Price tag increases by over $1 million

Extend sewer outfall, says boardThe Ganges sewer proposal

has been approved by thePol lu t ion Contro l Board, i tw a s a n n o u n c e d M o n d a y .However, the board has ruledthat an amendment be made tothe sewer permit which wouldrequire t h a t the ou t fa l l beextended by abou t 2,000metres.

In a letter received by the

C a p i t a l Reg iona l D i s t r i c tMonday the board said that theoutfall should discharge to theeast of a line drawn due southo f W e l b u r y P o i n t . CRDengineering staff have estimat-ed that it would approximatelydouble the length of the outfall.A preliminary estimate has putthe additional cost to the sewerscheme at over $1 million.

The decision comes 2'/2 monthsafter the board heard 38 hours ofevidence at a public hearing onSalt Spring last November.COMMENDED

The appellants of the sewerpermit app l i ca t ion were com-mended by the board for their"well-prepared presentations".The regional district was alsocommended for its "clear anddetailed account of the nature of

the proposed works and theoceanographic f ea tu res of theharbour".

The board, the letter continued,is of the opinion that a municipalsewage works is necessary forcertain parts of Ganges. But it was"not persuaded that a previousdecision on a sea ou t fa l l intoGanges H a r b o u r s h o u l d bereversed".

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Five candidates seeking federal seat Monday

JIM MANLY DON TAYLOR LEO GERVAIS LOUIS CROWBIRD LESOSKY

Approval given foruse of Mouat Park

Two local jurisdictions and asenior government official haveapproved Mouat Park in Ganges asa site for a proposed recreationcomplex.

Glenn Woodley, chairman of theParks and Recreation Commission,told his fellow directors Mondaynight that the Islands Trust hasapproved the rezoning of thesubdividable lots adjacent to thecampground.

Also, as a result of a meeting onSalt Spring last month. DeputyMinister of Lands, Parks andHousing Tom Lee will recommendto the minister that a site be turnedover to the Capital Regional Dis-trict, Woodley said. He explainedthat the government will continueto maintain the campground.

"The Capital Regional Districthas approved the scheme and willhopefully launch the planned feasi-bility study this week," said Wood-ley.

He and director Allan Hardiemet Tuesday with Islands TrusteeDave Lott and staff planner ChrisFoord. The decision on rezoningthe lots needed to build the facilitywill follow a public hearing plannedfor late next summer, Woodley

referendum in November and, if itpasses, the rezoning will followautomatically, said Woodley. If itfails, then rezoning will not takeplace, he said.

The next step, Woodley told themeeting, is choosing which of thelots adjacent to the park willprovide the best site. That will bethe first job for whichever architectis chosen by the Capital RegionalDistrict to undertake the feasibilitystudy. The study itself, which willinvolve preliminary drawings andcost estimates, will not begin untilafter the public hearing.

Tax hikeTaxes will go up in the

islands this year.The province is increasing thebasic mill rate from 10 mills to12.

On Thursday last weeksecretary-treasurer Wilf Pecktold the trustees of the Gun*Islands School District thatuntil he knows the assessmentincreases this year he cannotforecast the mill rate.

The increase in assessmentsshould, however, absorb the

Unsuccessful as yet

Further sewer delayis sought by director

A bid by Salt Spring Island regional director Yvette Valcourt toapply a further stoppage to work on the Ganges sewer wasunsuccessful last week.

Mrs. Valcourt introduced a motion into the solid wastemanagement and sewage disposal committee of the CapitalRegional District calling for an extension to her earlier demandfor suspension of work on the island project.

She was told that the motion wasaddressed to the wrong body. Ithad to go to the board.

The motion was a continuation ofthe island director's campaign tocall a halt to the Ganges sewerproject. She explained that theprevious stop-work order had beengiven following her earlier resolu-tion when she was planning tovisit the minister of municipalaffairs and discuss the history ofthe sewer project with him.

She met him last week to protestirregularities in the manner inwhich the original petition wastaken up and to complain of otherincidents. This week she is discuss-ing the matter with the attorney-general. She wanted an extensionto the stop-work order to cover hermeeting with the justice minister.

who sits as a member of thecommittee, suggested that the SaltSpring director must come up witha substantial reason for halting thework.

"We haven't anything to goon," he protested. "We have anobligation to the contractor.There's $260,000 spent already andthat's going to fall on the backs ofthe people in the area.''

"Will the attorney-general makea decision next week?" askedHoward Sturrock, "or will he referthe matter for consideration?"

"The meeting with the attorney-general will result in launching aninvestigation or an enquiry," stat-ed Valcourt.' 'The board should notspend money on a project that maynot go ahead."

The committee has_no authority

On Monday, February 18, votersin the islands will join with theirfellow Canadians from east to westand vote for the next governmentof Canada.

Voters will be required to chooseone of five candidates:

Liberal: Leo GervaisCommunist: Ernie KnottRhinoceros: Louis "Crowbird"

LesoskyNew Democrat: Jim ManlyPro. Conservative: Don Taylor

Polls will open from 9 am until 8Prn».

There was no enumeration forthis election and voters' lists arebased on last year's. Island votersmay vote even if they have beenmissed from the lists. An eligiblevoter, Canadian citizen, over 19years of age and resident of theriding, may bring a witness tovouch for him. The witness must beregistered on the same list.

Returning officer Beryl Fink, atDuncan, suggests that the sponsormight best be a close neighbour, toensure that both are in the samepolling division. Then the votersimply signs for the ballot.

Electoral office, in Ottawa, hasprepared some advice for the newvoter. Here it is.

If you have never voted before,here's what to expect when youenter your polling station:

You will give your name to thedeputy returning officer who willcheck to see that your name is onthe official voters' list. If so, youwill receive a ballot for marking ina polling booth nearby.

On the ballot paper you will findthe names of candidates listedalphabetically, and the politicalaffiliation (if any) of each candidateprinted under the name. You willvote for one candidate by markingan "X" in the circle beside his orher name. No ballot will beaccepted which contains any markthat will identify the voter.

You will then refold the ballotand give it to the deputy returningofficer who will deposit it into theballot box.

After the closing of the poll, theballot box will be opened in thepresence of agents of the candi-dates. The deputy returning officerwill count the ballot, depositingvotes for each candidate in separ-ate envelopes, and will issue ast3tfmr»nt oivino the result*; nf 1

Pace GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, February 13, 1980

Trustees call meeting Seven are in favour

Campbell outlines need fortransit at Fender meeting

About 75 people attended aspecial meeting at Fender IslandSaturday to discuss financing pro-posals for urban transit in theCapital Regional District.

The meeting was called by localtrustees Gordon Wallace and EmilLeBlanc. Wallace opened the meet-ing, saying that he proposed "torelate the facts as they applied tothe Outer Gulf Islands".

Wallace recalled that regionalboard chairman Jim Campbell,who was at the meeting, had beenquoted as saying that he had beenre-elected on a platform for partici-pation in transit by the OuterIslands.

Wallace agreed that at thepre-election meeting in NovemberCampbell stated that a vote for him.vas a vote to include the OuterIslands in the Urban transit sys-tem.

However, the speaker pointedout that about 200 more peoplevoted against Campbell than forhim in the November election.NO MANDATE

That, said Wallace, does not givethe director a mandate.

He said he had been contactedby residents of the other islandswith regard to the transit scheme.Many of them had pointed out thatislands MLA Hugh Curtis has

stated that only the areas which areto be served by the transit systemwill be taxed.

But Wallace said he has toldinquirers that by April 1 theproposal may be passed and island-ers will be committed.

The meeting was reminded thatCampbell had said in Novemberthat bus service would be providedto meet the islands ferries at-Swartz Bay.

Wallace concluded by saying,however, that the people of FenderIsland didn't think the proposedbus would serve their needs.NOT ALWAYS A MAJORITY

In reply, Jim Campbell observedthat in the process of government,people are not always elected witha majority.

He said that at present every-thing is done to discourage footpassengers: there is no adequatebus service to meet the ferries,poor waiting rooms and a long walkon to the ferries.

Ferry traffic has been increasingeach year and in peak seasonsthere are long waits. But there is alimit to adding new ferries. Camp-bell believes that if more passen-gers were on foot, better servicecould be given to vehicle traffic. Hestressed that islanders have a rightto take their cars on the ferry.

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Campbell said he was confidentthat he is doing the right thing.

Under the agreement signed bythe Capital Regional District andthe Urban Transit Authority, theregional district will have a verysignificant say, he explained.

Twenty-nine new buses willserve the Capital Region. Therewill be a 30-minute service fromSidney to Victoria, with an ancillarybus from Sidney to Swartz Bay tomeet the ferries. Campbell hopesthat it will discharge the passen-gers at the ferry slip.IRRESPONSIBLE

He said he would be irrespons-ible not to take action whenrepresentatives to parliament saycrude oil will be $56 dollars a barrelinstead of the present $26 dollars,and gas will be $2 a gallon or more.The proposal is an alternative, andunless one is provided the presentsituation will get worse, he warn-ed.

Campbell told the audience that40% of the transit costs will beraised by fares and 60% from theprovincial treasure, of which 25%will be from local taxation in one orall of the three planned forms. Hesaid the tax on gas could be 3c., 6c.or more but must be in multiples ofthree. The Hydro tax will be a fixedequal dollar amount added to allHydro bills.

Fender resident Manfred Bur-andt asked Campbell if the taxdollars collected in the islandswould be used solely for transitservice for islands residents.

"....Will any excess revenue bethrown into the general revenue forurban transit, in which case wecould then be subsidizing otherareas in the same way that thous-ands of dollars of school tax moniesare generated here and used inother are as?"THE LATTER

The board chairman replied thatthe scheme would follow the lattercourse.

Another resident asked if themill rate for transit would be thesame on the islands as in Victoria.Under present legislation, Camp-bell replied, that was how it wouldbe. However, he said, he wasseeking to have it changed to allowfor the level of service received.

The meeting ended with a sug-gestion from Gordon Wallace that acost-benefit study be undertakenfor the benefit of islands residents.

He also recommended to Camp-bell that he try to attend moreinformation meetings on the is-lands.

God wouldn't havegiven us feet if hedidn't mean for us touse them.Walk.

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Baltzer votes against$2,800,000 school bylaw

When Gulf Is lands SchoolBoard approved the $2,800,000budge t b y l a w on T h u r s d a yafternoon last week, one trusteevoted against the increasedspending.

Charles Baltzer registered hisnegative vote and insisted that theschool costs had risen out ofproportion to the enrolment indistrict schools. The number ofpupils has not increased and theincreased expenditure of $80,000cannot be wholly justified, heasserted.

Ministry of education permits aschool district to increase itsspending by 10% over the previousyear without challenge. When thecurrent year's budget shows a riseexceeding 10%, a special bylaw ismandatory to cover that hike. Thisyear's budget bylaw is to cover the$80,000 e x p e n d i t u r e p l annedbeyond that basic 10%.

Of the increase, $20,000 isa l loca ted to O u t e r I s l a n d st r a n s p o r t a t i o n . He does notchallenge that, said the formerchairman of the board.

His was the only voice raised inopposition.

ZERO BUDGETINGThe budget was zero-based,

explained the secretary-treasurer,which means that no expenditureswere included as a legacy from lastyear's operation. Every item wasconsidered and included only onits own merits.

"I am .very confident that abudget prepared that way is largerthan it would have been anotherway," said Wilf Peck. "Things leftout were left out deliberately."

If the budget remains at 110% ofthe previous year's the board ismerely holding its own in face ofinflation, suggested David Stacey.

"We are holding our own andbringing only $80,000 into thekitty."

Strick Aust was in favour ofspending on specifics rather thanholding the line on generalities.

"If we start paring it down it willbe u n f a i r to the s tudents , "contributed Jim Ripley.

It is the first time the islandsschool board has exceeded thebasic 110% in four years.

Sewerpermit

amendedFrom Page One

Before going into the details ofthe outfall extension, the letters ta ted tha t the board was"upholding" the appeal.

There was some uncertainty thisweek as to what the exact meaningof the letter was.

A spokesman for the PollutionControl Board told Driftwoodthat since the appeal was beingupheld, it appeared that the permitwas invalid. But CRD informationofficer Jack Fry said the permitwas still valid, and had only beenamended by the board.

One of the people who wasinvolved in an appeal against thepermit, Ganges resident PatrickTiernan, expressed some misgiv-ings over the decision on Tuesday.He said that he was pleased withthe extension to the outfall butwould have preferred to see arecommendation for land dis-posal.

R e g i o n a l d i r e c t o r Y v e t t eValcour t , an appel lant of thepermit, declined to comment onthe decision Tuesday, saying shehad had insuf f ic ien t t ime toconsider it.

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I t seemed funny to me last year that a man could suffer fromathlete's loot and gout at the same time. I've found a funniercondit ion, bronchitis and a hernia. Has you doubled up. in stitches!

* * *Can you count in Russian, he asked me as if it was a magic trick. Of

course, I can count in Russian: oneski, twoski, threeski, fourski!* * *

I wouldn't want to reveal his name. Just that he's a prominentbusinessman on the island and he has a bank account. And the bankdidn't put it the old-fashioned way. Mr. and Mrs. John Smith. No.they just had John and Mary Smith. Only it was the other way round.Mary and John Smith. You know, he was so stuffy about it, you'dt h i n k he was an Englishman!

* * *There was 34 cents to pay. And who is going to argue? There's just

no argument. I opened the letter and read it. Cheque enclosed, itstated. I looked twice and found no cheque. It was bad enough paying34c to get it. It was a sight worse finding no money in it, even then.

* * *You never know whether the milk's sour unti l you drink it. It's like

the oranges during the war. The crate of oranges was sold, time andagain, with a happy margin of profit, u n t i l a grocer rang his supplierand complained the oranges were bad. You ate them, enquired thesupplier, incredulously. Those oranges weren't for eating: they weretor trading! 1 poured out a glass of milk and it was half-way down mythroat before 1 realized it had gone rotten.

* * *Even the tide's like that. You never know until something makes

you think about it. I wanted some clams and then discovered thatthere's precious little time to see the shore this time of year.

* * *1 just had to write and send my love to the Maple Leaf, wrote a

friend from Florida. And her friend in Ganges, Betty Gait, passed onthe note. Her love was for a iding the Uni ted States embassy personnel.I'm sure your ambassador knew the risks he was taking, continued theletter. The writer is about as far as she could be from British Columbiaand sti l l be part of the United States. But she wrote to this part of theworld to echo the gratitude of a jubilant nation. And Betty wasdelighted to get that letter!

* * *Ivan Mouat's back from Hawaii, brown as a berry. So's Mike

Clement. And Rob Oixon! Gee! I hate 'em!

Historical Associationmeets at Saturna Island

BY ELSIE BROWNThe regular meeting of the Gulf

Islands Branch of the BritishColumbia Historical Associationwas held at the Community Hallon Saturna Island February 3.

Business arising from the min-utes included a discussion on theembroidered screen. The decisionon an acceptable solution to theproblem was deferred until thenext meeting.

President Marjorie Ratzlaff re-ported that with regard to theEssay Contest, students had sug-gested a field trip be substitutedwhich would include a visit to amuseum or other place of historicalsignificance. This suggestion wasendorsed by the association. Appli-cations would have to be made tothe branch for support of the bestproject suggested by the group.Prizes for the best written reportwould be given.INADEQUATE

A letter from Ruth Barnett,president of the B.C. HistoricalAssociation, was read regardingthe publication, B.C. HistoricalNews, and the increased cost of itspublication. Membership fees of$1.50 per member have not beenadequate since 1978. Mrs. Barnettalso mentioned the date of theannual convention which will beheld at Princeton and hosted by thePrinceton Historical Association onMay 29, 30, 31 and June 1.

Following the meeting Don Newplayed a tape recording of a speechgiven by the late Willard Ireland,archivist at the Provincial Archiv-es, on Sir James Douglas (1819-1877.

Douglas was 16 years of age in

to Canada. He was employed bythe Hudson's Bay Company andbecame a successful fur-trader,rising to the position of generalmanager.SENSE OF HUMOUR

Although he had the appearanceof being a very austere man he wasknown to have quite a keen senseof humour.

In 1855 Douglas moved to FortVancover and became governor ofVancouver Island.

In 1858 he was instructed by theBritish government to set up alegislative assembly. He felt it wasa rather big assignment as hedidn't know anything about legisla-tures. But it was formed and hebecame governor of B.C.

The extent of his formal educa-tion was not known but it becameevident that he was well read andhad brought his text books withhim from Scotland.

Douglas married AmeliaConnelly and they had 13 children,only six reaching maturity.

TO SCOTLANDAfter 45 years in Canada he went

back to Scotland for a visit but hewas, disappointed that he didn'tfind things the way he left them.

Letters written to his daughtersare preserved in the ProvincialArchives and tell a great deal aboutthe man who was truly, as Irelandstated, "The father of BritishColumbia."

The recording was made by DonNew, who was president of the GulfIslands Branch in 1977 whenIreland gave the speech at Pender

Tight money puts paid to capital projectsConstruction of additions and

improvements to schools in theGulf Islands took on a thin look lastweek.

Secretary-treasurer Wilf Peckoutlined a list of projects plannedby the Gulf Islands School Boardand now facing sudden death fromprovincial government cut-backs.

The province had established atotal of $100 million for capitalcosts in provincial schools thiscoming year. School districts hadprepared lists which reached near-ly $200 million. The ministry calledfor paring of costs and variousprojects visualized in this districthave been cut out.

Renovations at Galiano schoolhad been left in, but the coveredplay area was retained while theprojected new classroom to whichthat cover was to be attached hasbeen pared out.

The list is not firm, trustees weretold.AT MAINE

At Mayne School the workrequired by ICBC has been left inthe program, as has new flooring.

The office at Saturna Schoolcame out, although site clearingstayed in.

It was noted that in times of tightmoney a classroom is more likely toremain than an office.

Contingency funds for FernwoodSchool are still to be allowed, butplaying area is out.

Salt Spring Elementary Schoolplaying area was also deleted,

although the funds for hooking upthe sewer have been left.

Band area at Gulf Islands Sec-ondary was included and theagricultural class was out.

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The future of GangesRegional director Yvette Valcourt is continuing her campaign

for the close investigation of the manner in which the sewerscheme was launched in Ganges.

The Salt Spring Island regional director had called for a halt toall work in connection with the sewer while she awaited aninterview with Municipal Affairs Minister Bill Vander Zalm. Theinterview over, last week she sought a further delay while sheawaited an interview with the attorney-general.

It is time to look at the history of this project.The petition was taken up several years ago and, then,

challenged by M rs. Valcourt. At that time she was a private citizenand prompted, one assumes, by only one interest: her own.

While the challenge to the petition was underway, the CapitalRegional District asked the minister for an order requiring asanitary sewer in Ganges. This request was perfectly proper andfulfilled the board's responsibility to safeguard the communityheajth. The request was based on the statement by the regionalmedical officer of health that the conditions in Ganges hadreached the point where a sanitary sewer was becoming an urgentneed. That it coincided with the petition protest was a cause ofsome indignation among the opponents of the plan.

The minister of the environment issued a pollution controlorder requiring the Capital Regional Board to install a sewersystem in Ganges. There is no normal appeal against such anorder, largely because it has always been the assumption ofgovernments that no right-thinking person is likely to protest thesafeguarding of the community health by a responsible medicalofficer.

Designs, studies, appeals and other surveys have thus far cost atotal of more than a quarter-million dollars.

Mrs. Valcourt has gained the support of many otherresponsible residents of the island in her opposition to the sewerproject. In addition to those who share her view that the suspicionof monkey business should be brought into the bright, fresh air,there are those people who see her opposition as a back-up to theirfears for the degradati8n of Ganges Harbour by sewage, shouldthe discharge ever reach the harbour. And there are others on theisland who find her a champion of the status quo. They seek a stopto all development and the Valcourt campaign is exactly whatthey were looking for.

"Stay!" we are told. "All this could result in the sewer projectbeing overturned!"

We cannot accept that. It is neither practical nor logical.The province may decide that someone unnamed and unknown

was guilty of some impropriety in the preparation of the petition.A court might, at some time in the future, decide that evil personswere involved and send them all to prison for impressive lengths oftime in order to warn others, in the future, that the penalty of sin isa lack of facilities to pursue the evil life. We are not speculating onthese matters. Our concern is for the community.

Let us suppose that the majority of Salt Spring Island peopleare all tucked away in jail and the end of the campaign is in sight.What then?

Does condign punishment for the evildoer bring about a changeof opinion on the part of a responsible medical officer? Will thatworthy servant of an unworthy people promptly withdraw hiscondemnation of filth in local waters?

Of course he will not!Will the provincial government, then, overrule the medical

officer of health and declare that, because there proved to be evilmen in this island paradise, the concern of the medical officer nolonger carries any importance?

Of course they will not!

If Mrs. Valcourt were to be proven right in any degree at all,installation of a sewer system at Ganges would continue,unaffected.

Sin has always been with us. One of mankind's consistentconcerns has been to find sin in other men. But sin doesn't plugsewers. It never has and it never will.

All of Salt Spring Island awaits the result of Mrs. Valcourt'scampaign with great interest. But, in the meantime, the CapitalRegional Boarij rrrusi go ahead with the project entrusted to it bythe provincial government. These are two entirely separate issues.

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Merchants are Writer in Scotland addsthankedfor donationsSir,

Lucy Moore, Nellie Miller, Syd-ney McNulty, Lydia Purser and allthe Goldenagers wish to thank thefollowing merchants who so kindlydonated gift certificates for ourKing of the Lanes, Stan Wakelyn,(120 pins over average) and ourQueen of the Lanes, Olive Tregear,(102 pins over average) for theirefforts on the lanes.

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Thank you all for your kindnessand generosity.

LUCY MOORE,Ganges,February, 1980.

comments to debateSir,

Having read with interest thehaggling over dog shooting andbehaviour patterns of domesticdogs, I am compelled to add somefactual comments on sheep worry-ing by dogs.

Firstly, any dog will worry,especially if it is in company with abitch in heat. Behaviour patternsetc. can be forgotten. Dogs becomeworked up into a frenzy of killingand do not stop until exhausted orforceably restrained in some man-ner.

Dogs, unlike wild animals, aredisgustingly easy to approach neartheir kill. However, the stalkermust remember that they are morelikely to turn on him/her, whendisturbed than to run. The horrify-ing image of a child, instead of anarmed adult, stumbling on them,springs readily to mind.

Dogs, soft or hard-mouthed, donot have to bite sheep to kill. Ifewes in the later stages of preg-

nancy are harried, they will abortand will probably die of stressthemselves. Even if they are notin-lamb, stress will kill, especiallyin the case of the less hardy,lowland breeds of sheep.

It is easy to shout down theagriculturalist, but I would remindyou that the professional farmer,unlike the hobby farmer, has hiscapital tied up in his stock. I doubtif the critics of Mr. Akerman'sactions have ever seen the carnagethat dogs are capable of doing.

As a farmer, I'm sure that healso does not enjoy the odious taskof dog destruction, or the neces-sary killing of stock which have e.g.been gutted alive by a pack.

A. D. CURREE,Narrowfield,Campbeltown,Argyll,Scotland.January 29, 1980.

Trudeau, Liberals defendedSir,

Driftwood has reached me inMontreal, and I write now inresponse to Patrick Tiernan's letterof January 16, 1980. The headlinegrabbed my attention, with itsquestionable employment of theword "guts". The word was usedpositively in connection with theProgressive Conservative Party ofCanada. Is this an historical first?

Mr. Tiernan strongly asserts thatPierre Trudeau lacks intestinalfortitude (my mother forbade theoverly florid word "guts"). I holdthat the past decade gave Mr.Trudeau many opportunities todisplay his inner strength of char- 'acter.

The reference to Marc Lalonde's"unwitting boast" was presump-tious. He is my capable representa-tive in Ottawa, and I am certainthat he had positive reasons for hisstatement regarding the two-yearLiberal imhorifyiiQvernmE

(sorry, Mom) "legislation thatoffends nobody." They must haveoffended somebody, because it wasnot a captivatingly charismaticleader, or a brilliantly organizedparty, that defeated the Liberals.ROSS ROBINSON,

499A Cote Ste. Catherine,Outremont,Quebec.February 6,1980.

Mr. Tiernan called the Liberals"masters at evolving gutless"

U.S.Premium

140This Week,

Says the Salt SpringIsland Chamber

TCST

Her call wasnot takenby local

dispatcherSir,

Last week you printed myletter in which I shared myambivalent feelings in re-gards to the unsatisfactorymanner in which a policedispatcher handled my call ofdistress.

I would like, at this time, toadd an important detail that Ineglected to include, and indoing so, may have pointedthe finger of accusation at thewrong person.

The call that I made was atnight and was handled by adispatcher in Colwood, Van-couver Island, (as are allnight calls) and not by aGanges dispatcher.V.BUHNO. Ro*737,

February 11,1980.

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Ban on leg-hold trap soughtby animal protection groupSir,

The local Salt Spring Islandnewspaper, in its January 9 issue,gives an account of a couplewalking along the beach anddiscovering two cats hung bysnares as well as a baby racoonhanging suspended in the air withhis foot crushed in a leg-hold trap.The couple, not having witnessedsuch gruesome sights before, as-sumed that some madman must beloose on the island. Further investi-gation revealed, however, that theatrocities were nothing more thanthe work of a registered trapperfollowing his usual routine.

Most people would react thesame way as this couple did if theywere to see the agonies suffered byCanadian wildlife in the present-day cruel traps used by trappers allacross Canada.

The residents of Salt SpringIsland were shocked to learn thattrapping so close to residentialareas was not illegal. The Associa-tion for the Protection of Fur-Bear-ing Animals has been waging acampaign for some years to havecruel trapping methods banned inB.C. but, so far, our pleas havebeen ignored by the provincialgovernment. Last July, however,the City of Victoria and the Districtof Saanich both drew up bylawsprohibiting the use of cruel trapswithin those municipalities. Sever-al other municipalities in B.C. havedone the same.

On December 26, 1979, an adwas placed in the Juan de FucaNews, asking readers if they werelosing chickens to coons and minkto "call Bob, licensed B.C. trap-per". How many residents ofLangford, Colwood and Metchosinwould be happy to know that\eg-hold traps and snares were

being set close to their homes,children and pets? (Keep in mindthat there is no humane trap on themarket yet). There may be trappersoperating in other areas of theCapital Regional District as well.

Letters are now being sent to theCRB asking for a ban on crueltraps. If farmers are having prob-lems with wildlife, they shouldcontact the Fish and WildlifeBranch for the use of live box trapsin which the animal can be caughtand then transported to anotherarea.

If you are living in the CapitalRegional District and are concern-ed, write expressing your views tothe board. There are more peopleagainst the use of the leg-hold trapthan there are using it but, unlesswe ask for a ban, it will continue tobe used by hobby-trappers in your

(Mrs.) VALGISLASON,Vice-President,Association for the Protection of

Fur-Bearing Animals,1805 Newton Street,Victoria.FabruaryS, 1980.

Enjoyment offilm marredby noise

Sir,Fiddler on the Roof is a Very

good movie, and the response to itwas gratifying. Unfortunately, theenjoyment of the film was marredby the behaviour of some of themany children who attended withtheir parents. This noise problem isa dilemma that 1 have beenworking on but haven't been ableto solve. 1 have been hoping thatparents would control theirchildren, or not bring them at all ifthey are likely to cause problems.

This has not happened, so infuture if there is excessive noiseduring a movie, the noisy personswill be asked to leave. People withbabies must also be prepared toleave if their child's restlessness iscausing a disturbance.

Thank you for your response tot h e movies . Y o u r h e l p f u lsuggestions are always greatlyappreciated.

DAN EVANISHEN,Island Cinema,Ganges.February 11, 1980.

ELECTION LIMERICKSSir,

Two off-the-cuff limericks(?!!):Inis election, Clark says is because

Rub a dub dump, three men on the of us,stump

Edward, Pierre and old Joe,Ideals, Arroganceto incompetence.What a way for the country to go.

Trudeau and Broadbent just wantrid of us.

For me they're all blandso here's where I stand,My vote's for the Parti Rhinoceros.

JeffMurray

(More letters on Page Six)

Tony Richards

I THINK THERE'S enough mention of nextweek's election elsewhere in this paper that I don'tneed to go into it at any great length here.

Not that I have strong views about it anyway.None of the parties, as far as I'm concerned, hasshown itself to be deserving of my undying loyalty.Provincially, it would be a different matteraltogether.

However, one thing that sticks in my mind withregard to news coverage of this campaign is a wireservice story that appeared recently in a Victoriadaily.

It was, I believe, from Canadian Press and itslack of objectivity was unforgiveable.

The s to ry desc r ibed the "b izar re andextraordinary" increase in popularity for the NewDemocratic Party in Canada. And, it read, what iseven "more astonishing" is the NDP is takingsupport from the Conservatives.

The quotation marks are mine. There weren'tany in that story, nor did it credit any particularperson with having made those statements. It wasnothing more than the expression of opinion byboth the newspaper and the wire service.

And people have been known to accuse us of notbeing impartial...

I HAD TO HAVE an interpretation from my five-year-old son the other day before I knew what hisyounger brother was talking about when he askedwhen we were going "shell-clamping".

What he wanted to know was when were wegoing clam-digging.

IF NATURAL GAS is anything like propane asa source-of energy, a pipeline to Vancouver Islandmay be exceedingly beneficial. As for the latter, I'msold on it.

We have used the stove almost every day for thepast year, two or three times a day during thesummer.

And the tank hasn't run out yet. If you were todo a cost-benefit analysis, comparing it to ourwood-burning cookstove, you'd probably find thepropane cheaper.

Even if you cut all your firewood by hand, thecost of files to keep the bucksaw or bow saw sharpwould probably be higher than the propane.

BEEN IN THE ladies' washroom at theTsawwassen ferry terminal recently? If you have,you probably saw the graffiti about television.

"Resist media brainwashing. Think foryourself:destroy your TV set," read the inscription.Alongside it was a drawing of a TV set with aswastika on the screen.

And below that someone else had written: "Isn'tthere some disparity between telling people tothink for themselves and then ordering them todestroy their TV sets?"

OUR DOWN THROUGH The Years columndoesn't go back long enough that we can includethe following little bit of history. And the only localfeature of it is that the person mentioned is a long-time Salt Spring resident.

The reference to Bill DeLong of Fernwoodappeared in the Yesteryears column of a recentissue of the Fort William, Ont., Times-Journal. Itwas under the heading, 50 Years Ago.

"The Ontario depar tment of agr icul tureawarded short course trips to the Ontar ioAgriculture College to the two winners in the FortWilltam-Potatoe Club.

"William Oakley and William DeLong, both ofSlate River Valley, won the honours."

SUCCINCT SUMMARYBy

The Anarchist["Rules without Rulers"]

Of Mythical AnimalsDear Rhinoceri;

You cannot1, with success, satir-ize stupidity if you are part of it;the result is merely more or lesshumourous, and always fails in anyattempt to influence change. If thehumour is good, the result willmake people laugh and love thefunny old system the more: if thehumour is bad (much of yours ispretty thin), they will ignore you,but always with condescension,like children.

Each of you might havei spentyour energy to some effect in one ofthe existing policital parties if thatis your concern, or you may vish tocheck some sources. I wouk' sug-gest you read The Critique dj'PureTolerance and The Velvet MonkeyWrench.

Thoughts on the GallupQ. Mr. Prime Minister, what doyou think of the current state ot thepolls?A. They're all either Communist or

Catholic or both, and they consti-tute a serious threat of foreigninfluence on Canada's success as anation. Further, let me add thatthis is a matter to which mygovernment is directing increasingattention.

The First Person PluralPoliticians love to use the collect-

ive "we" as they propound solu-tions to our collective problems.For the benefit of the spectators,the following is a dictionary ofcurrent usage of the word.

The Conservative "we" means:You and 1 with all the differenceswhich, I am certain, we have bothcome to recognize and accept.

The Liberal "we" means: Onoccasion "us", though more fre-quently, after me you come first.

The N.D.P. "we" means: Al! ofus except Them.

The Communist "we" means:The Party.

The Rhino "we" means: Wheelas in what the hell.

The Anarchist "we" means: Inthis matter you and I share equalbenefit and equal risk.

Blood SportsIn the Ghurka Regiment of the

British Indian Army the soldier'sknife, once drawn, was neverreturned to its sheath withoutdrawing blood. If no suitable victimwas found the soldier wet it withhis own blood - institutional vio-lence - but it should say somethingto our New Cold War WarriorsLittle Joe and Aunt Flora, but:

Joe likes being the General in hisnew toy soldier game

Pierre would rather be KingEd likes Jimmy's toy soldiersThe Anarchist knows there are no

toy soldiers.

Lake WhatThey have had to make snow for

the past month in order to stage theWinter Olympics at Lake Placid,(can the name be a co-incidence?)Forgive me, all this time I thoughtthey were making snow in ordernot to stage the Summer Olympicsin Moscow.

The Vote is the VoterQ. If you anarchists are so down

on political parties would you everbother to vote?

A. Yes, but with certain basicconditions:

1. An anarchist would alwaysvote on any direct question of lawor policy since they define thecommunity and his part in it.

2. An anarchist would vote for acandidate to administer law and

Faced with the existing ballot theanarchist would write in his ownname. He believes that only theindividual can legislate because theindivual is responsible, and notnecessarily obedient.

* * »By now the stumbling Election

Special has found its focus in thegrowing tension "out there" in thewicked world where "we" and"us" conduct vicarious feats ofderring-do and defiance against"them".

In this latter day Bonanza, LittleJoe, Hoss Crosbie and his tiredsteed. Budget, and the Boys, shinynew toy gunsablazin' with blanks,ride off in all directions pursuingsafe targets, while Aunt Floraspends her days on the party lineopening and closing embassycupboards looking for strangersdying for passports (as long as theyapply in English).

Brother Pierre, speaking fromSanctuary, claims the whole thinglacks the proper planning whichalone would ensure success, andCousin Ed, the Issue Man, of allpeople, says "Leave it to JC-Carterthat is - he's O.K." Stirring stuff!!

Meanwhile, back at the ranch,the fire's going out, there's snow inthe woodbox, kindly ol' Doc hasupped the payments and is threat-ening to foreclose the mortgage onour national health and longevity;Uncle Sam monotously warns usagainst taking candy from strang-ers while he continues to embezzlethe family inheritance, and Emmaand Charlie have moved back home'cause they ran out of unemploy-ment, got no jobs and can't affordthe rent in town.

Cousin Peckford, the Newfieone, fresh from the miracle of theBanks, says it's OK to mix oil andwater, but watinhells this idea ofmixing corn likker with gasolineand putting it in your car. SaysPeck: "That's Screech, By, don'tdrive it: drink it!"

Cousin Lougheed, the well-endowed one, hears the word"banks", and says, "I own "em."

Cousin Davis says somethingunprintable.

Cousin Ryan says somethingsignificant which none of the othersunderstand.

Cousin Willie, the awkward onefrom the west coast, says some-thing insignificant about "don'tforget to fix your expense ac-count".

The Indians, fed up with thescript, want a new contract and filea claim on the set, and morethreatening yet. Through all of thisPa is nowhere to be found; there iseven a growing suspicion that hemay be dead.

But gee, Viewers, ain't it greatto have heroes.

According to a CBCnewscast, the Saskatchewang o v e r n m e n t has beenallowed to continue withsales of $150 million worth

Wfl ho-fel.t - tl..LL Lu.nu Lu~k top y.^j.iwstove (sans oven) exactly one year ago. At the sametime we purchased a 100-lb. tank and filled it for$25.

know where they got the extra 'el has achievedrenown locally for his horticultural accomplish-ments.

policy established by direct vote.3. An anarchist would nui vote

for a candidate whose function is tomake laws.

ot uramum to Russia, whilebeing ordered to cut back onits grain shipments.

— Seascan newsletter

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Sir,I have just read with disgust Mr.

Davidson's letter entitled "Parentsfreedom to visit classes would beimpossible".

He states he is the father of fourchildren and an "ex" teacher.Thank God he is an "ex", hope-fully he remains just that.

Obviously his children are not ofadult age as yet, judging by. hismaligning of parents by saying"what of mentally unstable par-ents, drunk parents, parents in ourjails and institutions etc. etc."

Is he totally oblivious of oursociety in which parents and olderpeople are almost totally portrayedas incompetent, foolish and theirlife's experience, knowledge andwisdom is nil.

People like Mr. Davidson do nogood for either the children orparents.

Undoubtedly his type help increating the so-called "generationgap", etc.

No wonder our young peoplehave little respect for elders andcannot benefit any knowledge fromelders when they are constantlybeing taught by schools, T.V.,movies and all communications,that their parents are not to belooked up or listened to, or to learnfrom their elders' experience andknowledge.

As a parent of four adultchildren, I can recall when ourchildren were in high school and onone occasion when I was speakingto the principal of their school,when he told me that he was fullyaware that our whole educationalsystem wds 50 years behind ourtime, and we definitely agree.

Parents should and must havethe right to see and know what andhow their children are beingtaught.

Important Notice to GulfIslands Residents

1980 Dog Licenses & Tags must now beobtained. Dogs without Tags are subject toimpoundment, which may result in heavy

fines to owners.Bylaw 551 states that it is an offense to allow a dog to "be at large".

Annual license fees for all dogs overfour months are as follows:Male or Female Dog: $15.00

Altered Male or Spayed Female: $5.00For the convenience of islands residents, 1980 licenses may be

obtained from the following:Access Communications, Rainbow Rd., Ganges Pattersons Store, FulfordFernwood Store, Fernwood Hope Bay Store. Fender IslandFoxglove Farm & Garden Supply, Ganges Miner's Bay Trading Post Mayne IslandSalt Spring Insurance Agencies, Ganges Saturna Post Office, Saturna Island

Cash & Carry Store, Render IslandLittle General Store, Pt. Washington, Pander Island

Or from Animal Control Officers:Gavin Reynolds, Ganges Lynda Kenyon, Galiano Chris Wade, Pt. Washington

After March 31 a penalty fee will be added to the above rates

In this school system of ours wedo not need Mr. Davidson's type toslander parents in any event for inour society we have far, far toomuch of this done already.

What is there left here for youngpeople to look up to anyway?

Would these same young peoplethink it worthwhile to be parentsthemselves some day in view ofwhat they have been learningabout their older generation?

Mr. Davidson should be speak-ing this way about himself only andnot slander all parents whichcreates most harm to the childrenand their future relationships withtheir parents and elders.

Our educational system hardlyprepares our young people in anyway for life. They have to learn ontheir own despite the rift andconflict and confusion that iscreated for them in the schools andthe mass media, etc.

Most of our teachers need moreof the right kind of education thanthe students themselves do forobvious reasons.Mrs. H. CROSBY,Box 675, Ganges.Fabruary 7, 1980.

Workshopis planned

The Gulf Islands School Board isplanning a joint trustees-principalsworkshop.

Despite the pleas of Jim Ripleyto keep the event within theislands, the board approved thestaging of the workshop at Quali-cum.

It was reported that at Fulfordthere was no room at the Inn, butno reference was made to otherlocations.

In a prepared outline of theproject the board was shown thecost "assuming you go along with1,2,3 and 4," it was stated. Therewas no indication of what thenumbers referred to.

Sir,It was just a week or two ago

that we were driving to Seattle tosee Bob Dylan in concert. It hasbeen a long time since I've driventhat way and after travellingthrough different countryside wecame to a crest of a rolling hill andthere lay before us the kind of avalley that John Steinbeck couldmake come live in his writing. NowI don't mean about the peopleliving there because we didn't stop,but just because of its beauty - itwas so vast and alive with green.There were little farms here andthere and a river ambling throughand away in the distance rocky,snow-capped mountains. It was aprecious sight to see. We drovefurther and it was then that 1 saw asign-post saying Sedro-Wooley.Now it's on that precious earth thatsome men have wanted to put anuclear plant or maybe even two.It reminded me, yet again, of whata strange mentality that is that Ithought it worth mentioning oncemore.

It seems fitting, because as I saywe were on our way to see Dylanthat I should close this letter with aquote from a song of his...

"Now there's spiritual warfareFlesh and blood breaking downYou've either got faith or you've

got unbeliefand there ain't no neutral

ground"

G. SHUGAR,Beaver Point.February, 1980.

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Regional campaign meets opposition

Energy conservation voted out by regionBY FRANK RICHARDS

Drive towards a regional pro-gram of energy conservation diedon the spot when the CapitalRegional Board examined it lastweek.

Engineering department of theregion proposed that the districtlaunch a plan for energy manage-ment throughout the region.

Committee chairman R. S. •Wright gave it short shrift.

Anybody can switch off a light,he told the engineers. He express-

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ed particular hostility to any sug-gestion that the region press tohave energy conservation measur-es written into the building code.There are too many restrictionsalready, he told the department.

The regional district is in aposition to assume a leadershiprole in energy management, saidthe report. It urged an inventory ofenergy for the years 1990 and 2030,in order that the likely gap betweenneeds and supplies can be assessedand met.

There is an urgent need, theengineering department remindedthe board.

It is highlighted by the unilateraldecision of B.C. Hydro to cut offpower supplies at peak hours toconsumers in the Shelbourne areaofSaanich.

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Free buses to discourage auto-mobiles had also proved effectivein some instances, the board wastold. Upgrading of the buildingcode would be effective and thedesign and planning of car parkingand freeways has a considerableinfluence on energy conservation.

The key is getting people involv-ed, it was stated.ENERGY CODE

The program envisaged an ener-gy code for all new construction,requiring minimum standards ofinsulation and energy consump-tion. These would be written intoregional codes.

The report listed a number ofrecommendations to fill the codinggap between supplies and de-mands. The building code improve-ments were seen as one measure.Development of a viable heat pumpand the installation of a generatingplant using solid wastes as fuelwere the major proposals.

Five recommendations weremade to the board.

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Directors were not prepared toblandly ignore the whole thing, asthe chairman had invited. Theysorted out the recommendations,one by one.

The first two were termed"motherhood" issues and approv-ed. No one could be faulted foragreeing that they endorse theconcept of energy management.

Although they had agreed thatthey were in provincial territory,the directors also approved theadoption of a leadership role inlaunching conservation practicesthroughout the region.OUT COLD

Out cold were recommendationsto include energy conservation inthe building code. The establish-ment of a citizens' advisory com-mittee on energy conservation wasrejected. As director Howard Stur-rock explained, any citizen is free

Drainage studyDrainage study in Ganges has

come to a halt as the Ganges sewerproject has been halted by regionaldirector Yvette Valcourt.

Collection of field data has beencompleted, directors learned lastweek.

Ground profile data will beestablished in conjunction with thesewer project.

to give advice without such acommittee.

The directors were not againstconserving energy. The chairmansummed it up:

"Energy conservation is a greatthing, but to make it mandatoryand change the code is anothermatter."

It was.Jim Campbell pointed out that

the board cannot shrug off every-thing on to the municipalitiesbecause there are 40,000 residentswho live outside a municipality.

The directors then turned theirattention from the future to thepast and considered the CloverPoint sewage outlet again.

This week atFernwood School

It's been another busy week atthe school as we move towards themiddle of the second term.

The wet weather has hamperedf u r t h e r d e v e l o p m e n t o f thegrounds but Mr. Marsh informs

-me that plans are under way toconstruct a walk-way around theschool from the main entrances tothe student entrances. For theyounger set, the swings will becompleted in the very near future.CRAFT PROGRAM

The craft program for grades 1 -4is into its third week of operation.The program runs every Fridaya f t e r n o o n and i n v o l v e d thechi ldren in activities such asneedlework, macrame, knitting,puppetry, cookery and wood-working.

A great big thank you to Mrs.Smith and Mrs. Severn for theirorganization and to Mr. Wrightand the many enthusiastic parentvolunteers for their hard work onbehalf of our students.PARENT MEETING

A social evening was heldrecently for the staff and parents.The excuse for the informal get-together was an evening of artactivities. Mr. Marsh wishes tothank Mr. Holbrook for organiz-ing the activities and donating thetime and effort on behalf of our

Parents Association. By the way,the next meeting wi l l be onFebruary 27 when the main topicwill be an update on the adventureplayground.PARENTS BAND AUXILIARY

This commi t t ee wishes toannounce that there will be afashion show featuring Carolee'sFashions on February 25. Ticketsat $2.50 are available from bandstudents and proceeds will be usedto purchase band uniforms andassist in travel. The show will beheld in the high school gym.BASKETBALL

Teams continue to practice hardand games against Salt SpringElementary School have alreadybeen played. By all reports thegames were hard-fought, enjoy-able affairs. This week girls' andboys' teams will travel to MayneIs land to engage in f r i e n d l ycompetition. Way to go, Flyers.

Never a dull moment aroundhere! Latest idea is to try to teachthe grades 6 and 7 students how todance. Talk about a challenge!First two classes have already beentaken and by now "slow, slowquick, quick, slow" are starting tomean something.

A certain principal who shall

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Who's for Ottawa now?

Well all know, come MondayBY FRANK RICHARDS

Who's for Ottawa?One party is. One candidate from here is.The election resulted from the unexpected defeat

of the Clark government. And they are indignant.By what right did the opposition throw them out?

Will they go back? Should they go back?The budget was not the issue. It was the anvil over

which the government was hammered. But a flexibleapproach on the pan of the government might wellhave out off defeat.

It didn't, however, and the course is laid out.It can only be a choice of Liberal or Conservative.

In Ottawa.The choice lies between the pleasant, good-

natured Joe Clark and his powerful ministers andthe powerful Pierre Trudeau and his pleasant, good-natured ministers.

What are the issues?Oil is one.Oil is scarce and getting scarcer. That's a fact of

Canadian life. The scarce commodity is expensive.That's the fact of every economy.HOLE IN THE GROUND

Oil comes out of the ground, where it has gatheredvalue for millions of years, and is pumped intoCanadian home and automobile, Canadian industryand airplane until there is only a hole in the ground.

The next government is faced with a policy ofconservation, not price. The Clark governmentshowed a strong awareness of the price factor. Andjuggled with various methods of dismantlingPetrocan, Canada's frontman on the internationalgas station.

Oil or war?Both senior candidates for power are concerned

with defence and the armed forces.

The Tories are more aggressively defensive than ^the Grits. Or perhaps more defensively aggressive. <But there's not a lot of difference.

Are we itching to release the dogs of war? Most ofus are not. If there is to be a world conflict over oilthe fuel will probably be all burned off before war isin high gear. And include us right out! It is possiblethat the Conservatives could be more hawkish thanthe Liberals because many of the high-rankingTories are Big Brother Bill to Bav St.NOT ISSUES

But it is not an election of issues. It is a campaignof non-issues.

Who do we hate most? Vote him out!And who do we vote out?We 'II all know on Monday.But in the meantime we are still watching the

hustings, hearing the hymns of hate and left towonder whether this is the ultimate method offulfilling the destiny of a modern, technological,nation, approaching the close of the 20th century. '

If history is destined to regard us with awe and.esteem it won't be our fault.

The nation has been a little put off by the •Conservatives they swept into marginal power last',summer. The record of indecision, uncertainly and'thesitation is fine for the little man, but he expects <more from his masters.

It may we/1 prove that the Tories could getTrudeau elected when the Liberals couldn 't.

That's the way it looks. Just like another Liberalgovernment.

With a Conservative from Cowichan, Ma/ahaiand the Islands.

At least, that's the way it looks to me!

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If you happen to be in the schoolnext week make a special effort tosee the attractive display on the

mam notice board. It featuressome of the work produced by theparents on the recent successful art

evening. What a talented bunch ofparents!

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North Fender IslandTrust Committee

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE is hereby given that all persons who deem theirinterest in property affected by the following proposed By-law will be afforded an opportunity to be heard on thematters contained therein at a Public Hearing to be held inthe Community School Building, North Render Island, onTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1980, commencing at8:00 p.m.

Proposed North Render Island Trust Committee By-lawNo. 11, (being Zoning Amendment By-law No. 1, 1 980),is a By-law to amend North Render Island TrustCommittee By-law No. 5 cited as "Zoning By-law, NorthRender Island, 1978" as follows:i) By changing the zoning classification of Parcel "C",

DD 69864I, Section 18, North Render Island,Cowichan District, from the Rural 1 Zonetothe Indust-rial Zone, as shown on Plan No. 1 attached to andforming part of the By-law.

ii) By changing the zoning classification of a portion ofLot 4, Plan 1377, Section 23, North Render Island,Cowichan District, from the Industrial Zone to the Set-tlement 2 Zone as shown shaded on Plan No. 2 whichforms part of the By-law.

iii) By designating Parcel "C", DD 698641, Section 18,North Pender Island, Cowichan District as a Develop-ment Permit Area pursuant to Section 702AA (2a) ofthe Municipal Act. the boundaries of the DevelopmentPermit Area are shown on Plan No. 3 which forms partof the By-law.Location: PorrWashington Road, North Pender Island

The proposed By-law may be reviewed at the GeneralStore, Port Washington, B.C. between the hours of 9:00a.m. to 9:00 p.m., every weekday. A copy of the proposedBy-law may also be reviewed at the Islands Trust Office,848 Courtney Street, Victoria, B.C., during normal workinghours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday inclusive.

M. LEE,ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER 6-2

BY MARY C. WILLIAMSONFirst, an apology. I made a

grievous error last week. The TenDays Wednesday evening eventstake place in the high school staffroom at 7.45 pm not 6.45 pm. Meaculpa!

I'm glad we braved the fog to seeMy Country Occupied. It's a mov-ing story of a young Guatemalanwoman whose husband worked forthe United Fruit Company. ThisU.S.-owned multinational farmshuge tracts of land in Guatemala,paying workers 20c. a day. (a pintof milk costs 40c.)

It took the young couple fiveyears to save enough to pay a priestto marry them. Meanwhile, theirchild died of starvation. The smallcoffin was an elaborate obscenity,and although I'm sure it was arented shell, someone obviouslymade money from the patheticfuneral. The priest preaches resig-nation, poverty being punishmentfor sin!

When Oaxaca de Mejia and herhusband moved to the city to betterthemselves, he found a job in aslaughterhouse. For nine hours anight, "processing" more than 300beasts (all but the guts are export-ed), he was paid the princely sumof $1. There was great unrest in thecity, with a curfew and militarypatrols. Miguel was arrested forhis part in a workers' protest, andby the end of the movie his wifestill had no idea of whether he wasdead or alive.

BEARING ARMSShe returned to the village to

find the women much influencedby the ferment. They were gettingtogether, talking and, in manycases, bearing arms alongside theirmen. Oaxaca, a young, obedient,God-fearing housewife at the be-ginning of the movie, becomes anembittered guerrilla, no longerconvinced it is God's will thatAmericans should use Guatemalanland, labour and produce simply asa source of supply for the U. S. A.

I will certainly look twice atChiquita bananas in future andwonder why they cost so muchwhen the growers only get 20c. aday!

* * *I saw Fiddler on the Roof again

and still felt like an interloper inthis tremendous dialogue betweenTevye and his God. If we only hadthat awareness of God's presencethe world would take a differentturn. Evil and suffering all stemfrom the lack of awareness of God.

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MURDERING THEIR CARSWe were aroused from sleep this

morning (Sunday, 6.15 am) by twogroups of young people murderingtheir cars at the Central intersec-tion. The screams of agony fromthe tortured machines were almostas unnerving as the cries of dyingcattle in the Guatemalan movie.How can people treat expensivehardware so? (Not to mention thosewho live in the vicinity! Rev. FredAnderson used to say the streets ofGanges were paved not with gold,but with rubber! Progress means ithas now spread to Central!)

We have lost two posters fromour property in the last week. Thisinfringement of political freedombegins so early. My daughter tellsme of a schoolmate who assertsthat those who vote N.D.P. are"lower class". Well of course it'sfunny, but sad too. Not thatignorant children say such things,but that they say them in order tohurt.

If God were real to us Wewouldn't lie, cheat, steal or hurtour fellow creatures in any of theways we now employ.

More Foodfor Thought

LACK OF CONCERNThese grievances are petty com-

pared to starvation and war, butit's the same lack of concern forothers which causes all the world'ssuffering. This lack of concerncannot prevail when God is real.

Patricia Clarke of the UnitedChurch Observer writes: "I'mlooking at a picture of Joel Filartiga... 17 ... kidnapped and tortured todeath by Paraguayan military po-lice." His crime? His doctor fatheropposed the government. A three-year-old girl was undressed by theChilean police, whipped, immersedin ice water and whipped again ...four times a day for four days. InEthiopia a thousand children, aged11 to 13, were massacred onsuspicion they were about todemonstrate against the govern-ment. All these activities duringthe International Year of the Childare listed by Amnesty Internation-al, Box 6033, Station J, Ottawa.

WRITEWhat can we do? "Write the

minister of external affairs. Sayyou want Canada to press all thecountries with which it deals to liveup to the U.N. Declaration ofHuman Rights, and to stop makingdeals with those that don't. If youlearn that a company of which youare a shareholder or a customerdoes business in a country thattortures children, write the presi-dent and tell him what you think ...For example, six Canadian banks,Noranda Mines, FalconbridgeNickel and Bata Shoes have invest-

ments in Chile. Does the security ofthose investments depend on whip-ping three-year-old children?''

God isn't dead. Some of us arejust dead to His Presence.

* * *Wednesday, February 13:

'' Making A Living.''February 20: "Why Work?"

WorkstoppagesoughtFrom Page Oneto extend a resolution of the board,commented Sturrock.

The work may proceed if thecontractors wish to continue theirsurvey, agreed chairman RobertWright.OBLIGATION

The board has an obligation tocontinue the work unless there issome very significant cause to dootherwise, observed Campbell.

"The case for further suspensionhas to be very much greater nexttime than it was last time," hewarned.

Director Valcourt was not awarethat a contract had been issued inrespect of the Ganges sewer. Shelearned that a firm of land survey-ors is carrying out the final checkson levels.

It is a project essential to thedesign of the sewers, explainedCampbell.

"We still have outstanding anorder from the Pollution ControlBoard to put in a sewer system,"he reminded the committee. "Theonly challenge is whether thatparticular outfall will be approv-ed."

There is no challenge to thecollection system.

Would the board authorize furth-er expenditures while grave mat-ters are being discussed, askedValcourt.THEY WILL SUFFER

The local community will sufferthe consequences, interjected adirector.

"That remains to be seen"retorted the spokesman for theisland community.

The motion to call the board'sattention to the grave matters ofGanges was defeated.

The board chairman warneddirector Valcourt that the boardwill need substance.

"If you want to have a motionthat flows from the meeting withthe attorney-general, we shouldhave a communication from theattorney-general's office," he toldher.

The stop order is not going towork if there isn't clarity and itwon't work merely on directorValcourt's belief that there hasbeen an irregularity, he continued.

There has to be substaru ?agreed Howard Sturrock.

'' See if they vote on an emotionalbasis," commented ChairmanWright. "They did before!"

North Fender IslandTrust Committee

NOTICE OF MEETINGThere will be a meeting of the North Render Island TrustCommittee to consider various items of businessconcerning North Render Island at the conclusion of thePublic Hearing on February 28, 1980, in the CommunitySchool Building, North Render Island.

M. LEE,ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

Wednesday, February 13, 1980 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Page Eleven

Massage therapy

// gives feeling of well-beingand has medical value too

BY BRIAN SOBERA relaxed and easy-going life-

style is the dream of many peoplewho come to make the Gulf Islandstheir home. Yet living here mayproduce the same mental andphysical strains that urban-dwellers experience. And the useof drugs is too often the panaceafor the problem of being unable torelax.

Scientific massage is a means ofachieving the same relaxation as-sociated with physical exercisessuch as yoga, but in the case ofmassage, it is the therapist whodoes all the work.

Relax? you might ask. Mentaland physical fatigue after a hardday's work can also be relievedwith a stimulating massage. Ac-cording to Barbara Fallot of Wood-land Drive, Salt Spring Island,there is a difference between arelaxing massage and a stimulatingmassage.TONES BODY AND MIND

Barbara, as a qualified massagepractitioner, gives both types. Thestimulating massage, she saidtones the body and mind so thepatient can overcome fatigue.

Barbara has been practisingmassage therapy on Salt SpringIsland since December. She gradu-ated last August from the CanadianCollege of Massage and Hydro-therapy in Ontario where shestudied for nearly one year.

Her interest in massage firstbegan almost 13 years ago as shewatched a therapist help restorethe muscle functions in her broth-er's leg.

Massage is a reliable means oftreating fractures and sprains,back strains, and can providetemporary relief of arthritic pain.

Another therapeutic massage isreflexology, where the practitioneruses his thumbs to knead thepatients feet. In her spare time at

school Barbara took a separatecourse in reflexology, and offersthis treatment also to island resi-dents.

She said that with every personshe treats she learns something ofthe art of massage; an art whichmust be practised with the hands,the mind and the heart.IN A QUIET LOFT

Barbara works out of a comfort-able quiet loft which, from a highridge in the Mobrae subdivision,looks out over the wooded slopesthat gradually drop down to StuartChannel.

Her preference is that patientsgo there for their therapy, as thereis no phone or other disturbance tointerrupt her work. In the case ofan invalid she would make a housecall, she said.

The first. visit is a getting-to-know-you session which takes ap-proximately l'/j hours. Then eachensuing massage is a half-hourlong as particular areas of tensionand need have already been estab-lished.

The feeling of well-being thatfollows lasts for days, but it is themedical value that is most import-ant. Basically, massage stimulatesmuscles and blood circulation,returns stagnant blood to the heart,rids the legs of old blood andrenews the supply with new bloodpumped in by the heart.

FOR STIFFENING JOINTSMassage is especially helpful to

older people who suffer fromstiffening joints. This is bestexplained in literature that Barbaraprovides for her patients.

"As the masseur moves muscleshe moves joints through theirrange of motion as well. Becausejoints have a relatively poor bloodsupply normally and in the aging itis even further reduced, we seehow vital to health activity, mass-

age and full range of motion canbe."

So massage can benefit personsfrom all walks of life in a variety ofways. However, Barbara admitsthere are'certain conditions underwhich a person shouldn't have amassage. Anyone with high bloodpressure or a history of hearttrouble cannot be treated.NOT HER FIELD

Diagnosing and prescribing isnot her field, she added, thoughshe may prescribe a certain exer-cise and a visit to a doctor.

"I have no qualms about admitt-ing that I don't have the knowledgeto treat some patients. In somecircumstances I prefer h if theperson visits a doctor before trying >massage."

Medical referrals from physici-ans are covered by the B.C.Medical Plan. Unlike the privatepatient, the medical referral pati-ent receives a half-hour treatmentduring the first visit. She explainedthat the referral is usually for aspecific ailment only.

Apart from that, the occasionalmassage offered by a trainedpractitioner can add a joy to livingand release from the worry andtension of modern life.

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[SPORTS}KICK-OFF

Many different approaches toscoring shown by island teams

Soccer is a game made up ofnany integral parts, one being theine art of scoring goals. In fact, its probably the most important'.iart of soccer because scoringlends to correlate with winningrather well. Last weekend SaltSpring's many teams showed manydifferent approaches to scoring,some successful, others not.

On Saturday the Strikersutilized a system which reliesheavily on strong wingers. Theobject is to feed the wingers, havethe ball carried forward and thencentred for their strikers to finishoff. It is a very basic form of attack,and for the Strikers, it worked veryeffectively as they upset the leagueleaders 4-3.

The Selects, who also played onSaturday, used a d i f fe ren tapproach, relying more onindividual play. Their forwardswere attempting to carry the ball asfar as they could and then pass to ateam-mate. Although it failed inlast weekend's game it has workedwell in most of their games thisyear.FINEST BRAND

The Kicks' game on Saturdaysaw probably the finest brand ofoffensive soccer on the island asthey humbled Gorge 14-0. Theirapproach utilizes a tic-tac-toe styleof passing, working the ball to theperson who is open, primarily theirtwo target men, Paul Cottrell andSean Logan.

Sunday's games featured twomore local teams in two closegames.

Salt Spring Sockeyes, 1; Juan deFuca, 2

The local girls could not make ittwo victories in a row on the roadbut played solidly in an unluckyloss. Bad breaks proved costly forthe local girls as they scored onceinto their own goal and Juan deFuca's other goal came from acorner-kick that slipped into thegoal through a mass of players.

In reality the Sockeyes'goal wasa rather lucky affair also as aBrenda Akerman shot bounced inoff Denise de la Franiere's knees.For Denise it was her first goal ofthe season and well deserved onher improved play in recentweeks.BRIGHT SPOTS

Two bright spots for theSockeyes have been the improvedplay of their two rookies and thesolid play of their defence. CaraCruickshank and GeraldineHagan are the two 13-year-oldrookies and considering they arecompeting in an 18 and overdivision, they are doing well justbeing on the field. In recent weekst h e i r p l a y h a s i m p r o v e dtremendously and they havegreatly assisted in the Sockeyes'resurgence.

The defence, anchored by thesound play of Susan Spencer,looks steadier each game out andshould get s t ronger w i thexperience.

The Sockeyes' approach toscoring is the same as the Strikers'but they lack two essentialelements. One, they don't have a

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gunner, a player with the drive andhunger to score goals andsecondly, the team fails to shootenough.

They proved, in their only win,that when you shoot enough thegoals soon come.Salt Spring Savages, 1; VictoriaWest, 2.

The Savages tried a newapproach to this game andalthough the win eluded them thelocal squad played Vic West onequal terms.

The Savages came up with a newdefence, utilizing their four-manwall but added a sweeper-back inArne Wengstler. Arne and his twomid-field compatriots, Alan Webband Trevor Tamboline, hadexcellent games and the newdefensive format solidified theirdefence tremendously.DOWN THE WINGSOffensively the Savages went withfive forwards in an attempt to getgoals. The team tries to retain ballcontrol while forming most of theirattacks down the wings. Poorfinishing was their downfall as thelocal* squad had several excellentchances.

DaVe Toynbee showed a lot ofimprovement up front and withtime this new format should createmore problems for oppossingdefences. Trevor Tambolinescored the lone Savage goal, hisfirst of the season, as he slippedhome a fine cross from LewisCornwall.

Next week District Cup playbegins in some of our divisions andI will try to outline our springschedule for our many participantsand fans.

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It was nice to see one of ourlower-average bowlers coming upwith a nice triple. Mary Simpson,who carries a 144 average, camethrough with a 580.

This week also saw the first 800triple of the season from the ladies:Carol Kaye had 846. Other goodscores of the week came frommyself with 849 and 856; JoanBadesso, 755; Terry Jenkins, 708-778; Leo Toutant, 773; Joan Col-lins, 785; and Michael Kelly, 731.

Three hundred games came frommyself with 300-305-326; JoanBadesso, 306; Carol Kaye, 308; andJoan Collins, 300.

Bowlers of the week were CarolKaye and this writer.

We have lost three bowlers inthe men's league due to theirhaving to go off-island to completea logging contract. So if anyonewould like to finish off the season,which will be approximately anoth-er 11 weeks, please phone me orcontact the bowling alley. By theway, the men's league bowls everyMonday night at nine.

Nice to see Mike Kelly comingthrough with a big 361 in theThursday night league. We threat-ened him with his transfer papers ifhe didn't smarten up. What youhave to do as captain of the team toget people to bowl good! Onlykidding, Mike. Where could I findsomeone who can keep score aswell as you. Wish you didn't smokeso much, though.Tip Of The Week

Don't try to bust the pins: A nicemedium-paced ball gets a bettermixing action.Y.B.C. NEWS

We are pleased to announce thewinners in our Four Steps toStardom Tournament.

Short-handed Gorge losesto Salt Spring Kicks

ContributedSalt Spring Kicks, 14;Gorge Royals, 0.

Two of the regular Kicks playerswere away on Saturday, so theteam had no spares. Gorge wasshort quite a few players, and hadonly nine boys, two short of a fullteam.

The Kicks' players who scoredwere Paul Cottrell (6), Sean Logan(4), Graham Lee (2), AndrewHoeller (1) and Peter Coates (1).

Gorge did have some break-aways, especially during the first15 minutes of the game, but thepressure of being short of playerswore the team down, and for mostof the time the Gorge players werecontained in their own half.

Although the opposition wasconsiderably weakened, that didnot detract from the game theKicks played. They moved the ballin picture-book fashion; individualskills were strongly in evidence;ball control was first-rate; in all,the team-work was a delight towatch. When the Kicks are at theirbest, when they play this kind ofgame, as they have done severaltimes this season, then it is obviousthat very little separates them fromthe A division.CONSISTENCY

However, they lack consistency.They have a need for tighter

discipline. Above all, they lackfaith in themselves. These arequalities that will come, giventime, care and good coaching.

But a great deal of admirationmust be reserved for the Kicks'opponents, the Gorge Royals. TheRoyals moved up into Division 4Bwith the Kicks last September. Inthe 1978-79 season the Kicks andthe Royals fought tooth and nail forthe leadership of Division 5C.

This season, when Gorge movedup to 4B, the best players on theirteam were taken over by anotherGorge team moving into the Adivision. The 4B team was leftundermanned. However, the teammanager, Frank Rushton, man-aged to put together a team. Theplayers were mostly short onexperience and playing skills.

Consistently, the team has metdefeat. But despite such punish-ment, and despite difficulty ingetting a regular coach, FrankRushton has managed to keep theteam alive.

Most of the boys have turned outregularly, as nine of them did onSaturday. Those nine boys, keptplaying for most of the game, eventhough the score against them wasoverwhelming. They and theirteam manager are to be congratu-lated for that kind of courage.

Bantam DivisionSingle Girl, Shannon Taylor.Team, Girls: Jodie Harrison,

Jennifer Lacey, Laura Little, Jenni-fer Anderson, Leanne Simpkin.

The girls are to bowl at theWilson Bowl-A-Drome in Esqui-malt on February 24 in the secondstep to Stardom, the zone playoffs.Good luck, girls!Junior Division

Single Girl, Denise Harrison.Single Boy, Charles Rose.

Team, Girls: Dawn Guilbault,Debbie Anderson, Jayna Adshead,Teresa Wagg, Melissa Farrell.

The juniors are to bowl at theTown and Country Lanes in Victor-ia on February 24.Senior Division

Single Girl, Trisha Westcott.Single Boy, Kevin Noble.

Team, Boys: Steve Corcoran,Marvin Foerster; Danny Fraser,Jim Fraser, Kevin Kline.

Seniors bowl on February 17 atthe Ladysmith Bowl-A-Drome.

Best of luck to all our bowlers.We'd like to see them win the zonefinals and go on to compete in theprovincial finals.

Best individual scorers for Feb-ruary 2 were as follows.

Jets: Clinton Helfrich, 93; Kris-tina Calver, 56.

Pee Wee's: Christine Spencer,110; Deanna Little, 104; TanyaSlingsby, 93; Paul Hatch, 107;Arlys Stratholt, 103.

Bantams: Kim Jorgenson, 162;Lisa Jorgensen, 160; Jennifer La-cey, 151; Kurt Sadler, 163; BryanFarrell, 121; DrewRipley, 117.

Juniors: Denise Harrison, 204;Christine Rush, 170; Danica West,154; Charles Rose, 139.

Seniors (January 30): TrishaWestcott, 201; Alex Hele, 201;Cindy Corcoran, 154; Kevin Noble;Danny Fraser, 269; Marvin Foers-ter, 252.

Seniors (February 6): Cindy Cor-coran, 218; Alex Hele, 192; JanetFoerster, 185; Gordon Hitchcock,287; Kevin Noble, 279; KevinKline, 263.

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SPORTS)

Strikers are victorious overunbeaten Lansdowne Mavericks

BYSTRICKAUSTSalt Spring, 4; Lansdowne, 3.

Last Saturday the Salt SpringStrikers faced their most importantchallenge of this season's sched-ule. The day offered ideal soccerweather, dry and warm, unlike thetwo games that had brought us tothis point.

We had earned the right to playthe first-place Lansdowne Maver-icks, a team that was as yetundefeated in 12 games.

First place was not in question inSaturday's game, that belonged toLansdowne. And from their record,it is obvious that they deserved it.Something more important was tobe decided.

Of the eight teams in our sectionof Division 6C, only Lansdowneand the Strikers play a totalteam-play format of soccer. All theother teams rely on one or two fastforwards, and they just continu-ously feed them the ball, in thehopes that they can get a break-away and score.

The Strikers had decided tocommit themselves to a totalteam-play format, a decision thatrequired many hours of hard work,and more importantly, totally un-selfish play on the field.HAD IMPROVED

Their play had steadily improv-ed, but Saturday would give us thechance to find out how far we hadcome, and if we had made the rightdecision in choosing our style ofplay.

We were more or less able tohold Lansdowne in their own endfor the first 15 minutes of thegame, but their defence and goalieheld firm and we were unable toscore.

Finally, Stuart Lyon, driving inon goal for a shot, was tripped ashe moved around the last defender.The resulting penalty kick wasdrilled home by Stuart and theStrikers went ahead 1 - 0.

On the next drive up-field,another goal, and this time theresult of some very heads-up play.The Strikers usually move the ballup the wings and have the wingcross the ball to the inside for-wards, but Lansdowne had ourforwards double-manned in front ofthe net.

On the drive the right winger,Peter Aust, instead of crossing tothe covered forwards, threw theball right across the goal front tothe left-winger, Erin Fewings. Erinfound himself unchecked in front ofthe goal and drilled the ball hometo put the Strikers ahead 2 - 0.

ABLE TO SCOREAfter this goal, Lansdowne came

back with some pressure of theirown and were able to score, andkept the game within reach.

For the first ten minutes of thesecond half, Lansdowne kept thepressure on the Strikers. However,due to the excellent play of SaltSpring's defensive trio and goalie,and a little luck (two shots hit thegoal post), they were held score-less.

Salt Spring's next goal was on aplay that had become almost atradition for the Strikers and hasresulted in at least one goal in

the ball through the defence, andJeff Moger, dashing by the de-fence, picked up the ball and beatthe goalie low and to the corner,putting the Strikers ahead 3 -1.FOURTH GOAL

Five minutes later, Salt Spring'sfourth goal was scored by ToddChase. Todd has been somewhat ofan unsung hero in his position ashalf-back. It has been due in part tohis hard work at that position thatthe Strikers have been able to keepteams hemmed up in their ownend, and his goal was a just rewardfor this hard work.

With the score at 4 - 1, and onlyseven or eight minutes left to play,it seemed a good time to send inthe Strikers' spares to give themsome important game experience.

Almost immediately, the trend ofthe game changed, and Lansdownewas scrambling all over the Strik-ers. The fact that Lansdowne wasable to use this slight advantage tochange the whole complexion ofthe game was a good indicator ofjust how closely matched these twoteams are.

After four or five drives the

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North-south: first. Bill and Mar-jorie Downs; second, Dr. and Mrs.Hyslop; third, Fred Melhuish andNorm McConnell.

East-west: first, Gordon andDoric Best; second, Audrey Camp-bell and Gordon Hutton; third,Peter and Lorna Pentz.

Mavericks registered their secondgoal, and on the very next play theymade it 4 - 3 . With only twominutes to go, we were forced tosend our starting line-up back in toget the game under control againand those last two minutes werevery tense.

Next season the Mavericks willmove up to the "B" level of ourdivision, and when they think backabout the teams that they played toget there, I know they will remem-ber their friends, the Strikers.

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Annual vestry meeting Production schedule is 'mostheld at Fender Island ambitious plan ever undertaken'

The annual vestry meeting of St.Peter's Church, Port Washington,was held at the School-CommunityCentre on February 3. It waspreceded by a smorgasbord dinnerfor about 65 persons.

The meeting opened at 7 pmwith a prayer by Archdeacon DavidPowell. The vestry clerk, Mrs. MaeMoonie, read the minutes of the1979 annual meeting. J. Verner,treasurer, gave the financial re-port.

People's warden G. Berry gave adetailed account of the work doneby members for the church'simprovement and thanked themany who had faithfully giventheir time during 1979.

Mrs. M. Clarke read the reportof Women's Guild.

Douglas Marker, rector's war-den, thanked Archdeacon Powell

and all those who had workedduring 1979 to ensure that thechurch would move forward. Inparticular, he thanked the Wom-en's Guild without which, he said,"we would be dead". They hadsupplied tiles for the floor, a fridge,a lawnmower, a range and hadmade many other contributions.

Mrs. V. Keevil and Mrs. B.Laroux, who had substituted aschurch organist at the Sundayservices, were thanked by Mr.Marker.

Marker concluded by saying thatalthough the donations had in-creased considerably during thepast year, the expenses haveincreased. Inflation in the past twoyears has taken its bite, he said. St.Peter's Church needs help, headded, and he felt sure it wouldcome from the people of theFenders.

In what was termed the mostambitious plan ever undertaken bythe group, the Salt Spring Playerslast week a n n o u n c e d the i rtentative production schedule for1980 and early 1981.

Re-elected president ErnieRubright said, "If we only do halfas many shows as are now planned,we will be offering our audience alot of live theatre. "Serious drama,a musical and a liberal sprinklingof comedy are all contemplated.

Already in rehearsal is thetechnically difficult, long, one-actperiod drama. The Singular Life ofAlbert Nobbs, with a cast of eightwomen and a small boy. A numberof men, none of whom appear onstage, are also heard.

The show is being directed byLiduin Currell, assisted by DavidFitchew; produced by MaggieWarbey; and staged by Reg

Taylor. Performances are plannedfor Mahon Hall on March 28, 29and 30 in conjunction with theGulf Islands Secondary Schooldrama class production of the one-act Still Stands the House.TO VICTORIA

It is anticipated that both showswill move to Victoria the week ofApril 6 and be presented as part ofthe Theatre B.C. South IslandZone Festival, with a possibilitythat either show could be selectedfor another performance at thep r o v i n c e - w i d e Thea t r e B.C.festival at Cou/tenay in June.

A number of musical comediesare being considered for possiblepresentation near the end of May.The f e a s i b i l i t y of s u c h anendeavour is, however, far fromassured in view of the royaltyrequirements, space l imitat ionsand the number of cast and crew

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The Christmas Show will be inthe tradition of pantomime similarto the Beauty and the Beast andCinderella Christmas shows of1978 and 1979

Planned for March or April,1981, will be another show suitablefor entry in the South Island ZoneFestival competitron.

A preproduction co-ordinatorfor each of the planned upcomingshows has been named by thePlayers e x e c u t i v e . They areM i c h a e l H a y e s f o r t h e M a ymusical; John Lomas for thesummer theatre program; GwenHind-Smith for the fall show; PatDesbottes for the Chris tmaspantomime; and David Fitchewfor the spring, 1981 festival entry.Those named, together wi thCather ine F a u l k n e r . DorothyCummings and Liduin Currell, arethe Players executive for 1980.

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Library listsnew books

The Mary Hawkins Library re-ports that a number of new bookshave been added to the library'sstock.Fiction

Cannibals and Missionaries, byMary McCarthy; Living in theManiototo, by Janet Frame; TheGood Husband, by Pamela Hans-ford Johnson; The Widow, byNicolas Freeling; The Dark Jour-ney, by Diana Raymond; TheEstablishment, by Howard Fast;End Game in Paris, by Ian Adams;The Shadow Spy, by NicholasLuard; Just Above My Head, byJames Baldwin; Old Live, by IsaacBashevis Singer; The Wave, byChristopher Hyde.

Non-FictionA Cornish Childhood, by A. L.

Rowse; The Fourth Man, byAndrew Boyle; Spain, by JanMorris; The Old PatagonianExpress, by Paul Theroux; WinterDreams: An American in Moscow,by Jay Martin; Forty Years ofMurder, by Keith Simpson; TheComplete Cat and Kitten Book, byDr. N. Johnson; Life at the Dakota,by Stephen Birmingham; PrinceCharles, by Anthony Holden; Outof This Century, by Peggy Guggen-heim; Arabia: A Journey Throughthe Labyrinth, by Jonathan Rabin;Hirshom: Medici from Brooklyn,by Barry Hyams; The Letters ofLewis Carroll, Vois. I and II, editedby Morton Cohen.

Wednesday, February 13, 1980 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Page Fifteen

Karen Bird reads meters butshe would rather drive a truck

Final campaign

Wisdom from hustingsBY BRIAN SOBER

Reading meters for B.C. Hydrois only a temporary job for KarenBird of Salt Spring Island. Karenhas been filling in for a few days aweek since last June for the regularmeter reader, Jim McMahon.

The work is only off and on forthe moment. However, she's gother foot in the door of thecorporation and is just waiting, shesaid, for the right job bulletin tocome up on the vacancy board.

Karen graduated last June fromGulf Islands Secondary School andhas been driving a truck andreading meters on Salt Spring andthe other Gulf Islands.

Truck-driving is what Karen saidshe really wants to do. Particularlyin a place like Salt Spring, sheadded. Karen said she prefersoutside work but doesn't think shecould get a permanent job positionon the Gulf Islands.

"So I'll just have to keepwatching the job board and wait foran opening in some other smallcommunity."

She would like to take an airbrake course, she said, whichwould qualify her for the truck-driving job she wants.

In the meantime her job ismeter-reading and that takes a lotof practice, she explained. Afterattending a one-day course inmeter-reading at Duncan, Karen

hit the Gulf Islands trail withMcMahon for a month's furthertraining.

who think that meter-reading is ajob for them and not women.

But Karen is just as physically fit

Now, she said, she can just aboutdo the job without getting lost orwithout getting confused by themany combinations of numbers onthe meter.

Her pet peeves are, of course,dogs and, strangely enough, men

for the job as any man and hasproved it already. Her life in schoolinvolved a healthy, active interestin sports such as soccer, baseball,roller hockey, swimming and ten-nis. If that background isn't suit-able for a meter reader or a truckdriver, then what is?

Random snippets from publicmeetings of all candidates haveshown the Rhinoceros partywinning the laughs, while othercandidates have looked, first, forvotes.

There have been no all-candidates' meetings in the islandsbecause it has been impractical forspeakers to r e t u r n home toVancouver Island in quick time.

Strength of the armed forces hasbeen one of the few subjects to findLouis Crowbird Lesosky, theRhinoceros candidate, in a seriousmood.

The strength of the people whobelieve in peace is very strong, hetold one meeting.

Ern ie K n o t t , C o m m u n i s t ,doesn't feel that Canada should befully disarmed in an armed world.He does not believe that Canadaneeds forces in West Germany todefend Canadians. Nor did hesupport Canadian participation inNATO or NORAD.

Tory Donald Taylor said that abuild-up of Canada's armed forcesis the only security the country has.He condemned Liberals for thestate of the armed forces today.

Jim Manly, of the NDP, couldrecognize the need for the armedforces but he could not justifyheavy arms expenditures becausethe United States "is pulling thechain".LIBERAL RECORD

Liberal Leo Gervais explainedthat the impressive record of

Canada's peacekeeping force hadbeen marked up during the Liberalregime.

Knott disagreed that the armedforces were in bad shape.

There is a massive, orchestratedcampaign to return to the ColdWar, he charged.

"And the Russian bear holds thebaton," retorted Taylor.

Taylor looked at the fall of theConservative government.

It was the exercise of the callousLiberal leader in an attempt to getpower, he charged.

Taylor took a swing at bothTrudeau and Broadbent.

Trudeau had not made his mindup over the price of gas. At first hesaid there would be an increase,although less than the Tories' 18c.

Now, protested the candidate,he has a formula "but doesn't tellus the specifics".

Broadbent was accused of beingno less clear, but he can't look backon 11 years in power.

"He would set up anothercommittee for study."ENERGY PRICES

Canadians have taken a beatingover the high energy rices and thecost of living, replied Manly. Hisparty would offer a strategy thatwould put Canadians back towork.

Only the New Democrats couldafford to make promises, tauntedGervais, because they had nochance of fo rming the nextgovernment.

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"I will continue to voice your concerns and will do my best to keep youinformed on all the issues which affect everyone in Cowichan, Malahat, The Islands:

In just six months, Don has shownhe deserves a full term.

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Mrs. Turner was the first speak-er and spoke of raising goats. Goatmilk is easy to digest and useful forinvalids and those with milk aller-gies, she said. Goats are light-weight animals and easy to handle.The milk costs around 50c. - 60c.per quart, not including labour.

Goats need a three-sided shed,draft-free and dry, with the fourthside open to the sun.

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Goats are milked twice a day for10 months and normally they arebred each year. They will stay inmilk production for three to fouryears. Mrs. Turner recommendedusing stainless steel containers forthe milk, which is filtered into a jar.Cold water is run on to the jar tochill it quickly.

The break-even point is ISOlbs.of milk per year. One of Mrs.Turner's goats gives over twogallons of milk per day in summer.

The milk can be used to makehard cheese or cottage cheese.Some of the world's most famouscheeses come from goats' milk.Butter can be made by separatingthe cream. It is white in colour butcan be coloured artificially if desir-ed.

A goat's gestation period is 150days and twins are common,weighing 7 to 7'/z Ibs. Most of themhave horn buttons which are betterremoved for safety. Mrs., Turnerprefers to bottle feed her kids, andalthough it is more work, they aremuch tamer and easier to handle,she said. The bucks are normallybutchered and eaten.CLEANLINESS

Mrs. Turner stressed that forsuccess, cleanliness is essential.Goats are browsing animals, butthey need a pound of grain forevery litre of milk produced. Theyneed a cobalt salt block and freshclean water twice a day.

A good grade milk goat sells for$100 to $150.

Domesticated goats' hoovesgrow very quickly and must betrimmed regularly, otherwise thegoat can become crippled. Pruningshears work well for this job, saidthe speaker.

The next speaker was Mrs. JoyceJones who told of her experience inraising rabbits.

Rabbits are higher in proteinthan any other meat we eat, andthe lowest of all in cholesterol.They are low in fat and lowest

again in calories per pound. Theytaste much like chicken, but are adenser meat, so less is needed for ameal.

Rabbits are easy to raise, Mrs.Jones explained. They need a dry,clean hutch (commercial ones arethree feet by three feet), but Mrs.Jones likes a bigger one, five feetby three feet, with the floor of wiremesh. In this size cage the doe cancomfortably raise seven youngrabbits.

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Due to our absence from theisland news in this department hasbeen missing and we have somecatching up to do.

Sorry to hear that quite a numberof islanders have been strickenwith the 'flu and other ailments.Get-well wishes to the followingwho are patients in Lady MintoHospital: John Bennett, WalterHunt-Sowrey and Bob Aitken.

A speedy recovery to MargaretBennett who is home after a stay inRoyal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria,where she had surgery.

The regular meeting of the SilverMaynes Association was followedby a Valentine Box Social Mondayevening at the Agricultural Hall.

President Al Wardle reportedthat applications for garden lotsmust be in before March 1. Acharge of $10 will be made. Thebowling group plans to hold a St.Patrick's Dance at the ActivityCentre March 15. A film will beshown in April and a Spring Sale isplanned for April 19.

Following the meeting the gailydecorated boxes were auctioned byauctioneer Herb Wilson. The even-ing of fun ended with dancing.

About 35 Mayne Islanders tookthe bus tour to Reno in January. Anovernight stop was made at Eu-gene, Oregon, and side trips weremade to Sparks and Carson City.Some of the attractions includedthe MGM Show and the Bill Cosbyand Debbie Boone Shows. JeanBeaumont reports the weather wasreally nice there and they allenjoyed the trip.

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white are the two breeds recom-mended by Mrs. Jones. A 4-lb.rabbit dresses out at 2 Ibs. Today,rabbit sells at $4 per Ib. A doe canhave as many as six litters a yearand should be bred every three tofour months.

At today's costs the dressedrabbit meat costs $1 per Ib., Mrs.Jones said.

The third institute member whospoke was Mrs. Angela Veriour, anew resident of Fender. Whileliving in the Peace River on aquarter-section of land, she andher husband had two cows, aJersey and a Guernsey, which shesaid were small and good-natured,and produced 2'/2 gallons of milk aday. They grew all their own haybut bought dairy feed and saltblocks.

Frank Jones spoke about eggproduction. He recommended buy-ing seven to eight-week-old pulletsin November, and they will startlaying in January. If last years hensare still keen on laying, let them doso. If not kill and eat them, headvised. Keep the new ones separ-ated from the old lot for about fiveweeks. Jones said he puts eightinches of sawdust all over hischicken house and changes it twicea year. Be sure and build yourchicken house in a shady spot, hesaid.

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This should stimulate us to askall those questions about our ownpropagation problems.

The evening meeting will be onFebruary 20 in the United Churchlower hall, and all island gardenersare welcome.

A workshop will be heldMonday, Feb. 25 at the churchupper hall. Fred Maybee willspeak on the pruning of fruit trees,including soft fruit bushes, from 10am until 11 am, then we'll go on tothe garden of Mrs. A. Bacon for ap r a c t i c a l d e m o n s t r a t i o n ofpruning.

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