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Your Community Newspaper' 4_A POLITICAL COLUMNIST SAYS PARTIES SHOULD NOT INSULT VOTERS, PAGEA6 COON BAY BECOMES A GALIANO ISLAND PROVINCIAL PARK, PAGE B9 VOL. 32, NO. 31 60 CENTS GANGES, BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1991 On the Williams INSIDE asked to rethink Crofton pulp mill ex ceeded pollution permit Erskine levels for the third time. PAGE A7 Islands Trust Fund Board mem bers have sent a letter to Martin Wil liams asking him to reconsider his decision to withdraw his Mount Erskine property offer. Trust Fund Board members Diane Cragg, Graeme Dinsdale, Carol Mar tin and Cynthia Hawksworth wrote the letter after a special meeting held July 23 to discuss the issue. Williams told Driftwood he had not received the letter as of Monday and did not know if he would change his mind until after he had read it. Williams offered to sell 57 acres of his property at half market value to the Salt Spring community last sum mer. He withdrew that offer last week Country music filled the citing the long delay and Land air at Mansell Farm for Registry Office regulations which two days. prohibited "adequate protective covenants" being placed on the PAGE A15 property as reasons for his decision. A July 26 release issued by the Trust Fund Board suggests one of those reasons-may nol he valid if Lions' annual salmon Williams and his lawyer Sid Filkow were not totally clear on the reported barbeque highlights this problem with registering restrictive holiday weekend. covenants on the property. PAGE A21 "Recent conversations with Mr. Williams' lawyer suggest that there may have been a misunderstanding on the part of Mr. Williams and his legal advisor regarding the exact na ture of the problem with the Registrar," states the board's release. The board acknowledges its "one major problem in implementing the purchase of the land" was "the refusal of the Registrar of Land Titles (Mark Frantzen) to register on the title of the LOOKING FOR THE BIG ONE: Eight-year-old Willy Egeland said he was fishing for perch when property a restrictive covenant con- spotted at the Ganges government wharf last week. Willy's prize catch conld have been a $250 winner ERSKINE A2 in the Driftwood's summer fishing derby detailed on Page A22 inside . Driftwood photo oy Derrick Lunoy Women's ball teams Policy to come for market wares finish local season with Saturday market vendors and sake let's not destroy it with petty chant concern about market commer said market operating hours have round-robin tourney. Ganges merchants have agreed to squabbling." cialization, and sought to use that been previously covered, and he did PAGEA23 formulate a policy on commercial Others were concerned the char concern to bargain for extended not want them renegotiated. and flea market vending in the acter of the farmer's market was market operating hours. Curtin said the issue of unfair Farmers' Market, after heated debate being threatened by commercializa "If we can limit commercializa competition must be addressed along between two market bylaw commit tion. Parks and Recreation Commis tion, we want to see the hours ex with commercialization. tee members. sion member Barry Urquhart said tended," she said. "People from off-island are businesses like Mr. Mobile Hardware However, PRC member Bill Cur- dumping goods here," he said. INDEX By IAN NOBLE take away from the flavour of the tin who chaired the meeting was not Merchant representative Sharon Driftwood Staff Writer market and should be controlled. in favour of the bargaining idea, Arts, Entertainment ... A17 Beatty said she appreciated mer saying he did not want trade-offs. He MARKET A2 Capital Comment A6 Controversy at last week's Thursday morning meeting sur Classifieds A24 rounded discussion of the market's Community A12 commercialization. The merchants' committee suggested a jury system Signs of hope for seawalk Country Gourmet A12 be established to select which goods Dr. Tomorrow A13 may be sold in the market, while Recent stirrings along the Ganges seawalk cessful ArtSpring project, she noted. Down the Years A31 market vendors said such a system could lead to a resurgence of the long dormant Irwin believes the chamber is close to its first would impinge on the openness of project. required task—Finding a "talented" person to head Editorials A4 the market. Chamber of Commerce president Sherry Irwin the new group. "All of us have a desire to see it Letters A5 "If a jury system were put in place told Driftwood Monday efforts are currently being completed," she concluded. there would be no problems," said made to form a new committee to take on the task. Newsbeat A3 Curtin said there appeared to be some "flux" in Nori Outerbridge, a merchant repre discussions and "maybe even a window of oppor Outer Gulf Islands Bl sentative. "We have determined the past seawalk commit tunity" to get some movement on the project. "This is a free and open market," Real Estate B2 tee has exhausted all of its avenues and is pretty Islands Trustee John Stepaniuk is also anxious said vendor representative Wendy much dismantled," said Irwin. to see the project reincarnated. He stresses the Sports A22 Beatty. "We do not want a jury sys The chamber executive is now working closely linear park concept and completed seawalk por Upcoming Events A21 tem." with Parks and Recreation Commission members tions are a significant community asset and the "We have to be mutually suppor- Wit and Whimcv M. Bill Curtin and Lawrie Neish to route should be finished in some form. Page A2 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, July 31. 1991 NEWSBEAT THIS WEEK ERSKINE ;;:>:::;..::v.;:v:::-.::'.-.::v.::.:-:.:-:.::.:-:.:::-:-: Custom Homes, Renovations TOURIST ALERT: The following persons are requested From Al & Commercial Construction to call the contact listed below for an urgent message. taining detailed conditions on the use of the land which is requested by Mr. Henry Sandwith (Clearbrook) Call:Bev Rigier Williams." LANCER CONTRACTING LTD. Ernie Small (Prince George) CalhKathy May However, as Hawksworth Arthur Shipman (Castlegar) Call: Winnie Woykin clarified to Driftwood last week, this 6534437 OR 653-4678 Denis and Mamie St. Claire (Victoria) Call: Dr. R. Davidson does not mean no covenants can be Larry and Linda Ross (Olds, Alberta) Call: Marianne Dowell registered on the subject property. Henry Epp (Richmond) Call: Frank Epp The board also confirmed in writ Sylvia Dickman (Illinois) Call: Clint Dickman ing that insurance and management Alison Juneau (Calgary) Call: David Juneau plan arrangements were in place, the GULFSIDE INSTALLATIONS Daniel Peter Mackenzie (Comox) Call: Brent Mackenzie subdivision application was •Re-roofing & New Bill and Florence Ellis (Mt. Forest, Ont.) Call: home "proceeding quickly" and "a •Cedar Shakes & Shingles Harry Tonn (Saskatoon) Call Lydiia Dreger development variance permit to •Fibreg/ass Shingles •Asphalt Shingles Allan Hollett (Edmonton) Call: Sherwood Park Police. waive the requirement for frontage on a highway for the new lot is before •Skylights the Salt Spring Island Trust Commit 537-4399 AL SATER tee." -k All work fully guaranteed * WJEATHER Board members conclude that "in view of the possible misunderstand ing regarding the covenant, the con siderable progress which has been HIGHS 23 C. (NORMAL 22) LOWS 12 C. (NORMAL 11) made on other administrative and legal matters related to the submis PRECIPITATION 10% chance of rain Wednesday afternoon. sion and sale of the property and the First 1/2 hr. consultation free enthusiasm and support shown by OUTLOOK Mostly sunny with afternoon cloudy periods Wed residents of Salt Spring Island for the McKIMM & LOTT nesday. Mostly sunny Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Highs up to preservation of this beautiful site, the 23 and night time lows to 12. board urges Mr. Williams to recon BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS sider." ' • Divorce & Family Law • Wills & Estates • Personal Injury Claims • Real Estate & Mortgages • Criminal Law • Corporate & Commercial SEAWALK Law From Al GANGES CENTRE BLDG. Telephone 537-9951 He said there is a real need "for us (above the Post Office) to take a look at our community" to find a way to make the concepts reach Open 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday Aug. 4 Lions Salmon Barbeque fruition. Aug. 5 Open Tennis Tourney starts In other developments, Stepaniuk said a recent highways ministry sur vey of the seawalk-side of Lower Ganges Road properties indicated HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE HOLIDAY WEEKEND West Ganges Holdings Ltd. 's proper ty line does not extend as far south as believed by the company's principal Gordon Cudmore. THERMAL BREAK WINDOW LUNAR CYCLE: for August 1991 Curtin told Driftwood the result FACTS ing sliver of land is expected to be come Crown land and could be • Aluminum separated to 0 applied for by the Parks and Recrea insure cold doesn't D o tion Commission. continue through to the A right-of-way document was inside. Aug 3 Aug 9 Aug 17 Aug 25 also recently approved by the Capital • No condensation Regional District as granted by droplets on inside of owners of the Kingfisher Cove frame. development. • Eliminate a need for a Stepaniuk said Peck's Anchorage drip gutter which usually I LOTTERY NUMBERS $ Properties Ltd. owns two "dots" of fills up with flies, spider the seawalk side of Lower Ganges webs and fungus. Road which will provide water ac • No drain holes from cess for moorage purposes to inside to outside, which Lotto 6/49 July 27,1991 09-30-31-33-37-43 Bonus 27 Kingfisher residents. let wind and water into your house. July 24,1991 07-15-19-32-33-34 Bonus 20 The right-of-way granting the CRD or its agents the right to build • Saves on heat because Extra July 27,1991 19-26-47-75 and maintain a "community park" on inside frame is warmer July 24, 1991 12-17-52-97 those two bits of land was a develop than outside.