Jrust gets angry words, insults over Ganges plan! - Salt Spring ...

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At hearing 

Jrust gets angry words, 

insults over Ganges plan! 

Angry words and insults were 

hurled at the Islands Trust on 

Saturday during a public hearing 

called to deal with the Salt Spring 

Island community plan and proposed 

revisions to zoning and 

subdivision bylaws for the island. 

A large portion of the lengthy 

meeting was spent discussing the 

proposal for a core area development 

of business in Ganges. Objectors 

to the idea claimed that the 

Trust was being discriminatory in 

concentrating expanson of businesses 

in the current downtownwaterfront 

area. 

The most vocal of the protestors 

on the matter of core development 

was Yvette Valcourt, who claimed 

Extra hour 

It's a long 

weekend on 

Saturday 

It's that time of year again. 

Area residents will begin to 

wake op to daylight and come 

home bom work to near-darkness, 

as British Columbians 

switch this weekend from daylight 

saving time to Pacific 

Standard Time. 

In simple terms the switch 

means that yon turn your clock 

back an hour either before you 

go to bed this Saturday night 

or first thing when yon get up 

on Sunday morning, Oct. 29. 

Hie official turn-back time 

is 2 am Sunday, for those who 

want to be precise about the 

matter. 

that restriction of business development 

to the downtown area 

would be "discriminatory and 

would deny proper legal rights and 

civil liberties" to other business 

enterprises. 

Mrs. Valcourt and her family 

operate the Valcourt Business 

Centre located about a mile up the 

highway from the downtown core. 

EXPANSION DISCOURAGED 

The businesswoman also claimed 

that by allowing development 

and expansion only in the proposed 

core area she would suffer "pecuniary 

loss" and that by isolating the 

area where her operation is located 

the plan would inhibit any sort of 

expansion or development. She 

also contended that hejfs*operty 

would be devalued should the plan 

be approved. 

"It is patently discriminatory to 

allow one area statitt and deny a 

similar area the sane advantages," 

Mrs. Valcourt contended. "I 

feel the community plan would 

benefit from further impartial and 

competent consideration." 

Several others attending the 

hearing backed up the Valcourt 

point of view, pressing for reconsideration 

of development of a 

business core and asking that the 

Trust consider a ribbon-type commercial 

development along the 

highway between the ^downtown 

area and the Valcourt' establishment. 

Among those supporting the 

Valcourt submission were Tom 

Bell, part owner of the Harbour 

House Hotel, and Ann Howland. 

Both advocated strip development 

along the highway in order to tie 

the two business areas together. 

[Turn to Page Twelve] 

These 

are the 

rates 

paid 

The figure isn't accurate, 

jo snorted a number of apoplectic 

u readers last week after reading 

C some comments on the rate of 

i remuneration for elected repre- 

| sentatives of islanders. 

For the benefit of all readers, 

} the exact scales of pay 

| various elected officials are giv- 

* en here. 

; Capital Regional Board: 

; Salt Spring Island 

> Director: $4,851 per year. 

; Chairman: $8,000 

> Col wood and Langford 

! Directors: $5,512. 

| Remuneration is calculated 

• according to the weight of the 

', duties and the additional help 

' already paid by municipal coun- 

', cils. 

; Islands Trust: [proposed] 

> Local Trustee: $1,600 per annum 

I General Trustee: $6,000 per 

'year, plus local trustee pay of 

, $1,600 or a total of $7,600. 

; Chairman: $8,000, phis local 

> trustee's allowance, making a 

\ total of $9,600. 

I Rate for 1978 is, chairman, 

» $125 per day and general trusl' 

tee, $100 per day; local trustee, 

» $600 per year. 

"Gutf Islands School Board: 

I All trustees: $2,000 per year. 

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Historians 

The regular meeting of the Gulf 

Islands Branch of the B.C. Historical 

Association will be held at 

Saturna on Sunday, Oct. 29 at 1.30 

pm. 

Phil Akrigg will speak on the 

Gold Rush days in the Caribou. 

Visitors are welcome. 

SHUTOFF 

$5,000 alarm works too well 

i 

for comfort of Fender Islanders 

The intruder alarm system at 

the Pender School has been tumul 

off. 

"Our worst fears have come to 

pass," Gulf Islands School District 

secretary-treasurer Wilf Peck told 

trustees last week. "We can't keep 

the system operating." 

Peck explained that the system 

had been installed in the new 

school building at the insistence of 

the Insurance Corporation of British 

Columbia. However fluctua- 

tions in power on the island have 

made the system more of a 

constant nuisance than a help. 

Peck said. 

"It costs in the neighborhood of 

$200 every time we have to send an 

electrician over to fix it," Peck told 

the board. "So we've turned it off. 

It's far too sensitive. 

Peck noted that some districts 

have cranked down the sensitivity 

on their alarm systems to avoid 

similar problems. In some cases he 

noted with a chuckle, they've been 

de-sensitized to the point where 

"you could lead an elehpant 

through them and they wouldn't go 

off." Peck told the trustees that 1CBC 

had been asked to approve a 

system which isn't so sensitive, or 

abandon the plan entirely in problem 

areas such as Pender. 

"But we've had no comments 

from ICBC yet," he concluded. 

The system cost berwen $4,000 

and $5,000 to install at the Pender 

School, the secretary - treasurer 

said. 

Nominations coming slowly, 

despite impending deadline 

Nominations for the various 

positions coming open on the Gulf 

Islands school board and the 

Capital Regional District are beginning 

to trickle in. Those plann- 

Candidate 

JOANSPRAGUE 

Mrs. Joan Sprague has agreed 

to stand for election as a Mayne 

Island Local Trustee. 

Mother of three children, she 

has been active in community 

matters for many years. She is 

currently the President of the 

Elizabeth Fry Society in Vancouver 

which is a voluntary private agency 

operating with provincial and federal 

funding. Previously she was 

Treasurer of a large volunteer 

organization in Vancouver. Because 

of the considerable amount 

• of time she and her family spend 

here, she is very concerned with 

the future of Mayne Island and the 

quality of life it offers. She feels 

that Mayne Island is unique in the 

Gulf Islands and should have 

special consideration. 

Jaws here 

Saturday 

for show 

Saturday is the'day for the Salt 

Spring Rotary Club. 

On Saturday the club will 

demonstrate the Jaws of Life in the 

Centennial Park. 

Service club is sponsoring the 

drive for funds to acquire a set of 

the hydraulic shears for the island. 

The Jaws of Life are used to 

extricate victims from the wreckage 

of cars. Power-operated, they 

will cut through steel with little or 

no danger of sparks. 

There will be two demonstrations, 

at 10 am and 2 pm. 

Proceeds from this year's Grey 

Cup Breakfast will be devoted to 

the purchase of the life-saving tool. 

The breakfast is the big annual 

fund-raising project of the island 

Rotarians. 

ing to run must have their papers 

filled by 10 am Monday, Oct. 30. 

There's no shortage of nominees 

for the four school trustee 

positions coming open, according 

to district returning officer Jean 

Vodden. 

CHARLES BALTZER 

MARY WILLIAMSON 

Three hopefuls have filed papers 

to contest the two seats 

representing Salt Spring on the 

board. Among them are former 

trustee and school board chairman 

Charles Baltzer, Mary Williamson 

and Augustus C. Chipman. 

John Zacharias has declared his 

candidacy for the Pender Island 

seat, and James G. Ripley will run 

for the Galiano position. Current 

Pender trustee Don Fairweather 

has announced that he will not run 

again, and Galiano trustee Mary 

Ann Neil has moved elsewhere. 

A spokesman for the Capital 

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Page. Two GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, October- 25, 1978 

BY MALCOLM LEGG 

This week a rather short synopsis 

of last week's games: 

Canadians, 1; Cosmos, 0 

Rather a surprise as the Cosmos 

were uprooted from the 

heights of the undefeated due to a 

goal by Cory Culhan and the 

mini-mites on the Canadians stole 

two points. 

* » * 

Red Devils, 3; Hornets, 0 

The Red Devils rolled over the 

Hornets with a strong win, their 

first of the season. Two goals by 

Michael Brown and a single by 

David McWhirter sunk the Hornets' 

hopes for a win. 

Goblins, 1; Wildcats, 0. 

The Goblins rode an early goal 

by Robert Minvielle to victory. 

Strong defensive work by Terry 

Chase and Kevin Smith preserved 

the win, especially with the Wildcats 

rallying in the second half, led 

by Jessica Speed and Joey Moger. 

* * * 

Cosmos, 2; Hornets, 1 

The Cosmos returned to their 

winning ways while the Hornets 

continue their struggle to find the 

win column. Bradley Davies scored 

all the goals the Cosmos needed 

while Dwayne Sequeira replied for 

the Hornets. 

Summaries of last week's Salt Spring soccer games 

REFEREES' COURSE 

Every Thursday, from 7-8.30 

pm in Room 2 of the High School 

the Soccer Association is holding a 

referees' course for people interested 

in becoming referees, for 

referees trying to improve themselves 

or just for people interested 

in the rules of the game. 

If you want to referee or just 

learn more about the rules of the 

game come and attend the course. 

Call Malcolm Legg for any information. 

BOOT EXCHANGE 

Are you still in need of boots? 

We still have some in stock. Call 

Malcolm Legg 537-5870 if you need 

a pair. 

JAMBOREE 

This Saturday our local Intra-island 

teams compete in their first 

Jamboree this season. The six 

teams will be divided into two 

sections playing round-robin 

games. The winning teams in each 

section play in the final with the 

winner receiving the ribbons. 

Salt Spring hosts four soccer 

teams for island tournament 

BYS. OCKER 

The first annual soccer tournament 

was held on Thursday with the two 

island elementary schools hosting 

four other teams. Crofton sent two 

teams, Fender and Mayne schools 

one each as well as four local teams 

from Salt Spring and Fernwood. 

The eight teams were divided 

into two sections with each team 

playing three games each. The top 

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CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT 

Public Notice 

About Firecrackers 

The Board of the Capital Regional District wishes to 

remind the public that under its By-law No. 3, the sale and 

discharge of firecrackers is prohibited in the City of 

Victoria, Town of Sidney, Municipalities of Oak Bay, 

Esquimalt, Saanich, Central Saanich and North Saanich 

and the Electoral Areas of Sooke, Metchosin, Colwood, 

Langford and View Royal. 

Central Hall - Salt Spring Island 

OCTOBER PROGRAM 

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Friday, Oct. 27- 2.00 & 7.30 pm: 

FRIENDLY PERSUASION 

Saturday, Oct. 28- 2.00pm: 

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Saturday, Oct. 28-7.00 & 9.00 pm & 

Sunday, Oct. 29 - 7.30 pm: 

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All films rated for general viewing. 

Change in program due to mail strike! 

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two teams in each section then 

advanced to the semi-finals with 

the two winners of those games 

making the final. 

After 12 exciting games which 

showed skill, enthusiasm, good 

sportsmanship and ;ibove all mass 

participation, Fernwood emerged 

undefeated in section A whilst the 

Mustangs came out on top in 

Section B. They were joined in the 

finals by the Crofton "A" team and 

Salt Spring Stallions. In the semifinals 

the Stallions pipped Fernwood 

1-0, whilst the Mustangs 

austed Crofton 3-0. The final was 

an exciting and close contest as the 

Stallions prevailed 2-1 over the 

Mustangs. 

The organizers of the Tournament, 

Wayne Taylor and Alan 

Marsh, wished to put together a 

tournament which stressed mass 

participation and good sportsmanship. 

The rousing cheers and 

handshakes at the end of the 

games signified the sportsmanship 

displayed at the tournament and 

the 106 boys and girls taking part 

indicated participation on a grand 

scale. 

No trophies or ribbons were 

awarded but rather each player 

received a participation certificate 

as a momento of the tournament. 

The only honours "up for grabs" 

were the certificates to be awarded 

to the "Most Sportsmanlike 

Team". 

This was hotly contested and 

could have gone to any of the eight 

teams involved. 

The honour finally went to 

Mayne Island Elementary School, 

however, and very richly deserved, 

too! 

A special mention for both 

Fender and Mayne schools who 

needed to bring young mixed 

teams to play because of their 

small numbers. They certainly 

acquitted themselves very well and 

won many friends with their enthusiasm 

and good sportsmanship. 

A special vote of thanks is due 

to Ann Jukes who produced the 

certificates, to Dorothy Kyle who 

supervised the preparation and 

sale of hot dogs and drinks, to all 

the Grade 7 girls who prepared the 

food and ran the concession, and to 

Larry Holbrook and Ken Collins for 

refereeing. 

A similar afternoon Participation 

Tournament is planned for 

Girls Grass Hockey in the near 

future. 

Mount Maxwell looks down on 

our Salt Spring Rotary Canadians 

playing the Gorge at soccer on 

Sunday, Oct. 15. Hie Gorge won 

2-0. 

Sockeyes show Victoria 

University a good run 

BY MALCOLM LEGG 

S.S.I. Sea Products Sockeyes, 3; 

University of Victoria Vikettes, 5. 

It was a battle of champions 

with the highly touted Vikettes 

battling out a tough 5-3 win in an 

exhibition tna'tch last Sunday. 

With their league encounter 

cancelled for the weekend the 

Sockeyes had to prepare themselves 

both physically and mentally 

for the Vikettes, probably the best 

women's team on Vancouver Island 

and one of the top ranking teams in 

B.C. But the Sockeyes were prepared 

and came up with a dazzling 

display which had the Vikettes very 

nervous late in the match with the 

score 4-3 in their favour. 

The Salt Spring girls were 

better than their opponents skillwise 

but the older Vikettes had 

awesome size and blazing speed in 

their favour. 

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-.Wednesday,. October 25, 1978 6ULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Page-Three 

After many years of enjoying 

innumerable presentations by Salt 

Spring Players, I can still resist the 

idea of spending large sums of 

money on new lighting for Mahon 

Hall. The lighting in the Activity 

Centre was sponsored by the 

Players at a very considerable cost 

to the taxpayers. To repeat the 

process would make for an excellent 

satire on our island enthusiasms. 

*** 

I want to hang myself, I told the 

store clerk, where would I find 

some rope? I didn't figure she had 

to be quite so eager to help! 

*** 

Yellow Thumb was a bit of an 

Irish Thumb this week. A note on 

her report read: call me if you can't 

read this. 

* * * 

How do you fix a bed? The 

other day I was in the dog house 

and I discovered that the bed in the 

dog house had a pronounced list to 

starboard. You lay there, ready to 

go to sleep and you had a distinct 

vision of falling through the wall. 

Investigation proved that the 

mainframe of the box spring had 

parted. That's easy! But the next 

question from Women's Lib was 

Whodunit? 

First suspect is the manufacturer, 

who made and sold me the 

bed about 18 years ago with the 

assurance that it would last for 

ever. Was that checking, split 

lumber the same finest materials 

only 18 years ago? But that would 

be progressive and this wasn't. 

We have friends. Not many, I 

admit, but one or two. And they 

come to stay with us as rarely as 

they can without being obvious 

about it. I wouldn't want to point 

the finger. But the guy I'm 

thinking of has the same svelte 

figure he used to flash around the 

beaches of Vancouver Island a 

lifetime ago. When it comes to 

actual force, he'd go before the 

bed. And when they were with me, 

FO BE FRANK. 

I didn't rush into the doghouse to 

check out who was sleeping where. 

So, maybe; just maybe, it was his 

good wife. You know, I don't know 

her girth. After all these years in a 

permissive society and I don't even 

know how far round she goes! But I 

don't reckon she goes round enough 

to flatten that bed! 

Come to think about it, it isn't 

just a permissive society, either! 

It's a persuasive society. But I still 

never found out. 

The only other regular visitors 

we see just couldn't wreak that 

kind of mischief. He weighs heavy 

when he's flying, but when he's on 

the ground he rarely moves. He 

sits in the chair and he gets 

rheumatism in his elbow and that's 

mostly from a misspent youth. No! 

It just ain't! And there she sits 

without weighing anything! 

There have been others, but 

brief, casual, interesting...but 

whodunit? 

How can I write? "Dear 

Charlie, Please explain the circumstances 

" I wish they'd dented 

my fenders! 

* * * 

The figures were all wrong, an 

islander told me on the phone at 

the week end. I would be eating 

crow, when I checked out the 

Islands Trust remuneration. And 

he was right. I had to eat crow. The 

figures were a few hundred dollars 

out. But he is having crow for 

breakfast every day this week, he 

was so far out! He was still 

thinking in terms of Hilary Brown's 

Trust, when remuneration was 

really handsome! 

* * * 

If 1 were able to retire, what 

would I rather do than anything 

else? Breathe! 

Soccer 

[From Page Two] 

Even so, the local squad never 

gave and with a break or two might 

easily have had a draw. 

Thanks to all the people for 

bearing with us when the 

barge brought in gravel recently. 

Gulf Coast Materials 

AFTER CRITICISM 

School trustees favour library 

The board of the Gulf Islands 

School District has decided to ask 

the Ministry .of Education for 

permission to use the portable 

classroom on Fender Island as a 

library following receipt of a critical 

letter from the Fender Parent-Teacher 

Club. 

The Fender Island group felt 

the fact that the portable hadn't 

been used for almost a year was 

"an appalling waste of taxpayer's 

money," and urged the board to 

utilize the facility. 

District secretary - treasurer 

Wilf Peck told the board that the 

portable hadn't been used during 

the past year for two reasons. The 

The Sockeyes* showed their 

offensive firepower several times 

as they scored their three goals on 

about seven good chances at the 

Vikettes' net. 

Michelle Anderson converted a 

Vicky Byron cross to tie the score at 

1-1, while Shauneen Spence notched 

the other two on a 30-yard blast 

and an excellently placed penalty 

shot. These girls received excellent 

support from Becky Hagan, Gerry 

Irwin and the non-stop Jill Johnson. 

The defence played a very 

sound game although the Vikettes 

slipped through for five goals. The 

defensive corps of Trish Cannon, 

Karen Bird, Cathy Anderson, Melody 

Cue, Sunday and Theresa 

Byron mesmerized their opposing 

forwards with a skilfully applied 

offside rule as they caught the 

Vikettes offside time and time 

again. Considering the strong opposing 

forwards the Sockeyes did a 

good job of holding them in check. 

The true heroine for the Sockeyes 

was goalie Janice Hull, who 

gives 110% each time she plays. 

No one gets more upset when the 

opposition score. Janice was truly 

brilliant as she turned away ten 

sure goals along with numerous 

easier saves. Game after game, 

Janice has improved to the point 

where she is rapidly becoming one 

of the best goalies on Vancouver 

Island. 

The Sockeyes eagerly await a 

return encounter with the Vikettes, 

but until then it's back to league 

play - next week against Claremont 

in Victoria. Girls must catch the 

12.15 ferry for a 1.30 kick-off. 

DRIFTWOOD 

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Tuesday - October 31 - 7.30 pm 

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new school building went over 

budget, therefore cutting out funds 

for completion of the portable, he 

said. In addition, although the 

separate room was orginally planned 

for use as a kindergarten 

classroom there has been some talk 

of late about using it as a library. 

Peck pointed out that work 

required to equip the building as a 

library includes sidewalk and stairway 

connection, electrical hook-up 

and some shelving and minor 

inside work. Use as a kindergarten 

would require the additional expense 

of plumbing installation. 

Supervisor of Instruction Larry 

Holbrook recommended use of the 

portable as a library for a variety of 

reasons, among them the fact that 

that conversion would be less 

costly. Holbrook also pointed out 

that the building is already partially 

equipped for library use, and 

staff at the school feel it is 

desirable to have the younger 

children within the main school 

building. 

Peck pointed out that if the 

school population increases to the 

point where found classrooms are 

required anyhow the school will 

qualify for a library as well. 

'' 1 think it would be a good idea 

to make a pitch to the ministry that 

there are secondary students at the 

school and that the school is almost 

at the size where it qualifies for a 

library anyhow," Peck told the 

trustees. 

Although kindergarten children 

at the Fender school are currently 

in the same classroom with the 

grade one youngsters, the board 

felt that application for use of the 

portable as a libray would prove 

better in terms of long-term planning. 

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Page Four GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, October 25, 1978 

Wednesday, October 25, 1978 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Page Five 

Letters to the Editor 

[From Page Four] 

in the 50's, or does he know 

something we don't know? I guess 

there's nothing like being prepared! 

With the end in mind that more 

is better and better is more 

lucrative, the boys at the Monopoly 

Game board are tearing Salt Spring 

apart. 

Bravo! 

In order to justify their expansionist 

phantasies they are carving 

Salt Spring up into what could only 

become a future condominium 

paradise. One which will no doubt 

attract all those well-healed city 

slickers who can afford to commute 

to work via float plane. Just the 

kind of people who are likely to 

relate to and feel a deep communti 

\ respect for Salt Spring! 

No doubt it is for these that so 

many beautiful stands of trees are 

being wrenched from the land. The 

trees are being yanked out with a 

frenzy bordering on dementia. The 

barren stumpy slash which remains, 

presents a pitiful and bleak 

panorama which is supposed to 

appeal to developers. No small 

individual would be interested in 

such a mess for his country-dream 

home. So obviously the "development" 

is intended for the big time 

real-estate speculator and who 

could care less about maintaining 

the delicate ecology and natural 

beauty of Salt Spring. 

It seems somewhat contradictory 

that such a mess is being made 

to attract people to "lovely Salt 

Spring Island". Or will everyone 

live in high-rise apartments in 

"downtown Ganges". 

But. what if, after all this 

preparation, all this stripping of 

the land and erection of tall 

buildings, the big booming influx 

of well-heeled outsiders fails to 

materialize? 

What,if the Canadian economy 

improves too slowly and slightly to 

encourage mobs of people to move 

here? What if we are left with even 

more empty shops in the downtown 

;irea than we already have? Of 

auirse they will be fancier buildings, 

but a rose by any other name 

still smells the same What if, in 

fact, we are left with a spanking 

new ghost town? 

Meanwhile it seems there are 

hardly enough people to maintain 

the small businesses which are 

already here. Shops pop up, flower 

and fade with the regularity and 

speed of a Tundra summer. An 

increase in such shops would 

probably create too much competition 

amongst everyone to allow 

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anyone to do even nominally well. 

This of course necessitates an 

increase in population, which may 

or may not happen, depending 

upon which way the wind is 

blowing. Ganges may smell sweeter, 

yet may not come out smelling 

like a rose! 

An increase ,in population 

means an increase in business 

which means an increase in population 

which means an increase in 

business and wait a minute here, 

isn't this a small rural island we're 

talking about? 

So what are the boys at the 

Monopoly Game Tournaments 

really doing anyway? Is this just a 

game they're playing, something 

confined to the realm of idea and 

phantasy, or are they really going 

to pull it off? And if they succeed, 

then what is to become of "lovely 

Salt Spring Island"? 

Are we all becoming so obsessed 

by dollars and cents and by our 

anxieties over inflation that we are 

now willing to let anything happen? 

This is a small island, with a 

delicate ecological and social balance. 

If we allow it to go the way of 

the big time, we will get all the big 

time problems with it. Big time 

problems on a small time island, 

where most of us are still quite 

content with the slow rural pace of 

Salt Spring. We are hardly equipped 

to deal with big time problems. 

Where is our lunatic asylum? 

Concerned citizens' committees 

have been effective in preventing 

large-scale development of their 

areas elsewhere in Canada, why 

not here? 

Of course, we need a sewer in 

Ganges. Have we all not caught the 

breeze? 

However, with the advent of 

this sewer, we need even greater 

concerned community participation 

in civic affairs and especially in 

regulation of zoning for the Ganges 

Plan. 

We could demand fair and 

intensive newspaper investigation . 

into all facets of the development 

problem Wo could insist upon 

revision ol our priorities, so that 

quulii\ of life ranks at the top and 

is understood as slow, rural and 

small, wherein people arc still 

capable of preserving their own 

fruit rather than buying canned 

fruit at the supermarkets. 

We could mo\c off island if we 

aren't gcttmt; what we want here, 

rather than attempting to bring it 

all to tlie island. We could show 

some respect to the tenuous spirit 

ol this island. 

To sew er not to sue may not be 

the question, but neither is to use a 

new sewer system towards economic 

control of the island an 

answer. 

I can only suggest we tell the 

boys at the Monopoly game Tournament 

that they confine their 

joust to a parlour game and not 

involve the rest of the island in it. 

It's quite possible you know, 

that such economic control am- 

ounts to . trickery of the evil 

inclination. 

Or in Martin Buber's words: 

' 'The Evil Inclination is like one 

who runs about the world keeping 

his hand closed. Nobody knows 

what he has inside of it. He goes up 

to everyone and asks: "What do 

you suppose I have in my hand?" 

And every person thinks that just 

what he wants most of all is hidden 

there. And everyone runs after the 

Evil Inclination. 

"Then he opens his hand and it 

is empty." 

be sewwing you,- 

JEZRAHHEARNE 

RR 1, Fulford 

October 23, 1978 

FARMING FREE! 

Sir; 

I say that taxes on all land that 

is called farmland should be abolished. 

As most fanning operations 

operate at a loss when analyzed 

realistically, it seems that the 

owners of this farmland are actually 

subsidising the rest of the people 

of the province and this is wrong. 

I am not one of the people who 

thinks that nothing can or should 

be done about it. I illustrate this as 

just one of the steps to ease the 

plight of the farmer and the owner 

of agricultural land. 

People should not be forced to 

farm when they know that they will 

lose money by doing so. 

Make it profitable! 

Anyone feeling the way that I 

do, or haying similar views may 

contact me. I would like to know 

what others feel about this grave 

injustice in our society today. 

For the farmer the depression is 

still here. 

GEOFF ROWLAND 

Ganges, 


TIRED OF DISSENTION 

Sir, 

No one in this community can 

deny that the Chairman, Marc 

Holmes and the trustees and 

planners have worked extremely 

hard in preparing the Ganges Plan. 

I think all Islanders should be 

appreciative of their dedication. 

However, now the critical period 

has arrived. It is hopeful that 

the Trust will listen to the presentations 

so that out of the discussions 

and meetings a viable, positive 

plan supported by all the 

business community could be dev- 

Lions work hard for wine 

and cheese party at Galiano 

Galiano Lions worked hard to 

make the second wine and cheese 

party in Galiano Hall a great 

success, on Saturday evening, Oct. 

21. 

eloped, one even greater than 

possibly the Trust itself originally 

envisioned. 

I do not think the concept of just 

building a community between two 

grocery stores makes too much 

sense from an aesthetic or any 

other point of view. I do believe the 

offer of Harbour House management 

to expand, adding health, 

convention and public park facilities 

could provide the central point 

from which both ends of the 

business community eminate. 

I really think this community is 

tired of dissention. Placing the 

central point of the community as a 

place for people between seemingly 

opposing appellant forces would 

help to unify this community rather 

than permanently etching division 

into the map of Salt Spring. 

The Trust could then say they 

produced through democratic process 

a plan which would satisfy the 

business community as a whole: 

both upper and lower Ganges. 

ALLEN S. CUNNINGHAM 

. RR3 

Ontario Place 

Ganges, BC 


Need a 

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In charge of all arrangements 

were Lions Cam Prior and Reg. 

Cornwell. The fine display of 

cheeses, cold cuts, and crackers 

and breads was catered by Misses 

Claire Cadieux and Hannele Rigter, 

of the "Galiano Delicatessen". 

This was enjoyed, along with the 

different wines, capably prepared 

by Al Lantinga. The lovely flowers 

decorating the tables were arranged 

by Mrs. Prior, and added to the 

beauty of the overall colours of 

Lions, yellow and mauve. 

The door prize was won by Glen 

Overholt, and the truckload of 

wood, by Mrs. Winnie Liver. Many 

other Lions were helping all over, 

to enjoy the evening. 

Dancing to the music of the 

"Whee Three" from Ganges, 

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Page Six GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, October 25, 1978 

What's happening at S s ALT PRING 

E LEMENTARY 

BY I. JUKES 

A visit by the Grade 7 class to 

the King Tutankhamen exhibit in 

Seattle highlighted another active 

week at Salt Spring Elementary- 

Accompanied by several adults, 

over 50 students from Fernwood 

and Salt Spring spent nearly two 

hours in the exhibition, comparing 

what they saw to what they had 

learned in class during the past 

weeks. Students also took time to 

examine several displays at the 

Seattle Science Centre. All in all. a 

highly educational field trip for 

teachers and students alike. 

Earlier in the week the school 

had been a bee-hive of activity. On 

Tuesday the school held the finals 

of the Spell-a-thon, our annual 

fund raising event. Preliminary 

indications were that it had been 

very successful. Students worked 

hard collecting pledges and studying 

words, preparing for the test. 

Money earned will go toward 

helping finance field trips such as 

the King Tut trip. 

After a relatively "quiet" Wednesday, 

the dam burst Thursday. 

Salt Spring and Fernwood sponsored 

a day-long 8-aside soccer tournament 

- inviting teams from 

Pender, Mayne, Crofton (2) and 

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On Tuesday, the intermediate 

classes were dismissed so that 

teachers could hold progress interviews 

with parents. Throughout 

the day there was a steady stream 

of cars and people coming and 

going from the school as teachers 

discussed each student's individual 

progress. This same procedure will 

be repeated by primary teachers on 

Friday. Report cards are to follow 

in early December. 

Ghosts and goblins, black cats 

and witches, candy and costumes - 

the school has taken on a decided 

Hallowe'en atmosphere. And what 

could be more appropriate than a 

Great Pumpkin Race to be held 

Monday, October 30. Certainly a 

race of some difference - it's not 

the fastest but the most accurate 

runner that wins. Students must 

predict their time over a route - 

BEFORE they run the route, and 

without aid of any time device. 

Thus, even the slowest runner can 

win. And what do they win? Why a 

grand pumpkin of course - just in 

time for Hallowe'en. So, when they 

say The Great Pumpkin is coming, 

you better believe it! 

Here & There 

WITH RON MaclSAAC 

Students aren't making it to the 

end of the year on their summer 

earnings. The major reason is they 

do not stint themselves on accommodation. 

There is no need for students to 

line up for apartments. Thousands 

of Victoria families would be quite 

happy to have a student take a 

room in their homes. 

They are not going to go 

advertising for a student because 

they don't need the money. A lot of 

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1773, it was an idyllic period. 

The natives were extremely 

friendly in disposition. They were 

described by one of the officers as 

"the most lively, laughing creatures 

'' he had ever seen but he felt 

that the women, "although handsome, 

were rather too fat to be 

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in Holland." 

Cook noted that the native men 

were considerate of their women 

and that they ate together, unlike 

the social mores of Tahiti. 

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But all idyllic interludes must 

end and finally on October 8 with 

the decks of the "Resolution" 

and "Adventure" laden with 

coconuts, bananas and yams and 

with 150 live pigs and 300 fowl 

quartered on the two ships, they 

headed for New Zealand once 

again and the familiar haven of 

Queen Charlotte's Sound. 

The ships were again separated 

due to stormy seas and Cook 

found haven in a bay where 

Wellington is located today. The 

following day he managed to get 

to Queen Charlotte's Sound, but 

there was no sign of Furneaux and 

the "Adventure". 

The refitting process went 

ahead in preparation for another 

excursion into Arctic waters, and 

after three weeks of working and 

waiting, Cook decided he must 

press on. "Adventure" hadn't 

shown up. 

He left a note buried under a 

tree advising Furneaux of his 

plans and telling him that after 

their journey to the south they 

would head for Easter Island, 

discovered by Roggeveen in 

1722, and from there to Tahiti 

once again. He left it up to 

Furneaux as to whether or not he 

try to join him. 

The ' 'Resolution'' headed 

southeast again and on Dec. 12 

the first icebergs were seen. In 

three days they were "quite embayed" 

by scores of bergs. After 

some near misses, they headed 

out of the danger zone for a brief 

respite. The weather was bitterly 

cold as they crossed the Antarctic 

circle once again. The sails were 

hung with icicles, but more serious 

was the general health of the 

crew. As phrased by George 

Forster in his diary, "all hands 

showed a general langour and 

sickly look." Even Cook was 

"pale and lean" and at least a 

dozen men were under the 

weather. Icebergs were everywhere. 

Cook thought it prudent to 

head north again and perhaps 

thaw out. 

After two weeks and with the 

crew back to reasonable health he 

decided to make one more thrust 

south. For the third time he 

crossed the Antarctic circle and 

for the third time he took on the 

ice floes. Incredibly he reached 

71 degrees plus of latitude, a mere 

1,250 miles from the south pole 

itself. 

But enough was enough even 

for Cook and he decided he could 

go no further. It was north once 

again. He considered regrouping 

his spirits and those of his men 

and continuing eastward to circumnavigate 

the Antarctic area 

but decided against it. And to the 

relief of his men he headed for 

wanner climes. 

His aim was to seek an elusive 

island claimed to exist by Dalrymple 

from an early voyage and 

then proceed to Easter Island. 

After a fruitless search for the 

mythical island he set course for 

Easter Island and not a minute too 

soon. Cook took to his bunk with 

what was described as "bilious 

colic". 

By the time the party reached 

Easter Island Cook was back in 

top form. Because no harbors 

existed on the island they anchored 

off shore and landed in 

small boats. 

them though wouldn't mind having 

the company. 

Certainly the run of a house is a 

better bargain than a tiny apartment 

for twice the money and twice 

the distance. Start banging on 

doors, students, and stay in your 

budget. 

*** 

THE MARKET 

The Saturday morning market 

goes all year in Kensington, Toronto, 

and Kensington, England. 

Word is getting around that the 

famous Salt Spring Saturday morning 

market may go all year. 

Seasonal vegetables don't last past 

fall. Nonetheless, there are holly, 

Christmas trees and eggs. There is 

the opportunity of exchanging 

bread, home cooking, handicrafts 

and flea market items. 

It is a big fun get-together. 

People come there from all over. 

Now is the time to get out and 

see the salmon working their 

way up the little streams to spawn. 

Goldstream is always a trafficstopper. 

Bush Creek by the Ivy 

Green Park in Ladysmith is worth 

getting out to see. Nearby is a tree 

that is about 30 feet in circumference. 

The spot where I saw almost 

bank-to-bank fish last year was the 

first little wooden bridge on the 

road in from Nanoose Bay to 

Dolphin Beach. 

It is amazing the amount of food 

that can be produced in small 

areas. On the West Coast of 

Vancouver Island the distance from 

the pounding surf to the point at 

which the river goes straight up to 

a water fall is sometimes as short 

as 100 yards and millions of salmon 

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Wednesday, October 25, 1978 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Page Seven 

Scliooi trustees gvi preview ofHvw Fvrnwoou School 

C L J 

District superintendent Bob Huestis 

checks out the interior of the 

new Fernwood School during test 

week's tour by the school board. 

School district secretary-treasurer trustees, who toured the new 

f Peck explains the basic design facility last week 

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Page Eight GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, October 25, 1978 

POSTSCRIPT 

Who needs ribbon development? 

BY SHIRLEY CULPIN 

1 have only one thing to say to 

the development-oriented folks 

who at Saturday's public hearing 

so vociferously advocated extension 

of Salt Spring's commercial 

core along the road to the Valcourt 

Centre. Yuck! 

Yuck to the concept of ribbon 

development that would help transform 

Ganges from -a charming 

pedestrian-oriented village into 

just another place to do the 

shopping and flee! Yuck to the sort 

of overall growth on the island that 

would be required to support all 

those businesses that Yvette Valcourt 

and Company envision. And 

finally, yuck to the fact that so 

many people on this island obviously 

don't give a hoot about 

anything except the almighty dollar. 

People don't come to Salt 

Spring - to live or for a holiday - in 

quest of things like strip commercial 

developments. Indeed, that's 

precisely the sort of thing that so 

many seek to escape in coming 

here. Put in all sorts of shops 

running along the road between 

the downtown core and the Valcourt 

set-up and people will stop 

coming. And if they stop coming 

the businesses along the road will 

suffer. Aside from being a terrible 

idea from the aesthetic point of 

view, the proposal doesn't make 

economic sense. 

HE'S SURROUNDED 

I have a hard enough time 

understanding someone like Tom 

Bell, of the Harbour House Hotel, 

who is an advocate of the ribbon 

development concept. Bell, after 

all, hails from the lower mainland 

area and is surrounded by stuff like 

this. But I can't understand Mrs. 

Valcourt and her coterie, many of 

whom have lived here for a goodly 

length of time. Surely this island, 

with its enchanting loveliness and 

its quiet charm, must have grown 

on these people during their residence? 

Can they possibly be so 

immune to the beauties of the place 

that they care as little for it as they 

would for a chunk of property on, 

say, Burnaby's hideous strip development 

known as Kingsway? 

I don't deny that Mrs. Valcourt 

may have a substantial argument 

when she claims that her business 

concern is being discriminated 

against through the simple fact 

that the Ganges plan aims to 

concentrate business in the downtown 

core. That's a tough pill to 

swallow for anyone with a big 

investment. 

But somewhere, somehow, the 

rampant development that has 

ruined so many of this country's 

loveliest places has to come to a 

halt. Salt Spring is as good a place 

as any to start. The Islands Trust 

should steel itself, weather the 

insults and nastiness, and stick' 

with its original plan. 

Saturna Scene 

BY MAGGIE HAYES 

Betty and Arthur Carpentier 

were home for the weekend, after 

taking time off to arrange details of 

Arthur's new life in Vancouver. 

Bill and Irene Lawson were 

delighted to play host to son 

Danny, with Holly and the twins, 

and to daughter Debbie, and 

Theresa. All the cousins had a 

chance to look each other over. 

Ian and Susan Middleditch had 

a happy housewarming party for 

their new home on the Farm. The 

occasion also helped celebrate 

lan's birthday. 

There's a new look to the school 

grounds these days, with new 

goalposts up, painted by Don 

Piper, and erected by Don, Mike 

Hayes and Barry Crooks. 

The Lions Club also got basketball 

backstops added to the scene. 

District Superintendent of Schools 

Robert Huestis and Director of 

Instruction Larry Holbrook made 

recent trips over. 

Tom Davidson and Sam Crooks, 

from Salt Spring, and Shelley 

Crooks, from Mayne, have been 

among the unofficial mail carriers 

Seaside Kitchen 

OPEN 

Beside Vesuvius Ferry 

Overlooking the Bay 

11.30-7pm Sun., Wed., Thurs. 

11.30-7.30pm Fit, Sat. 

CLOSED: Mon.-Tues. 

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between Saturna and the other 

islands. 

In support of the Parents' 

Activity fund, the school organized 

a bottle drive Sunday afternoon, 

Mich netted over $150. Thanks to 

all who donated bottles and special 

thanks to Bill Lawson for taking 

them all away. Proceeds will help 

defray costs of a special trip to 

Seattle to see King Tut, and the 

purchase of a thermo copier for the 

school. 

UPCOMING 

October 28; Lions Club Hard Times 

Dance, Community Hall, 

- benefit for Arthur Carpentier 

- wear Depression clothing! 

- See notices posted 

October 31; Hallowe'en Party at 

the Hall 

•- put on by the parents' group, 

with funds supplied by the Saturna 

Women's Service Club. 

November 6; photographer in attendance 

at the School during the 

afternoon, for individual and class 

pictures. 

pre-schoolers, and others wishing 

individual picture packages welcome 

after 2.30 pm. 

See notices re picture sizes, and 

prices. 

November 18 - Referendum on the 

Water System 

- posters with details will be 

displayed around the stores, Hall 

and Post office. 

Election for local trastees. 

Also in November; the Fire Department's 

Pig Barbecue; The Outdoor 

Spit has already been constructed. 

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FOR JOHN HEALEY 

Some retirement that is 

John Healey claims that he's 

retired. Yet in the next breath he 

turns around and says he writes on 

a full-time basis. 

Healey is the one who writes all 

those funny little ditties that appear 

in this paper each week. He's 

also the author of four novels, 

several plays and a wide variety of 

short stories. Which would indicate 

that John Healey could hardly be 

classified as retired. 

Healey's been writing for 

years. His first publishing success 

came at the age of 14, back in the 

mid-1920's. He's been sweating 

over typewriters ever since. 

Healey and his wife came to 

Canada from Britain several years 

back. He worked at a wide variety 

of jobs all over the Pacific northwest, 

and in the course of his 

travels discovered Salt Spring. 

"We came to the island for the 

first time 10 or a dozen years ago,'' 

he recalls. "And we decided that at 

the first opportunity we would 

retire here." 

The Healeys sold their Saanich 

home in 1976 and moved to Salt 

Spring to stay. 

Since then the couple have 

spent their time landscaping the 

property surrounding their new 

home. But most of John Healey's 

time is spent writing....not totally 

in vain, either, it might be noted. 

Healey has had a number of 

plays produced by CBC Radio over 

the years. He's written four novels, 

to date unpublished but with one 

in the re-write stage, and he's 

currently working on an autobiography 

and another novel. 

Healey has also had a number 

of short stories published in 

Britain, although he says for what 

the magazines pay, it's hardly 

worth the work. 

"The pay is pitiful over there," 

he says. "And the thing is, there 

are so many Sunday afternoon 

writers in Britain, you know." 

Not bound by any particular 

direction when it comes to plots for 

his novels, Healey has even taken a 

stab - albeit, an unsuccessful one - 

at writing one of those mushy 

romantic jobs. 

"It was rejected," he chuckles. 

"There's a special kind of talent 

required for even writing junk. 

Even that has its own special 

formulas and rules." 

Healey has been writing his 

verses for publication in the paper 

practically since he took up residence 

on the island. He laughs 

aloud at the suggestion that the 

rhymes qualify as poetry. 

"That's not poetry," he says. 

"Those are just verses. Poetry is a 

young man's madness." 

At any rate, Healey estimates 

he's written "a couple of thousand" 

of them. 

"I have sacrificial fires every 

now and then," he says with a 

twinkle in his eye. "All the junk 

gets burned." 

Healey says he's also been 

asked by producers of the popular 

television show The Beachcombers 

to drop in next time he's in 

Vancouver. 

"But I haven't," he says. "I'm 

not any kind of a salesman at all." 

Approved 

First planning committee to 

examine the new Ganges Plan was 

the Salt Spring Island Advisory 

Planning Commission. The Commission 

examined it on October 3 

and gave its approval to the plan as 

prepared. 

Subsequently, a meeting to 

discuss the plan as well as a public 

hearing have been held in Ganges. 

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Wednesday, October 25, 1978 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Page Nine 

i oOTOOo o oo( lOOOoDOOO 00000 

j Man of parts is man of verse 

Scott Lawrance makes no bones 

about the fact that he likes regional 

publishing concerns. As a matter of 

fact, his first two books of poetry 

were published through small, 

regional publishers in western 

Canada. 

This fall though, Lawrance, 

who teaches grade two at Salt 

Spring Elementary, has a book 

coming out through one of Canada's 

best-known publishers, 

McClelland and Stewart. 

"I wanted to find a major 

publisher," he says, "because 

they are able, capable of getting 

national distribution. I appreciate 

the professionalism of a large 

company." 

Names of Thunder, as the 

up-and-coming young poet's latest 

book has been dubbed, has come 

out in M & S' fall crop of 

publications. If the book draws 

good reviews it's obvious that 

Lawrance's popularity as a poet of 

the 70's will increase. 

Lawrance isn't a newcomer to 

the world of poetry, however. He's 

been writing the stuff for 14 years, 

since he was a teenager. By the 

late sixties he was editing a poetry 

magazine, being published in anthologies, 

and doing two or three 

readings of his work each year. The 

poet also got involved in teaching 

at one of Vancouver's free schools. 

In 1973 Lawrance headed to 

India to study Tibetan Buddhist 

philosophy and religion. He returned 

to the west coast in 1974 

and attended classes at Simon 

Fraser University in Burnaby to 

earn his teaching certificate. 

There can be little doubt that 

Lawrance has been around. He's 

CLOSURE 

taught an alternative rehabilitation 

program at Merritt, worked for the 

Insurance Corporation of B.C. in 

Vancouver, and ranched in the 

Kamloops area since completing 

his schooling at the end of 1975. 

Salt Spring drew Lawrance's 

attention because of tentative plans 

for a retreat centre for western 

monks, nuns and lay people here. 

The idea fell through, but the poet 

managed to find a house and job so 

he could stick around. 

"We'll probably stay a while," 

he concludes with a smile. "We 

like it pretty well." 

^ Your heart works 

^J harder when 

2T you're not in the 

CM game. Get fit — 

^^ and turn the 

gj clock back. 

. Fitness is fun. 

Try some. 

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Rain or felled trees do not deter Brown was leader for the Wright 

Salt Spring Nature walkers. Ted Road walk on Tuesday, Oct. 17. 

DOCK CLOSURE 

Village Bay, 

Mayne Island 

Due to maintenance to this dock, all 

sailings have been cancelled on 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 

This will mean that the "Queen of 

Sidney" (Mainland/Gulf Islands) and 

"Mayne Queen" (Swartz Bay/Gulf 

Islands) will not be making their 

scheduled stops. 

Foot Passenger Service will operate 

from Miners Bay, Mayne Island, to 

Sturdies Bay, Galiano Island on 

these days only, connecting with the 

"Queen of Sidney" (Mainland/Gulf 

Islands, Route 9). Departures will be for 

the convenience of passengers 

boarding or disembarking at Sturdies 

Bay and will leave Miners Bay 

Government Wharf. 

Leave Miners Bay to Sturdies Bay 

7:30 am 

9:40 am 

5:35 pm 

7:45 pm 

Leave Sturdies Bay to Miners Bay 

8:15 am 

10:25 am 

6:20 pm 

8:30 pm 

All departure times are approximate and will 

coincide with "Queen of Sidney's" arrivals 

and departures. 

Normal Vehicle and Passenger Service 

will resume on Friday, November 3rd, 1978. 

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Wednesday, October 25, 1978 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Page Eleven 

Fernwood 

BY JESSIE SAYER 

Mr. and Mrs. J. McAndless 

have sobd their home on Maliview 

Dr. and left Salt Spring to spend 

the winter in Mesa, Arizona. They 

plan to live on the mainland upon 

their return to BC. 

The house guest of Mrs. Mary 

McMillan of Fernwood Road, this 

past week was Mrs. Ida Williams, 

of North Vancouver. Mrs. Williams 

was born in New Zealand and lived 

there for many years before coming 

to B.C. Mrs. McMillan also lived in 

Taupo for a few years so we had a 

common interest for conversation. 

Mrs. Mary Clements, of Walker 

Hook Road, was a busy hostess this 

summer entertaining guests from 

Burntisland, Scotland and Brighton, 

England. Her family from 

Calgary and also Seattle were 

frequent visitors. 

Mrs. G. Kennett, of North 

Beach Road, returned home a few 

weeks ago after enjoying an extended 

holiday visiting her sons and 

families in N.W.T. and Saskatchewan 

and spending Thanksgiving at 

the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lin 

Sayer. 

When Mr. and Mrs. A. Howell 

were in New Westminster on 

Wednesday their sailboat slipped 

its moorings and started down 

Channel. Alert neighbours came to 

the rescue and brought the ship 

back to safety. 

Miss Dawn Graham and friend, 

Chrissie Weldon, of Surrey came 

for a week end visit, their first 

attempt at hitchhiking. It didn't 

turn out too well so they had 

blisters on their heels as they 

walked most of the way from Long 

Harbour to Fernwood. 

Jamie Sayer and friends, Murray 

and Lisa, spent a recent week 

end at Fernwood. 

Ed Bettiss grew a number of 

Remember one of these on Fender Island? Afternoon 

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Horner, of 

Nelson, England, and Miss Doris 

Wallbank, also from there, have 

been enjoying a three-week holiday 

with Mr. and Mrs. Basil Benger. 

The Bengers were pleased to take 

the Homers over to visit Mrs. 

Edith Smith, who is their aunt, and 

have not seen her for 50 years! 

Mrs. Smith is in Lady Minto 

Hospital, and is a former Islander. 

Miss Wallbank has also enjoyed 

pumpkins in his garden this year, 

the largest weighing 105 Ibs. 

Mrs. Myrtle Holloman, of 

Walker Hook Road, has Mrs. Gwen 

Callinan of Kent, England as her 

house guest for a couple of weeks. 

* * * 

For the first time in many 

months a large number of blackfish 

were sighted in Trincomali 

Channel passing Fernwood. 

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being with her girlhood friend, 

Mrs. Benger. They entered into the 

goings-on of the Island, she learn : • 

ed to do some macrame, went to 

the keep-fit classes, weavers, and 

service club meetings. They also 

had some very lovely walks around 

the Island. 

Harry Harris and his wife Betty 

have returned from the land of the 

Miramichi, .in the Maritimes, 

where they visited friends and 

relatives. 

Mr. and Mrs. G. Noehren, of 

California, came this week to take 

up residence for the winter at the 

home of the late Mrs. Flo Bellhouse. 

Lloyd and Betsy Baines are 

building a new home at Georgia 

Hills, on Sticks Allison Road, which 

was named so after Lloyd's late 

grandfather, of Porlier Pass. 

Mr. and Mrs. Cam Prior have 

returned from a trip by car up to 

Bella Coola, where they visited 

their daughter and family. 

* * * 

NAME, PLEASE! 

The Fire Department has asked 

again that Islanders please put 

their names on their gates or near 

their homes, in the event of a fire it 

is much easier to find them and to 

be sure to send someone out to the 

nearest main road, to direct them, 

as very often homes are so difficult 

to find, and this will ensure loss of 

time, property and maybe a life. 

No one wishes to have a 

damaging fire or any trouble, but it 

is really necessary to get the fire 

trucks to the right place as quickly 

as possible. 

* * * 

COST OF ROOMS 

Galiano Ladies' Service Club 

opened its October meeting to all 

islanders so that they might hear 

the guest speaker, Mrs. Lorraine 

Campbell, Chairman of the Board 

of the Intermediate and Personal 

Care Society. 

Mrs. Campbell showed blueprints 

of the new building, 

"Greenwoods" scheduled to open 

January 1st, 1979, and a focus of 

great interest to Galiano people. 

Vice President Peggy Chunn 

reported that during this last 

month two moe Galiano groups, 

The Chamber of Commerce and the 

Weavers had followed the example 

of the Senior Citizens and each 

contributed $300 towards a Galiano 

Clubs room in Greenwoods! Individual 

contributions towards Greenwoods 

since the last meeting 

totalled over $250. 

Further contributions to Greenwoods, 

will be'gratefully received 

by Mrs. Winnie Liver, or Mrs. 

Corinne Snell. 

The Service Club Ladies are 

also busy preparing for their 

Annual Christmas Bazaar under 

conveners Mrs. Annelies Walden- 

Remember these? 

This is 

Britain of 

a Bond Minicar 

about 25 years 

from 

ago. 

Powered by a 200 cc. two-stroke 

motor, it was driven through the 

single front wheel. About 20 years 

ago there was a Bond Minicar on 

Pender Island, operated by a 

farmer and used on occasion for 

delivering milk, if the shaky memory 

of an ancient newsman is still 

on key. 

maier and Mrs. Nan New, to be 

held Saturday, Nov. 11. 

Raffle-tickets are being sold for 

Christmas hampers, a turkey and a 

hand-smocked nightdress. Gifts of 

home baking will be gratefully 

received Saturday morning, Nov. 

11 at the Hall while Mrs. Sally 

Riddell and Mrs. Jessie Bellhouse 

will welcome contributions to the 

White Elephant Stall. 

mo vies at 

Central Hall 

Island Cinema, the local movie, 

project in Central Hall, is bringing 

afternoon matinees to Salt Spring 

Island, to make available movie 

entertainment to those who are not 

able to get out in the evenings. 

In addition to the Friday, 

Saturday and Sunday evening features, 

a Friday 2 pm showing will 

be presented. 

This feature will be chosen to 

appeal to the older members of the 

community, report the sponsors. 

The movie to be shown on 

Friday, Oct. 27, at 2 pm will be the 

great Gary Cooper classic, Friendly 

Persuasion. On Saturday afternoon 

at 2 pm will be features which will 

appeal to the younger set. 

This Saturday, Oct. 28, at 2 pm, 

A Boy Named Charlie Brown, 

starring the whole Peanuts gang, 

will be shown. 

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And wait with patience for your 

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little people everywhere: the International 

Year of the Child in 1979. 

The Year will focus the attention of the 

world on the rights of children. 

Certainly one of the most important rights 

of all, is the right to knowledge of God, and 

of His purpose for our lives. That purpose, 

set forth in the Teachings of Baha'u'llah, is 

the achievement of the unity of mankind. 

During the International Year of the Child, 

the Baha'i Community looks forward to working 

with the U.N., man's best instrument yet 

devised to achieve the ideal of a united world, 

in continuing service to this "small world." 

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Page Twelve GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, October 25. 1978 

Ganges plan sparks plenty of criticism, 

some support for Islands Trust at hearing 

[From Page One] 

BUSINESS SHIFTING 

Mrs. Rowland suggested that 

the concentration of business was 

shifting from the downtown area 

simply by the fact that the hospital 

and provincial government buildings 

had been constructed up the 

road in the same area where 

Valcourts had built. 

"I would suggest that by doing 

so it would seem to me that those 

two agencies, at least, saw that the 

lower downtown area was not a 

r CEMENT 

good area for expansion," Mrs. 

Howland said. "Who says the core 

area needs to be in a circle? Why 

couldn't it expand along the 

road?" 

Bell echoed Mrs. Rowland's 

sentiments. 

"We feel it's negative planning 

to congest and jam business into 

one restricted area when you 

already have the possibility for a 

ribbon development," Bell told the 

Trust board members. "I would 

support the concept of having this 

all amalgamated into one commercial 

area. I can't see why you're all 

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of a sudden trying to ostracize part 

of your commercial development." 

Bell also contended that his 

hotel would be isolated from the 

core, therefore cutting down on 

business. 

EXPANSION BACKED 

Anno Delaney supported the; 

Valcourt contention that the business 

area up the highway would be 

discriminated against, but stressed 

she felt a duplication of services 

should not be allowed regardless of 

what happens. She added that she 

felt that developments constructed 

by the Valcourts in the past haven't 

pT«yen to be "an aesthetic asset to 

11 ourcommunity.'' 

Several other members of the 

community backed up the call for a 

more expanded commercial area 

for the island. 

The other major concern voiced 

during the hearing involved the 

size of acreages being proposed for 

watershed'areas. 

A number of people made 

representations to the Trust members'to 

the effect that watershed 

property in the Maxwell Lake area 

should be a minimum 30-acre lot 

size. The proposed plan would call 

for a minimum size of 1.0 acres. 

WATER A CONCERN 

Fred Brookbanks gave the major 

presentation in favour of the 

Alcohol 

Handle with 

British Columbia is suffering from a problem that is reaching out to 

damage the lives of tens of thousands of our citizens, young and old, male 

and female. Its cost in physical destruction and lost productivity amounts to 

hundreds of millions of dollars a year. But the real toll in human suffering * 

cannot be measured. 

The problem is alcohol abuse - the unwise overindulgence in alcoholic 

beverages. You may not know it, but British Columbia is the most afflicted of 

all of Canada's provinces. Your government has decided to try to do something 

about it, and we're asking every citizen to help with the task. 

My Ministry, starting today, is going to carry the message of alcohol 

misuse into every comer of the province. Sometimes alcohol is a social drink, 

but at all times it is a drug that must be handled with care. 

The cost of this campaign will be paid for by those who drink through 

an additional levy on the price of some alcoholic beverages. The non-drinking 

public should not be expected to pay for the programme. 

The abuse of alcohol has been a growing problem - one we must all 

help to solve. It is important for every individual who consumes alcohol to 

know how much is too much - how often is too often. For the good of everyone 

alcohol must be handled with care. 

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Corporate Affairs. 

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Gardeners are introduced 

to small greenhouse plan 

BY YELLOW THUMB 

The regular monthly meeting of 

the Salt Spring Island Garden Club 

was held on October 18 at 8 pm in 

the United Church Lower Hall. 

After a brief business meeting 

the speaker of the evening Dr. Ted 

Barns was introduced, and from 

then on a rapt audience listened to 

a talk on the do's and don'ts in the 

Construction of a Greenhouse. We 

were all handed a plan for an ideal 

larger lots on behalf of Mike 

Larmour. 

The Larmour brief pointed out 

that Maxwell Lake currently serves 

about 1,000 island residents as a 

water source. 

"I think we'd all agree that 

we'd far rather protect our source 

of water rather than having to treat 

the water for impurities," the brief 

said. "A watershed category with a 

10 acre minimum would make the 

lots more accessible and subdivision 

more likely." 

Larmour contended that keeping 

subdivisions to a 30-acre minimum 

would help protect the watershed 

area from damage. 

Bruce Campbell, however, applied 

to have the watershed designation 

on the Stowel Lake area 

dropped on the grounds that the 

structure complete with particulars 

of heating and ventilation. To the 

delight of the audience Dr. Barnes 

passed around tickets and the lucky 

winners, won a variety of'beautiful 

plants. All in all, a perfect evening! 

There are so many advantages 

to belonging to the Garden Club 

and the annual dues entitle members 

to participate in all kinds of 

"goodies" not the least of which is 

the upcoming Annual Pot Luck 

Supper. 

Be sure to watch these pages 

for further particulars. The event 

will take place November 15. 

boundaries had been "most arbitrarily 

done." 

DESIGNATION DISPUTED 

Campbell charged that people 

in the Stowell Lake region would be 

discriminated against if the minimum 

five-acre subdivision rule is 

instigated in view of the fact that 

Ford Lake has not been designated 

a watershed area. The latter, he 

contends, has 50 per cent more 

water than Stowel. 

"The lake (Stowel) is extensively 

used for recreation," Campbell 

pointed out, "and the strong 

majority of residents favour keeping 

the land zoned as rural residential." 

Calls were also made for a 

complete survey of water resources 

on the island prior to approval of 

the revisions. 

Trust committee members 

heard a number of other submissions 

throughout the day dealing 

with everything from minimum 

acreage allowances for subdivision 

to the definition of a church 

building as outlined in the proposals 

About 40 submissions were 

tendered in the course of the 

hearing, which was attended by 

approximately 100 people. 

Bridge winners 

Legion duplicate bridge winners 

for October 17 included Mary 

K. Thomas and Anne McConnell in 

first place, followed by Dr. and 

Mrs. Hyslop in second and Doris 

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Page Fourteen GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, October 25, 1978 

New feature for Kenton House next u 

BY BRYAN SMITH 

Kenton House Gallery on Fulford-Ganges 

Road, near Blackburn 

Lake Road will feature the work of 

Art Simons and a collection of his 

latest water colours, and pottery as 

created by Mark Meredith. 

The exhibition extends from 

October 30 until Sunday afternoon. 

Nov. 5. It is open daily from 10 am - 

5 pm and evening viewing can be 

arranged by phoning Toni Luton. 

Mark Meredith has yet to 

celebrate his first year on Salt 

Spring. He arrived January of this 

year and is resident on Rainbow 

Road. He immediately transformed 

the large shed at the rear into a 

studio and when I called he was 

busy at work shaping clay into a 

mediaeval wine goblet. 

rrs HIS PROFESSION 

To this young man pottery is 

not just a spare time hobby. It is his 

profession. Quite a switch from 

owning his own advertising business 

in Vancouver. 

His output is prolific and at the 

showing he will have examples of 

candlestick holders cream jugs, 

sauce servers, goblets, tall toddies, 

mugs and oil and vinegar jars. I 

was particularly intrigued in an egg 

cup set in a steep sided bowl to 

hold toast or buttered bread. 

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Another item which fascinated 

me was a glazed wine goblet with a 

cream coloured stem beneath the 

cup which was coloured in a fusion 

of fall tints. 

Mark's method of work entails 

shape, form and function in that 

order. With agents in Victoria and 

Vancouver clamouring for his work 

his future is assured. 

Art Simons of Fulford has been 

with us now for several years and 

when he is tired of brushing oil on 

bicycle chains he takes up other 

brushes and resorts to producing 

water colours of such simple beauty 

and craftsmanship it leaves one 

green with envy. 

He is a master of what is known 

as the 'wet' technique and particularly 

in boats, marinas and coastlines. 

Concerning this current 

DOWN THE GUTTER 

Hats off to the ladies in the 

Bowlathon on Saturday last! 

They placed first in both the 

scratch and handicap events. 

Carol Kaye bowled very well to 

take the scratch first prize of $90. 

She averaged 255 for the 10 games. 

Second place went to Mike Kelly 

for $60, and Ken Collins, third for 

$30. 

Donna Dawe placed first in the 

handicap event for $70; Joyce 

Taylor placed second for $40, and 

Bill Simpkin, third for $20. 

There was a prize of $10 for the 

most headpins, which went to Pat 

Byron and a further prize of $10 for 

the most corners, which went to 

Julian Valcourt. 

Many thanks to Colleen Last for 

all the time she put in, keeping the 

Scoreboard up to date and keeping 

track of all the headpins and corner 

pins. 

Also, once again, we have to 

thank Leo Toutant for making it all 

possible. It takes a lot of time and 

effort to make things run smoothly. 

Our sympathy goes out to the 

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. with Ken Collins 

family of Mrs. Dorothy Waddell, 

who passed away recently. She will 

be sadly missed by one and all. 

Mrs. Waddell was a keen bowler in 

the Golden Agers over the past few 

years. 

The Bowlers of the Week were 

as follows; for the ladies it was 

Carolyn Mouat with 755 and for the 

men it was Jim Glenn, who came 

up with 819. 

Other scores worthy of mention 

came from the following people, 

Leo Toutant, 757; Danny Bedford, 

741; Ed Miller, 721; Carol Kaye, 

714; Donna Dawe, 714; Larry 

Davies, 700; Julian Valcourt, 707, 

774, and Ken Collins, 700, 757, 

781, 786. 

We had some really nice 300 

games last week. They were as 

follows, Alf Carr, 347; Ken Collins, 

345; Frank Keoppel, 345; Mike 

Kelly, 333; Julian Valcourt, 322 

and, finally, it was Jim Glenn with 

two games of 304. 

Art Dawe shaved his beard off 

recently, he tells me has had it 

stuck on his chin for all of eight 

years. It is now in the process of 

being regrown again. Art insists 

it's affected his balance too much 

and reckons it will be at least 

another three weeks before he 

regains his old form again, on the 

bowling lanes. 

I forgot to mention earlier that 

out of a total of 170 games bowled 

in the Bowlathon there was not one 

three hundred game recorded. 

Pretty hard to believe, but true 

none the less. 

BOWLING TIP OF THE WEEK 

Be sure to bend properly at the 

foul-line when delivering your ball. 

This will stop you lofting, and 

hopefully will cause you to roll your 

ball instead. Lofting will take all 

your spin off the ball, as a matter of 

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Monday • 4pm 

showing he related a most interesting 

story. 

STINT IN NOVA SCOTIA 

A certain orthopaedic surgeon, 

on holiday in Salt Spring from Nova 

Scotia, strolled into Art's bicycle 

shop opposite Mouat's Store and, 

after hiring a bicycle to tour the 

island, he got chatting about his 

home province and Art disclosed a 

long-felt ambition to paint the 

rugged and scenic coastline of 

Nova Scotia. 

Whereupon the surgeon offered 

him a cottage right on the N.S. 

coast. The kindly doctor refused 

rent but asked for two or three 

samples of Art's output and the 

deal was sealed. 

Like authors seeking peace and 

quiet to write their books so Art 

shared a similar environment and 

was cut off from the world and 

devoted the daylight hours of six 

weeks and the result of all those 

hours can be seen as described 

earlier. 

Thus we have two separate and 

distinct craftsmen doing their 

"thing" and we are the privileged 

ones permitted to view their production 

and artistic creations. 

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Wednesday, October 25, 1978 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Page Fifteen 

Art Simons looks at his own work. 

If you have something for this column: call Elsie Brown at 539-2480 

Main ly Mayne 

BY ELSIE BROWN 

Nice to see Mayne Island 

featured in the current edition of 

Beautiful British Columbia magazine. 

Photography includes the 

ferry entering Active Pass and 

Active Pass Light Station. Bill 

Wheaton and Frances Faminow 

shown busily engaged in painting, 

are well known artists on the Gulf 

Islands and elsewhere. 

Coming events include the following: 

Members of the Volunteer Fire 

Department will have their Annual 

Hallowe'en Party for Mayne children, 

Tuesday, Oct. 31, at the Fire 

Hall at 7 pm. Hobgoblins and 

ghosts will be out in full force ready 

for the evening's entertainment. 

Monday, Nov. 6, Silver Maynes 

meeting at Agricultural Hall, 2 pm. 

Speaker will be Rev. Doctor George 

Morrison, formerly of Timothy 

Eaton Memorial United Church, 

Toronto and now retired on Mayne. 

Saturday, Nov. 18, St. Mary 

Magdalene W.A. Christmas Bazaar, 

at the Agricultural Hall, 1-4 

pm. 

Stu and Betty Fry spent 

Thanksgiving with their granddaughter 

and her husband, Cheryl 

and Brad Fawcett and small daughter 

Courtenay at Duncan. 

Bill and Marguerite Morson 

spent a few days with their 

daughter and son-in-law, Margaret 

and Barrie Morris at Comox. 

Kathleen Dought has returned 

after a month's holiday in England, 

where she visited her sister and 

brother-in-law, Daphne and Roy 

Code of Surbiton, Surrey. Kathleen 

reports the weather was perfect 

and she enjoyed trips to Cornwall, 

Devon, Stratford-on-Avon and 

Gloucester. She also attended performances 

of the ballets, Les 

Sylphides and The Outsider at the 

Sadlers Wells Theatre in London. 

George and Ivy Slinn are back 

on the island after a visit with their 

daughter and son-in-law Joyce and 

Don Ferguson at Kamloops. They 

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Albert and Lillian Wardle, Horton 

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to Thunder Bay where they visited 

the members of their family who 

were Audrey and Mike Mcdonagh 

with Annmarie and Tina; Toby and 

Sandy Loffredo, Carrina and Marlena; 

Sheila and Steve Oracz, 

Stevie and Natasha; Leslie and 

Bonnie Wardle, Michael, Shellie 

and Scottie all of Thunder Bay. 

Congratulations to Albert a^nd Lillian 

who celebrated their thirty-second 

Wedding Anniversary recently! 

Visiting Maurice and Etta Reitz 

at their summer home on Waughs 

Road have been Maurice's sister 

and brother-in-law, Doris and Alfred 

Mitchell of Abbotsford. Maurice 

and Etta who were editors of 

The Valley Circle published by the 

Fraser Valley Square Dance Association 

have now retired. They 

attended the First National Square 

Dance Convention to be held in 

Canada taking place in Edmonton 

in August. Four bus loads of 

Blackburn 

plan gets 

third reading 

The Salt Spring Island Trust 

Committee has given third reading 

to a proposal from the Blackburn 

Farm Society for development of 

housing on the society's 200 acres. 

At a public hearing Friday night 

Mrs. Delia Wilson, president of the 

society, outlined plans to cluster 20 

residences on the property with the 

remainder of the land to be used by 

all of the residents. The homes, 

two-bedroom single family dwellings, 

would be clustered in groupings 

of five on paved cul-de-sacs, 

Mrs. Wilson said. 

Mrs. Wilson explained that the 

society preferred to develop its 

land by clustering rather than 

dividing it up into 10-acre parcels 

because it would enable more of 

the property to be left in its natural 

state. 

Mrs. Wilson also outlined tentative 

plans to develop a par three 

executive golf course on the property, 

and to convert the farm's 

current old manor house into a 

clubhouse for golfers in order to 

preserve the structure. 

The proposal will now be forwarded 

to the provincial government 

for approval. 

dancers from the coast attended 

the affair. 

BRIDGE PLAYERS 

Come one, come all to the 

Drop-in Health Centre every Thursday 

afternoon at 1.30 pm to have a 

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THE WATSON REPOR1 

Patrick Watson's weekly half-hour current affairs program, The 

Watson Report, starts its 4th season on CBC-TV Wednesdays 

at 10:30 p.m. in mid-October. Produced in Ottawa, The Watson 

Report is the only network current affairs series emanating from 

the national capital. Watson probes issues of importance to all 

Canadians, asking the men and women involved to account for 

their decisions and actions to a national audience. 

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Keeping the Islands Beautiful 

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Page Sixteen GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, October 25, 1978 

Authority on Sasquatch 

A candidate takes critical look at 

spending and educational system 

The provincial election will be 

now or next spring and John Green 

will be right there, challenging 

Hugh Curtis's Saanich and the 

Island seat. 

The prospective Conservative 

candidate was on Salt Spring Island 

last Friday, calling on supporters 

and others. 

Right-hand man to party leader, 

Vic Stephens and a Conservative 

by birth, he was eager to 

explain his stand on a variety of 

aspects of provincial affairs. 

Son of Howard Green, once a 

minister in Diefenbaker's cabinet, 

John grew up in a persuasive 

Conservative atmosphere. 

The Social Credit government 

has attacked none of the problems 

facing British Columbia, he charged. 

At the defeat of the NDP 

government Social Credit loudly 

condemned the NDP pattern and 

then copied it. 

There have been no economics 

in government, he told Driftwood. 

He ventured a forecast that if 

the province were to achieve a 5 % 

cut in the provincial taxation 

picture for industry, this could 

result in a 5 % reduction in 

provincial unemployment. Reduction 

of government spending is the 

No. 1 key to an improved economy, 

he asserted. 

He wouldn't buy zero-based 

budgeting. 

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"That's gimmickry," he said. 

All a shrewd politician has to do 

to throw a wrench in the gears is to 

introduce a couple of needless 

projects during the year and their 

elimination answers all the demands 

of the zero budget. 

HOUSING 

"We'd take a look at the 

ministry of housing," he told 

Driftwood. 

There was housing long before 

there was a ministry and there is 

no shortage today. Eliminate the 

ministry and absorb its staff into 

other areas and there is a government 

economy, said Green. 

Under a Conservative government 

corporal punishment would 

come back into the schools. 

A grade one ^hijd who is 

difficult is required to stay otM*?f 

the room. A particularly difficult 

youngster may spend most of his 

first year or so outside the room 

because no other form of punishment 

is permissible. That student 

will never master the curriculum in 

later years. 

Instead of punishing him physically, 

you are depriving him of an 

education. 

He took a further look at 

education. 

The NDP introduced the condition 

whereby a teacher enjoys a 

sinecure for life, he recalled. If a 

teacher is dismissed today, he can 

sue the school board for vast sums 

of money in compensation. 

A Conservative government 

would legislate authority for school 

boards to dismiss teachers without 

announcing reasons. 

NO JEOPARDY 

No teacher should be kept on 

staff if the board is not satisfied. 

Dismissal without published rea- 

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BRITISH COLUMBIA LAND SURVEYORS 

P.O. Box 3, Ganges, Salt Spring Island 

A.R. Hardie, B.C.L.S. 

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OPTOMETRIST 

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3125 Douglas St. 

Telephone: 386-3322 

Attention All Veterans 

A special meeting will be held at the: 

Legion Hall, Ganges 

On Nov. 1,1978 at 2pm 

To hear an address by Mr. Christie accompanied by Mrs. 

Sluggett, both of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, 

outlining all the benefits available to veterans, widows and 

children of veterans under the D.V.A. and W.V.A. 

There will be a question and answer period. 

Refreshments will be available. 

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If you need transportation 

Phone 537-5822 

Between 1200 and 1300 hrs. on Nov. 1 

ALL VETERANS from Salt Spring and the Outer Islands 

are welcome whether members or not. 

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son would not jeopardize his 

chances of finding a new job, he 

stated. 

Social Credit is running scared, 

the Tory candidate is convinced. 

The Premier has travelled 

throughout the province on his 

campaign tour, he told Driftwood 

and a poll taken a year or so ago 

warned the Socreds . that they 

would not hold a seat on Vancouver 

Island. 

Green is a former newspaperman. 

He was publisher of the 

Agassiz Harrison Advance until he t 

sold out about five years ago. 

He is also a giant-killer. John 

Green is the province's leading 

authority on the mysterious monster 

of the forests, the Sasquatch. 

Send him to the Legislature and 

he'll be able to find them the more 

readily, he quipped. 

Trustees favour 

Camosun College 

'' Gulf Islands "-school trustees 

have decided to ask for representation 

on the board of Camosun 

College in Victoria. 

Trustees were told at their 

regular business meeting last 

Thursday that the Ministry of 

Education wants all school districts 

in the province included in a 

college district. To date the Gulf 

Islands district has not been part of 

any college district. 

Candidate at Ganges 

Trustees considered joining 

either Camosun or Malaspina, 

located in Nanaimo, prior to deciding 

upon the Victoria institution 

at the recommendation of District 

Superintendent Bob Huestis. 

FERNWOOD Elementary 

School News 

It was another busy week at 

school as students had to forget 

Thanksgiving and look forward to 

Hallowe'en. 

It was really hard to concentrate 

in Grade 7 this week as the whole 

class looked forward to visiting the 

King Tut exhibit in Seattle. 

SPELL-A-THON 

By Lisa White 

On October 17 Fernwood Elementary 

School had the Spell-A- 

Thon for grades two to seven. 

Grade seven words were quite 

difficult but, nevertheless, three 

people in the class got 100 words 

out of 100 correct. Three others got 

95%. 

Everyone worked very hard and 

got some exceptionally good marks 

in turn. Now we are working hard 

collecting the money from our 

sponsors. All our teachers at 

Fernwood organized a treat fori 

their classes called "Glad the 

Spell-a-thon is over" party. Most 

teachers brought a cake for their 

classes. Our class enjoyed date 

squares and ice-cream. Many 

thanks to all the people who 

sponsored us and many thanks to 

all Fernwood students who participated. 

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SOCCER TOURNAMENT 

By Lyle Brown 

On Thursday, Oct. 19, the 

Fernwood and Salt Spring Elementary 

Schools had a soccer tournament. 

Eight teams competed in-the 

tournament; a Fender Island team, 

a Mayne Island team, two Crofton 

teams, a Fernwood Elementary 

team and three Salt Spring Elementary 

school teams, Stallions, 

Mustangs and Colts. 

In the Round Robin section we 

played three games without defeat. 

Our first game we won 2-0 against 

the Colts. The second game we 

won 5-0 against the Crofton "A" 

team. The third game we won 3-0 

against the strong Mayne Island 

Team. 

We were in the semi-finals, 

now, because of our wins. We had 

to play the Stallions. It was a well 

matched game till a scrambling 

ball was kicked out and right onto a 

Stallion forward's foot. He shot it 

and the Fernwood goalie missed it 

by a finger. We tried to catch up 

and had our chances but just 

couldn't put it in. 

Everyone played in the four 

games that we played. We gave 

our best effort in all the games. 

Even though we could have 

beaten the Stallions it was an 

enjoyable tournament. 

That was the second time that 

Tory Candidate John Green is 

seen with his active supporter, Pat 

Crofton. They were on Salt Spring 

Island on Friday. 

we have only conceded one goal 

and still not come out winners. 

All the kids that played in the 

tournament got Participant Certificates. 

Thanks to all the coaches, 

referees and the grade 7 girls who 

were running the concession stand. 

Say cheese 

A grim politician named Byle, 

Lost his false teeth in the Nile, 

He said, "It's no loss, 

I feed on peat moss, 

And only need teeth when I 

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