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537-2211 Serving the Beautiful Gulf Islands of Sail Spring, Mayne, Galiano, North & South Penders and Saturna 537-2613 

TWENTY-FIRST YEAR, NO. 42 GANGES, BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1980 25c per copy 

Holiday 

shopping 

vote here 

Gulf Islands residents will be 

asked to vote on the new Holiday 

Shopping Regulation Act at the 

polls on November 15. 

The new act goes into effect 

January I, 1980 and will prohibit 

the opening of retail businesses in 

B.C. unless they fall into categories 

which are exempted under the act. 

An area may be exempted from 

the regulations if property owners 

vote in favour of doing so. 

In the elections for school 

trustees, there is only one 

newcomer so far in the line-up of 

candidates. Matthew Coleman of 

Salt Spring Island this week 

announced his intention to run for 

school board. He has been 

nominated by Nonie Guthrie and 

current board chairman Ivan 

Mouat. 

Mouat has indicated that he will 

not seek a further term. Also in the 

running are Charles Baltzer, Salt 

Spring; John Zacharias, Fender; 

and Jim Ripley, Galiano. 

Only two island trustees in the 

Gulf Islands are giving up on the 

Islands Trust. 

The two who will retire from 

public office this year are John 

Mundie of Mayne Island and Bill 

Duncan on Galiano. 

All other trustees are planning to 

seek a further term. 

In the running are Gordon 

Wallace and Emile Leblanc, of 

North Fender; Joan Noble and Bill 

Norton, South Fender; Joan 

Sprague, Mayne; John Gaines and 

Jim Money, Saturna; Ron Thompson, 

Galiano; and Bud Kreissl and 

David Lott, Salt Spring. 

Islanders will elect 12 local 

trustees to take their place on the 

Islands Trust and four to sit on the 

school board. 

Salt Spring Island voters will 

settle the fate of two recreation 

bylaws. One will offer a recreation 

complex in Ganges and the other 

will ask for approval of the two 

half-mill recreation levies which 

have been in force for several 

years. 

Nominations close on Monday, 

Oct. 27 and voting will take place 

Saturday, Nov. 15. 

Clocks 

change 

Dusk will come an hour earlier 

starting Sunday when ^daylight 

saving time comes to an end. 

The changeover comes officially 

at 2 am Sunday, when clocks are 

set back one hour. 

Days of Indian Summer, if they 

continue, will then run one hour 

earlier than before. 

BY FRANK RICHARDS 

It was a course in weaving when 

the Weavers' Guild put on a 

demonstration in Mahon Hall on 

Saturday. Everything was there 

except for the sheep. Only sheep 

on show was artificial, probably in 

the interests of clean air. 

The wool was picked, carded, 

spun and woven in the hall. 

Dyeing was out; probably in the 

interests of visitors' clothing. 

Many 

without 

numbers 

There are still many houses on 

Salt Spring Island without numbers. 

Salt Spring Island Fire Department 

is urging residents to ensure 

that their house numbers are 

clearly displayed. 

The numbers have been available 

for a year and many residents 

have ascertained the number and 

set them up. 

Although intended for the fast 

response of fire equipment, the 

numbers serve for all emergencies 

and non-emergency calls. 

Where help is needed and no 

number is displayed, the emergency 

vehicle could arrive too late, 

warned Fire Chief Bob Leask this 

week. 

The numbers are issued for the 

benefit of residents, not the fire 

department, he noted. 

Spinning wheels produce the spun wool. . . which is then woven on the looms 

Demonstration on Saturday 

Each separate process through 

which the wool must go was shown 

in the hall. Biggest entry was 

spinning, where a dozen wheels 

were busy throughout the day. 

The weavers knew exactly what 

everyone was doing. The average 

reporter knew some of the processes. 

There was a happy guide 

on hand to explain the whole 

routine. Two guides I met were 

Kath Lockhart and Use Leader. 

The stage was the showpiece, 

because the entire demonstration 

led to the stage and its display of 

woven goods. Cushions, throws 

and garments were spread over the 

display area. Nothing that could be 

woven wasn't. 

INFORMATIVE 

The demonstration was interesting 

for its explanation of the 

process of weaving and it was 

informative to those interested in 

* 

the craft and to the passerby. 

In addition to modern equipment 

and methods was a display of 

ancient tools and equipment used 

in weaving. 

Nothing was for sale. The day's 

project was purely to demonstrate 

how to do it and not how to sell it. 

The weavers will stage a sale 

mid-November to enable visitors to 

purchase what they saw being 

made. 

Cheryl Wyxorub is happy weaver, while Peggy Grim explains mysteries of spinning

Page 'Two GULF ISLANDS. DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, October 22, 1980 

Ottawa report 

By Jim Manly, MP 

B.C. Tel's application for increased 

rates should not be approved. 

The Canadian Radio- 

Television and Telecommunications 

Commission, the body which 

has the power to approve or deny 

B.C. Tel's application, recently 

heard submissions in Victoria by 

those interested in stopping any 

rate increase. 

Among the briefs presented 

were two by Ray Skelly, M.P. for 

Comox-Powell River and myself. 

The following are excerpts from my 

submission: 

• B.C. Tel already enjoys a 

12.84% return on investments and 

cannot claim lack of investor confidence 

as justification for an increase. 

• The proposed rate increase 

would saddle the people of B.C. 

with the $2 billion cost of B.C. Tel's 

expansion program. This program 

would primarily benefit other subsidiaries 

of the General Telephone 

and Electronics Corporation. The 

expansion program would eliminate 

some 850 jobs. The loss of 

these jobs, many in outlying areas, 

would result in deterioration of 

local services which often depend 

on local knowledge. 

• There has been no significant 

improvement in service since the 

1977 rate increase which was 

granted with the understanding 

that service would be improved. 

SOURCE OF FRUSTRATION 

The poor service provided by 

B.C. Tel has become a constant 

source of frustration for many 

people in my riding, particularly 

Two calls 

Thanksgiving Day lived up to its 

name for the Salt Spring Island 

Fire Department. 

On Monday afternoon, Oct. 13, 

two alarms came in within minutes 

of each other. 

Report of Jay Small's boat 

sinking at Vesuvius Bay called out 

a truck and the report of a fireplace 

on fire sent the-tanker out to a 

Mount Erskine home. 

The boat incident was settled 

with the loan of a portable pump to 

keep the water level down, while 

the fire truck returned to the 

Ganges hall. 

The fireplace complaint was 

settled without incident. 

A GOOD AD 

IN A GOOD PUBLICATION 

GETS READ REGARDLESS 

OF ITS SIZE OR ITS 

LOCATION. 

WANT PROOF 

You're reading this message 

right now, aren't you 

those who live in some of the 

smaller, more isolated communities. 

In cases of emergency this 

frustration turns to panic and 

despair as people are not able to 

make the necessary call. 

Examples of problems faced by 

constituents were used in my brief 

to make the point. One constituent 

in the Youbou-Lake Cowichan 

region wrote and told me of 

continuing problems with wrong 

numbers, getting cut off, receiving 

inappropriate recorded messages, 

or simply getting no response at 

all. From her letter I quote: "Five 

attempts to place a long distance 

call had become the norm, in 

addition there was now difficulty in 

dialing local numbers." 

This person, who recently faced 

an emergency situation with her 

daughter, had to try many times to 

place her emergency call before 

she reached the needed number. 

Attempts to place the call through 

direct dial and through the operator 

were at first not successful. As 

in other cases that have come to my 

attention, precious time was 

wasted in an emergency situation 

because of the poor and unreliable 

service provided by B.C. Tel. 

WRONG INFORMATION 

In another case a B.C. Tel 

operator gave the wrong information 

to a man who had a canoeing 

accident on Lake Cowichan. When 

his friend went to phone for help 

the operator referred him to the 

R.C.M.P. rather than Search and 

Rescue. 

The R.C.M.P. repeated the mistake 

by referring the man first to 

the Courtenay detachment then to 

Port Alberni. From Port Alberni 

the man received the correct 

information, but because fog was 

closing in, the time wasted in these 

calls probably lengthened the rescue 

by about 14 hours. 

It's obvious that the R.C.M.P. 

were as amazingly ignorant of the 

correct information as was B.C. 

Tel. Nonetheless, the company has 

a responsibility to be able to meet 

emergency situations. 

In both these situations, inadequate 

service by B.C. Tel added 

greatly to the stress of people in 

emergency situations. These cases 

are not unusual and they underline 

my position that B.C. Tel should 

not receive any increase until it has 

improved the quality of its service. 

Anne Fairweather serves dinner to young student 

Primary students prepare dinner 

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A Thanksgiving dinner was prepared 

recently by Fender School 

students in kindergarten and 

grades 1 to 3, to which they were 

each allowed to invite one of their 

parents. The event took place on 

October 10 at noon in the school 

gym. 

The children made the invitations, 

place mats and place cards 

themselves, and set the tables. 

Organizers for the dinner were 

Mrs. Jean Bradley and Mrs. Wendy 

Brown, the primary school 

teachers, who cooked the turkey. 

The Pender School bus driver 

carved the turkey and Anne Fairweather 

and Teddy Kent served 

the dinner. 

Other than the turkey the children 

did all the rest of the preparation: 

peeled the vegetables, made 

the salad and the wholewheat buns 

and the dessert. They started 

preparations three days in advance. 

A week later they made a 

turkey soup. 

Sixty-four children and parents 

sat down together for the meal. 

Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Brown 

told Driftwood the children had 

gained some experience in cooking, 

in working together and in 

organizing, and were proud to be 

able to entertain a parent at a meal 

they had prepared. The teachers 

felt that it got the children involved 

in the meaning of the traditional 

Thanksgiving dinner. 

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Wednesday, October 22, 1980 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Page Three 

I got no Nova. And it must be a good thing to have because every time I 

look at the 'news on television they tell me that Alberta is a nova-based 

corporation and they see shareholders on every street. And 1 don't know 

what a Nova is. Does that make me a second-rate citizen Or should I buy 

a Chevy 

* * * 

If you can't do it, teach it: if you can't write it, read it! So I read more 

than I write. Just be thankful! And a lot of what I read is photo journals. I 

started photography about 25 years ago and the first fellow whose picture 

I took still wants to sue me. Nothing's changed. So when I saw an 

advertisement for a Japanese lens in Popular Photography I wrote to the 

address they listed, "Kingsway Film Equipment, Ontario, Canada." I 

thought that was no way to write an address. But the Soligor people paid 

their good yens to have it that way. So I wrote. And so it came back, 

marked insufficient address. Now, I know how not to write to them. But 

there is a mystery to the whole thing. Is it possible that the Japanese 

manufacturers sell their equipment cheaper in the States, because they 

don't even know their own address in Canada Bet you my pictures don't 

get any better! 

* * * 

When a student on Salt Spring left her books inside her car last week 

they were stolen. The books were her work books from university and 

they were contained in a woven bag or purse. She reported her loss and 

advertised for them. Eventually the missing books were found. But the 

unpleasant aspect to the whole story is that someone living in the island 

would steal a purse and destroy a student's work in order to keep the 

stolen container. We're getting pretty low! It's like stealing candy from a 

blind storekeeper. 

* * * 

I sat in the Fire Chief's office on Monday morning and watched the 

drivers getting used to the idea of stopping at the Centennial Park turn in 

Ganges. A lot of drivers just hadn't got used to it. 

» * * 

Car upkeep getting you down Just be glad you're not a car buff driving 

an elderly Jaguar. 1 saw an advertisement for gas tanks for XK. models. 

You can get one for 175 pounds and tax; say, $500! 

Speech therapist named 

JOYMARAMPON 

The Gulf Islands have become 

the home of Joy Marampon. who 

has been appointed to the staff of 

island teachers as speech therapist 

for the school district. 

Former editor of The Humanist 

in Canada, she has taught in many 

districts in the province and was 

most recently on the faculty of the 

University of Victoria, where she 

taught language arts and curriculum 

development. 

Being an islander, says Marampon, 

has been one of her dreams 

over the past five years since she 

first visited Salt Spring. 

She is now living at the south 

end of the island on Isabella Point 

Road which, she says "...has a 

view from the top of the world." 

There's much more... 

READ ON!! 

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Angela and Peter Veriour at Pender market 

Thanksgiving weekend 

Special opening of Pender market 

BY ELEANOR HARRISON 

Pender Islands Farmers' Market 

tried something new this year, 

when it was opened on the Saturday 

of the Thanksgiving weekend. 

The market normally closed 

down on Labour Day. The response 

was tremendous. 

There were 12 tables of late fall 

vegetables and fruits and homecrafted 

articles. The response from 

the customers was encouraging 

Socreds 

meet 

Friday 

Island Socreds are invited to a 

meeting at Ganges on Friday. 

A general membership meeting 

of the Saanich and The Islands 

Social Credit Constituency Association 

will be held at St. George's 

Hall from 7 to 9 pm. 

Association president Bob Parkinson 

will chair the meeting. He 

and the directors plan to outline 

current programs and discuss them 

with local party members. 

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too, and it seemed as if many 

Penderites and their weekend 

guests were there to enjoy the 

show and the pleasant October 

day. 

One table was of special interest, 

that of Peter and Angela Veriour. 

Last January they moved to the 

island after purchasing Chris 

Wade's farm at Port Washington. 

This farm was the home of Washington 

Grimmer and the house the 

Veriours now live in was built by 

him. 

One project the Veriours have 

been working on this summer is to 

identify the names of the different 

apples and pears and other fruits in 

the very extensive old orchard. So 

far, 11 different apples and nine 

different pears have been found, 

but the project is not yet finished. 

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GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, October 22, 1980 

Tony Richards, Editor 

Subscription Rates: 

To the Gulf Islands: $8 per year 

Elsewhere in Canada: $10 per year 

Foreign (including U.S.A.): $17 per year 

(January to January) 

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1980 

Let the businessman pay! 

In a small community such as the islands, there are few 

businessmen who earn as much as an employee of the public 

services. It is likely that most government employees are 

substantially better paid than most small businessmen. 

There are many reasons for being in business and the disparity 

in earning capacity is usually balanced out by greater liberty of 

action and independence. Nobody is beefing about it. 

But an increasing burden is being placed on the businessman. 

If a small merchant wants a telephone hooked up in his home he 

will pay less for the job than if it is to be hooked up for his 

business. The same technician may well do both jobs. The job at 

the house will be discreetly built into the walls. The job at the store 

will be neatly tacked to the outside of the wall. And the 

commercial premises will pay a higher price because the 

community assumes that businesses are always wealthy. 

When the transit levy was imposed in the Capital Regional 

District, two rates were established. The residential user was 

charged $1 per month. The commercial user faced a charge of 

$7.50 a month. 

The Sooke director, Don Rittaler, reported in the Sooke 

Mirror last week that it is now proposed to charge the 

businessman between 5% and 10% of his Hydro bill to help meet 

the cost of urban transit. There would be a ceiling of between $500 

and $1,000 a year. 

There was no attempt made at justifying the heavy burden on 

small businessmen. 

Rittaler resorted to irony. 

"It seems that the attitude of the day is to tax anything viable 

into bankruptcy," he told the Sooke Forum, "and then anything 

bankrupt is subsidized with forgivable loans from taxpayers' 

dollars." 

The islands have been relieved of the transit cost, but the 

potential is still there. 

Where will it end 

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation started construction, 

several years ago, of a new television transmitting station at 

Saturna Island. Its purpose was to serve the projected new CBC 

station in Victoria. 

Half-way through the project it was curtailed in the interests of 

economy. Such an economy might have crippled a lesser man. 

Today, the facilities are half-built and will probably be left to 

rot in order to save money. 

In the meantime, residents of the coastal communities who 

relied on the national news service to keep them informed were 

deprived of the news that Mount St. Helens had erupted again. 

And why should they be told 

They should be informed because the volcano is on their 

doorstep and because it means more to us on the coast than it does 

to the people in Toronto, where the news is gathered and 

distributed. 

It is time the CBC was a national structure with adequate 

coastal news services. Perhaps it is time the new structures were 

completed and put into use for the west coast so that we could see 

Knowlton Nash with the Pacific National News tonight! 

Fashions and death 

Fashions are fabulous. So we are told. 

They might also be fatal, at times. 

The fashion on island roads is to wear dark pants and dark 

shirts and then thumb a ride after dark. 

The driver with sharp vision often sees the hitch-hiker yards 

before they meet. The jeans are out of this world. The shirt is dirtresistant 

and it will be clean to the end. They are a danger to the 

well-dressed young man. 

If your son is dressed in this manner get him to wear something j 

that shows lip in the night sue ho rf*fty ftOtl 

Letters to the Editor 

Bicycle viable alternative to gas-guzzler 

Sir, 

Your attack of bicyclists in your 

editorial of September 3 is not a 

credit to the usually sane views of 

Driftwood. In a recent Driftwood 

article the fact was noted that cars 

and motorcycles are on the increase 

in the islands. In many 

issues of the paper I read about 

terrible accidents and often serious 

Several questions raised 

Sir, 

I was interested in Frank Richards' 

recent article on the Constitution. 

Having followed the subject 

rather closely myself, I found real 

food for thought in what he had to 

say. The article also raised several 

questions in my mind. 

One question concerns representation. 

A point made by Mr. 

Richards, which I have heard 

elsewhere, is that those speaking 

on behalf of the provinces do not 

really represent what the people 

accept. It is a sort of a third level 

approach: the federal government, 

the provincial government, and the 

people - with nobody speaking for 

the people. 

In the ordinary course of affairs, 

we operate on the basis of electing 

someone to speak for us, presumably 

because most people have 

neither the time nor the inclination 

to inform themselves on the issues. 

Those who do can make their 

wishes known to their representatives. 

So decisions are made, and 

people generally seem prepared to 

accept the process. My first question, 

then, is where do you draw 

the line between ordinary law 

making procedure, and "The voice 

of the people" type of procedure 

which Mr. Richards seems to 

advocate 

My second question concerns the 

process itself. Just how would you 

(a) determine what items were on 

the agenda for decision; (b) advise 

the population at large on all the 

ins and outs of the issues; (c) arrive 

at any sort of consensus 

- In my experience it is hard 

enough to get more than three 

people to agree on a time and place 

to eat. How one could hope to make 

any progress on something as 

genuinely difficult as writing the 

recipe for running a country by 

appealing to all the individuals 

comprising that country is an 

* " • i »= =di 

exercis 

intrigues me. Or did I miss a turn 

somewhere 

HAROLD J. PAGE, 

4432 Narvaez Crescent, 

Victoria, B.C. 

October 14, 1980. 

(And Isabella Point Road!) 

P.S. I'd like to hear from Mr. 

Richards. 

That's why 

he's running 

Sir, 

In announcing my intention to 

seek re-election for the Islands 

Trust, I would like to give my 

reasons for so doing. 

(1) I believe in the principle of 

the trust, to protect and preserve 

these islands for all the people, 

both present and in the future. 

(2) I believe in adherence to the 

community plan, selected by the 

people, both present and future. 

(3) I believe in orderly planning 

to uphold the community plan. 

(4) I believe water and planning 

must be integrated 

(5) Living on Salt Spring is 

country living and must so remain. 

(6) My idea of responsibility of 

the elected trustee is to impersonally 

administer the by-laws in 

respect to planning and zoning. 

(7) I am devoted to the job. 

(8) I have applied these rules 

over the past two years and will 

continue to do so if re-elected. 

BUDKREISSL, 

RR1, 

step 

injuries from car and motorcycle 

accidents. 

Yet you run down a form of 

transportation that is both nonpolluting, 

non-congesting and 

healthful. Of course the editor may 

not be in good enough shape to 

pedal to work. The answer is not to 

discourage the tourist bucks that 

are increasingly going to come 

from touring cyclists but to encourage 

roadways that include bike 

lanes, to encourage programs of 

bicycle safety through the schools 

and to provide a few bicycle 

storage racks in the urban core. 

The statistics show that bicycle 

purchases are up all over North 

America and especially in the 

affluent Northwest. The bicycle is 

becoming a viable alternative to 

the gas guzzler, not only to save 

money but to get much needed 

aerobic exercise and tone up flabby 

bodies. The internal combustion 

engine is on the way out. 

It seems wise to start planning 

now for more bicycles on the road 

than to show fear of a future that is 

inevitable. I've had several of my 

friends slaughtered by drunken 

greasers in their four-wheeled 

muscle machines. A bicyclist takes 

his life in his hands when he's on 

the pavement. He has to be 

constantly alert to traffic and try to 

guess the whims of drivers. 

But I personally prefer travelling 

in the open air, by my own energy, 

observing the world at a casual 

pace despite insecure, out of shape 

drivers roaring by giving me the 

finger. 

B. FULLERTON, 

Seattle, Wash. 

October, 1980 

$$$ u.s 

Premium 

15c 

This Week, 

says the Salt Spring 

Island Chamber 

of Commerce.

Wednesday, October 22, 1980 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD 'Page Five 

Stereotyped ideas surface 

like whales in Trincomali 

Sir. 

Thoughts after reading the edition 

of October 15 and "The 

Anarchist". 

O come off it Anarchist, don't be 

like that! 

Is it that you despise those who 

allow fervent moral indignation to 

dictate their actions But your own 

articles are full of fervent moral 

indignation. 

Is it that you condemn social 

They are 

not the 

problem 

Sir, 

At a recent public meeting of the 

Islands Trust, as reported in the 

Driftwood, several suggestions 

were made by W.E. Delmonico 

regarding water quality problems 

at St. Mary Lake. 

Mr. Delmonico felt that the lake 

should be dosed with powdered 

chlorine to reduce the suspended 

solids levels. While chlorine is 

sometimes used to kill algae in 

reservoirs, its use in a lake would 

not be acceptable because even low 

levels of chlorine are toxic to many 

fish and aquatic organisms. 

Furthermore, rapid and massive 

die-off of algae can induce severe 

oxygen depletion, creating further 

water quality problems. 

Apart from these considerations 

and the expense involved, the 

killing of algae bv the use of 

chlorine or other algicides such as 

copper sulphate can only provide a 

very temporary relief since nutrients 

from the decaying algae are 

recycled within the lake to promote 

renewed algae growth. 

Mr. Delmonico further suggested 

that the flushing rate of the 

lake was adversely affected when 

the lake became a source of water 

for the North Salt Spring Waterworks 

District, but in fact, whether 

the water is removed by a water 

utility or overflows down the creek, 

the effect is identical on the 

flushing rate. 

Finally, Mr. Delmonico felt that 

the use of power boats would be 

beneficial due to aeration of the 

water. 

Data obtained from lake sampling 

indicates that the surface 

waters consistently contain oxygen 

levels at or near saturation (the 

maximum possible). As with other 

lakes, oxygen enters the surface 

waters of St. Mary Lake from the 

air through the water surface, 

especially if wind-driven wave 

action is present, also considerable 

excess oxygen is given off into the 

water by algae during the process 

of photosynthesis. A very small 

amount of aeration is created by 

wave action from power boats. On 

the other hand, oil spread on a 

water surface from boating interferes 

with the natural process of 

oxygen absorption from the air. 

Thus it can be seen that dissolved 

oxygen levels are not a 

problem in the surface waters of St. 

Mary Lake and boating will not 

contribute in a positive way to lake 

water quality. 

MIKE LARMOUR, Secretary 

North Salt Spring 

Waterworks District, 

Ganges, 

October 15, 1980 

action to oppose laws thought to be 

wrong Surely not. You are an 

anarchist, remember 

Is it that you deplore conformity 

to established views and standards 

Perhaps you have forgotten 

that you belong to one of the 

strongest establishments of human 

history, the bloc of opinion-makers, 

educators and news media personnel, 

plus the. masses of ordinary 

people who swallow uncritically 

your liberal-humanist agnostic philosophy. 

(I was immersed in this 

mythology for six years at the 

University of London). 

Stereotyped ideas surface in 

your article like killer-whales in 

Trincomali Channel. The Pope is 

thought to speak for all Christians. 

St. Paul, taken out of context, is 

jeered at. The Bible is made to 

support the subjugation of women, 

and even the Panama Canal, the 

Pentagon and "church-related 

pressure groups" are somehow 

dragged into the argument. Presumably 

Adam and Eve, Billy 

Graham, Galileo and the multi-nationals 

were omitted only for lack of 

space. 

Should you not head your column 

"The Conformist" instead 

HUGH L. MACLURE, M.B., 

R.R. 1. Galiano Island. 

October 18. 1980. 

Only those taxed 

He doesn't 

accept her 

figures 

should be given vote 

Sir, 

I have just finished reading yet 

another epistle from the pen of 

Mary C. Williamson. I refer to her 

letter concerning the proposed recreation 

centre published in your 

edition of the 15th. Personally, I 

believe that the centre is not 

justified by our small rural population, 

that it could create problems 

and that it would eventually cost a 

great deal more than the advertised, 

mill rate increase. But the 

facility itself is not the matter on 

which I wish to take issue with Ms. 

Williamson. 

My objection is to the contention 

that those who own property 

appraised at over $60,000 (and I 

wonder what "authority" chose 

that magic figure and why) are 

morally obligated to pay for a 

facility which many of us do not 

want, would not use and would be 

hard put to afford. 

We subscribe to the maxim of 

"No taxation without representation"; 

surely it is also only right 

that only those who would be taxed 

as the result of a referendum 

should be permitted to vote. Otherwise 

any majority could bully a 

minority into giving said majority a 

free ride by means of such referendums. 

Yet Ms. Williamson regrets 

that even children cannot vote on 

the issue in question. 

As yet I have read nothing 

pertaining to who may vote in the 

forthcoming referendum, but if 

Letters to the editor must 

be brief and the editor 

reserves the right to abbreviate 

any letter in the interest 

Page Six GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, October 22. 1980 

Historical Association meets 

Early Indian culture is topic 

BY ELSEE BROWN 

The regular meeting of the Gulf 

Islands Branch of the B.C. Historical 

Association was held on Saturna 

Island recently with all islands 

represented except Fender. 

There was a report on the Outer 

Islands school project, a field trip 

to a museum or other historic site. 

Saturna Island students have completed 

essays describing their adventures 

and they were extremely 

well done. Other Outer Islands 

schools still! have to participate 

and the deadline is set for December 

20. 

Following the meeting Lorraine 

Campbell gave a most interesting 

talk on early Indian culture on 

Saturna. She was assisted by 

daughter Jackie, and two tables of 

artifacts found on Saturna were 

displayed. 

East Saanich, West Saanich, 

Tsawwassen and Salish Indians 

lived by the sea and most of the 

Indians had their fishing streams 

on North Fender, Mayne Island 

and Salt Spring Island. They made 

their headquarters on the Fraser 

River in houseboats or on shore. 

Permanent winter houses were 

built in which to carve totem poles. 

History records that blankets 

were made from hair from certain 

breeds of dog and mountain goat. 

Hats were made of cedar bar and 

moccasins were made from skins. 

The type of clothing worn reflected 

the climate of the area. 

Their main food item was fish; 

very little time was spent in 

agriculture. Herring, salmon, cod, 

dogfish and clams were among the 

fish caught. The most important 

plant was the cedar tree. 

Mrs. Campbell described the 

artifacts found at Taylor Point and 

other places on Saturna. They 

included baskets woven from cedar 

roots, wooden spoons, arrow 

heads, rocks of all descriptions, 

cutting tools and beads. Most of 

them were documented in an 

informative book written by Hillary 

Stewart. 

A question -and answer period 

followed, giving us inspiration to 

delve into our own history of 

former residents of our islands. 

Next meeting is slated for Sunday, 

Nov. 2 at Saturna Island. Dr. 

Hugh Maclure of Galiano will be 

guest speaker. 

Inter Island PerforrpM Arts Co operation Society 

box 993, ganges. b.c vos l EO (6O4) 537-5212 

Entertainment 

Calendar 

HARBOUR HOUSE: Pub - Oswego (Wende Sinclair), Friday & 

Saturday. 

ST. GEORGE'S HALL: Common Ground, featuring Jeanette 

Grittani & Huckle, Sunday 8:30 pm. 

To announce coming events in this calendar call 537-5212 

(1-4 pm weekdays) or 537-2198. „„ 

Mahon Hall display 

Gerry Clayton is a notable 

member of the Weavers' Guild on 

Salt Spring Island. He is one of the 

few men on the island engaged in 

the traditional craft. On Saturday 

he was demonstrating his Inkle 

loom in Mahon Hall and here he is 

seen with his hands right in the 

middle. 

Kanaka 

Place 

Weekend Special 

Barbecued 

Baby Back Ribs 

over rice. 

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for fall Dart & Cribbage leagues. 

^START 

getting your costume ready for 

our Hallowe'en "Bobbing". 

Games & Prizes for Best 

Costumes. Friday, Oct. 31. 

BEAVER POINT HALL 

FRIDAY & SATURDAY, OCT. 24 & 25 - 8 PM 

$4 

Children and uutrageous People Welcome! 

THE Neighbourhood Public House 

at Vesuvius Bay.

Wednesday, October 22, 1980 •GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD 'Page Seven 

Huckle and Jeanette Grittani 

Political parties 

to appear at next Coffee House Pantomime, melodrama 

Contributed 

This Sunday, the Common 

Ground Coffee House presents two 

well respected B.C. artists. Sharing 

the stage will be Salt Spring's 

Huckle and Jeanette Grittani, currently 

residing in the Kootenays. 

Huckle has been performing solo 

and with various groups around the 

islands for several years before 

establishing himself as a composer/band 

leader with the Real 

Fantasy Band (tape available at 

Annie's). 

Prior to this he has been a 

JEANETTE GRITTANI 

contributor to the Sodbusters, Wild 

Blue Yonder, Medicine Wheel and 

Island, playing guitar, mandolin, 

flute and singing. His first feature 

album Once Upon A Dream still 

holds an honoured place in record 

collections, as well as Wild Blue 

Yonder. 

Since most of his recent island 

appearances have been in bars or 

at boogies, it will be a pleasure to 

present him before an attentive 

audience. His own homespun tunes 

are a tasteful blend of enchanting 

lyrics and a compelling stream of 

rhythm and melody. 

The other half of the evening's 

entertainment will be provided by 

singer/songwriter Jeanette Grittani. 

A "folkie" for years, she recently 

digressed and has become 

involved in musical theatre, playing 

the lead female role in Man of 

La Mancha in the Nelson production. 

In that city she has also 

appeared at the Jam Factory and 

performed in the Kootenays at 

schools, old age homes and hospitals. 

She has a distinct talent for 

combining education with entertainment 

in that her songs contain 

valuable lessons. She describes her 

music as "reflecting a feministhumanist 

perspective with humour 

and sincerity". 

Her entrancing voice, accompanied 

by guitar and piano, has made 

her a favorite with B.C. audiences. 

I 

HUCKLE 

Second concert for Ganges 

Don't be disap- 

POINT 

ed when they're 

all sold out .. 

Salt Spring Concert Society will 

present the season's second concert 

on Sunday, Oct. 26, at 2 pm in 

St. George's Church. It will be 

given by the Victoria Baroque 

Ensemble. Their members are 

Erich Schwandt, harpsichord; 

Elissa Poole, flute; Jesse Read, 

bassoon. 

Erich Schwandt Js an internationally-recognized 

authority on 

17th and 18th century music. He 

was formerly on the faculty of the 

Eastman School of Music, and is 

now professor of musicology and 

harpsichord instructor at the University 

of Victoria. 

Elissa Poole studied flute with 

Julius Baker at the Julliard School 

of Music, and is presently completing 

a doctorate in musicology. 

Jesse Read, whom we heard last 

year, with the Pacific Wind Quintette, 

is a former member of the 

San Francisco Opera Company. He 

studied and performed at the 

Schola Cantorem Baseliensis in 

Switzerland, and in Austria, Germany, 

and Belgium, on baroque 

and classical bassoon. 

These three talented people have 

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today. 

been playing together for the last 

three years, and perform regularly 

on the Victoria Faculty Concert 

Series. 

They will present a varied programme 

of music, extending from 

the Baroque to the pre-classical 

period, and will also present the 

first North American performance 

of a recently discovered sonata by 

Franz Benda. 

on provincial scene 

BY FRANK RICHARDS 

There are lots of British Columbians 

who figure that all politicians 

are part of a pantomime, but it 

wasn't until the Rhinoceroses appeared 

that the opinion was anywhere 

near confirmed. 

They had lived with the Liberals 

and the Conservatives and the New 

Democrats and the Social Credit 

and other smaller groups. And 

there was nothing in provincial 

records to convince anyone that 

politics were not frivolous. 

The Rhinoceros Party brought 

laughter into the political scene. 

Not for the first time, but a 

welcome addition to pantomime. 

Last week came the announcement 

of a still further addition to 

the scene, with the advent of the 

Chameleons. Perhaps Churchill 

was one of their members. He 

changed. 

This week brings information on 

the Taxpayers and Voters Party, 

which may be the funniest of all. 

The TVP want British Columbia an 

English-speaking, free-ported 

gambling den with independent 

distribution of liquor. 

The TVP ties its banner to the 

desire to rid British Columbia of 

"inept" government. It offers little 

guarantee that its alternative will 

show more aptitude towards intelligent 

administration. There has 

been none in the past to prove the 

capacity of the TVP government to 

govern. The reader of information 

on the party is left to hope that 

there never will be. 

MORE DEMOCRACY 

The party looks for substantial 

The Bay 

Window 

tax reduction and "greater democracy". 

Tax reduction will be accomplished 

by free and open gambling 

in the province. Vancouver would 

be a free port and the province 

would acknowledge no obligations 

towards other provinces. 

Democracy would be served by 

the introduction of referendums 

and initiatives. The sponsors have 

seen them work so effectively in 

the United States that they want 

them here. But that assumes that 

American governments are less 

inept than Canadian governments 

and many voters might hesitate to 

accept that. 

The TVP asserts that the people 

of the province would secure their 

natural rights. But it does not 

explain what natural rights might 

be. 

It will rid the province of 

monopolies and marketing boards. 

By backing individual initiative the 

party hopes to offer sufficient 

incentive to employee and employer 

to reintroduce maximum 

production attitudes. 

Shades of the 1920's! 

GAMBLING REVENUE 

Extra revenue will derive from 

gambling; the development of Vancouver 

as a free port; the phasing 

out of equalization payments to 

other provinces and the transfer of 

liquor distribution to private interests. 

It savours of the Mafia. 

The least attractive innovation is 

the TVP. It is more melodrama 

than pantomime. 

at Booth Bay Resort 

Gourmet Dining • Licensed Premises 

Closed for holidays - open again Thurs., Nov. 6 

Harbour fin use Hotel 

ISLAND CINIEMA 

Central Hall, Salt Spring Island 

Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 23-26 

8 pm 

Under New 

Management 

! Tatum 

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Occasional suggestive scenes - B.C. Director 

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Page Eight 

GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD 

Artery 

New gallery opens at Mayne 

Artery is a new gallery-shopstudio 

located on Bayview Drive 

near Oyster Bay on Mayne Island 

and will feature prints, paintings 

and drawings by artists Frances, 

Polly and Megan Faminow. 

There will also be a. shop area 

where cards, gift items and art 

objects will be for sale. In the near 

future, Artery will offer workshops 

in art and host some cultural 

events. 

Frances Faminow graduated in 

fine arts from Williamette University 

in Oregon and then in 1950, 

after receiving her MFA from the 

University of Oregon, moved to 

Canada. Exhibitions include a onewoman 

show at the Victoria Art 

Gallery in 1953 and group shows at 

the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1954, 

the Burnaby Art Gallery and with 

the B.C. Society of Artists from 

1960 to 1965. 

Frances has had extensive teaching 

experience, has run a shop and 

restaurant on Lower Lonsdale in 

North Vancouver, received an LIP 

grant from the Artist's Gallery in 

Vancouver and was employed on a 

Canada Works grant to teach art in 

the Gulf Islands. 

IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS 

Two works were bought by the 

Regina Art Gallery and her prints 

and paintings are in many private 

collections in Canada and the U.S. 

Polly Faminow studied photography 

and printmaking at the 

Emily Carr College of Art, with an 

emphasis on lithography, and 

graduated in 1976. From 1975 to 

1976 she exhibited in group shows 

such as 'Pacific Coast Consciousness' 

which toured galleries in 

eastern Canada, the Malaspina 

Print Show at the Centennial 

PLANT AN AD... 

[DRIFTWOOD I 

AND 

WATCH 

IT 

GROW! 

Megan Faminow with one of her paintings 

Museum in Vancouver, 'Graphex 

4' in Brantford, Ontario, and in 

1977 she received a Canada Council 

Projects Costs grant for a show 

at Presentation House in North 

Vancouver. 

Her prints and drawings are in 

private collections and two works 

were purchased by Art Bank in 

1979. Polly has taught art to 

children in the Gulf Islands and is 

presently working for the Emily 

Carr College's Outreach Program, 

teaching short courses in printmaking. 

OPENS NOVEMBER 1 

Artery opens on November 1 

with watercolour paintings by 

Megan Faminow. The exhibition 

continues through the month of 

November. Megan studied etching, 

painting, drawing and art 

history at Capilano College, North 

Vancouver, in 1974 and 1975 but is 

basically a self-taught artist. 

She has exhibited in Vancouver 

at the Gallery Move, the Barroco 

Gallery and Klee Wyck House. 

Presently, Megan's ideas and inspiration 

are derived from small 

creatures and plants such as insects, 

reptiles and mushrooms 

which could be easily overlooked, 

stepped on or eaten, but on closer 

observation reveal a world of 

detailed, intricate patterns and 

graceful movements. 

The gallery hours are noon to six 

on Saturday and Sunday. Meet the 

artists on November 1 and 2 when 

refreshments will be provided. 

For the month of December a 

collection of prints, paintings and 

drawings by the three artists will 

be exhibited. 

Blue Heron 

Dining Room Hours: 

5-9 pm weekdays & Sundays 

5-10 pm Fridays & Saturdays 

Saturna Scene 

BY FLORA RATZLAFF 

A Thanksgiving service was held 

on October 7 with over 20 people in 

attendance, something of a record 

for Saturna. Reverend Powell delivered 

an inspiring sermon on the 

theme, "As long as the earth shall 

last, seed time and harvest shall 

not fail." 

The church itself was most 

beautifully decorated, thanks again 

to Marjorie Blaine. Thanks also to 

all those who contributed flowers 

or produce. 

The Saturna Senior Citizens met 

at dinner on October 8 for the 

opening meeting of their fall and 

winter series. There was a record 

attendance and the film Good 

Morning Miss Dove was shown and 

enjoyed by all. 

Here is the news you have been 

waiting for. The autograph party 

planned for Mrs. Dora Carney will 

be held on Friday, Oct. 24, 1 to 3 

pm. at the Lighthouse Pub. Come 

and visit with Dora and see her new 

book, Foreign Devils Had Light 

Eyes. Coffee and tea will be 

served. 

Wednesday, October 22. 1980 

Also at the Lighthouse Pub, on 

Hallowe'en night, Friday, Oct. 31, 

a Hallowe'en Masquerade Party 

will be held. Oil that rusty imagination 

and come in your best costume. 

Prizes will be given for best 

couple, most original costume and 

best individual costume. 

There will be a little trick 

awaiting those who don't have a 

costume, so if you choose not to 

wear one. be prepared. All our 

little ghouls dress up so why not 

the big ghouls! 

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Founded in 1902 by the 

Farmers of British Columbia 

GULF ISLANDS AGENTS: 

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Salt Spring L. Larson 

Galiano 

J. Ripley 

Saturna 

G. Wick 

Mayne S. Somerville 

Come and Enjoy 

The Harvest Bazaar 

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Saturday, Oct. 25 

1:30 - 4:30 pm 

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Wednesday, October 22, 1980 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Page Nine 

Nefia and Wallace Lynd 

Anniversary is marked 

at Fender Island 

BY ELEANOR HARRISON 

Wallace and Nefia Lynd of 

Pender Island celebrated their 50th 

wedding anniversary on the weekend 

of October 4. 

They left Pender on the one 

o'clock ferry on Thursday, Oct. 2 

for Victoria and the Imperial Inn on 

Douglas Street, where their friends 

began gathering for the celebration. 

It culminated on Saturday 

evening with a dinner for 80 

people. 

Mr. and Mrs. Lynd came for a 

holiday to Pender in the summer of 

Safety 

precaution 

backfires 

A man in Cape Town. South 

Africa, took some safety precautions, 

but was injured^, a result. 

Before fixing some roof tiles, he 

tied a rope around his waist and 

asked a friend to tie the other end 

around something solid. 

Suddenly, the man took off over 

the roof and landed in the garden 

as his wife drove the family car 

down the driveway, with the rope 

tied lirmlv to it. 

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20 years on Salt Spring. 

1941 with their two small children, 

Barry and Charlotte. They stayed 

for two months and ended their 

holiday by buying the property now 

known as Pender Lodge. At that 

time Mr. Lynd was a practising 

lawyer in Estevan, Saskatchewan. 

The next summer they returned 

to Pender, re-named their property 

Beauty Rest Resort and for the next 

24 years operated the resort during 

the summer months. In those days 

the resort accommodated 60 overnight 

guests and as the years went 

by. became increasingly popular, 

with guests returning year after 

year. 

During the winter months, while 

Mr. Lynd practised law in Estevan, 

Mrs. Lynd, while bringing up their 

two children, taught music, both 

piano and voice. Recently, after 

their permanent retirement to Pender, 

Mrs. Lynd was instrumental in 

starting the Choral Society, serving 

as the director. She has now retired 

from this position and is busy these 

days as an artist. 

For the three-day celebrations 

friends came from Winnipeg, 

Estevan, North Dakota, Regina, 

Calgary, White Rock, the Pender 

Islands and Vancouver. 

Greetings were received from 

Hugh Curtis, Governor-General Ed 

Schreyer, Len Gustafson, MP Saskatchewan 

MLA Bob Larter, Premier 

Bill Bennett and Lt.-Gov. 

Bell-Irving, among others, and 

over 100 cards from friends and 

many telegrams. 

On the Saturday evening 80 

friends sat down together to dinner 

in the banquet room at the Imperial 

Inn, Victoria. The M.C. was Malcolm 

Brodie of Vancouver, a family 

friend of many years. The arrangements 

for the celebration were all 

made by the Lynds' two children, 

Barry Lynd of Powell River and 

Charlotte Woodrow of Estevan. 

Use those falling leaves 

to add humus to your soil 

Fall is now upon us and so we are 

again witnessing nature's eternal 

cycle of death and rebirth. 

Nothing is ever wasted in nature, 

as the falling leaves and their 

decay provides the humus, the 

stuff of life, which changes this 

planet from a barren rock to a place 

teeming with life. So be you a 

grower of vegies or flowers or both, 

grab all the leaves you can find and 

take advantage of nature's free 

offering of the life-sustaining 

humus. 

Large plastic garbage bags work 

well for collecting leaves and 

taking them where they are most 

needed. Use them to mulch your 

gardens, the thicker the better. 

Use them on your compost pile or 

dig or till them into the ground and 

then cover the whole works with 

more leaves. 

Cabbages, carrots and turnips 

may be left in the ground and all 

will benefit greatly from a heavy 

leaf mulch. We had cabbages, 

carrots and onions fresh from the 

garden until just before Christmas 

last year. 

NEW VARIETY 

I am quite pleased with our 

cucumbers. This spring I planted a 

new variety called "Dasher" from 

Stokes seeds. It is a compact, 

heavy-bearing cucumber of excellent 

size and quality. It also proved 

to be very tough. 

It outgrew and outproduced all 

the other varieties 1 planted and 

was my joy and hope this spring 

when I planted and seeded cucumbers 

three or four times. I am very 

curious to see how it will do in a 

normal spring and summer. 

Stokes is my favorite seed catalogue 

as it provides complete 

culture information and the allimportant 

days to maturity. Write 

to them soon for the new catalogue 

(St. Catharine's, Ontario) so you 

will have ample time to plan your 

garden, both flower and vegie, and 

to study the rather complete culture 

requirements. 

You can also obtain Stokes seeds 

at Foxglove in Ganges as they buy 

seed in bulk from Stokes and the 

saving in costs is passed on to the 

customers. 

Their selection* of seeds is largely 

based on varieties which Pat Lee 

and his father before him have 

grown successfully for years on 

Salt Spring. 

This is not a commercial, it is 

information the public should know 

and can benefit from. (For those 

who do not know, Pat's dad used to 

be a market gardener on the 

island). 

AN ABUNDANCE 

The five varieties of tomatoes I 

planted, all short season varieties 

with a maximum maturity date of 

65 days from transplanting, provided 

us with an abundance of 

green-tomatoes late in the season. 

My trial planting and gamble with 

a late frost (planted April 15) 

proved the best. 

They toppled their wire cages 

made from old fencing and are still 

hiding a couple of bushels of green 

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the earliest to flower and bear fruit. 

However, all the others soon 

caught up with it. 

I had planted two each of four 

varieties, for a total of eight plants. 

These provided half of our tomato 

harvest. Subsequently, I set out 

about 60 plants on May 15, and 

although larger at that date than 

the outside ones, having an extra 

month in the greenhouse, they did 

not amount to much in terms of 

growth and production with this 

year's cool spring and summer. 

Other areas might have done 

better, as we are about a month 

behind the Vesuvius area here at 

Weston Lake. But I noticed that 

tomatoes and other heat-loving 

vegies were poorly represented at 

the Fall Fair. 

COOL STORAGE 

We are now storing our green 

tomatoes in the "harvest house" at 

cool temperatures and we bring 

them into the kitchen to ripen at 

warmer temperatures, as needed. 

Our "Spirit" short season, medium-sized 

pumpkins, proved hardy 

and abundant this year. Again, 

they were the most promising thing 

going in the garden, growing and 

blooming vigorously when everything 

else was sort of standing still. 

All the cool weather vegies did 

well as usual. No critters, except 

for four cabbage worms, and no 

diseases. All in all, a very interesting 

year. 

If you have severe run-off problems 

in our rainy season, plant a 

cover crop such as winter rye or 

buckwheat, or let your garden go to 

the weeds. Both will anchor your 

soil and nutrients. Mulch in any 

case and apply dolornitic 1 limestone 

to give it lots of time to break down 

for next spring's planting. 

CARL M. SPICER, C.G.A., R i

Page Ten GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, October 22. 1980 

Give Brian Smith 

your views 

on education. 

Tomorrow 

Evening 

Here's your chance to say what you think about our present 

educational system. 

What's right with it. 

What's wrong with it. 

How it could be improved. 

Brian Smith thinks there are a number of ways. 

And he'd like to hear what you think. 

At 7 p.m. Tomorrow. 

He'd like your views on subjects and courses of study. Not 

just in the public schools but in our community colleges and 

provincial institutes. 

Size of classes. Examinations. Discipline. 

Communication between parents and teachers. 

Anything that will help him improve the system. And make 

it better. 

Because our technological world is becoming more and 

more specialized every day. 

Should we be deciding whether to place more 

emphasis on the need for our children to learn the skills that 

will benefit them once they have to join the workforce 

You can help them get a better working knowledge of what 

^ - to expect in the world of business, commerce and industry. 

If you give Brian Smith your views. Tomorrow evening. 

"Speak out" 

BRIAN SMITH, Minister of Education, 

WANTS YOUR VIEWS ON EDUCATION. 

Good 

turnout 

for meeting 

Contributed 

BY URSULA McEWAN 

There was an excellent turnout 

of members when the Salt Spring 

Island Council of the Catholic 

Women's League met in the parish 

hall on Tuesday evening, October 

14 

Ṗresident Alicia Anderson made 

the presentation of a life membership 

to Elsa Drummond. This was 

awarded to her jointly by the 

C.W.L. diocesan councils of Prince 

George and Victoria for her years 

of devoted service to the league in 

both dioceses. 

Joy Johnsen gave a report on the 

diocesan regional meeting held at 

French Creek on October 6. The 

theme of the meeting was the 

promotion of Christian family life 

and councils were asked to support 

the B.C. Council for the Family. 

Prayer and prayer life were emphasized 

and members were urged to 

participate in ecumenical activities 

in the community. League development 

and leadership training were 

also stressed. 

After some discussion, it was 

decided to have a Communion 

Sunday for league members on the 

first Sunday of the month at the 

11:15 mass. 

It was announced that a day of 

retreat for the women of the 

various parishes is being planned 

for Monday, Nov. 3 at the Trinity 

Centre in Nanaimo. Members also 

discussed having a one-day parish 

retreat here during Advent. 

Correspondence included a letter 

from the local branch of the legion, 

advising the various groups in the 

community that to celebrate the 

golden anniversary of the Legion 

coming up in 1981, they had 

decided to promote a Canada Day 

Festival. All groups on Salt Spring 

Island are asked to contribute ideas 

and proposals and to participate to 

make the festival a success. 

A request for help from Roma 

Sturdy, co-ordinator of the O.A.P., 

was also brought to the attention of 

the members. Drivers are needed 

to take pensioners to such things as 

doctor's appointments, and ladies 

available to help in this work were 

asked to contact Mrs. Sturdy. 

The remainder of the meeting 

was devoted to finalizing plans for 

the Harvest Bazaar being held on 

Saturday, Oct. 25 in the parish hall. 

The November meeting will be 

held in the evening, on Tuesday, 

Nov. 4, starting with mass at 7:30 

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Wednesday. October 22. I WO GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Page Eleven 

i 

KICK-OFF 

Juvenile soccer is 

getting started 

BY MALCOLM LEGG 

Last weekend saw the opening of 

juvenile play for Salt Spring's 

many off-island teams and the long 

wait to start proved beneficial for 

most. 

The long delay in starting league 

play was to allow teams to get 

properly registered and ensure full 

teams. It was a delay that frustrated 

our players as they have 

eagerly awaited the chance to 

prove themselves. 

The Division 6C Wranglers 

swung into action with a fine 1-1 

draw with Peninsula in their first 

league encounter as a team. 

The Strikers of Division 5C 

showed their class with a solid 4-1 

win over Peninsula. 

The Division 4B Selects were our 

only losers by a 5-0 count to 

Prospect Lake. But considering the 

Selects were promoted last year 

from C to B and Prospect Lake 

dropped down from A. their performance 

in future games should be 

better. 

In Division 3B play the Kicks 

were awesome as they disposed of 

Juan de Fuca by a 12-0 count. 

The Cyclones, our new team in 

Division 2B, won even though they 

did not play. Their opponents, 

Gordon Head, forfeited the two 

points as they could not field a 

team. 

Not a bad start for our youth 

teams, three wins, one tie and one 

loss, and they can only get better. 

Come out to Portlock Park and 

watch these fine teams play. 

REFEREES' PROGRAM 

As I promised last week I will 

outline the referees' program we 

are trying to offer. 

Refereeing is probably the most 

difficult and most thankless aspect 

of soccer. No matter what the man 

in black calls, someone always will 

argue. In fact, his best hope is that 

the game ends in a tie. That way. 

both sides are happy. 

The referree's responsibilities 

are enormous as he controls the full 

game and all 22 players on the 

field, administering the rules and 

punishing players who breach 

those rules. -His most difficult 

problem is, unlike the players, he 

is not allowed to make any mistakes. 

To overcome these difficulties, a 

referee must always remember 

certain factors to maintain his 

authority in any game: 

• Always keep up with the play. 

• Always maintain a good position 

to see the play. 

• Be firm with your decisions 

and use your whistle-it is not an 

ornament. 

• Be sure you determine the 

intent before making a call. 

• And most of all. use common 

sense. 

In order to develop referees and 

refereeing our association over the 

past years has run its own course to 

teach new referees and assist 

existing officials. 

Unfortunately, this program has 

only dealt with the learning and 

testing of the rules of the game, 

leading to our own certification of 

officials. 

This season we are trying to 

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certification, to be run this spring. 

It is our association's aim to 

develop a good core of referees out 

of our soccer playing youth which, 

coupled with our senior referees, 

will give a very competent group of 

officials. 

If you are interested in the 

program please contact me at 

537-5870. We always welcome new 

officials into the fold and would like 

to have a referee-in-chief to coordinate 

the training program. 

MEN'S SOCCER 

. Salt Spring Blues, 2; Victoria 

Ocas, 2. 

A big crowd came to Portlock 

Park to watch the Blues do battle 

with the Orcas from Victoria. 

It was a hard-fought battle with 

neither side giving an inch as the 

two teams exchanged penalty shots 

to gain a single point each. 

In many ways it was a strange 

game as all the goals came on 

penalty shots, a rarity indeed, but 

realistically it reflected the rough 

play that flared up occasionally 

during the game. 

The Blues started shakily, looking 

very flat in the early stages and 

soon were behind 1-0 on the first 

penalty. The Blues rallied and Gary 

Hartwig equalized from the spot 

after Arne Hengstler was hacked 

down. 

At this stage the Blues lost their 

composure, arguing with the official 

and generally dropping their 

two-touch game, which led to 

another Orcas penalty shot goal. 

The Blues regrouped at the half 

and came out in the second half 

with a better attitude. It reflected 

in their play as they controlled 90% 

of the play, scored the equalizer 

through Gary from the spot and 

quite easily could have had the win 

with all the chances they had. 

Next, a big one as the team takes 

on the Castaways in Victoria. 

INTRA-ISLAND 

Senior: 

J. Panthers, 1 (Charlie Hume); 

Fury, 1 (Chad Little). 

2. Rowdies, 3 (Kevin Smith 2, 

Chris Koski); Kanaka, 1 (Suzanne 

Terrick). 

Junior: 

1. Demons, 0; Eagles, 0. 

2. Eagles, 1 (Curtis Galbraith); 

Green Machine, 1 (Corin Fairbrother). 

Thomson buys decent papers, 

'reduces them to dinky ones' 

"In the country of the blind, the 

one-eyed man is king." 

The more I ponder on this 

saying, the more implications appear, 

including that awesome indictment 

of war, Apocalypse Now, 

where the general staff judge a 

field commander to be insane. In 

that he comprehended his own 

remoteness from reality, he was 

surely less insane than those .who 

could not see how far they had 

strayed from "acceptable" conduct 

of war (if that's not too contradictory 

a term!) 

"The Anarchist" is another case 

in point. Compared to those of us 

who are wilfully blind, his perceptions 

are acute. But compared to 

others, he seems shortsighted. 

I've no wish to start an intramural 

war. or I would take him on for 

his recent indictment of Christianity 

(or Christians - I'm not sure 

which he was angrier with). Trouble 

is I agree with him! Christians 

kept me out of the church for nearly 

30 years, and it was only when I 

found the gospel irresistible and 

the behaviour of the people virtually 

irrelevant, that I made my way 

back into the church. (Also, I grow 

up in a time when anarchy was 

"the thing" to believe. Unfortunately, 

the anarchists whom I knew 

were such a miserable bunch of 

human beings that I lost my faith in 

their loss of faith...) 

APPLIES BLINKERS 

The Establishment would approve 

of one-eyed men (and women). 

It certainly does its best to 

apply the blinkers to us all. 

Walter Stewart in Canadian 

Newspapers; The Inside Story, has 

done us a great service. Naturally I 

welcome his book with open arms 

as it totally agrees with what I have 

said and written for some time: we 

only read what the powers-that-be 

want us to read. 

St. Clair McCabe, president of 

Thomson Newspapers, once said: 

"We just buy dinky little papers. 

Sometimes I cringe to look at 

them." Walter Stewart maintains 

that Thomson buys decent papers 

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interpretations of the news. ' (Ita- 

lies are mine). 

Specific examples are quoted: 

'' Dennis Gruending, writing of the 

Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. says: 

'...the Siftons used company loyalty 

and personal conservatism as 

their basis for promotion, and none 

of the idealists were in line.' ' 

and reduces them to "dinky little 

papers". 

"...Or, as witnessed on Black 

Wednesday, August 27 - when 

Thomson and Southam simultaneously 

closed down two of the 

country's oldest newspapers - 

stabs them to death with sharp 

pencils." 

Barrie Zwicker, reviewing the 

book for Maclean's, tells us: 

SORRY CANVAS 

"The sorry collective canvas the 

authors paint is of a lacklustre and 

stultifyingly conservative world. 

The subtle links of appointments 

are smoked out and the self-censorship 

is gruelling, with the 

primary blame landing on the 

shoulders at the top." 

He continues; "A blueprint for a 

better press can't be found on 

these pages. Rather, the book reads 

like a sorry litany of the deep flaws 

of Canadian newspaperdom, and is 

worthy for that reason. The most 

dangerous affliction is the blindness 

of newspaper, owners to 

anything other than right-wing 

IDEAS MUST BE CONGENIAL 

And Harry Midgley echoes: 

"While Southam Press claims, and 

I do not doubt that it is true, that it 

does not interfere with its publishers' 

authority, it is also true 

that people do not reach positions 

of power within the organization 

unless their ideas and opinions are 

congenial to those of the establishment." 

Of the Edmonton Journal, he 

writes: "Among its resident or 

local political columnists (it) has no 

one who is strongly anti-establishment: 

it has no one well-known as a 

'progressive': it has no one from 

the political left." 

B»rrie Zwicker summarizes: 

"What this book does reveal, and 

compellingly, is the self-imposed 

blinkers of the Canadian press. The 

Canadian public - emperors of the 

newspaper industry included - is 

being denied a true diversity of 

outlook and ultimately, if those 

. blinkers are not removed, a denial 

of political options." 

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SOCCER: 

Men's - S.S. Blues vs Castaways, Sun. Oct. 262:15 pm at Lansdowne 

School. 

Div. 2B: S.S. Cyclones vs Juan de Fuca, Sun. Oct. 26, 10:30 am at 

Ruth King School. 

Div. 3B: S.S. Kicks vs Gordon Head, Sun. Oct. 26, 12:30 pm at Portlock 

Park. 

Div. 4B: S.S. Selects vs Duncan, Sat. Oct. 25,1:00 pm at Sherman Pk. 

Rd. 

Div. 5C: S.S. Strikers vs Gordon Head, Sat. Oct 25, 1:00 pmat Hillcrest 

Park. 

Div. 6C: S.S. Wranglers vs Gordon Head, Sat. Oct. 25, 11:00 am at 

Portlock Park. 

INTRA-ISLAND 

Senior: 

Oct. 23 (Thurs.) Kanaka vs Panthers. Ganges 

Oct. 25 (Sat.) JAMBOREE 2 pm, Portlock Park 

Oct. 28 (Tues.) Kanaka vs Fury. Ganges 

Oct. 30 (Thurs.) Whitecaps vs Panthers, Ganges 

Junior: 

Oct. 23 (Thurs.) Eagles vs Demons, Ganges 

Oct. 25 (Sat.) JAMBOREE 10:00 am, Ganges 

Oct. 28 (Tues.) Machine vs Demons, Ganges 

Oct. 30 (Thurs.) Machine vs Eagles, Ganges 

All league games start at 3:30 pm; first team named is home team.

Page Twelve GULF 1SLWND3 Wednesday, October 22, 1980 

Down the Gutter 

with Ken Collins 

This week saw three 800 series. 

Carol Kaye came through with a 

nice 843, including two 300 games 

of 338 and 303. Then from the 

men's department we had Terry 

Jenkins coming up with 856 (328) 

and 807 (301). 

Other good scores came from 

Darryl Little, 718; Loretta Dods 

(Slave), 709; Steve Marleau, 767; 

Frank Keoppel, 784; Alicia Baxter, 

725; and this writer, 726. 

Three-hundred games came 

from Steve Marleau, 312; Carol 

Kaye, 309; Frank Keoppel, 321; 

and myself, 331. 

The bowlers of the week were 

Carol Kaye and Terry Jenkins. 

Don't forget the 10-game Bowla-Thon 

that gets under way this 

Saturday at 6 pm. There are both 

scratch and handicap prizes, with 

the prize money being divided 

equally between both. The handicap 

is based on your average and 

250, which means that if your 

average was 200 you would get the 

80% difference between 200 and 

250, which is 40 pins per game, up 

to a maximum of 600 pins over the 

10 games, so the lower your 

average the more chances you have 

of winning if you can bowl slightly 

over your average. The entry fee is 

just $15 (including your lineage). 

One of our new bowlers remarked 

to me what a frustrating game 

bowling was because the ball never 

went where he meant it to. Seems 

I've heard that one before. 

1 find the best way to find if 

anyone is reading my column is to 

accidentally omit someone from the 

better scores of the week. Boy, do 

they soon let me know about it! 

Tip of the week 

Always walk in a straight line on 

your way to the foul-line to make 

your delivery. 

Y.B.C. NEWS 

As we promised, winners of our 

first tournament, special events, 

are as follows: 

Bantams: Bryan Farrell, Kurt 

Sadler, Tina Piatocka, Paul Hatch, 

Laura Little, Kim Jorgensen, Lisa 

Jorgensen and David 1 J acquest. 

Juniors: Danica West, Christine 

Rush, Denise Harrison, Suzanne 

Cottrell, Charles Rose, Tim Duke, 

Eddie Ruckle and David Gates. 

Seniors: Valerie Spencer, Trisha 

Westcott, Angie Matthews, Alex 

Hele, John Burgess, Paul Trenholm, 

Kevin Kline and Steve Martens. 

Top scorers for Saturday, October 

11 were: 

Jets: Rebecca Stratholt, 59; Simon 

Baines, 53; Leah Brubaker, 

50; Shane Eldstrom, 41. 

Pee Woes: Tammy Slcan, 103; 

Annie Spencer, 97; Angela Bader, 

70; Clinton Helfrich, 128; Jeffrey 

Neilson, 101; Adam Baines, 87. 

Bantams: Bryan Farrell, 164; 

David Jacquest, 124; Jay Pinchin, 

112; Shannon Taylor, 177; Laura 

Little, 168; Sheryl Luscombe, 132. 

Juniors: Christine Rush, 268; 

Denise Harrison, 246; Suzanne 

Cottrell, 223; Tim Duke, 236; David 

Cates, 225; Layne Helium, 167. 

Seniors: (Wednesday, Oct. 15) 

Trisha Westcott, 213; Alex Hele, 

196; Angie Matthews, 193; Kevin 

Kline, 253; Steve Marleau, 249; 

Danny Fraser, 223. 

On Saturday, October 18 they 

were: 

Jets: Aaron Slingsby, 70; Rebecca 

Stratholt, 67; Leah Brubaker, 

62; Shane Eldstrom, 49; Simon 

Baines, 38. 

Pee Wees: Tammy Sloan, 189; 

Tanya Slingsby, 88; Chelsea Eldstrom, 

84; Ryan Davies, 114; 

Clinton Helfrich, 113; Jeffrey Neilson, 

108. 

Bantams: Shannon Taylor, 232; 

Tina Piatocka, 165: Lisa Jorgensen, 

164; Bryan Farrell, 135; David 

Jacquest. 132; Kurt Sadler, 90. 

Juniors: Denise Harrison, 272; 

Suzanne Cottrell, 206; Christine 

Rush, 197; David Cates, 203; 

Charles Rose, 190; Layne Helium, 

157. 

Seniors: (Wednesday, Oct. 8), 

Trisha Westcott, 212; Valerie 

Spencer, 207; Cindy Corcoran, 197; 

Paul Trenholm, 280; Marvin Foerster, 

206; Kevin Kline, 201. 

Newest members of our 600 Club 

are Paul Trenholm, 690; and Kevin 

Kline, 647. 

Does your TV have goblins 

or spooks in it 

Game a cliff-hanger 

Warriors wrangled to stalemate 

BY ED DA VIS 

The action could best be described 

as fast and furious this past 

weekend when the Salt Spring 

Wranglers met last year's division 

champions, the Peninsula Warriors, 

at a match held in Saanich at 

Centennial Park. 

The Warriors are appropriately 

named, but the Wranglers did just 

what their name implies and 

wrangled the Warriors to a stalemate. 

Final score, Salt Spring 

Wranglers, 1; Peninsula Warriors, 

1. 

The game could best be described 

as a cliff-hanger, with play 

going from one end of the field to 

the other during the first 15 

minutes. This was the third game 

for the newly formed Wranglers, 

and the first of the official league 

games. The match definitely 

helped bring the boys together as a 

team. 

GOOD DEFENCE 

Come together they did too, 

taking the play to the Warriors' 

own end during the final minutes of 

the first half. Numerous drives 

were checked by a well organized 

Warrior defence, and a keen 

Warrior goal-tender robbed Wrangler 

John Thomas of an excellent 

drive and shot. 

Another hard-fought effort by 

Troy Logan was deflected by a 

Warrior defenceman when Troy 

came up the wing and drilled a shot 

just inches from the corner post. 

The first half ended scoreless, 

leaving the Wranglers eager for 

more action after many near misses 

Ṡecond half action took up right 

where they left off with the 

Wranglers driving hard for a goal 

and keeping play in the Warriors' 

end. The effort finally paid off 

when Michael Brown intercepted a 

Warrior pass and took the ball up 

the wing. 

With Warrior defence closing in 

and the goal-tender coming out to 

cut the angle, Michael skillfully 

chipped the ball over the on-rushing 

goal-tender's head and into 

the back of the net. Ironically it was 

the same type of shot by an 

on-rushing Warrior in the final two 

minutes of the game that robbed 

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of the win. 

GREAT EFFORTS 

All and all it was a great game. 

The Wrangler of the week couldn't 

be determined as several boys put 

out great individual efforts. Forwards 

who worked hard throughout 

the game were John Thomas, Chad 

Davis, Jason Minvielle and Anthony 

Archer. Mason Scown and 

Ryan Stewart saw plenty of action 

up front, along with Troy Logan 

who never seems to run out of 

wind. Mid-fielders who saw and 

created plenty of action were David 

McWhirter, Renard Graham and 

the ever present Michael Brown. 

Defence was accredited to Jason 

Creed, Peter Spencer and Sean 

Albhouse. who all played well 

throughout the game. 

It was a hard and fast game with 

lots of support from both sides and 

both teams giving their all. The 

rematch for this one should definitely 

be an exciting one. Don't 

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As soon as we have our schedules 

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where we are playing. 

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Opposition out-classed 

by Salt Spring Kicks 

BYMELCOATES 

Salt Spring Kicks, 12; Juan de Fuca 

Do man's,0 

This was an unfortunate game in 

that the Kicks completely outclassed 

the opposition. A game without 

challenge frequently becomes boring 

to watchers, officials and 

players. Boredom often leads to 

indifference and ultimately poor 

play, even dirty play. 

It is to the credit of both teams 

that this didn't happen. Most 

players on the field were playing 

hard even at the final whistle. The 

only player who could be accused 

of standing around was the Kicks' 

goalkeeper. Jack Andrews. Jack 

had so little to do he must have 

been bored. 

The goals came easily and 

frequently. Graham Lee scored on 

a rebound from the goalkeeper. 

Michael Blomley scored on a 

breakaway, running almost half the 

length of the field with the ball, 

then slipping it into the corner of 

the goal, out of the goalkeeper's 

reach. Andrew Hoeller scored 

twice, once from a penalty, and 

once from a high looping shot from 

the right wing. 

And Paul Cottrell scored and 

scored and scored, seven times in 

all; a first-rate performance. 

in defence, Lyle Brown was 

masterful, directing traffic, breaking 

up attacks and moving the ball 

back into the other team's half. In 

mid-field, Graham Lee was outstanding. 

His playing becomes 

more mature, more controlled with 

experience. 

The Kicks have opened their 

1980-81 season with a bang. Not all 

of their games will be so one-sided 

but, from this point, it looks as if 

they will all be entertaining. 

Slugs roll over Saints 

BY BOBBY CLOBBER 

The Salt Spring Islanders (alias 

Slugs) men's hockey team roared 

back into action at Fuller Lake 

Arena last weekend with two 

decisive wins over highly rated 

opponents. 

November 

program 

prepared 

The following is the Salt Spring 

Trail and Nature Club program for 

November 1980. 

November 5: Joan Lott will lead 

a "Walkers' Choice" and Norah 

Ray will lead a hike on Mount 

Maxwell (the Garner Road route). 

Meeting place for both, Centennial 

Park at 10 am. 

November 11: Ted Brown will 

lead a walk to Maxwell Lake and 

Dorothy Black will lead a hike in 

the Donore area. Meeting place for 

both: Centennial Park, 10 am. 

November 18: There will be a 

walk and hike in Thetis Park. Jack 

Webb will lead the walk and Ruth 

Murfitt the hike. Meeting place is 

Centennial Park, 8:30 am, for the 9 

am ferry from Vesuvius. 

November 25: Marjorie Beggs 

will lead a walk in the Quebec 

Drive area. Meeting place is Centennial 

Park, 10 am. 

Mary Sylvander will lead a hike 

on Lassie's Trail. Meeting place is 

Centennial Park, 10 am; Drummond 

Park, 10:15 am. 

First, the Islanders rolled all 

over the Mill Bay Saints 15-6 in a 

free-wheeling game that featured 

Ron Moger, Pat Akerman and 

Terry Stringer combining for nine 

goals - the majority of which 

involved three-way passing plays. 

Then last Sunday the Islanders 

crushed Bamberton Bruins 20 - 5, 

led by Dan Akerman's seven goals 

and stellar goal tending by assistant 

coach Wild Bill Hitchcock. 

Comprised of the remnants of 

the Mill Bay Misfits, last year's 

disaster at the Summerland Invitational 

Hockey tournament, the 

team is still a shoddy mixture of 

space-age hippies, Fulford cowboys, 

bleary-eyed teachers and 

other assorted outstanding members 

of the community. 

The team sponsored by Mel 

"Bones" Topping and Salt Spring 

Lands, has planned an ambitious 

schedule including tournaments in 

Gold River, Courtenay, Summerland 

and Golden. 

Bored Sundays Travel to Fuller 

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Islanders - as the wave rumbles on. 

This week: the Duncan Old-Timers. 

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BYSTRICKAUST 

Strikers, 4; Hornets, 1. 

Saturday marked the opening of 

the lower Vancouver Island league 

schedule, and Portlock Park was 

the scene of the action. 

The Peninsula Hornets were new 

to the Strikers as we had not had 

occasion to play them before. They 

were big and their individual skills 

were excellent, but they lacked one 

quality which most of our island 

teams possess, and that's hustle. 

Our forwards tied their defence 

in knots with their quick moves and 

accurate passes. 

Out mid-fielders were on top of 

them before they could get organized 

and our defence (God bless 

them) were totally dominant in our 

half of the field. 

Although all the Strikers played 

well, our defence of Rob Minvielle, 

Todd Tamboline, Corey Culham 

and keeper Erin Fewings played 

faultless soccer, and due to their 

efforts the Hornets were held to 

only six shots on goal, and even 

their one goal was not really a shot, 

but a cross that slipped through 

Erin's arms and was deflected into 

the net. 

FITTING IN QUICKLY 

New to the defensive line-up are 

Corey Culham at left full-back and 

Erin Fewings as keeper. Corey is 

fitting quickly into the the Stikers' 

style of soccer, and his heads-up 

play in our back-field has earned 

him the confidence of the more 

experienced players. 

Erin played left wing last year 

but our need for a strong goalie 

saw him give up his position to take 

over the net-tending duties. This 

move has added a new dimension 

to the Strikers' style of play. Last 

year we were plagued with breaka-way 

goals being scored on us, but 

due to Erin's speed and his sure 

hands, our defence is able to push 

the ball back to their keeper, 

confident that he will corral it and 

clear it out of harm's way. 

Although two Striker goals were 

scored in the first half, the play 

generally was quite even. But 

despite our two-goal lead at halftime, 

we could not be confident of 

the win. 

As usual, all our goals were total 

team efforts and all four goals were 

scored by different players. 

The first, at five minutes into the 

game, was scored by Tony Mason 

on a long shot that went through 

the goalie's hands. The shot was 

set up on a perfectly placed cross 

by newcomer Brad Terrick. 

BACKING EACH OTHER UP 

The second goal, coming five 

minutes from the end of the first 

half, was scored by Peter Aust. The 

goal was a result of the Strikers' 

habit of backing each other up. A 

hard shot from the left side by 

Stuart Lyon was deflected by the 

Hornets' goalie directly on to the 

foot of Peter who hammered the 

ball into the back of the net. 

The second half was like a totally 

different game and although the 

Hornets scored early in that half, a 

goal by Stuart Lyon 10 minutes 

later took from them what was left 

of their drive. 

Jim Fogarty 

The goal came as a result of a 

penalty shot awarded to the Strikers. 

Although the goalie blocked 

the initial shot, Stuart corralled the 

rebound and drilled it into the top 

of the goal. 

With the Hornets playing halfhearted 

soccer, the Strikers took 

advantage of the situation to play 

tic-tac-toe soccer. Instead of throwing 

the long ball up, they were 

moving the ball with a series of 

quick, short passes. 

Our last goal came as a result of 

this type of play. After moving the 

ball up the wing from our own half, 

it was pushed across to Stuart Lyon 

in the middle, who pushed it 

through to Jeff Moger. 

Jeff worked his way by one 

defender and pushed the ball into 

the lower corner to close the 

scoring at four for the Strikers. 

Special mention must be made 

for the efforts of Hamish Lloyd at 

left half-back, and although Hamish 

did not participate in any of 

our goals, it was due, in no small 

degree, to his efforts that the 

Strikers were able to dominate the 

mid-field. 

Next week the Strikers travel to 

Victoria to play the Gordon Head 

R.C.A.F. Our record against them 

last year was two wins and a loss, 

but we hope to improve on that 

record this year. 

Accounting and Tax Management 

operating ^WIWITA 

david ingram's CENT A 

653-4692 

Box 899, Ganges.,, 

GULF ISLAND LOGGING 

• Select logging 

• Free estimates 

• Top stumpage paid 

• Owner-operators 

• Large or small jobs 

DAN or PAT 

AKERMAN 

653-4539 653-4352 

WILSON, HAYES, LLOYD & DEBECK 

Chartered Accountants 

AND 

PETER'S 

APPLIANCE REPAIRS 

We offer competent, guaranteed repairs 

on all makes of major appliances 

• Washers 

• Dryers 

• Ranges 

Dishwashers 

• Refrigerators 

• Freezers 

We also carry a complete line of rebuilt appliances 

with our six months guarantee in writing. 

We are servicing this area 

on a one day a week basis. 

We can be reached through 

Access Answering Service - 537-9231 

or by calling collect to 112-478-4712 

LLOYD, DEBECK & PARTNERS LTD. 

Trustees, Receivers & Liquidators 

DUNCAN FINANCIAL CENTRE 

208 - 435 TRUNK ROAD 

DUNCAN, B.C. V9L 2P5 

TELEPHONE (604) 746-4406 

are pleased to announce that they have 

agreed to continue the public accounting practice 

of Marr Accounting Services in Ganges. 

P.O. BOX 810 

GANGES, B.C. 

VOS 1EO 

TELEPHONE (604) 537-5557

Page Fourteen GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday. October 22, 1980 

Not so laid back 

Famous country singer Willie 

GALIANO NEWS 

Nelson did a series of television 

spots in the United States recently 

School inspected by three officials 

in favour of the 55 mph speed limit. 

He used the slogan, "Shotgun 

Willie drives a laid back 55." 

Shortly after, he was ticketed for 

doing 85 mph in a 55 mph /one. 

BYKATHLYNAND 

BASIL BENGER 

On Thursday, October 16, a 

group of three officials 'converged 

on Galiano School. An assistant fire 

marshall came from Nanaimo, a 

health inspector from Sidney and a 

B.C. Teachers' Federation staffmember 

from Vancouver. 

Their objective was to survey the 

building to objectively assess its 

inadequacies. Their written reports 

have not yet been received but 

when they arrive they should prove 

interesting reading, especially for 

the new joint committee set up at 

the school board meeting of October 

8. 

The Galiano members of the 

committee, trustee Jim Ripley, 

principal Ken Gaylor and parents 

Susan Friend and Ann Hennessy 

met last week to tabulate local 

priorities for Galiano School, and 

these were to be discussed with the 

Salt Spring members of the committee 

this week. 

From these deliberations should 

emerge a joint brief from Galiano 

parents and the school board, 

which chairman Ivan Mouat will 

present to the minister of education, 

Brian Smith, when he visits 

Salt Spring this coming Friday. 

The board had requested the 

opportunity to present the brief in 

private but the minister's schedule 

did not permit this, so it will be 

presented at the public meeting. It 

is to be hoped that at a later date 

the minister will find time to meet 

with the members of the Galiano 

School committee to hear them 

present their case for a new 

Galiano School with greater force 

and clarity. 

INTERNATIONAL VISIT 

A group of 32 students from 

Pearson College visited the Gulf 

Islands last week from October 16 

to 19. The students of this international 

college are aged from 17 to 

19 years and come from over 50 

different countries. 

Six students, three girls and 

three boys, visited Galiano staying 

in the homes of teachers and 

parents. On Thursday morning the 

group accompanies Galiano's 

senior class to Salt Spring to savour 

the flavour of a bigger Gulf Island 

and to watch a soccer tournament. 

On Friday they gave Galiano 

students a taste of life in far away 

places by showing film strips and 

playing games and music of 

Senegal, Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, 

Quebec and China. In the afternoon 

the students could choose 

between horseback riding with 

Stephen Pattison or hunting with 

Ken Silvey, giving them a good 

appetite to enjoy an African dinner 

hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Maclure 

who later showed movies and 

slides of their sojourn in Sierra 

Leone. 

On Saturday the Pearson-ites 

attended the island soccer tournament 

on the school grounds, either 

as players or spectators. The day 

was concluded with a pot-luck 

supper at Linda Laughlin's. The 

visit was rounded off by a game of 

golf and a tour of local beauty 

spots. 

Although Pearson College teachers, 

Marks and Margaret McAvity, 

have often entertained students 

privately at their home on Galiano, 

this is the first occasion when a 

public visit has been arranged, 

with the advantage that so many 

Gulf Islanders have been able to 

enjoy the company of these young 

people from many countries. 

LIFE PRESERVERS 

Within the last month and a half 

two orange life preservers emblazoned 

with the words "Long 

Harbour" have disappeared from 

Sturdies Bay Wharf. The replacement 

cost is about $90 each but the 

offence is considered more serious 

than theft. 

Damage to or theft of emergency 

equipment might endanger life and 

so is considered much more reprehensible 

than an offence against 

property. Anyone having information 

leading to the return of this 

equipment should tell Peter Dunn 

or Gary Lupton. 

NATURE NOTES 

In Chesapeake James Michener 

writes of the migration of great 

flocks of Canada Geese from the 

Arctic to their wintering grounds in 

the south. 

"And once in a great while, on 

such a night, when the moon was 

full, the children would actually see 

the flying wedge pass between 

them and the moon, and hear the 

geese as they flew, and on this 

matter they would speak for the 

rest of their lives." 

The thrill of seeing these birds 

flying south, sometimes at a height 

of over four miles but still audible, 

is best experienced on the prairies. 

This week former correspondent 

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Nothing too small or large 

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Quick Completions - Free Estimates 

Phone 748-2531 

and ask for Bill Wa/lis 

Box 815, Duncan, B.C. ,,, 

Happy soccer players at Galiano 

Mary Harding and farmer Larry 

Friend reported having this exciting 

experience on Galiano. 

GALIANO SOCCER 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

The Galiano Island Soccer Championship 

organized by school principal 

Ken Gaylor and former soccer 

international Bert Mozley was completed 

at the school on Saturday 

afternoon. Four teams had reached 

the semi-final of the knock-out 

competition. 

Nearly 50 players ranging in age 

from 10 to the low 60's took part, 

and an equal number of spectators 

lined the pitch to cheer their 

children, parents and those old 

enough to know better. Hot-dogs, 

soft drinks and coffee were dispensed 

by the parents' association, 

despite the inability of the wiring to 

heat a 20-cup coffee percolator 

without blowing a fuse. 

In the first game John Hales and 

associates defeated the Rams of 

Bert Mozley. John played goal like 

the rugby full-back he used to be, 

fielding everything that came his 

way with sure hands and making 

long kicks to touch to get his team 

out of trouble. 

The second semi-final was even 

more closely contested and ended 

in a 4-4 tie. To decide the winner an 

NASL style shoot-out was imposed. 

The goalies had the best of these 

one-on-one duels foiling the first 

five attempts. On the sixth the 

captain of the Rascals managed to 

slip the ball past the advancing 

goalkeeper, thereby eliminating 

Hugh Maclure's team. 

The final which followed was 

scoreless until the second half 

despite the domination of the 

Rascals, led by the strong play of 

the half-back line of Stuart Georgeson, 

Ben Mabberly and Laurie 

Gaylor. In the second half the 

Rascals built up a 2-0 lead, hanging 

on desperately in the closing 

minutes as their opponents count 

ter-attacked fiercely and drew 

within one goal when Gordie 

Palmberg scored. 

GULF ISLANDS 

'U-DO-A-DOOR' 

Molded vinyl door panels 

for do-it-yourselfers 

CABINETS RENOVATED 

NEW CABINETS 

Phone Fred Gent 

a V.I.B.E.X. member 

653-4451 

days or evenings 

The young students who competed 

in adult teams are to be 

commended for their plucky play. 

Playing particularly well on defence 

were Ken and Melodv Silvev. 

Following the consolation match 

which left the Rams in third place 

the handsome trophy, constructed 

by Art Hawbolt, was presented to 

the captain of the winning team by 

Bert Mozley. 

Barbara Fallot, R.M.T. 

MASSAGE PRACTITIONER 

For appointment 

phone 537-5642 t(n 

Phillip Swift 

It doesn't 

cost an arm 

\\f 

and a leg 

to advertise in 

Drifttooob 

537-2211 

537-2613 

British Columbia Land Surveyor 

RR1 Fulford Harbour 

653-4326 

Access: 537-9422 

Island Well Drilling Ltd. 

"Red Williams" 

Serving the Gulf Islands since 1959 

AIR ROTARY EQUIPMENT 

OWNER-OPERATOR 

Call Collect: 245-2078 

DUTCH BEAUTY SALON 

Lower Ganges Road 

Telephone 537-2811 

Our sincere thanks to all the wonderful 

Dutch Beauty Salon customers who have 

shown their support during our transition. 

And we'd like to express our appreciation 

to our warm, caring staff: Margaret, 

Marlene, Brenda and Shaughna. 

We are pleased to announce 

Ms. Shaughna Boggs as our newest 

addition. She specializes in new styles 

and cuts, perms and manicures.

Wednesday. October 22. 1980 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Page Fifteen 

Islander looks back on stay in Middle East 

Laws, customs of Kuwait provide new routine 

BY VALERIE RICHARDS 

Life in one of the world's 

wealthiest countries isn't as idyllic 

as it might seem. 

When Susan Blagborne with son 

Christian left Salt Spring Island to 

join her husband Richard in Kuwait 

in June, 1979, she reluctantly left 

behind her position as district 

health nurse, their newly purchased 

old farm house and island life, 

with which she'd become well-acquainted. 

Leaving Salt Spring's temperate 

climate to be greeted by temperatures 

nearing 120, Susan's discomfort 

wasn't placated until the 

cool weather of December came 

and temperatures fell to 50° during 

the day and 40 at night. The 

weather meant an entirely new 

routine for the Canadian nurse and 

she spent her first days remembering 

Salt Spring as a place where 

she'd rather be. 

A combination of heat, inability 

to communicate readily and foreign 

custom prohibited Susan from enjoying 

the peculiarities of the 

fascinating clime of the tiny middle 

eastern country. 

For the first few weeks in 

Kuwait, Susan spent her time 

being pregnant, experiencing a 

growing interest in Bedu clothes 

and weaving, market loitering and 

swimming at a Sea Club where she 

enjoyed the deluxe comfort of 

being cool. 

WENT TO ENGLAND 

After some exploration into Kuwaiti 

hospital regulations, Susal 

decided to have her child in 

England and in late July she flew 

there and spent the final days of 

her pregnancy in not only pleasantly 

grey weather, but with a sense of 

anonymity she hadn't felt in the 

Middle East. 

Jessica Blagborne was born in 

Exeter, after Susan spent several 

weeks roaming through Devon. 

On returning to their confined 

but elegant villa in Kuwait in 

mid-October, the Blagbornes settled 

back into Arabian life. Susan 

took up driving, tennis and an 

overall interest in the culture. 

The sandstorms ended. Susan's 

flowers never surfaced and her 

housework was undertakelfi by the 

houseboy, driver and maid. 

Susan would drive to the market 

to buy shrimp at $13 a kilo, or 

celery at $8.50 a kilo. Prices were 

exorbitant when it came to buying 

such Australian produce. And she 

usually found herself surrounded 

by men while shopping in the 

supermarkets. In Kuwait the women 

stay at home looking after 

their 7.8 children. 

HANDSOME, VAIN 

Men in tailored dishdashas. 

sporting moustaches and driving 

Rolls Royces were handsome, vain 

and ostensibly gracious. 

"The men were like peacocks 

while the women were the less 

vivacious and more dowdy peahens, 

dressed in black robes, 

plastic sandals and looking extremely 

hot," explained Susan. 

Old, unwritten laws haven't died 

completely in Kuwait. Arabian 

dress gives one fool-proof assurance 

that nothing is showing while 

European attire doesn't generally 

do so. Susan wore long skirts, 

long-sleeved, high-buttoned blouses 

and unrevealing dresses when 

she went anywhere. 

Curiosity and often concern were 

not always easy to be reckoned 

with while out in a market or public 

area. The awe expressed by Kuwaitis 

at western liberation was 

enough to make Susan cover 

herself regardless of the heat. 

Swimming was forbidden on 

public beaches because of the 

consequences of executing a nearnaked 

dip with an assembly of 

Kuwaitis to take advantage of a 

westerner's naivete. 

TO A BEDOUIN CAMP 

Susan and Richard would drive 

out to the. Gulf to swim, often 

finding themselves trapped in a 

sandstorm en route. During one 

journey they digressed to a Bedouin 

camp where they were 

entertained by Bedu Nomads inside 

one of their large, low, desert 

houses. Inside, the women were 

segregated. The men ate first and 

conversation was minimal. 

The possibility of a flat tire on a 

lonely Kuwait road prompted the 

Blagbornes to keep their car mechanicallv 

sound. 

Susan did get a flat tire and was 

about to attempt the repair job 

when an Italian stopped and took 

over from her. 

"Come over and meet my husband...he's 

Italian...! must thank, 

come to our house and have a 

drink," Susan invited but the 

Italian tire ace was too paranoid to 

have anything more to do with her. 

He refused and disappeared down 

the road. 

She'd never have been able to fix 

a flat tire. 

While in a Kuwait shopping 

centre, Susan mistakenly bumped 

into an Englishman who, when 

they collided, began yelling, "I'm 

sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" 

Susan learned later that just a week 

before a woman had been accosted 

in the same store and the man had 

been publicly whipped. 

TURNED COOL 

The weather turned cool and the 

Arabians cast aside their cotton to 

replace it with linen and wool 

dishdashas. Air conditioners and 

antiquated ceiling fans came to a 

standstill in December and Susan 

found the 60° temperatures chilling. 

She met other women who had 

suffered the same inactivity; women 

who had at some time before 

been socially enterprising and engaged 

in career duties and who 

were finally undergoing the same 

restlessness resulting from the 

transition from attainable emancipation 

to cultural confinement. 

There was a growing social spirit 

within the English populace and 

before the Blagbornes left, a 

Canadian Gub was founded for 

women who, in any other circumstance 

might have looked askance 

at participating in such a clique. 

The last lap of Susan's residence 

in Kuwait involved a further appreciation 

of the life to which she'd 

grown so accustomed. 

The Blagborne house maid was 

sending her daughter to nursing 

school, the house boy was sending 

money home to India in order to 

purchase a coconut plantation in 

the lush southern regions of that 

crowded country and the Blagborne 

driver, on receiving a pair of 

Christian's four-year-old trousers 

as a gift from Susan to his family, 

refused to part with them. 

"Did they fit one of your 

children" Susan inquired later. 

NOT FOR HIS SON 

"Those trousers aren't for my 

Flea Market Saturday 

Fulford Hall needs money 

Efforts are being made by the 

Fulford Hall Committee to raise 

money for maintenance and insurance 

costs of the hall. 

Flea market this Saturday, Oct. 

25. is just one of the ventures by 

which the committee endeavours to 

raise funds. 

Cost for insuring the Fulford 

Hall for this year is $1,500. 

Replacement costs exceed the insurance 

rate and a hall, similar in 

size to Central or Mahon Hall 

would be the biggest possible if the 

present building were destroyed. 

The Fulford Hall is the third hall 

in that location. The site was the 

property of J.J. Shaw until he 

donated it to the community when 

it was decided a hall was required 

in the Burgoyne Valley. 

Mrs. M. Gyves, of Fulford, 

recalls the early days of card 

parties and gatherings when all 

social events would take place at 

the Gyves residence on Fulford- 

Ganges Road. 

FOUR TAKES 

"I had three young children and 

sometimes there would be four 

card tables going all night. We 

needed a place where young people 

could gather, so, with Mrs. Maxwell, 

I went gathering funds. We 

made $1,500 in a. single day," 

explained Mrs. Gyves. 

In 1920, due to the backing of the 

South Salt Spring Island Women's 

Institute, Fulford Hall was built. In 

1925 the hall was destroyed when 

the wood furnace overheated and 

the roof caught fire. 

The second hall was completed 

in 1926 and, again, it burnt down in 

1936. 

Gulf Islands Septic Ltd. 

Local, Fast, Efficient Service for 

having your septic tank pumped. 

537-9353 

537-2325 

SUNSHINE FARM 

FOODS 

Gulf Islands 

Natural Foods 

Centre 

Valcourt Mall 

J.& D. - Y.& J. Clements *„ 

Susan Blagborne and daughter Jessica 

son. I will keep them for myself 

forever," replied the emotional 

driver, who had called Christian 

Blagborne "habbibi" or "my little 

darling". 

Kuwait, with its touch of Fort 

McMurray Gold Rush infiltration, 

had maintained its laws and customs 

which Susan had come to 

enjoy and feel a familiarity with. 

They left the country in May and 

toured India where they saw the 

Taj Mahal. 

"It was the trip to the mausoleum 

that was more interesting," 

Susan discovered. 

They later visited the Mendies 

family in Nepal where Susan 

dispensed curity diapers for two 

new-born babies in the Nepalese 

family. They flew on to Thailand 

and eventually Bali, where they 

spent an exhilarating three weeks. 

They returned home with a little 

sand in their eyes yet Susan is still 

hesitant about planting flowers for 

next spring in the event she might 

not be here to enjoy them. 

SPEED BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION 

Box 1003, Ganges, B.C. 

Jack: 537-9750 

Gordon: 653-4234 

* NEW HOMES * ADDITIONS 

* FOUNDATIONS * ROOFING „ 

LAW OFFICE 

Gordon B. Sloan 

barrister & solicitor 

notary public 

Temporary location: The Gulf Clinic, 

Lower Ganges Rd.. Salt Spring Is. 

Telephone: 

537-5505 

Monday to Friday, 

9 am to 5 pm 

Preferred areas of practice include: 

Real estate and conveyancing, general litigation practice, 

divorce and family law, general commercial law and 

incorporations, mortgages, wills, estates, personal injury law.

Page Sixteen GfiLF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday.'October 22, h980 

Traffic route changed 

New traffic pattern had 

many drivers mystified on 

Friday when they drove 

through Ganges. The road past 

the fire hall has been eliminated 

and all northbound traffic from 

the Mouat peninsula must stop 

at the new stop sign before 

turning right. The initial 

confusion arose from the fact 

that southbound traffic is also 

required to stop, thereby giving 

right-of-way to southbound 

traffic. Picture shows the 

extensive works crew engaged 

in paving the new turn-off. 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 64 

Continuing Education - Late Fall Classes 1980 

Ballroom Dancing 

TOM & EVELYN ROUGHLEY, Sidney 

5 sessions starting Sunday, Nov. 2 

3:45 to 5:45 pm, Activity Centre 

Fee - $22 couple, $15 single 

Formerly with the Allied Dancing Association 

(England) this husband-and-wife team are 

now teaching ballroom dancing, English and 

European, in the Saanich area since last 

year. 

Our first vocational course co-sponsored 

by Camosun College - 

Blueprint Reading - Part I 

MIKE CLEMENT 

6 sessions starting Wed., Nov. 5, 7:30 pm 

Drafting Room, H.S. Shop Wing 

Fee - $24 

A certificate will be issued by Camosun 

College for people passing this course. 

Ceramics 

GLORIA WEST 

6 sessions starting Wed. Nov. 12, 7:30 

In her workshop at Beaver Point 

Fee - $15 

Many people find ceramics a fun introduction 

to working with clay. 

Cooking East Indian Style 

MANO SANDHU 

4 sessions starting Tuesday, Nov. 4, 7 pm 

Foods Room in the H.S. Shop Wing 

Fee - $10 plus food 

Fibres as an Art Medium 

PENNIGEORGE 

4 sessions starting Wed. Nov. 5, 3-5 pm 

(evening class can be arranged) 

Textiles Room in the H.S. Shop Wing 

Fee - $10 

Not a traditional crafts course, but using 

fabrics as another art medium. Colour, 

texture, form, shape, etc. will be explored as 

well as techniques of tapestry, binding, 

coiling, 3-D hangings, etc. 

Evening adult 

Fitness Class at Fernwood School 

COLLEEN ROY 

Tues. & Thurs., starting Oct. 28 through 

Dec. 18 - 6-7 pm. 

Fee - $16 

M-W-F Morning Fitness Classes 

still have plenty of room in the Early Bird 

section at 6:30 am in the Activity Centre, and 

space for 9 or 10 more in the 10:15 class at 

Mahon Hall. (Baby-sitting is provided for this 

last group.) 

Fee - $24 plus rent from Oct. 27 - Dec. 19. 

REGISTRATION INFORMATION 

1. Register by mail or drop a check or money order 

in the Continuing Education box at the School 

Board Office. Please make checks payable to 

School District #64 and include address, phone 

number and class(es) desired. Receipt will be 

mailed to you. 

or 

2. Register in person Thurs., Oct. 30 or Thurs., 

Nov. 6, 10 am - 6 pm at the School Board Office. 

or 

3. Register at the first class session. Note: 

students may always audit first class and then pay 

fee(s) by method #1 if there is room in the class. 

4. Pre-registration is essential in all special events 

and one-day workshops with off-island resource 

people, since classes may need to be cancelled if 

there is insufficient response. 

5. Telephone calls indicating interest are 

welcomed, but do not constitute registration. 

6. Deferred payment or reduced fees may be 

arranged, under certain circumstances. 

7. No refunds unless class is cancelled. Credit may 

be applied to another class if Director is notified by 

the end of first week of classes. 

FEES 

1. Fees are listed with course description. 

2. Certain school equipment is made available, but 

materials are not included unless noted. 

3. Seniors, $1 registration fee only for any class. 

4. High School students, Vi price. 

VOLUME DISCOUNT 

1. Volume discount applies to multiple enrollments 

from the same person, or members of the same 

family, or any combination of same. 

1 enrollment No Discount 

2 enrollments 10% Discount 



2. No volume discount on $1 fee only classes. 

NAME 

ADDRESS 

PHONE . 

REGISTRATION FORM 

CLASS TITLE 

SUB-TOTAL 

VOLUME DISCOUNT 

TOTAL 

FEE 

Folk Guitar 

JAN PAWLOWSKI 

5 sessions starting Monday, Nov. 3 

Rooms 10 and 11, H.S. 

2:30 pm and/or 7:30 pm - 2 classes will be 

formed if enough interest; please state your 

preference. 

Fee - $12.50 

Investing - For Women Only 

3 sessions starting Monday, Nov. 3, 7:30 pm. 

Room 1 at the High School. 

Fee - $9.00 

What every woman should know about 

money - hear a panel discussing real estate 

as investment; term accounts and trust funds 

and other banking options from a lady 

banker; meet a housewife who has 

developed expertise in stocks and bonds - 

and let us know what other subjects or 

resource people you would like in 

subsequent sessions. For starters, we have 

Kirstie Shoolbraid, Kathy Dugas, Pat James, 

Charmaine Bennett and Cydney Cochran 

NOTE: a Wednesday afternoon class may be 

arranged if enough people are interested. 

Nov. 3 - "Money - What Every Woman 

Should Know." 

Nov. 10 - "... I never get what I really want - 

real estate!" - Lucy in the Peanuts cartoon. 

Nov. 17 - One Housewife's Successful 

Approach to Playing the Market. 

Square Dancing for beginners 

BILL SMITH, DUNCAN 

7 sessions starting Sunday, Nov. 2 

1:30-3:30 pm in the Activity Centre 

Fee - $25 couple, $18 single. 

Wen-Do - Self-Defence for Women 

ALICE MacPHERSON 

A Weekend Workshop, Sat. & Sun., Nov. 8 & 9 

Activity Centre 

Fee - $12 

Ms. MacPherson teaches Wen-Do in 

Burnaby, North Van., Coquitlam & Langley at 

present. She explains that Wen-Do was 

developed in Canada from several sources, 

including the Oriental martial arts. 

Creative Writing 

JOY MARAMPON 

6 sessions starting Thursday, Nov. 6,7:30 pm 

Elem. Staff Lounge 

Fee - $18 

An open workshop for island writers who 

require ideas, support and inspiration for 

their creative expression. Techniques for 

eliciting and refining a personal style are 

stressed. 

For further information please call 

VIRGINIA NEWMAN 

537-9251

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