by BRUCE OBEE
» Special to ne sianey Review

MINOR DIFFERENCES

! _ FARMERS SEEK
_ IN NORTH SAANICH

GOVERNMENT
ASSISTANCE

By JIM RODGERS
* Special! to The Sidney Review. ——

Government ° ‘Scuttled Everything”

are insulated with styrofoam.

There are no brooders for the.
chicks so the floor is heated to
about 95: degrees, Marson said.
The radiant heat also dries the
chicken manure which is bagged
and sold as fertilizer.

‘The entire process is odourless,

Saanich Peninsula’s first
, ‘major retail. outlet for vlocally-
grown farm produce is expected
to open in carly August. ©
Westmont Farms Ltd.
President Teranee Marson told
The .Review: North. Saanich
council has granted his company

‘in Central Saanich, Butler Says

Special to The Sidney Review

North Saanich has pulled “Redirection of growth on
through the agricultural land | jands. outside the agricultural
reserve ordeal with much better land reserve will, of course, be

luck than. its neighbouring necessary in the future,” he

Potato growers are getting 100
per cent less for their crops. this
year than lasr.

Island farmers-.were getting
$200 a ton for their early-crop last

municipality. added. year, according. to Central |a one-year permit to operate the he added.
Mayor Paul Grieve told The, However, Central Saanich Saanich farmer Tom Michell. retail outlet on a 22-acre poultry. | The water. system for the

farm at 1835 John Rd.
| ~A‘store with more than 3,800.
square feet of floor ‘space in-
cluding an ‘outdoor sales area is:
almost completed and equipped
with freezers’.and~ a- walk-in
cooler, Marson said. sic ini mie tg cg’ uae’ :
Until. the . project is off the | Ps me Se Fae iy
ground — primarily © poultry ; og
products will be sold, he said, but
the store has been built to allow
‘ample . room. for: other farm.
products: and: possibly . products:
-from.a nursery. . oh
“We plan eventually. to get into
more:and more farm products, .
he..said, adding’ the’-permit
granted. by the municipality.
allows the company to sell fruit
and vegetables.. .
. Parking will-be provided for up
to: 56 cars ‘but. the: lot will not be:
; he.

“When the” excess -California
potatoes were dumped -on_ the
B.C. market the price per ton -
dropped to $160,"". Michell said.

This week the price’is down to
$100. because Oregon. and

Washington potatoes coming on_
the market, he said.

“hope the price doesn’t drop
any further,’”” he said, because at”
$100 per ton the farmers are just
| breaking. even.

‘| Of the $100, the farmer will
realize: approximately. $82.
because. the : marketing | board:
charges for washing, grading and:
potato: sacks, said Michell.’

- The costs .to the farmer include .

$200 fora ton of seed and it takes .
1,600 pounds to plant an acre; he’ :|
said,and 1,700 pounds of fertilizer”
‘per acre which cost $117 per. ton:
this year. &

chicks is’. operated from one.
central building there are. three |
rows. of “nipple “drinkers”. from
which. the chicks drink.

‘Continued on Page 2.

_ Review the lands designated aS | Mayor Jean Butler feels . the
agricultural by the provincial | provincial Land Commission has
government ‘‘follow, very | ‘scuttled everything” with the
closely” the parcels’ of land plan.

_ deemed farmland- by . the More. than 1, 000 -acres. in
municipal council. Central Saanich ended up with

“I personally, am very pleased designations opposite to those

’ with the” designations,” Grieve originally set. by council.

'-» said, adding differences between Central Saanich Development
the government's final. plan and | officer Gay Wheeler pinpointed

_.. the municipality’s submission to | the areas:
__ the’ Capital, Region Board are |. 99} acres in Saanichton which

minor. was slated for development is
One unfortunate difference, he now in the land reserve. The area

-said, is. the exemption. of. the is zoned residential.

airport property. — Another 135 acres in the West
‘Ifthe land had been included i in- Saanich area is: also.-zoned.

the reserve, the mayor said,’ | residential but is in the reserve.
‘council would:have more. control. ~_490:aeres on Benvenuto was
over. the: types. of uses for the | placed in the reserve under the
land. municipality's community. plan. |
coal “Other differences are: but has been released ‘by. the
oe Some small parcels «of land provincial government. . us :
: on. Curteis Point, which had: not: 650: acres: in ‘the. Mount The crop must be sprayed thr
“been considered farmland | by | Newton area: which were: placed. . times during. the growing ‘seas
council, .were included ‘i “in the reserve by the municipality oy ia revent blight, he sai and the

are now. he

“municipal yard: and:pi

situated were exempted and the | Sidney, with: little: agricultural:
‘municipality had ‘included it...) Jand,-was not affected ‘too badly

he: municipality’s: submission - “by. the final plan, said Mayor Stan’
“to the regional board was based: ‘Dear. A parcel of land south o

on. answers: to: questions: put: to”
"members . of .. ratepayer’s
* associations in ‘Dean. Park; Ard- :

“more and Deep Cove. -

It’s fortunate, Grieve said, that
-the wishes of the majority of the
ratepayers are reflected in: the
provincial government's. final
“poundaries. "

. Provincial Agriculture

“Minister Dave Stupich said North:

> “Saanich was one -of. ‘the three
Sos main: areas. of concern with.
respect'.to. dissipation | of

; ngricaltura land. "

~The other.two areas of concern

“were the lower Fraser Valley and

the Okanagan, Stupich said.
“In effect. this designation
establishes an agricultural zone
within. the region. and takes. the
+. > place’ of.- the original farmland

“freeze,” he said.) | '
“This brings the number of
regional district agricultural
reserve plans now designated by’
the Land Commission to a total of:

14," Stupich said, “half of ‘the
province's: regignal. districts," s

Appeals, to have land exemp-

“ted. from the reserve, will .no'

“longer be heard under orders’ in:
~ council, the minister. said, but

“appeals © under. the: provincial

“Land Commission Act can: be, :
submitted for a fee of $25, to the
“he munielpality. of regional: district,
vo Whieh subsequently, will forward
ys them to the Land Coramiiaston fe on
“oo gonsideration, he sald.
oo oConsidorable: work "was
“Specessary, to be falr-to all con
“ Leerned and attompt to retain as |
 muel-useable agricultural land

» as possible in the zone: while

> providing alternatives for. a

rapidly: growing: population,”

“'Stupich said...

residential reserve: land, the
mayor. said, but: the . land: was
included in the’ reserve: by. ‘the
Land Commission and can not be
developed,

_The Lieutenant:Governér’ $
‘approval ‘of ‘the. plan. has: ‘also
‘drawn some. adverse remarks cal
from’. Capital Regional Board |’,
Chairman “Jim Campbell who

says the Land Commission ‘has,
shown: a “rfotal lack - of © sen-
sitivity?’ .. the. district's
recom ncidations

Campbell, who holds a. BA.
degree in agriculture and has
been a Saturna Island farmer for
28: years, said’ the ‘provincial
government has «not only
‘Sgnored the district’s. recom-
mendations. for- inclusion..of
certain lands and exclusion. of
other lands, but they had turned
the task over to technical people.
who prefer.to draw. straight lines
rather: than follow: the natural

contours of: the land, “

"They: subverted our. work and
lam-really: very: disappointed,
he said,:

“Agriculture Minister Stupich’
explained some of the history of
the now final’plany ° 0: 7
o"aced with.a altuation: where “
British Columbia was: losing
agricultural, ‘Jand. aba rate. of

Fach o} ‘the buildings 5.12, 000 a
square feet and. will house.15,000

chicks, he. said; and. the first load ° |. Fisher, 2-2891 Craiggowan, aCoit.
| arrived) from. ‘Cleaners delivery van, driven by.
Tuesday.’ A total of 28, 000 ‘day- old: James = Weilthow,. 2990 - Beach -
_{ chicks were » delivered.” ‘Drive, and a.1972 Dodge Dart,

“Marson. described “the “driven by Wilma McGregor, pede
operation as: “the most modern: “Mann, : collided» at the pan

and most sanitary way, of raising af tersection,.

chickens."""" phe woman's car was a’ awrite. oo
‘Rach’ building, 300. feet tong, off; the* van> sustained $1,500
has’ a cement floor which - damage. and the. _Eatons truck,’
-heated- by underground piping. $150, police said, upted
There. are 32° pipelines under ‘There were no ‘major injures, ae
cach floor stretching the entire |- said police t
length of the. building. The floors

applying ‘for. “federal
provincial assistance through ne.
‘|potato. marketing board
Vancouver,”’ he said.

- Production i is up two. tons. to. the rae
acre over..Jast year’ Ss 8,000 ton
production, he said. ° we

Without - “gove ernment:
assistance, the dumping. of U. S.
potatoes. on: :the B.C." market»
which “is caused by American®
farm ‘subsidies, - will curtail OX
pansion of potato, production in
B. C., he. said,

SITUA nATION
- CRITICAL

y he. Saanich: Peninsula inice ;
| situation has become critical and
Ae restrictions: on water, usage may

be ‘imposed, Sidney Waterworks

District Seeretary Bob Gibbs oud
‘Tuesday.

_ Gibbs told The Review Sunday
“and Monday. “brought, it toca
“head” and: restrictions” willbe:
/ . —" ss as ; imposed “as. soon as it bee omes:
aren ves, I vane oe a ys! | cabsolutely: necessary". .
HIG HWAY CRAS Hi between Amity and McTavish - he situation could possibly be

Monday claimed the life of a California woman. rectified if people stop watering:
“their lawns, he said. :

“Central Saanich  Superin:
Tourist Killed i in Highway Crash ‘tendent of Public Services, Gary
_N- Gd-year-old “Californian | Another’ —aceident . enrly,| Rogers. “said Deep ae
woman was killed on the Patricia | Tuesday, again at the Amity and: Water wars, whteh ts, supplied by.
‘Bay Highway, near. the Amity. | Pat Bay. Highway, Intersection, |. stillet Suanleh, has shed B.C.
intersection, carly Monday. | involved twe curs and one of the | Herries to, Till up’ on the
The accident, which occurred, | drivers was charged with failing Trawwassen wide,” i
at 1}:a.m., involved-the tourist's -|:to yield: the ‘right. of wily, police Vie forla airport and the federal
ear and a provincial Bovernment sald, | Hoy Nias nt “experimental fare
street sweeper, poliee salde’ 0 1 No other details: on. “that: age {OVO big -water users on the,
Sidney RCMP. identified the. | cident, were available at Press peninsula, have been asked, to cut.
vietin ¢ ag: Beatrice Kleanor. a OE ped baal he suid: ae z ea
Johnston, who! was travelling . rere — nna
alonewt-thectime, 5, fo 4
Karly, Tuesday morning, Byron "SIDNEY ALL ST ‘ARS. CHALLENGE
Dench, of 10613 MeDonald Park, |. ' hy
was collided ‘with’ a carowhlle | ONE OF CANADA S. B EST TEAMS -
crossing the Pat Bay Highway ont: -Vietoria Bate Construction will: Champlonships: to: be held: at: ‘definite and. 18: months: jn-
his - bieycle atthe -MeDonald’ play: a’ -double-header © Sunday, “Royal Athleti¢ Park from Aust ‘determinate: and ho: has..40- days: a
Park. Road intersection, pallet: Miged ata pam. and 6:90 -pame: 25 to a res | from ‘the time of sentence to file |
said, : against the Sidney Softball, All - i ; . ; : oo an ‘Appeal’ against the Rontence,
‘Dench sustained log and arm. | Stats, 07 tyne | 3 -froccedi “fram a. silver | Johnston sald. et : ‘ 4 . +
injuries and was taken to Rest. |.> Bales are poss aly: “the yest | Collection will yo towards, Sidne ‘Johnstan'said he has rece ved |° . A
Haven Hospital, said police, | softball team in Canada and are Softball Association for Meaguo | no instructions. from” Lord | F ourteen ‘Thousand day-old chicks: will be read
Ce pam es caning up to the Canadian softhalh as park improvements, ‘Tegarding a sentence appeal. processing Li seven. weeks. ate,

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NO CONVICTION.
APPEAL
FOR LORD

Sidney. resident Walter: Lord,
‘conyicted of threatening to extort
“mony and threatening to kill-a:
“Jocal businessman, has-not filed:
an appeal againat his, conviction,
“his lawyer, Robert t Johnston, told
‘The: Review. this week. a
Johnston sald. Lord, who was.
convicted: in, Sidney. provinelal
court June 24, had 30 days to file a
“notled “of” appeal’ against the
conviction. ‘The. notice was hot
filed, he said.”

Lord was ‘sentenced J uly’ 92 by
“Shade 1D,Gi: Ashby: to six: months

a -Continive ‘on Page 2

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