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Biggestsalmon is10 Ibs. 6 oz.

Wind and rain over the weekend were no deterrent to BernieReynolds, who caught both thelargest salmon and the largest codin the Salt Spring Island Rod andGun Club salt water fishing derby.Reynolds took the $75 prize for his10 Ibs. 6 oz. salmon and the $25prize for his 21 Ib. cod.

Second-largest salmon wascaught by Randy Bennett, ofSardis; his fish weighed in at 10Ibs. 2 oz. for the $50 prize. Thethird-largest salmon, for the $25prize, was caught by Leslie Stev-ens, of Salt Spring, and weighed 8Ibs. 15 oz.

The consolation prize of $100was won by Joe Guilbault, ofGanges.

The derby was held Saturdayand Sunday.

Organizer of the derby wasRandy Sloan, who said on Mondaythat the turn-out was poor althoughclose to 200 tickets were soJd. Onlysix fish were entered and Sloanestimated that 20 people had gonefishing in the hopes of hooking onfo the big one.

They weren't completely skunked

'Alan Davies holds the eagle as Randy Howardcarefully strokes the back of his head.

Island boys take home full

grown bald eagle in derby

Islands Trust

meeting

Salt Spring Islands Trust willmeet next week in Victoria. Meet-ing will take place on Tuesdaymorning, April 4, in the Trustoffice. This is the former St.Anne's Academy.

Two Salt Spring Island boyswho had entered the derby andgone fishing on Saturday wenthome skunked as far as salmonwere concerned, but they didn'treturn empty-handed. They wenthome with a full-grown bald eagle.

Alan Davies, 14 and RandyHoward, 17, were fishing in San-sum Narrows when they saw theeagle on the beach. They wentashore to take a closer look butcouldn't find it. A little later, theysaw the bird again and when theywent to look, it didn't fly off, buthopped away from them.

They eventually caught the

eagle by throwing their coats overit and tying its legs.

First-aid treatment was latergiven by veterinarian Claus An-dress, who discovered the eaglehad a broken wing, the result of agun shot. Driftwood was told thebird had probably been shot 10days or two weeks before and hadlost a lot of weight.

The eagle has been staying withAlan Best on Ganges Hill, who saidMonday that the bird has beenoffered to the Children's Zoo inVancouver.

Emergency feed for the hungrybird was provided by Salt SpringSea Products; by Monday he waseating well, Driftwood learned.

PAT MACPHERSON SPEAKS

Committee does not see needfor second school at Fernwood

The Fernwood Parents' Com-mittee does not deem it necessaryto build a second school on SaltSpring Island, Gulf Islands SchoolBoard was told last week.

Pat Macpherson spoke for adelegation from the parents oppos-ing the Fernwood School. Thegroup attended the school boardmeeting in Ganges on Thursdayafternoon last week.

The opponents had collected479 signatures on a petition oppos-ing the school in one week, she toldtrustees.

The group had discussed theiropposition with the minister ofeducation, Pat McGeer, and he wasunable to understand why theschool board would fly in the faceof public opposition, Mrs. Mac-pherson reported to trustees.

Mrs. Macpherson asked whe-ther the board had looked atalternatives. She had been told byMcGeer that money is available for

alternative accommodation for stu-dents, she told trustees, althoughshe had been under the impressionthat this was not so.

The procedure was being over-looked, suggested Chairman TomDavidson.

The school board looks at the

Week end is

busy one ifor police

The holiday week end was abusy one for the RCMP detach-ment at Ganges. Police apprehen-ded six impaired drivers and threeothers were given roadside sus-pensions. In addition, there werefour accidents.

picture and evaluates it, whenthere appears need for new facili-ties. This evaluation is passed on tothe ministry of education. It is thenassessed by the provincial person-nel.

"Has the minister approved thebuilding?" asked Mrs. Macpher-son.

In principle, replied the chair-man.

"Has the final approval comethrough?" pressed the spokesmanfor the committee. It has not.THREE GROUPS

There had been three sets ofofficials on the island from theministry of education, reportedSecretary-Treasurer Wilf Peck.They came to look at the site, thebus situation and the populationmap. he reported.

The third of the calls had beenmade that same morning, saidPeck. The official had been charg-

Two dogs kill 21sheep-$1,200 loss

Two dogs were shot on a farm on Mansell Road Monday morningafter 21 sheep were killed out of a flock of 60. Karl Hoeller, managerof the farm, said Tuesday that the loss in the value of the animalsalone amounted to $1,200.

On Monday morning, Dr. Claus Andress, Ganges veterinarian,spent almost six hours treating sheep that had been injured. Therewere only 14 sheep left unharmed by the dogs': four ewes and 10lambs.

Mr. Hoeller had been in the process of building up his flock whenthe Sunday night/Monday'morning slaughter took place. He is leftwith numerous motherless lambs and a smaller flock than that with

• which he began a year ago.Mr. Hoeller was surprised at the ignorance of people with regard

to the ways of sheep. One man had asked him if the sheep could notdefend themselves in any way against the dogs.

Driftwood learned that charges under the Domestic AnimalProtection Act may be laid against the owners of the dogs.

Gulf Islands Studios

Sponsors are pleased

with their success

[Tiirit li> Twenty- Four}

Gulf Islands Studios receivedits initial grant from Canada Worksin November last year, for thepurpose of teaching art educationthroughout the Gulf Islands. Theproject consists of three profes-sional artist instructors. BillWheaton. Frances Farninow. andPat Barnes.

The sponsors are pleased withtheir success.

In November. Bill Wheaton andFrances Faminow began art classeson Mayne Island.

Frances instructed line, colour,and design, at See Studio, and Billinstructed a watercolour course atGulf Island Studio.

The programs were for 10 ses-sions and were geared to adults.During this period both instructorsalso taught children's art classes.

All these programs have beensuccessfully completed, and newcourses are presently being or-ganized.

WEAVING AND FABRICIn December, Pat Barnes began

weaving and fabric on Salt SpringIsland. The programs were organ-

Students create

disturbance

at Fender

Fender Island was the scene of aminor disturbance Tuesday after-noon. Members of the Gangesdetachment RCMP went over toFender after being notified thatabout 30 high school students werecreating a disturbance.

Rumours of an escaped convictHe*ne in the area were untrue.

ized for both children and adults.The adult courses were taught inher studio, the Loom Room, andthe children's courses took place inthe classrooms of the elementaryand secondary schools.

These courses will soon becompleted, and new programs willbe announced shortly.

Since January. Gulf IslandStudios has expanded its pro-grams. Bill Wheaton instructs apainting class in the United Churchon Salt Spring Island, and FrancesFaminow instructs classes on Fen-der Island. Frances teaches bothadults and children. The adults aretaking a course in line, colour, anddesign, and the children are takinggeneral art.

Eventually Gulf Island Studioshopes to have art programs onGaliano Island and Saturna Island.

New chairs

provide comfort

at Court HouseIsland wrong-doers can expect

more in the way of comfort at theCourt House in Ganges. Abouteight chairs have been placed inthe lobby at the provincial govern-ment building.

The court deals with juvenilematters first when it is in session,and is then closed to the public. Inrecent months, the large numbersof juvenile cases have resulted inpeople having to wait in the lobbyfor up to two and a half hours.There were no chairs at all before.

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Spotlight on Theatre

Drama Festival slated for Salt SpringBY MARILYN TAYLOR

With three weeks remaining inwhich to finalize arrangements,Salt Spring Players will be hostingthe British Columbia DramaAssociation's South Island ZoneFestival this spring in Ganges.

Festival entries have been sub-

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In addition to Salt Spring Play-ers, there will be four CommunityTheatre groups participating in thisyear's Zone Festival: Manta Play-ers from Colwood; PeninsulaPlayers from Victoria. Gulf IslandsSecondary School will also enter aplay produced by the school underthe direction of Ian Thompson.NINE PLAYS

Altogether, nine plays have beenentered in this Festival which willnow run three nights, beginning onThursday 20 April through Sat-urday, April 22.-Theatre space tobe utilized will be the ActivityCentre at the Elementary School.

This Festival's adjudicator willbe Ron Pollock, whose credentialsinclude professional experience at

Stratford, Ontario, as well as NorthCarolina, Edmonton and Van-couver.

At the close of the Festival a BestProduction will be chosen to go tothe provincial finals, which will beheld in Powell River this June.

Watch for posters and flyers aswell as a detailed account of theproductions to be published inDriftwood.

It should be a super Festival: seeyou at the Theatre!

Fined fordriving withno insuranceAndy Mitchell, of Mayne Island,

pleaded guilty in Ganges ProvincialCourt Wednesday to driving avehicle without insurance.

Mitchell's vehicle was involvedin a two-car accident on Fernhillroad, Mayne Island on February28. He was fined $250 by JudgeO.K. McAdam.

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Windsor Utley, Salt SpringIsland artist of international re-pute, is also the proprietor ofUtley's Art Galleries, at Sidney.From April 2 until April 16, thefeatured display at the Sidneygalleries will be the recent paint-ings and drawings of Italy byWindsor Utley.

Artist and musician, Utley hasbeen exhibiting his work since1944, when he was unknown.

Since that time he has gained awide following.

The present exhibition is devot-ed to the work he has completedsince his last Italian visit in 1977.

Nearly 30 years ago the islandartists spent two years in Siena.Italy has held an attraction for him,ever since, and his works reflectthe Italian influence.

Colin Graham described Wind-sor Utley as the Italian Presence,when he had a one-man show in theArt Gallery of Greater Victoria in1972.GANGES STUDIO

Utley has his studio in Ganges,above the Recreation Centre, over-looking the harbour. His housedown the harbour, termed Wind-sor's Castle, is better known thanhis studio. The striking building isnotable from outside and insideand even in the house, the Utleylove affair with Italy is evident.

The romance of Italian history;

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the landscape and architecture ofItaly; even the beach scenes of thebrilliant Italian Rivers are seen inUtley's work. They will be seen atthe art gallery in Sidney, nearPatricia Bay Airport.

The artist operated a gallery inSeattle before moving to British

Columbia. During his residence inthe Washington city he had threeone-man shows in Seattle ArtMuseum. He has enjoyed manyone-man shows since his early daysas a painter.

Taking part in the direction ofhis gallery are Mrs. JosephineUtley and their son, Claude Utley.

BridgeFollowing are the winners of the

Canadian Legion Duplicate Bridgeon March 21.

During the afternoon, east-westwinners were: first, Peg Richard-son and O'Dell Reid; second, JeanJohnston and Viola Webb; third,Hilda Orchard and Lois Popkin-

winnersClurman. North-south: first, HelenShandro and Phyllis Henderson;second, Alf and Vera Nichols;third. Bunny Jordon and Mary K.Thomas.

The evening's winners were,first, Mary K. Thomas, second andthird, Fred Melhuish and N.McConnell.

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by richards

They learned more than French as

Anyone can make a mistake. OnWednesday I got up early to takethe paste-up of Driftwood to Lady-smith, where the paper is printed. Icaught the 7 am ferry to Crofton,drove up to Ladysmith and walkedinto the shop of the Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle at about7.45. Good timing!

It was then that I discovered Ihad brought nothing with me. Thetruck was empty! That cookiecrumbled messily.

* * *I have a thing about notations in

books. 1 used to find them, yearsago, giving references for quota-tions. Sometimes there would be a ,notation at the foot of a page totranslate a quotation into Englishfor the benefit of the less erudite.Like me. But now any writer whospent six weeks in any universitylearning the Morse code knowsthat everything must have copiousnotations. Sometimes they refer toextra information that the writerput in as an afterthought. Ninetimes out of ten, he might as wellhave left it out altogether. TakeHazlitt. He wrote, a century ago,about the west coast. Not once didhe use annotations. No silly littlenumbers with corresponding num-bers at the foot of the page. If he'dsailed in the mid-1900's, it wouldhave been black with 'em. Lot ofstatus, there! Meself, I never read'em. If the books is worthy readingI'll believe the writer was a brainwithout silly little numbers to tell

Valerie, who has been on andoff the staff of Driftwood since she

left school, is off. On Monday sheleft for Europe. But I see it likethis: I haven't lost a daughter, I'vegained a car!

* * *In Grand Forks, like every-

where else, they had labourtroubles. Everyone else waswrong. The Grand Forks Gazettepublished a statement from one ofthe affected, though not disputing,parties. In part, the statement ran:"The Board of School Trustees andCUPE which has placed bothteachers and students in thisdistrict in an incredibly stressfulsituation which has severely inhibi-ted the learning process for thepast two weeks." Where else, butfrom a teachers' association, wouldyou find a report like that? Never abull's eye! Always approach thetarget tangentially. One day we'llhave teachers who can no longercommunicate with the commonherd. Not yet, of course, but....oneday!

* * *The Rotary Adventure in Citi-

zenship was a blow to agingchauvinists. First I found myselftorn to ribbons by Pauline Lyngardin her address on the Role ofCanadian Women. Then Jane Sabaexplained that I was obese, over-weight, overfed, under-exercisedand generally an unpleasantsample of humanity. At least,everything she covered in herspeech on Physical Fitness left meoutside the door. But I got Jane'smessage. I don't take enoughinterest in athletic pursuits. So Ibought a sports car!

* * *You can't be sure whether it is

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students visited Quebec citiesWhen a group of Gulf Islands

Secondary School students went toQuebec for 10 days, they not onlyfound a new world of French, theyfound new French-speakingfriends.

Irene Wright, French teacherand sponsor of Quebec tours for thestudents, told Gulf Islands SchoolDistrict trustees last week that thestudents had previously knownFrench as one of the subjects inschool. When they went to TroisRivieres, they found it a reality.

Mrs. Wright outlined the tourand some of the highlights.

She told the trustees that if aperson learns to speak one lang-uage there is no technical reasonwhy he can't learn another.

She described the manner inwhich the islands students hadencountered difficulty and explain-ed that the greatest barrier tocommunication was the reluctanceto start speaking a strange lang-uage.

The older students had lessproblems. It was the youngest levelwho were the slowest to try outtheir French. She recalled thatonce they were engaged in winter

half-past-one or 73 degrees, fah-renheit when you are in the schoolboard office, now. They have a newclock, a metric clock. Instead of theconventional clock where everyman and his dog knows the time bythe position of the hands, this onehas all kinds of figures around thedial. I hope it works a 100-hourday. I mean, if it's a 24-hour clock,how do they make that metric?

* * *Like everyone else in the coun-

try, I watched some part of thePrime Minister's address in NewYork. I listened to him speaking toan American audience. I didn'tknown until after the oppositionspeakers had had their say that itwas an election speech. I heard theCanadian epistle to the Americans.Then I heard Mr. Broadbent tear itinto shreds. Mr. Clark followedwith an equally scathing summary.Only two others spoke on thesubject. They were not politicians;they were businessmen. And theywarmly endorsed it. All this provesthe worthlessness of the TV policyof according time to opposingparties to tear apart a governmentspokesman. We never hear asensible, constructive criticism.We only hear the bitter, oftenvicious, attacks of the men whowish they were government. It issuch television shows that convincemany Canadians that the partycomes before the country. Suchempty spontaneous attacks,launched solely as an automaticresponse to a government state-ment lead many of us to supposethat any opposition member wouldrejoice in the collapse of Canada aslong as it took the governmentparty with it. The comments arenot only worthless, they could bewritten by any grade four studentin any Canadian school, becausewe all know the commentary beforeit is broadcast and we can evenvisualize every sneer and everysmirk that accompanies it.

games, they lost their inhibitionsand started to loosen up.

The trip was well organized.QUESTIONS IN FRENCH

Scott Slocombe recalled the tripfrom Montreal, where the Frenchhosts were speaking French andpressing for answers. On the bus toTrois Rivieres, the islanders wereasked the size of their shoes andvarious other statistics as a meansof starting the responses in French.

The tour was an immersioncourse. No English was spoken anda system of fines was imposed onanglophones who resorted to Eng-lish.

The tour was sponsored by theuniversity at Trois Rivieres and ananalysis of the procedures, withstudents' reaction, submitted inEnglish, will be made later.

Such a trip to Quebec is aneye-opener for the students, saidMrs. Wright, because they arc-exposed not simply to anotherlanguage, but to a new series ofcustoms and a culture quite distinctfrom their own.

The students thoroughly enjoy-ed the trip and would gladly do itagain, the board was assured.

There will be another such tripthis spring, for another group ofisland students.

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Wednesday. March 29, 1978

The odorous harbourFor the past dozen years there has been a general

acceptance that a sewer system for Ganges was needed.Residents and tourists have wrinkled their noses at the odoursrising from Ganges Harbour. It is, unfortunately, an aromathat appeals only to the few.

There has been a steady campaign for those dozen years toinstall a system in Ganges. In latter months it has become acontroversial issue. The project has been ordered, however, bythe Pollution Control Board and plans are going ahead.

While the service to the central core of Ganges is the heartof the controversy, there is an aspect of any decision on asanitary sewer system that cannot and must not be overlooked.

The health of the Islands depends to a very considerabledegree on the efficiency and competence of the Lady MintoHospital and its staff.

The hospital was constructed in 1958, 20 years ago. It wasconceived and built to serve a population one-half of the size ofits area today. The community depends on the availability of areasonably up-to-date hospital. Today, the hospital enjoys thebenefit of a devoted staff and a conscientious administration.But even they cannot, alone and unaided, provide themodernization that the community is assuredly entitled toexpect, but the facilities that spell the difference betweenliving and dying.

The people of the community and the administration of theregional district are confident that a sanitary sewer system willbe installed in Ganges in the foreseeable future and that theneeded changes to-the Lady Minto Hospital will be carried out.

Since the first foul bubble ruptured on the surface ofGanges Harbour, to release its warning jet of sulphurettedhydrogen, many years ago, the need for sewers in the areabecame evident. There has always been a warning cry fromconcerned watchers that improperly drained areas areconducive to disease. In Ganges we have the double threat ofdisease due to filth in the harbour and of lack of adequatemedical facilities if the hospital cannot expand to serve thegrowing community of the Gulf Islands.

In recent weeks we have heard protests against the sewerproject and we have heard pleas for amendment of the systemproposed. It is easy to be sympathetic with any call forimprovement, but how long a delay can we afford? Many ofthe questions being asked today might better have been asked20 years ago when the proposal was young and the need lessurgent.

By all means let us press for the best system and the besttreatment that can be evolved. We should accept it withoutquestion that we want these things. But, please, don't let usargue specifics up to the time when it is illustrated, tragically,that the debate has overlived its proper span!

The Ganges sewer proposal is not a luxury; it is anecessity. The area to be served and the manner of thatservice are secondary. It must not bog down on those debates.

Letters to the EditorDISARMAMENT

Sir,Ever since the introduction of

nuclear weapons, it has beenevident that these instruments oftotal destruction represent thegreatest threat to the survival ofmankind.

While some progress has beenmade toward limiting the develop-ment and spread of these terribledevices, it is generally recognisedthat these steps have fallen farshort of what is necessary if any ofus are to achieve real security.

We are convinced there is asolution, if a sufficient number oflike-minded people can be convinc-ed to use the power they possess tocompel disarmament, and thereexists a unique opportunity to dojust this when the United NationsGeneral Assembly meets in SpecialSession May 23 to June 28 this yearto discuss one question only:disarmament.

Our brochure represents a con-

sensus of opinion of a number ofgroups, church, labour, peace,environment, who are concernedabout the increase in magnitudeand destructive capacity of worldweaponry.

40,000 copies of this brochurehave already been printed and arebeing circulated to a very widerange of diverse groups of citizens,with the hope that it will arousediscussion and promote action.

Plans include a DisarmamentWeek end for March 31 - April 2,with a request to Vancouver CityCouncil to declare March 31 Dis-armament Day, and a proposal tothe churches that they mark April 2as Disarmament Sunday with ap-propriate action. We intend also toask the public for signatures on thepostcard by setting up tables atdowntown locations and suburbanshopping centres.

We hope you will find itpossible to become involved in thiscampaign to stop the arms race

"KEEP A SHARP EVE OT3T FORbefore it spins out of controlaltogether, and we look forward tohearing your suggestions.

For the Ad Hoc Coalition forDisarmament

(Rev. James R. Roberts,Chairman)

187 West 16th AvenueVancouver, BCMarch 14, 1978

SCHOOL COSTSSir,

Please keep us informed of ourSchool Board's efforts to controlthe runaway costs of education inthe Islands (if any).

Or are they really concernedwith costs?

Can they justify:(1) Closure of the Secondary

School on December 20 and 21?(2) Closure on February 2nd?What will happen:(1) On April 3rd?(2) On May 19th?Aren't car use allowances of 23c

per mile, about 7c per mile toohigh?

What possible justification canthere be for paying substitutes forteachers junketting to Californiathis month?

Keith JacksonKR 1 .Mayne IslandVON 2JOMarch 16, 1978

SAVE ENERGYSir,

A noted Churchman, speaking ina Cathedral in England, opened hisremarks to his audience with thesewords, "We know that we some-times upset one another by whatwe say..."

I hope that I will not upsetanyone with what I propose withthe following suggestion. I proposeto change the economy of theworld, i.e.: we have been advisedby the media to lower our "ThermoStats" and to turn out our lights -i.e., to generally save power and toconserve our diminishing naturalresources which are not only scarcebut costly because the ArabNations have consistently raisedthe price of oil and oil products.

While we go on economizingapproximately 50% of the year byadopting Daylight Saving (Puttingthe clocks ahead of Standard Timeone hour) for the summer period,we must accept that this is only ahalf measure.

1 propose to set the clocks behindStandard Time for the Winterperiod as much as they are setahead of Standard Time for the

summer period, i.e. one hour. (Achange of two hours from summerlo winter.)

I further propose to change thework day to nine hours during thesummer period and to seven hoursduring the winter period. For thispurpose let us forget about springand autumn. For the whole yearthe work time would still averageeight hours a day.

However, in the summer periodwe would have the advantage ofmore free power from the sun thanwe would have in the winterperiod. The common sense thing todo is to take advantage of the'"Mger day during the summerperiod.

We would then be more in-dependent with regards to oil andoil products than we are now.

It is a geographical fact that theEarth oscillates north and south ofthe centre position: one half of theyear north and then one half of theyear south of the centre position.

That is why we have the seasons.So, by setting the clocks ahead of

Standard Time for the summerperiod we would get more freepower from the sun and that wouldjust ify using this power for a longerwork day. i.e. nine hours duringthe summer. Then, when wintercomes, when-we would have less, 'iwcr and a shorter day, we couldtake it easy and sleep longerbecause we would be working ashorter day and would not need as

much power, etc.This plan would benefit the

whole world as both North andSouth Hemispheres would benefitalternately from the scheme. Comeone day. say spring Equinox,March 21st. clocks would go aheadone hour. Then, when the autumnEquinox comes on September 21st,the clocks would go back twohours, (i.e. one hour ahead ofStandard Time for summer thenone hour behind Standard Time forthe Winter.)

Ha.s the world any objections?./.L. McNeil,Ganges, B.C.March 17, 1978

Sir:TOO MUCH

I note from your issue of March8. 1978, a lengthy letter from Mrs.Yvette Valcourt with respect to herobjection to the manner in which asanitary sewer system is proposedfor the Ganges area.

While I respect and woulddefend Mrs. Valcourt's right tospeak out on this and other issues,I sincerely believe that her criticalcomments regarding me cannot go,unanswered.

On a number of issues whichtroubled Mrs. Valcourt I havealways attempted to deal with herfairly and as promptly as possible.In fact, a member of your newspa-per staff was present at a very

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Sl'NDAY, APRIL 2, 1978

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GULP ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD •.eFi\

Letters to the Editor

lengthy meeting one afternoon lastsummer as representatives of theRegional District, Islands Trust,the Ministry of Municipal Affairsand Housing, the Medical HealthOfficer and I sat in an attempt toidentify and resolve several matt-ers at issue.

Neither that meeting, nor oth-ers which have been speciallyarranged for Mrs. Valcourt could inany way be considered "a formal-ity" or "a mere waste of time".

Mrs. Valcourt holds very strongviews and expresses them in aforthright manner. Whether Iagree with her or not is beside thepoint - rather - I try at all times tolisten and function objectively. Myoffice remains open to Mrs. Val-court on any matter, including thecurrent dispute but, however, Ithink that most of your readers willunderstand that it is not possible toarrange meetings requiring a reas-onable amount of time on 24 to 72hours notice.

In this particular case, as inothers, I have returned Mrs.Valcourt's telephone calls throughthe working day as.well as in theevening, and at times have beensubjected to extremely critical com-ment which is not necessary, notproductive and goes beyond thelimits which even an elected repre-sentative of all the people in agiven constituency should be re-quired to accept in silence.

Hugh A. Curtis,MLA

Saanich and the Islands.March 22, 1978

IT IS YOUR BACK YARDSir.

A reaction to the news of B.C.Hydro's proposed Georgia Straittransmission line seems often tobe: "Well, as long as it isn't in myback yard."

Islanders and coast people, theGeorgia Strait IS your back yard,and your front yard. As school-kidsin Ganges, we used to think ofTexada as a far-off post in our vastand nebulous northland, and don'trecall Lasqueti even being markedon the map. It is still amazingsomehow, that the distance fromhere to Galiano is the same as thatfrom Ganges to Victoria. The entireStrait of Georgia from Quadra tothe San Juans is less than half thesize of now dead Lake Erie.

The size of our dwindling (inmore ways than one) environmentaside; those persons who react asabove are missing a major point.That is, that Vancouver Island doesnot need more hydroelectric powerfrom the mainland. To condone theHydro line is to ask for uncheckedover-consumption and waste, acontinuous spiral of increasingdebts and exploitation of ourresources (the damming of ourrivers, the loss of prime agri-cultural land, the losses to ourfisheries) as well as local hazards

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like possible oil leaks from the lineinto the Strait, for what? Perhapsto fuel the industrial fires of Japanet al through multi national corpor-ate agreements by the Tri-LateralCommission, of which Bonner is amember?

We firmly believe that withincreased efficiency B.C.'s powerproduction and consumption, theusefulness of our present hydro-electric supply can be extendeduntil less ecologically costly, re-newable, and safe power sourcescan be utilized. At any rate, withconservation measures becomingpart of our daily habits (one of ourmothers is so quick to close thefridge door she almost catches hergrandson's fingers; the otherdoesn't even own a fridge), we feelit is understandable for all of us tofeel a little bit righteous and todemand that industry become con-servation minded also. The threelargest electricity consumers onVancouver Island are the "forestproduct" outfits. Forest productsplants can (apparently somealready do) burn their own wastesto produce enough electricity forthemselves, even with some leftover.

How about it? Self-sufficiency isa worthy goal. Diversification ofour power sources will give all of usgreater security. The pressure toprovide, that Hydro believes isupon them, would be relieved, theywould not have to overextendthemselves (and our pocketbooks)after all, and we would have noproblem "hanging on" until welearn to utilize better powersources.

With nuclear fusion (not "fis-sion" which is the process assoc-iated with radiation and poisonouswaste); geothermal sources, sun,wind, waves, tide, photovoltaiccells and so on to choose from inthe future, it seems that locallyapplicable technologies should bedeveloped by the time we needthem.

N.D.P. spokesman Lome Nicol-son (MLA Nelson-Creston) hascalled for an inquiry into B.C.Hydro's policies and activities, anda possible 10 year moratorium onall new B.C. Hydro constructionprojects. It seems this would giveHydro (and others) more time,money, and energy to put intofurther research and planning ofalternate power sources.

We say let's all prod Hydro andour government to act with morerestraint in the current "boom orbust" cycle.

R. Hildred,B. McClean,Lasqueti Island,March 19, 1978

FERNWOOD SCHOOLIS NEEDEDSir,

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Fernwood wants a school, I canassure you there are many who liketo see the school constructedwithout further delay.

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i Fernwood. Did 78% of the peoplepolled wish to see the school

' stopped? We were given thedistinct impression it was only for atemporary delay. Not all parentswere polled and those with onlypreschool children were not eventaken into consideration. No gen-en»! meeting has been held sincebefore this poll was taken.

Yes, Ganges is a convenientlocation for a school. Many parentswork in Ganges. Many parents candrive their children to and fromschool without disrupting theirdays. Nearly all after school activi-ties take place in Ganges. Could itbe, a school in Fernwood would bea personal inconvenience to manypeople?

Fernwood school has been inthe planning for at least threeyears. The anticipated overcrowd-ing in Ganges is now a reality.Fernwood school is needed and

. needed now! I suggest theseconcerned parents utilize theirnever-ending energies and comeup with some positive, constructiveideas for Fernwood School.

Ellen HazenboomGanges, BCMarch 27, 1978

INTRODUCED BY NDPSir,

In last week's Driftwood, Edu-cation Minister Pat McGeer isreported to have stated, speakingof the ICBC, "The rates are justover 50% of other parts of Can-ada". What he neglected to saywas that in some parts of Canada,notably Saskatchewan and Mani-toba where there is governmentsponsored insurance, the rates arelower than in B.C. These provincesmanage to provide lower insurancerates without recourse to bringingin an alien advisor at $80,000 peryear.

I would like to remind Dr.McGeer, and others with shortmemories, that the insurance sav-ings he was speaking so proudlyabout came into being because oflegislation introduced by an NDPgovernment which he and theSocreds strenuously opposed.

I.C. ShankGanges, BCMarch 25, 1978

TOUR A TOTAL SUCCESSSir,

The students of the Gulf IslandsSecondary School Concert Bandand the stage band would like totake this opportunity to express ourgratitude to all the people in thecommunity who helped to make ourCalifornia tour a total success.

The trip proved to be complete-ly worthy of the effort. It allowedthe students to acquire a betterunderstanding of an environmentforeign to them. The students werebrought to the awareness thatbeing Canadian was somethingspecial.

Everyone realized that workingand cooperating together made thegroup a functioning unit.

Sing-a-longs such as 'Alice-the-Camel, and Doo-Daa's were com-mon, as the group formed into abig happy family.

On behalf of the students, wewould like to especially thank ourparents for their understandingand co-operation. Also thanks go tothe many other contributors suchas the Chamber of Commerce andM. McLoughlin for the tokens ofappreciation, the assistance of theLions Club at the dance and theband uniforms donated by theRotary Club.

Thanks are expressed to thecommunity for supporting the bandby attending concerts, dances, and

buying our multitudious raffle tick-ets.

We thank our chaperones, Mr.and Mrs. Mike Byron, Miss Sitton,and Ms. Purnple for their respon-sibility and leadership.

Special thanks are conveyed toMr. Wilf Davies, our bandmaster,for making this tour possible. Itshould be noted that we hit onlyone McDonalds on the entire tour.

Eric ElfordJill JohnsonGanges, BCMarch 27, 1978

ORIGINAL CHARTER WANTEDSir,

I would be grateful for theassistance of yourself and yourreaders in tracing the originalcharter granted by the Boy ScoutsAssociation . to the Salt SpringIsland Cub and Scout Association.

According to the Islands Re-gional Headquarters of the BoyScouts of Canada, the originalcharter was issued in May, 1932.At that time the Leader and theGroup Committee were as follows:

Cubmaster: Mr. George Elliot;Chairman: Mr. W.E. Scott, Secre-tary: Mrs. Joan K. Springford;Members: Mr. F.H. Walter, Mrs.Ida Crofton, Mrs. Nancy E. Englis,Mr. G.R. Crofton.

The present Group Committeeis interested in obtaining theoriginal charter in order to com-plete our records. Therefore, if youor any of your readers can assist usin locating it, we would be verygrateful. Please contact me at537-9661. E.D.E. Hoskin, chairman

First Ganges GroupBoy Scouts of CanadaRR 3, GangesMarch 25, 1978

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Page Six GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, March 29, 1978

More Food for ThoughtSome people would call it

BY MARY C. WILLIAMSONFor the Committee for World

Development Education and ReliefThe final session of our evening

study group was enlivened andenriched by the Rev. Wes Mault-said, Co-ordinator of the B.C.

World Development Committees.He talked of the hazards of his job,being answerable to 10 Bishopsand five Presbytery Officers! Hetalked about the Church TaskForces enquiring into corporateresponsibility, northern develop-

Did you getUnemployment

Insurancein 1977.'

If so, you have probablyreceived a tax information sib

(T4U) in the mail.If the slip hasn't

arrived...If you didn't get a T4U

from us, go to your localpost office. Pick up a postalreply card to apply forduplicates. Fill it in andmail it. Tfou'll get yourduplicate T4U in time tofile your tax return.

If the slip hasarrived...

If you did get a T4U butneed a replacement for anyreason, also use the postalreply card. Mark "replace-ment" on the card in theupper right hand corner.

If the slip has arrivedbut you need more infor-mation...

If you did get a T4U andstill need an itemized state-ment, fill in the same card.YJU must write the totalUI benefits you got in 1977somewhere on the card.

This is important. It willhelp us get your statement toyou in time. You'll find thetotal benefits figure inBox "B" of your T4U slip.

Canada's UnemploymentInsurance Program

Working with peoplewho want to work.

Employment andImmigration Canada

Emploi etImmigration Canada

ment, human rights in Latin Amer-ica, and Ten Days.

Wes served for three years inBelize, where he quickly realizedhe had more to learn than he couldpossibly teach; that he receivedmore from them than he could everhope to give. Belize is about thesize of Vancouver Island (theirAnglican Cathedral is older thanmost Canadian churches) and or-iginally the home of one millionpeople. The population has shrunkto 140,000 with an average incomeof $450 a year. Food costs the sameas in Canada!

* * *The Task Force on Northern

Development has recommendedthere be no pipeline until nativeland claims are settled. Do youknow that milk costs twice as muchin the Northwest Territories as inEdmonton? But alcohol is no moreexpensive, being subsidized by thegovernment' „ # *

Ten Days Committees point outthat Canada is importing more foodand growing less. Five food chainscontrol all our markets, and food isbeing grown for profit, not people.We talked about strawberry jam.Mexican strawberry millionairespay their workers slave wages sothey can undercut Canadian grow-ers. B.C. used to have 14 canner-ies. Now we have five, four ofwhich are in financial trouble.

* * *Following a recent letter to

Driftwood criticizing CIDA, weasked Wes if the churches monitorthese funds. The churches receivegrants from the non-governmentside of CIDA, monies being used toliberate people from the conditionsin which they live. CIDA workersare in touch with only the poorestof the poor, and corruption onlycreeps in when large sums areadministered by those who arealready wealthy.Good News: The Midland Bank ofGreat Britain has withdrawn all itsfunds from Southern Africa, follow-ing the example of a big U.S. bank.Bad News: We spend 25 times asmuch on armaments as on all aidprograms.Good News: Falconbridge, a sourceof embarrassment to many of us, isnot really Canadian! It is Americanowned, and called Canadian to takesome heat off the U.S.Bad News: Eugene Whelan, al-though sympathetic to SusanGeorge and Gonzalo Arroyo, visit-

Baloney by TonyIt's quite fashionable to read

Driftwood. It's even more fashion-able to start reading Driftwood atpage six.

In some quarters it's fashion-able to drive Cadillacs. And inothers, it's fashionable to wear furcoats made from the skin of theharp seal.

It's unfortunate that the econ-omy of Newfoundland is dependentto a certain extent on the clubbingof young seals. There's somethingvery wrong when a full-scaleslaughter of young animals isnecessary to satisfy the whims ofthe fashionable. And if such a

slaughter is necessary to give aboost to the economy, then thiscountry is in serious trouble.

Mankind will have taken amajor step forward if and when theword fashion becomes obsolete.Surely there are more importantthings to live for.

This paper will be indescribablydull: the old man's away again andbefore leaving, made me swear ona stack of Driftwoods that Iwouldn't say anything unkind ab-out the Rotary Club.

ing economists during Ten Days,complained he is number 16 in theCabinet and has no clout! What-ever you think of Mr. Whelan,number sixteen is a pretty ominousposition for the minister dealingwith something as vital as food!

Gonzalo Arroyo said we mustnot be too easily discouraged.

"The poor have vision andhope," he said.

Speaking in Toronto, he wastold of a slum district where hewould find poverty, even in Can-ada.

"Come to Mexico City," hereplied, "and I will show you800,000 poor. There, you don'thave to look for them!"

* * *Argelia Tejada told Wes Salt

Spring was one of the best placesshe visited1 * * *FLASHBACK

Remember Sadie Vernon andthe jam factory? It now employs 18women. A group of Belizeans willvisit B.C. this summer.April 8. Workshop in Chemainus.Details from Alice Andress.April 22nd. World Relief Tea.Bakers are having problems with.

our request for cutting down onsugar. We are simply asking thatpeople be aware of the message ofthe Third World, which is, don'tbuy our cash crops. Force thegrowers out of business, so that wecan grow food for ourselves. Ofcourse we cannot turn the clockback to the days when we didn'tuse sugar (and when diabetes wasunknown) but we can discover thatwe need much less than we thoughtand feel healthier the less we use.

Scott Slocombe

is successfulA Salt Spring Islander was

successful with his entries at thethird International Fish Show heldat Victoria March 13 to 18.

Scott Slocombe won first place inMarine Photography, MediumGichlids and Most Beautiful In-termediate (17 years and under)Tank. He also placed third for theBest Aquarium Plants.

Show took place at the HillsideMall.

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Bud Cullen, Minister Bud Cullen, Ministre

SALT SPRING ISLAND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGTuesday, April 11,1978 at 8 pm-

in Mahon Hall, Ganges

Agenda:

1) Financial statements

2) Election of trustees

3) Appointment of auditor

4) Any other business

The trustees would appreciate agood turn-out of island residents

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It wasn't eight o'clock

Readers may think that a Driftwood photographer was up earlyto get this picture, but they would be mistaken. The picture doesshow a clock but it doesn't say 8.01. Hie time shown is actually 4.01pm and the clock is a metric one.

It is the first 24-hour clock to be purchased by Gulf IslandsSchool District and it hangs in the board room at the school boardoffice in Ganges.

Galiano Lions

elect officers

Galiano Lions Club were hoststo two fellow Lions from Sidney.Art Moshagen is running for zonechairman, he was accompanied byArt Kool. They were welcomed tothe dinner meeting prepared byMary Knudson and Helen Neale.

Election of officers for thecoming year were as follows:president, Roy Harding; vice-pres-ident, Tommy Carolan; secondvice-president, Henry Knudson;secretary, Archie Frewer; treasur-er, Albert Lantinga; two-year di-rector, Reg. Comwell; one-yeardirector, Peter Dunn; tail-twister,Frank Basarab; Lion Tamer, CamPrior.

Mr. Harding gave sincerethanks to his committees for theirhard and dedicated work duringthe past year. New officers will nottake their official positions untilJuly 1.

It was reported that the recentseafood dinner was a success, withmonies made to be spent on aworthy cause on Galiano.

The Dene are the people* * *

They know who they areBY MARY WILLIAMSON

Who are the Dene (pronouncedDennay with the emphasis on thesecond syllable)?

Item 4 of the Agreement drawnup by the Dene people (at therequest of the Minister of IndianAffairs) in October, 1976, reads:

"4. The definition of the Dene isthe right of the Dene. The Deneknow who they are."

Isn't that a beautiful and pro-found statement? Think of thethousands of books written, andthe millions of dollars made bypsychiatrists, all to help people likeyou and me to find out who we are.And the Dene know who they are!

One of the reasons they knowwho they are is that they areaboriginal people and they stillsurvive in the land which has beentheir home from time immemorial,the Mackenzie Valley. We may callit the Northwest Territories, or thefinal frontier, or whatever wechoose. But to them it is home.Their homeland.NEARLY TRICKED OUT

They were almost tricked out ofit in 1921, and it is doubtfulwhether our mandarins in Ottawawill ever grant them the autonomythey seek, within the country ofCanada, but at least they know whothey are, and those of us who take

the time and trouble to listen canfind out, and maybe help ourselvesin the process.

For instance, they govern byconsensus. An issue is debated andthen a vote is taken. Those whovote against, or are undecided, areinvited to state their reasons.

These are again debated, andanother vote taken.

The process continues until allare agreed. How's that for anadvance on democracy?

Certainly there is a chance thatsome may vote with the majority asthe easy way out, but at least theyare all informed of the issues andgiven an opportunity to state theircase and then, and only then, isanother attempt made to win themover.CONCERNED CANADIAN

Michael McNall, co-editor of anexcellent new magazine "The Con-cerned Canadian", visited Gangeson Sunday, and talked to a smallgroup at the Community Centre.

He is concerned with "ProjectNorth", an inter-church project onNorthern Development.

In September, 1975, the Angli-can, Lutheran, Mennonite, Presby-terian, Roman Catholic and UnitedChurches of Canada, along withthe Canadian Council of Churches,formed this project to help them-

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selves more effectively address thechallenges of native land claimsand northern development.

Their two objectives were:•To support the creative activit-

ies of Native people engaged in thestruggle for land claims and North-ern development, especially incommunicating their struggle topeople in the South and

•To challenge and mobilize theChurch constituency (some 15,000,000 or more adherents) in theSouth and to respond to the ethicaland moral issues of NorthernDevelopment.

SMALL GROUPLet us hope that their success in

the second objective is not measur-ed by the size of the group whichturned out to hear Michael McNallon Sunday!

D'Anna Carson joined us to givemore facts and figures, and we sawsome slides of the first NationalAssembly of the Dene, where 1,000people talked for seven days andfinally came up with the DeneDeclaration.

I was impressed by the hugeWARNING notice outside thecamp:" NO ALCOHOL ORPRUGS" and Michael told usevery car was searched beforebeing allowed to enter. There werethree or four old houses and thecontrast between them and thebeautiful tents and tepees wasperhaps symbolic of our differentways of life.

Michael remarked on the child-ren: they are very independent, butthey didn't get into any trouble orcause any trouble. They were veryhappy and never cried.

LITERATUREMichael left quite a fair sampling

of literature at the CommunityCentre. Just ask the Communityworker if you would like to borrowit, but the best thing you can do tobecome more informed is to sub-scribe to the "Concerned Cana-dian", 4660 Elk Lake Drive, Victor-ia, B.C. V8Z 5M1. Their informa-tion brochure states: "we do nothave any political affiliation. We donot wish to portray any form ofradicalism or extreme politicalviewpoints."

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GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, March 29, 1978

Story of Capt. Cook and CanadaBY FRANK RICHARDS

It was probably a severe blow tothe Indian peoples of the islandsthat Capt. James Cook, RN, ne-glected to call on them when hewas sailing up and down the Pacificcoast. 200 years ago. It was neverestablished that he even knew theislands existed, still less visitedthem.

The interesting feature of thebi-centennial is the light it throwson the Royal Navy of the 18thcentury and, of course, the rela-tionship between the Navy and thecoast of British Columbia.

There remains Cape Cook toremind posterity of his visit andNootka Sound to remind posterity

of the main link with the famousexplorer and hydrographer.

Walbran mentions the namingof Cape Cook and explains that itwas originally named Woody Pointby Cook. That was March 29, 1778.Nootka was junior and was notchristened until April. EstevanPoint was named Breaker's Pointby Cook. It was changed.

Woody Point was cancelled outby Capt. George Richards, ofPlumper, in 1860. It was Richardswho coined the name, Cape Cook.TO SCHOOL

Walbran recalls, that Cook wasthe son of a farm labourer, JamesCook. His father gained an ap-pointment as hind, or foreman, or

bailiff, at Airey Holme, the proper-ty of Thomas Skottow. Young Cookwent to the day school at Ayton.

It is interesting that Skottowwas socially so far above the youngboy that without the name ofSkottow, James Cook would havebeen unknown. Yet, history recallsSkottow solely because the bailiffsson was on his property.

Cook was apprenticed to haber-dasher and grocer in Staithes untilhe was about 18. At that time heshipped in the collier, Freelove,450 tons. It was operated by theWalker Brothers, John and Henry,of Whitby.

He stayed with it and wasultimately promoted to mate

aboard the Friendship, a newvessel in the same line. He servedin that office for three years.

In 1755 he joined the RoyalNavy, shipping out as able seaman.In the Eagle, 60 guns, underCaptain Hamer, he served for amonth before being promoted toMasters Mate. He was serving inthat capacity when Capt. HughPalliser joined the ship.

Palliser fell in line with Mr.Osbaldiston, MP for Scarborough,who wrote on behalf of variousneighbours, in favour of the youngCook. He was given a master'swarrant and appointed to theSolebay. In October, 1757, he wasappointed as master to the Pern-

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The income tax return hasbeen improved this year,making it easier for you to doit yourself. And to make iteven easier, read the six basicsteps in the Guide. You'llprobably find all you need toknow there. But if you haveany additional questions,you'll find the answers in thedetailed portion of the Guide.

And remember:l.Include all your originalreceipts.2.Double check your returnbefore mailing it. If you havea refund coming, you'll get itsooner if your tax form hasbeen done accurately.

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Revenue Canada Revenu CanadaTaxation Impdt

Hon. Joseph P. Quay L'hon. Joseph P. QuayMinister Ministre

Money stolen

at schoolRCMP at Ganges are investiga-

ting the theft of $200 from a gymlocker at Gulf Islands SecondarySchool.

Money belonging to Greg Sollittwas stolen Monday morning.

broke, Capt. Simcoe.They sailed to North America

and Cook brought credit to hisfriends in his work on the St.Lawrence.

In 1759 he was transferred tothe Northumberland, Capt. LordColville. It was in Northumberlandthat he made a survey of part of thecoasts pf Nova Scotia and New-foundland. His work gained theattention of Lord Cojville and of thegovernor of Newfoundland, Capt.Graves.

He went back to England and in1862 he was married in LittleBarking, Essex. A few monthslater he went back to Newfound-land to engage in marine surveys,where his work was excellent.

Cook made the rank of Lieu-tenant to sail to the South Seas andto witness the transit of Venus.When Cook, in Resolution, return-ed to the South Seas in 1775 he hadan able seaman aboard, GeorgeVancouver, who was to give hisname to western Canada.

In 1776 Cook set out for his lastvoyage. His second ship wasDiscovery and the captain wasCommander Charles Clerke. Van-couver was now a midshipman inDiscovery.

After a survey of the northPacific coast, he set out for thesouthern warmth and lost his life inHawaii.

Less well-know aspect of Cook'svisit to Nootka was the fact that hewas carrying a considerable load offurs taken on Vancouver Island. Bythe time the two senior officers hadboth met their deaths, the twoships sailed home from the south-ern hemisphere by way of China,where they sold their furs. Theprofit realized, reports Walbran,was so great that the crew wantedto go straight back to Nootka andget some more.

FUK TRADEThe return of the two ships to

London in 1789 spelled the beginn-ing of the fur trade on thenorthwest coast of the Americancontinent.

Cook's widow was living at 88Mile End Road, London and re-mained there for several yearsafter his death. She died atClapham in 1835.

The history of the explorer-hy-drographer shows the manner inwhich he and Vancouver were bothfrom the lower deck. In 1842William Taylor, of Greenich diedsuddenly. Admiral of the Red,Taylor was the only survivingofficer who accompanied Capt.Cook on his last voyage. Taylor wasrated able seaman.

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First on Salt Spring?

Caesarian Section oncow at Fulford farm

A successful operation wascarried out on a cow at Fulford lastweek. It is believed to be the firstCaesarian Section ever to be done,to a cow, on Salt Spring Island.

The purebred Polled Herefordbelongs to Lyle Hamilton-Homeand the Caesarian was done by Dr.Claus Andress last Tuesday. Dr.Andress told Driftwood that thecow was too young to be bred andfurthermore, that she had beenbred to a Charolais, a larger breed

than Hereford.The calf had died inside the

uterus and could not be removedthrough the birth canal. Hamilton-Home explained that the wholeside had to be cut wide open.

"My oldest boy, my wife andmyself pulled out the dead calf,"he said.

A week later, the cow was doingwell and her owner didn't foreseeany complications in breeding heragain in a few months' time.

C'est la guerre !** **

Another war and memoriesBY FRANK RICHARDS

The Lebanese were fleeing'. jfore the Israelis, stated the radioannouncer. Two carloads of cor-pses were there to bear witness tothe attack.

And my mind went back morethan a quarter-century.

It was another war and anotherassociation of people.

The Belgians were runningthrough France. They were ac-companied by the northern French.I was stationed in Auxi-le-Chateau,to the south of the English Chan-nel. As a very junior airman, I hadneither rank nor responsibilities.While we remained in the com-munity, a mini-air force withoutairplanes or air field, our duties.. wfc simple.

Day after day we spent walkingthrough ihe town.

It was a typical small Frenchtown of the Pas de Calais, its onlyclaim to distinction, in the eyes ofthe British troops, was the est-aminet. The Devonshire Arms.That was operated by a First WorldWar British soldier who hadmarried a French girl.

The other feature of the townwas the line, the unending line, oftraffic passing from north to south.ALL WORE A MATTRESS

Cars, trucks, hand-hauled cartsand pedestrians with nothing. Theyall made their dreary way from theGerman invaders. The cars wereloaded with people and posses-sions. Trucks carried the urgentneeds of the owner. Some hadrescued a baby buggy. Otherslooked to small items of furniture.They all carried people and they allwore a mattress on the roof.

The people were the escapingevacuees. The buggy or the tableor the chair were their treasuredpossessions and the mattress wastheir only hope against the enemyfighters which would swoop downon them to kill off the fleeingwomen and children, suddenly atarget of war.

There was a pathos about thatprocession which stayed with mefor many years.

A small group of us RAFpersonnel would walk to the northend of the town and get intoconversation with the passing par-ade. Some spoke English and allspoke French. We all spoke Eng-lish and very few spoke French.

We discovered afterwards thatthe line ran from the Belgianborder to the south of France. Wefought it for a hundred miles andmore.ALL THE SAME

The stories were all the same.The German Panzer groups werethreatening their towns and vil-lages and the northern people hadfled with what they could grabbefore the Germans entered theirhomes- .-., .<., . *,:.»,;-, t*.-: •/ •,.». *.«..« '...*.?

They wept or they cursed when

they illustrated the stutter ofmachine guns. Many a car showedholes in the bodywork wherebullets had penetrated withoutcrippling car or passengers. Thevictims of successful air attacksnever reached Auxi-le-Chateau.They remained along the side ofthe road to be buried by the armythat had destroyed them.

A few days after encounteringthese people with their tales ofhorror and heroism we also fled.The enemy scouts were withinhours of our position and it wasindefensible.

For mile after mile after mile we

drove across fields and throughditches to pass the payalyzing lineof traffic stretching across thelength of France.

Today, the paralysis is in anotherland and the language they speakis neither English or French, but Ifeel I was there once and it is beinglived over again.

The notes I had on theevacuation through France, culledfrom comments made by our casualencounters, were all stolen by thepetty thieves who enlist in everyarmy.

But, as the evacuees told me somany times, with a Trudeau-esqueshrug, "C'est la guerre!"

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DOWN THE GUTTER. with Ken Collins

The Easter holiday is comingback.

In 1980 the Spring Break will bethe Easter holiday again and thebrave new world will be back on atraditional schedule.

In recent years the Easter breakwas abandoned in favour of a moreregulated spring term. Easter var-ies according to the lunar calendar.Schools did not.

While schools marked a springbreak, they also closed down overEaster. Back on the old scale, theyrecover the two lost days, but theterm is flexible again.

The Easter holiday in futurewill begin on Good Friday or end onEaster Monday, according to thedate of Easter.

The fallen star fell even furtherthis past week. On Tuesday lastJulien Valcourt again bowled closeto 200 pins under his average. Heblamed it mostly on the fact thatit's hard to bowl with a ball andchain on your leg, plus the nastyname-calling by his team-mates.This week he is going to put in earplugs and get his ball and chain onwheels. Have you ever heard of aguy getting a foul because his balland chain went over the foul-line?

Just a reminder that our twoladies' teams will be bowling in theThomas Adams classified tourna-ment, on Sunday next, April 2 at

.12.30 pm in Chemainus. Best ofluck to you ladies; may one of youcome back a winner.

I would like to thank allthe people who have remarked tome about my weekly column. Thisway at least I know all my effortsare not in vain. I have tried to keepit both informative and a littlehumorous. I hereby apologize toanyone I might have offended, butwithout you to write about, mycolumn would be a dull one indeed.

We have so many people bowl-ing 800 triples and 300 games thisyear, that Ruth is running out ofboth space and numbers for thehonour roll board. She has had toresort to stealing numbers off thebowler of the week board to keepup with it.FIRST 400

On Thursday last, the first 400of the current season was bowledby yours truly, Ken Collins. Istarted out with 15 in the firstframe, followed by nine strikes anda right corner which I picked up,making the magic total of 403. Thiswas my fourth 400 game, the otherones, all bowled when I was livinginKitimat, were 418-410-408. Ruth

tells me that this was only the third400 game rolled in league play hereon Salt Spring. After writing aboutthe do's and don'ts of bowling itwas about time I did something toprove my points.

Once again this past week wehad some very good totals rolled,they are as follows: Julien Valcourt(720) Sam Cochrane (704) CharlieGulland (750) Charlie Byron (735)Terry Jenkins (781) Connie Kelly(744) Carol Kaye (775) DonnaDawe (710) Ken Collins (855-773-750-736) Bunty McNally (799) BobAkerman (724) and Albert Kaye(731).

The 300 games came fromKevin Kline (300) Andy Fisher(304) Charlie Gulland (301) JulienValcourt (311) Ken Collins (307)Charlie Byron (304) Carol Kaye(335) Cathy Cunningham (306).

Here is a list of the players whohave bowled their way into theschool teams to represent SaltSpring in the seventh annualsecondary school tournament. Theboys' team will consist of KevinKline, Jamie Marshal, Andy Fish-er, Brent Dawe and Kevin Noble.The Girls' team will consist ofKenna Marshal, Susan Marleau,Tracy Slocombe, Elaine Mostad,and Lisa Hughes.

Ken Collins, with his 855 triple,earns himself the Bowler of theWeek honour, and for the ladies,Bunty McNally with her 799 cameout on top.

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Trail and Nature

Club activities

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Club has drawn up the followingschedule of activities for April,1978.

April 4, Walk: Mount Maxwellcircular; leader Jack Webb. Meet9.30 am Fulford Drive-In, 10 amCentennial Park. Hike: Kathy'sHill; leader Mary Sylvander. Meet10 am Centennial Park, 10.30 amFulford Drive-in.

April 11, Nature walk: LeaderI.C. Shank. Meet 10 am CentennialPark, 10.30 am Fulford Drive-in.Walk and Hike; Woodley Ridge(near Ladysmith), leader MarionFoote. Meet 9.15 am sharp to catch10 am ferry at Vesuvius.

April 18, walk: T.B.A. leaderTed Brown. Meet 9.30 am FulfordDrive-In, 10 am Centennial Park.Hike: Bob's trail; leader Bob Ball.Meet 10 am Centennial Park, 10.30am Fulford Drive-in.

April 25, Bird Walk: leaderGertrude Smith. Meet 10 amFulford Drive-in, 10.30 am Cen-tennial Park. Walk and Hike:Ruckle Park area, leader BobKertland. Meet 10 am CentennialPark, 10.30 am Fulford Drive-in.

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Mrs. Pat Macpherson, spokes-man for the Fernwood Parentsopposing a school at Fernwood,suggested such an exchange at theclose of board meetings.

"I see nothing wrong with theidea." observed Chairman TomDavidson.

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Donna McFadyen off to OttavSeven students enter Rotary Club public spe

Donna McFadyen won theRotary Adventure in Citizenship onTuesday night last week. Gangesstudent was given top place in thepublic speaking contest stagedby the Salt Spring Island RotaryClub in Harbour House Hotel.

The grade 11 student at GulfIslands Secondary School spoke onCitizenship.

She was one of seven candidatesfor the one-week jaunt to Ottawa inMay. She will travel east by trainand return by air. In Ottawa shewill be the guest of the OttawaRotary Club. During her visit to thecapital, she will also meet theIslands Member of Parliament andsit in on the House of Commons.

The service club opened its doorsto guests for the occasion when thestudents spoke on seven differentsubjects.

In second place was Jane Saba,of Galiano, who spoke on physicalfitness. Jane the only contestantfrom Grade 10. The other six are inGrade 11.MARK HOUSTON

Transportation of Petroleum inB.C. inland waters.

Society is based on oil, said thefirst speaker. He referred to the

connotations of vast ships, hun-dreds of feet long and millions ofgallons of oil.

America must" be supplied withoil.

There is an oil barge in GangesHarbour about every three days,said Houston and there is theconstant danger of an oil spill. Thenearest clean-up equipment islocated in Victoria or Vancouver.The damage to the harbour from aspill of even thousands of gallonswould be irreparable.

'The risk is great enough as itis," he told Rotarians, "We don'tneed the added risk of largeAmerican ships, heading for PugetSound."

He expressed little confidence inassurances of safety.

The responsibility lies on theshoulders of the navigator, hereminded the gathering, and he'sonly human.

There will be at least three majoroil spills by 1990. he predicted.

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First use of artificial light byrenewable energy was in China.3,000 years ago, said Chris Lake,when they used a lantern poweredby glow worms.

The advent of fossil fuels and theseemingly endless supply of effic-ient and convenient powerbrought about a new era, herecalled.

By 1985 Canada's domesticsources of oil will be far short of herneeds. In addition, Arctic ex-ploration has been disappointing,he commented.

Coal is already looming as animportant part of the power pic-ture. Coal was the important fossilfuel of 300 years ago, he remindedthe Rotarians, and it is now makinga world-wide comeback.

He looked at electric power.There is scarcely a Canadian who

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power producers are looking tonuclear generators. In 1976 nuclearpower accounted for two per cent ofthe nation's power needs. By 1990this figure will probably stand at10%

Nuclear power is not to every-one's liking. There is the majorproblem of nuclear wastes, saidLake. The wastes have a radio-active life of 20,000 years.

"I wonder whether nuclear de-velopment is worth while?" hemused.

He favoured renewable re-sources: sun, wind, tides, andgarbage.

Renewable energy is desirableand inevitable, he forecast.

Rather than deplore the loomingshortage of power, we should bethankful for the resources thatCanada is fortunate enough topossess, he concluded.LORRI LARSEN

Maurice DupiessisSaint or sinner?Maurice Dupiessis was premier

of Quebec for two periods, recalledLorri Larsen. His contribution toCanada and Quebec is beingre-evaluated, she told Rotariansand the maligned politician isbeing re-examined as a greatleader: the man who' brought toQuebec a recognition of its ownindividuality.

When Maurice Dupiessis tookover the Quebec leadership hebrought the Union Nationale to aprovince whose previous govern-ment had been charged with too

close a co-operation with theanglophones.

The Second World War, with itsconflicts between Quebec and thefederal government broughtDupiessis down in 1939, but he wasre-elected in 1944, said thespeaker.

For all his faults, MauriceDupiessis was instrumental in re-taining the religion, the culture andthe ways of old Quebec.

History shows that Dupiessiswas engaged in a fight againstcentral government, said Lorri.

PAULINE LYNGARDThe role of women in Canadian

Society.Look back 50 years. urged

Pauline Lyngard. In the 1920'swoman's place was in the home, aswife and mother.

The average woman was marriedat 25 or an old maid.

In 1928, revealed the speaker,the Supreme Court of Canadaruled that women were not peoplewithin the meaning of the BritishNorth America Act and were,therefore, not eligible for member-ship in the Senate.

First woman in Canadian politicswas Agnes McPhail, in the 20's. Bythe 30's there were more women infederal politics, she recalled. Therewas a Mrs. Black, representing theYukon, and many men were leeryof her.

The frant ic 40's wrought thegreat change in the life of theCanadian woman. The SecondWorld War was the factor. Womenleft home to serve in the forces orto fill in the vacancies left by menwho were away with the forces.When the war ended, womensought to hang onto their jobs, andnot always with success.

Women still rarely reached ex-ecutive rank in business and thechurches seemed to be againstworking women, said the speaker.The Bill of Rights, in the 1960'sbrought it into the open, with aprohibition of discriminationagainst race, colour, religion or....sex.

She cited Judy laMarsh as one ofthe successful women of the (>0's.

Thirty-two per cent of the labourforce in Canada is women.

The stuggle continues. Womenare more than just bearers ofchildren, she urged, they areindividuals.DONNA McFADYEN

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a in Mayiking contest

the people themselves or becauseof the pioneers who built thecountry.

They pioneered and they pros-pered and they moved westward.And the prosperity was the resultof the good citizenship they dis-played, said the speaker.

and under-exercise, some 80% ofCanadians are physically inactive,she charged.

"Eat less and eat the rightfoods and get the exercise yourbody needs," she urged the serviceclub.

Everyone should be doing

A citizen is a person owingallegiance to and enjoying protec-tion from a government, she toldthe club, quoting a common defini-tion.

A citizen should know hisentitlement and his duties.

Citizenship is in the attitude ofa person. It is the factor that makesCanada one of the best countries tolive in.

The good- citizen is prepared tolook further afield and assumeduties and responsibilities in thewider community of nations, sheurged.

When laws are made by thecitizens, liberty is guaranteed

Canada is a land of people witha strong sense of citizenship, shewas confident.JANE SABAPhysical Fitness

Between 40% and 50% ofCanadian children are obese, stat-ed Jane Saba, Galiano student atGulf Islands Secondary School,who ranked second in the contest.Obesity is being 20 pounds over-weight, she explained.

Too much food and too littleexercise are the contributory fac-tors.

Why be physically fit? Becausethe fit stand the strain of livingbetter. Heart attacks and otherailments are the result of smokingand drinking and excessive weight.

"Being fit is the only way toenjoy life to the full," said thestudent speaker. With overweight

Pictured above are the studentswho entered the Rotary speakingcontest. From left to right they arePauline Lyngard, Scott Slocombe,Jane Saba, Chris Lake, LorriLarsen, Mark Houston and DonnaMcFadyen.

something about the physical fit-ness of Canadian children, sheurged. It should be part of theschool curricula.

"A 60-year-old Swede is fitterthan a 30-year-old Canadian!"

Fitness is one of the mostimportant factors in a long, happyand successful life, she declared.

"Are you one of the manyCanadians today still appallinglyinactive?" she concluded.

SCOTT SLOCOMBEConservation vs. IndustrialExpansion

Oil is the problem.The question on the west coast

has been the dispute between anoil line from the coast and thegrandeur of the interior, suggestedScott Slocombe. Many felt that thedanger to the environment was toogreat. The government agreed andsaid "No" to a supertanker port.

Too often projects are builtwhere they do the greatest harm,he observed and many countriesavoid the cost of putting in propercontrol devices.

Ecology is like the human body,he told the service club. Once anypart is damaged, the whole suffers.

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Announcement

The second annual Parent-Tea-chers Club Carnival Night was heldWednesday evening March 22, inthe new School Gym. There wasplenty of room for all the gamesand the crowd of 150 of all agesfrom the babies to our oldestcitizens.

Everyone took part in the gamesof chance and had a good time. Inthe Cake Walk, Ronnie Turner waslucky to win one of the fancydecorated cakes by making sure hestood on number 13 when themusic stopped! Ray Neal operatedthe used book stall while his wifeJudy and helpers were very busyselling tickets for the many gamesof chance.

They had them all there: RingToss, Clown Ball throw, Darts tobreak the balloon, Fish Pond, butthe most popular was the SpookHouse. A long line-up developedwaiting to go in just like Disney-land. Some of the kids were reallyscared, but it was so thrilling theyjust had to go back again.

Terry Driscoll was a very realis-tic witch with mask and long wig.The Spook House was organized byB. Fraser. Sheila Driscoll andMartha Nance. The Senior HomeEconomics Class made root beer,bottled in real beer bottles, underthe supervision of Teddy Kentwhile Barb Fraser and Muriel

"We can't halt industrial ex-pansion, and we shouldn't try."said Slocombe, "but we must findmeans of living together.

Part of the battle would helegislation to restrict activitieswhich would further endanger anendangered species, he urged.Once that species is gone, it is gonefor all eternity.

"Do we wani our children towonder about a tree or a crow as wewonder about the dodo?" heasked.

Principal R.D. McWhirterthanked the service club for theproject and Darryl Foerster ex-pressed the gratitude of the serviceclub to the students who took part.

Wallace supervised the making ofthe peanut brittle and home-madefudge, the prizes for the Ball Throwgame.

Karen Watson was responsiblefor the beautiful candied applesand pop-corn balls at the DartThrow game. Beth Amies andhelpful mothers were responsiblefor the refreshment stand and thehome-made doughnuts delic-ious! Bingo was, as usual, verypopular. The caller was our schoolprincipal. A. Rundle-Woolcock, as-sisted by G. Wallace and T. Orlawand students. The pot-bellied old-fashioned ceramic stove prize wasdonated by Littlecraft. The manyother prizes were donated by thePender Island and Sidney mer-chants.

She had 13There was an error in last

week's paper in the story aboutElizabeth Sampson, of Fernwood.

Mrs. Sampson was rejwrted tohave had 12 children whereas sheactuallv had 13.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINNotice is hereby given that the Annual GeneralMeeting of the North Salt Spring WaterworksDistrict will be held at 8 pm on Tuesday the11th day of April, 1978 at St. George's ChurchHall, Ganges, B.C.As required by the letters patent of the district the annual general meeting will beheld for the following purposes:

(a) To receive from the trustees a report on condition of the works anda statement of the financial condition of the improvement district.

(b) To discuss with the trustees any matter relating to the works or financesof the improvement district.

(c) To fix the remuneration of the trustees for the ensuing \ear.(d) To elect one trustee for a term of three years.(c) To elect the auditor for the ensuing year.NOMINEES FOR TRUSTEE ARE:

Kenneth Patrick

Copies of the l°77 Financial Statement arc available to the Kale Payers at theW aier District Office. M Larmour, Secretary

\Sun.-Thurs. Closed 6.30 pmFri. & Sat. Closed 7.30 pm 537-2249XT

Pane Fourteen GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, March 29, 1978

DowirThrough The Years-With Driftwood

FIFTEEN YEARS AGOThe fire department has

purchased an 800-gallon tanktruck from Central SaanichCouncil for $505, for use asan auxiliary water supply. Itmakes a total of 1,300 gallonsof water available for fight-ing bush fires and fires inareas without hydrants.

Did you know that it costsfive cents to post a letter inGanges to Fulford? Whenpeople sometimes stick afour-cent stamp on a letter, itmakes the postmaster gnashhis teeth and the recipienthas to pay extra, (moregnashing of teeth) to makequite a clatter with all thoseteeth gnashing.

So try to remember to buyfive-cent stamps. You justcannot lick this stamp bus-iness.

If skill in baking has anybearing on voting, localwomen supporters of SocialCredit made a big score onSaturday at the Social CreditLeague tea held at MahonHall. Attractive pies, cakes,bread and other delicacieswere offered for sale at thewell-laden home baking tablein charge of Mrs. J.B.French, assisted by Mrs.D.L. Slingsby and MissesGail Slingsby and JaneyFrench.

A plug for our favouriteevent of the year: the BeaverPoint Bean Supper to be heldSaturday. If you have beenthere before you know thedelights of this old-fashionedget-together. If you are anewcomer you are in for atreat. The price is 75 centsper person with pre-school-ers free.

Trout fishing at WestonLake reached magnificentproportions last week whenMr. and Mrs. Evans ofVictoria checked in with 10fish, including a seven and aquarter pounder.

TEN YEARS AGOSalt Spring Island

Chamber of Commerce hascalled on the director ofpollution control to call apublic hearing to enquireinto the current applicationfor sewage disposal in thewaters of Trincomali Chan-nel.

At a special meeting lastWednesday evening thechamber heard a number ofletters from residents of theisland protesting the plans ofMaliview Estates Ltd. todischarge partially - treatedsewage into the sea.

Boat-launching ramps arenot an attractive asset to a

residential community, SaltSpring Chamber of Com-merce learned last week.

The chamber met on Wed-nesday to discuss the in-stallation of a ramp at thefoot of Ontario Drive, offQuebec Drive.

They heard a three-mandelegation from the areaprotesting the ramp.

A petition bearing 17 sig-natures was also presentedto indicate the opposition ofthe neighbourhood.

It was the second protestto be heard by the chamberin respect to a launchingramp. Last year there wasloud objection by residents ofBeddis Road when the cham-ber sought permission for aramp at the Beddis Roadpark.

Green light has been givento Magic Lake Estates Ltd.,Fender Island for the dis-charge of partially-treatedsewage into the waters ofSwanson Channel.

The approval has beengranted on a three-year basisfor the discharge of 23,000gallons daily into the chan-nel. Discharge is from athree compartment treat-ment tank.

FIVE YEARS AGOMichael Doherty is on his

way to Ottawa. The Gangesstudent at Gulf Islands Sec-ondary School will spend aholiday in the capital at theexpense of the Salt SpringIsland Rotary Club.

On Tuesday eveningMichael won the public -speaking contest, which isthe pass-key to Rotary's Ad-venture in Citizenship.

There were three othercontestants: Laurice Bev-eridge, of Mayne Island;Sherry Ryles, of Salt Spring;and Dianna Scruggs, of Sat-urna.

Galiano Club staged abingo night on Saturday withpresident Jim Ripley andalmost all the members of hiscommittee helping.

Proceeds all went to HarryBaines, who lost his boat byfire last week. He is now-rebuilding the cabin and hasyet to replace the engine andall his gear.

Commune of intellectualsis planned for Salt Spring.Former Walter Smith farm atMusgrave's has been pur-chased for adaptation tocommunal living.

The property was scene ofa tragedy last year when acabin caught fire and a smallchild was burned to death.

A name in a flashSHOP AT HOME

Drywall SpecialistsMODERN TAPING EQUIPMENT

HELP GIVE FAST, EFFICIENT SERVICE

5372590SALT SPRING

INTERIORS

GULF COAST MATERIALSServing the Gulf Islands

Salt Spring • Galiano - Mayne - Fenders

* READY MLX CONCRETE* WASHED SAND & GRAVEI

537-2611Rainbow Road, Ganges

537-5687"Patricks'9

§AEXCAVATING LTD.

R.R. 1 PORT WASHINGTON, B.C.

LET US ENTERTAIN YOU! CHANNELS2 3(26) 4 5 6 7 8

CBUT CBUFT KOMO KING CHECK KIRO BCTV

KCTS (MUSIC) KSTW12 13(21) & 17 FM

KVOS CKVU Channels

aitsprlncablevlslon

537-5550 OFFICE HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 9.30 to 1.00

Gov't. CertifiedContractors

HALTONE ELECTRONICSQualified Service Specialists

- For all makes of-Color T.V. B&W TV Stereo Hearing Aids

ItC/lSANSUI

Sales & Service537-2344

Closed Mon.Tues. - Fri. 10-4Sat. 10-1

ISLAND REPRESENTATIVES FOR

CITATION CABINETSTERRYJENKINS

CAMBRIA CONSTRUCTION

*Sales *Design & Installation^Contractor enquiries welcome

*Free Estimates

537-5171 R.R. 1 TrippRoad, Ganges

Serving Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands

SERVICE

* CONSTRUCTION CLEANUP* LANDSCAPING* PERC TESTS* SEPTIC FIELDS* POST HOLES AND FENCING* TRENCHING AND

BACKFILLING

537-5631 [Collect]

HUGH'S MACHINERYWELDING - MACHINE SHOP

POWERED EQUIPMENT REPAIRS

Parts, Sales & Service forBriggs & Stratton and Tecumseh Engines

Stihl, Jonsereds & Dolmar SawsLawnmowers, Weed Eaters

53 7-5070 Road

Rent A Car

La Fortune ContractingBox 507, Ganges

FOUNDATIONS-OUR SPECIALITYQUALITY HOMES

537-5345

Lancer Contracting Ltd.Commercial - Custom Homes

Westwood Homes Dealer

OFFICE: LANCER BLDG., LOWER GANGES ROADBOX 352, GANGES

537-5453

Daily, Weekly,Monthly Rates.

OFFICE HOURS:9 am to 4.30 pm

Monday thru Friday 537-5527

InsuranceALL CLASSES OF

INSURANCE

SALTSPRING INS.AGENCIES ""LTD.

P.O. Box 540Ganges, B.C.

leith's

Mouat's MallGanges

PHONE: 537-5031

CARPETSDRAPES

RE-UPHOLSTERYBOX 421, GANGES, B.C.

D.A. SmithGENERAL CONTRACTING

NEW HOMES, ADDITIONSRENOVATIONS, FRAMING

Large or Small JobsContract or Hourly12yrs. Experience

Ph. 537-5004 After 5.30 pm

Walter Huser ConstructionGeneral Carpentry

* CUSTOM HOMES * ADDITIONS* RENOVATIONS * FINISHING WORK

30 years experience

53 7-2385 after 5.00 pmRR 2, Beddis Road, Ganges

J-3 A-14The Islands

General Repair Shop Ltd.Authorized H SPEED QUEEN

dealer for

Valcourt InteriorsR.R. 3. GANGES. B.C.

*CARPET*LINO*CERAM1C TILE*WALLCOVERINGS

*PAINT & STAINS*DRAPERIES*FOAM*NAUGAHYDE

Repairs to all makes of refrigeration & major appliancesSpencer Anderson

537-5157

Upholstering and Draperies*Repair of Drapes & Rods t--- •:_« ^ + < •*New curtain rods $*$«& Hjj*Free Pickup & Delivery

PHONE COLLECT \ \, \ i f ; IjFREE ESTIMATES ON ANY ISLAND Vplfj?/

Danish Tradesman \537-9245

EXPERT FLOOR LA YER-PAPER HANGER- TILE MANDRAPERY SEAMSTRESS. ETC.

(In accordance with Hazardous Products Act)

If it's from Valcourt,You 're Safe.'

537-5561PHIL & YVETTE VALCOURT

24 HOURWRECKER SERVICE

;£sso

537-9736after 6pm

S.S. Island Garage

• •- .• ' • / • -Wednesday, March 29, 1978

.GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD

Page Fifteen

Handy guide to local servicesSHOP AT HOME

•̂ •̂••̂ •••••̂ •̂ •̂ ••••̂ •̂•M

Foxglove Farm&

Garden SupplySeeds-Feeds-Fertilizers

Garden Supplies

537-2012Next to ValcourtBusiness Centre

PLUMBING&

PUMPSDAVID RAINSFORD

537-2013

DAISYHOLDINGS

•DRILLING•BLASTING

Call Norman Twa

537-9319Box 393, Ganges

J & AOIL BURNER

SERVICEJOHN COTTRELL

CertifiedOil Burner Mechanic

537-9314Box 226, Ganges

W.C. CarlsonSHEET METAL LTD.

Metal Work-PlumbingCombination

Coal-Wood & Oil Furnaces

537-5621537-2914

KEN BYRON

Excavating•SEPTIC TANKS & FIELDSSupplied and Installed

•SEPTIC TANK PUMP-OUTS

537-2882

Mann,M)ulsonFelsing&Co.

Certified GeneralAccountant304-9775 Fourth St.

Sidney, B.C656-5551

912-1175 Douglas St.Victoria, B.C.

386-3405

Paradise

Mayne IslandACCOUNTING

PHIL HOWARDCallaghan Crescent

Mayne Island

539-2759

HOT WATER HEATINGCERAMIC TILING

Larry Clarkson

537-9324P. 0. Box 1099, Ganges

ROY W. WHEATLEY

Plumbing &Water Heating

JACUZZI PUMPSCommercial - Residential

537-2722Box 898, Ganges

W & W ElectricGovernment Certified

ContractorsFOR ALL YOUR

ELECTRICAL NEEDS

Walter Fallot537-5642

P.O. Box 82, Ganges

"olortronTelevision Ltd.

Sales & ServiceON SALT SPRING ISLAND

Zenith - Quasar - SharpKenwood - T.V.'s & Stereos

Free Delivery & Set-upCM collect 38$.

TV SALES & SERVICE* Hitachi

Service toall makes

537-2943Mouat's Mall

Don's Radio&T.V.

Division of Perkins Electronics

STEVE WAWRYK

Bulldozing•EXCAVATING•DRIVEWAYS•SHALE-GRAVEL

537-2301Box 131, Ganges

Rock Work &Fireplaces

Free EstimatesWork Guaranteed

FERNANDO & FRIASMASONRY LTD.

656-4513 or382-1162

Bill's EngineRepairs

24-hour towingCollision repairs

All engine and electrical

537-2428

Flowers & WineShoppe

Your Professional FloristsRon andJoMoger

Mouat's MallWedding & Funeral FlowersFloral arrangements & plants

Phone 537-2231Anytime

—7 DAYS A WEEK

SALT SPRING

GARBAGECOLLECTION

SERVICE537-5821

Gerry M.CoersPainting

•INTERIOR•EXTERIOR

537-2034

Salt SpringPlumbingJACUZZIPUMPSARTMUNNEKE

653-4284Evenings

Box 18, R.R. 1Fulford Harbour

Dave'sDrilling

& Blasting

537-2618

L ike New Again!

DON IRWIN'S

Collision &Repairs Ltd.

Desmond CrescentBehind Windsor Plywood

537-2513

PALLOTELECTRlCi

Certified Class AElectrical Contractor

Quality Heat Specialists537-5615

Box 328, Ganges

FRED'S

Bulldozing•Land Gearing•Excavations•Road Building•Hauling

FREE ESTIMATES25 Years Experience

Eves: 537-2822R.R.2, Ganges

Painting&

DecoratingTEMMEL &VOLQUARDSEN

653-4239537-5188

SPEED BROTHERS

RoofingShakes - Shingles - Duroids

jack- 537-9750Gordon 653-4234

Salt Spring - GalianoMayne - Pender

WALKWISE

WITH YOUR

EYES

H.L. Reynolds•TRUCKING

•BULLDOZINGGRAVEL-SHALE-FILL

537-5691Box 284, Ganges

HarlandElectrical

Services Ltd.'Electrical ContractingElectrical Servicing

537-2602

P.O. Box 1203 Ganges, B.C.

A. KAYE

BULLDOZING•EXCAVATING•GRAVEL•FILL

537-5738R.R. 3, Ganges

Drafting &Design

GARY DUNCAN•House Plans

•Complete Building Planning

537-9840BOX 647, GANGES, B.C.

Serving the Gulf Islands forfive years

R.E. CasparPlastering

•Any type of stucco(Insulated)

•Ornamental plastering•Drywall•Fireplaces

Phone 653-4252Box 541, Ganges, B.C.

Quality HomesGREEN-LOR

CONSTRUCTION

Wilf Taylor 537-2155Ben Greenhough 653-4353

R.R.I Robinson Rd.,Ganges

S.S. BOBCATSERVICES

* DRIVEWAYS* BACKFILLING* BASEMENTS* SEPTIC FIELDS* LANDSCAPING

GREG COLES - 537-5854Box 738. Ganges

SimpsonAppliance &Patrol Service

* Repairs to all majorappliances

• Protect your property whileyou are away

653-4335

Bulldozing•LAND CLEARING•ROAD BUILDING

Dan Akerman

653-4539

GangesAppliance

CentreMajor ApplianceRepair Service

Rebuilt: *Washers *Dryers•Stoves - Installations

Fully guaranteed537-9501 537-9422or write Box 561, Ganges

ARTHAZENBOOM

Painting &Decorating

* Wallpapering* Signs

537-2852Box 954, Ganges

Bruce FianderYOUR IMPERIAL

Stove OilFurnace OilMarine DockIce

AGENT537-5312

Box 347, Ganges

GULF ISLANDS

Septic TankService

TRUCK ON ISLANDAT ALL TIMES

Norma Bedocs 653-4252Fulford Harbour

537-5561Valcourt Business Centre

MalahatPlaster &

StuccoBox 2234, Sidney, B.C.

656-4761

Advertising...makes it

perfectly clear!CANADIAN ADVERTISING ADVISORY BOARD

Salt Spring

drycleaners ltd,• Professional Drycleaning• Alterations and repairs• Steamex Rentals• Drapery cleaning

Lancer BuildingLower Ganges Road

Tues.-Sat. 8.30am-5.30pm537-2241

Spencer Bobcat Service.Serving all the Gulf Islands

Perc Tests-Septic fields-Waterlines-Driveways-Excavations-Lot clearing-Parking-Landscaping-AH small jobs

No moving charges -

SALT SPRING ISLAND CALL MIKE SPENCER 537-2905GALIANO ISLAND CALL HANK KNUDSON 539-2394

-eDRESSMAKING

Alterations <& Repairs

Located at Salt Spring Dry Cleaners

537-2241

Salt Spring Island GlassFree Estimates & Measuring

•HOUSE, AUTO & BOAT GLASSReplacements - Repairs - New Installations

•SCREENS & AWNINGS•MIRRORS CUT TO FIT WALL OR FRAME

Dennis Marshall - Journeyman Glazier

537-9298

BACKHOE SERVICE- PERCOLATION TESTS - - SEPTIC FIELDS -

- EXCAVATIONS ~ DRIVEWAYS - WATERLINES -

Call Jim Walsh at 537-5894

BOURRIE & HICKMAN General Contractors Ltd.P.O. BOX 1204, GANGES, B.C.

Gulf Island TruckingBox 47, Ganges, B.C. 537-9452

•Trucking•Bulldozing, Grader work

•Shale•Drain Rock

•Pit Run•Septic Fill

•Screened % " Gravel *Field RockOur new office is located on Mansell Road

Call for your estimate on any of our materialsRON ROBERTSON 537-5402

' . B f A I N MATTHEWS 537-5724

Page Sixteen GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, March 29, 1978

Arneil asks

for qualified

teachersDr. A.S. Arneil, Medical Officer

of Health for the Capital RegionalDistrict, has requested Gulf IslandsSchool Board to ensure that everyschool in the district has a teacherqualified to give first aid.

District Superintendent BobHuestis told school trustees at theboard meeting last week that allbut two schools in the district havea qualified teacher.

Huestis is going to look into thepossibility of training a teacher ineach of the two schools.

Mark anniversary at Ganges

THEY MARRIED IN ENGLAND IN 1928

Don't throw away this newspaperRECYCLE IT

BY ELSIE MACDONALDMarch 16 was a special day for

Mr. and Mrs. W.J.C. Carter, ofGanges, for it was on that date, in1928, they were married at Epsomin Surrey, England. A familyreception to mark this goldenanniversary was held at HarbourHouse Hotel.

After their marriage, Mr. andMrs. Carter continued to live inSurrey, at Leatherhead and Rei-gate, until they came to Canada, in1947.

They arrived at Dryden, innorth-west Ontario on December23, in time to spend their firstChristmas in their new homeland.It was a distinct change of climateand scenery from their old home in

DON'T GET HELD UP FOR

That wiring jobCALL:

537-2537FOR

John Taylor

ELECTRICIAN tfn

ROY LEEPETROLEUMS LTD.

Heating OilsBulk ServicesFor convenience bills may bepaid at Salt Spring Landsoffice or mailed to:Roy Lee Petroleums Ltd.,Box 489, Ganges, B.C.

653-4414

tfn

the mild south of England.For 12 years Mr. and Mrs.

Carter operated a dairy farm nearDryden. After a brief residence inSouthern Ontario, the couple cameto Vancouver in 1960. Following ashort stay in that city they moved toSalt Spring Island, and settleddown in their present home onGanges Hill, by Beddis Road.OVERSEAS SERVICE

Mr. Carter has a specialinterest in news coming from Indiaand Palestine. He did militaryservice in those countries duringWorld War One.

In India he helped to guard theAfghan border at Quetta, a lonelyjob for the young soldier who hadjoined the second Fourth Hants.Regiment at the age of 17.

Mrs. Carter is an enthusiasticgardener and an active member ofthe Garden Club. Almost everysquare foot of the Carter property,not occupied by the house, is undercultivation. Passers-by enjoy thesuccession of lovely flowers thatborder the long curving drivewayfrom early spring until lateautumn.

In 1972 Mrs. Carter becameinterested in exhibiting her gardenflowers and vegetables in the localshow. In six years she has been theproud winner of 23 trophies. Thismust surely be a record for SaltSpring Island!

CELEBRATINGPresent with their parents for the

special celebration were son-in-lawand daughter, Mrs. HeinzHeidenreich of Squamish, and sonand daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.Michael Carter of Victoria. Six ofthe couple's 11 grandchildren andthree great-grand-children werealso present at the party, as well as

Mr. and Mrs. Carter

neices and nephews from Burnabyand Surrey.

Mr. and Mrs. Carter were de-lighted when pianist Bryan Smithplayed old favourites including "Ifyou were the only girl in the world"and "The Anniversary Waltz".

Congratulatory messages were

received from the Governor Gen-eral of Canada; Prime MinisterTrudeau; Lieut.-Governor WalterOwen; Premier Bennett; Hon.Hugh Curtis, M.L.A.; MayorYoung of Victoria, and a host offriends near and far.

INFO-HEALTHBY DR. BOB YOUNG

Oncology is the study of tumorsand other forms of cancer, and themedical specialist who confines hisor her practice to this field is knownas an oncologist.

In actual fact almost all doctorsfind themselves involved in treat-ing patients with cancer, unfortu-nately all too often. Managementof malignant disease is a realchallenge to the profession and to

CANADA PENSION PLANCHANGES

Better Benefits For Some.Divorce or Annulment.CPP pension credits earned by a husband

and wife during marriage may be dividedequally between them if the marriage endsin divorce or annulment after January 1,1978.This ensures that an asset accumulatedthrough the efforts of both spouses whilethey were married can be shared equally byboth when the marriage is dissolved.

Retroactive Paymentof Retirement Benefits.Retirement benefits may now be paid

retroactively for a period of up to 12 monthsto contributors who had attained age 65but who are under age 70 and who haveretired from the labour force.

Post-Mortem Benefits.Applications for retroactive benefits (i.e. up

to 12 months) can now be made on behalfof a deceased person, in cases where acontributor qualified, but failed to apply,before death. Families or estates will beentitled to receive benefits in such cases.

Elimination of Reductionsin Children's Benefits.Orphans' and disabled contributors'

children's benefits are no longer reduced forthe fifth and subsequent children. All childrenin a family, regardless of its size, are eligibleto receive equal benefits.

These important amendments to the Canada Pension Plancame into force on January 1st, 1978.

If you have any questions, contact the Canada Pension Planoffice nearest you:

the individual doctor.Cancer is a term which, in its

broad definition, includes manyforms of malignant new tissuegrowth, especially that whichspreads either locally or to distantparts of the body. I can think of noorgan that is immune.

A doctor must constantly besuspicious that a patient's symp-toms may be due to a malignancy.Early detection is frequently themost important factor in obtaininga cure. Many routine tests arecarried out in attempts to diagnoseearly cancer, with the Pap smearperhaps being the best known.

When a case of cancer has beendiagnosed, a treatment plan mustbe organized. This plan varieswidely depending on the type,location, size and activity of thetumor. It may be as simple asexcising a small skin cancer, orcomplex enough to involve exten-sive surgery followed by x-raytherapy and powerful drugs.MANY CAN BE CURED

Through all this the physicianmust advise and support his pa-tient. Many cancers can be cured,and many may be held in check forlong periods of time. The list ofcurable cancers is slowly growingas knowledge increases, but it is asad fact that the course of certaintumors is affected little or not at allby any form of medical treatment.

In these cases the physicianmust test his mastery of the art ofmedicine. The patient requiressupport, understanding, and usual-ly sedation and pain relief. Hemust not be abandoned just be-cause the doctor is unable to curehim. The terminally ill patient maybe more dependent upon his doctoras the end nears than he ever wasbefore.

Victoria810 Fort Street3rd FloorV8W1H8Tel. (604) 388-3132

Andy Mitchell

is Talent

Night winner

Health and WelfareCanada

Same et Bien-etre socialCanada

Monique Begin. Minister Monique Begin. Ministre

taaatf sen, took third place.

Andy Mitchell, of Mayne Island,took first place at the HarbourHouse Hotel pub's Talent Nightlast Tuesday.

Blind Jelly-Belly (alias PatJorgensen), of Salt Spring and theJelly-Bellies came in second.

A Victoria pianist, Glenn Han-