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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
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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
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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.
Province of British Columbia
Ministry of Consumer and
Corporate Affairs.
The Honourable Rafe Mair. Minister.
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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
and Gordon Best in third.
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