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^uH Manti* Srifttooota Your Community Newspaper THIRTIETH YEAR, NO. 37 500 GANGES, BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,1989 At Gulf Island schools Student population beats 1989 figures On enrolment increase of 151 Staff at district schools has been throughout the Gulf Islands repre­ increased slightly, most notably at sents a 10 per cent increase in the the Mayne Island, Fulford and 1989 September roll-call. Total Fernwood elementary schools. number of students enrolled in Some teachers will be permitted June, 1989 was 1348. Thatnumber to work at other schools within the has climbed to 1499 this fall. district. Gulf Island Secondary Student enrolment at the Gulf school teacher John Cameron will Island Secondary School has be travelling to other schools in the jumped to 430 from 349 repre- district to establish computer ^'r\% an increase of 21 per cent - programs. Hiighest increase in the district. Gone from the Gulf Island Becond to theGanges school is Secondary School is long-time the Mayne Island school with an physical education teacher Larry enrolment increase of 26 per cent Roy. In his place from Saanich is Fernwood School's population has Doug Pearson. jumped from 221 to 259 this Sep­ Fulford School will see two new tember, representing a 17 per cent teachers, one of whom will replace increase, while on Galiano Island librarian, Susan Underwood. an 11 per cent increase sees the At Salt Spring Elementary school's enrolment climb from 83 School Elaine Bartier will be to 95. TURN TO PAGE A10 Clam diggers pay fine worth more than catch SALT SPRING — Three Ladysmith residents were in Ganges 1 ivincial court last week to answer to charges of digging clams in a ^^rsed area and being in possession of undersized clams. The two men and one woman pleaded guilty to being in possession of undersized clams before Judge Hubbard on September 5. The Crown entered a stay of proceedings on the charge of digging clams in a closed area. Judge Hubbard ordered Neil Harker and Paul Simon to pay a fine On show of $400 or spend 30 days in jail, while Carmen Saunders had the Mt. Belcher resident Edna lander hand-crafted both items: Saturday and Sunday at the choice of paying $ 100 or serving 10 days in jail. Watson displays two enteries for at left a crochet baby blanket, Farmer's Institute promises lots The accused were apprehended with the evidence near Walker the 1989 version of the Salt and at right, a hooked rug. The of colourful ehibits. Hook at the North end of Salt Spring Island on October 28, of last Spring Island Fall Fair. The Is- Fall Fair, scheduled to run this* year. •W-W'1-WH-H-H-H^ NS m Passenger-only ferries for Islands? Projections of increasing traffic between downtown Vancouver and tion that current transportation travelling public to be less depend­ volumes between Vancouver and Swartz Bay carrying 300 pas­ links cannot continue to support ent on automobiles. Victoria have British Columbia sengers each hour to efficient tran­ projected volumes of automobile And as far as the Gulf Islands Ferry Corporation officials inves­ sit routes at disembarkation points. traffic. routes are concerned, the corpora­ tigating alternative methods of car­ Such a transportation link would Such a ferry system, noted tion is taking a look at various links rying people between the Mainland reflect the government's recogni­ Couvelier, would encourage the TURN TO PAGE A2 and Vancouver Island. High-speed passenger ferries Back to school may be an alternative to the pas­ The kids went back last senger-car ferries currently in A woman's victory over cancer week. See photos Page A10. operation, and recently referred to by Social Credit MLA for Saanich BY VAL RICHARDS Freda worked all one day stripping the var­ and the Islands, Mel Couvelier, as It happened over 30 years ago when Freda nish off the hardwood and was exhausted at bed­ "dinosaurs." and Dave Maguire were living in Toronto with time. Couvelier, Minister of Finance their four pre-teen children. That night, she was cooling off in the shower in the Provincial Cabinet, agrees As always, Freda was fixing up the gardens when she felt a large lump in her right breast. with the ferry corporation's find­ and the house's interior, while husband Dave She immediately made arrangements to get to ings: that traffic volumes on the was out at work. While she bustled around then- the doctor in the morning. major routes of Nanaimo-Horse- Toronto home with her four children, who It was late August, 1958, when Freda shoe Bay and Tsawwassen-Swartz ranged from age ten to 18 months, she decided Macguire's doctor told her she had cancer. Comedy on tap Bay will make the transportation to strip and varnish the floors. "You're not going to get better and we don't Paradise Lots now playing links between island and mainland "It was one of those days Toronto's weather expect you to get better was the attitude family at Off Centre Stage. See Page prohibitively congested routes is famous for," she recalls. "So hot the kids and friends took," Freda says. A17. within ten years. couldn't play outside. So hot, you just didn't want to do anything." The proposal currently under TURN TO PAGE A9 review calls for high-speed ferries PageA2 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, September 13,1989 Concern is expressed over PCB transport on ferries The weather report for the Total precipitation: Nil week ended Monday, Septem­ SALT SPRING —The Gulf Is­ ing PCB transportation on B.C. Code, published by Inter­ ber 11,1989. OUTLOOK Ferries. land School Board has removed governmental Marine Consultant High temperature: 29 Mostly sunny with a containers of PCBs previously "PCBs are carried on passenger Organization (TMCO). B.C. Ferries locked in a basement room at Salt ferries with the knowledge and con­ staff are required too refer to these degrees Celsuis on September chance of showers on Friday. Spring Elementary School. sent of Canada Coast Guard," regulations should any question 8. Warmer on the weekend then But the president of the B.C. Cochran said in a prepared state­ regarding cargo transport arise. Low temperature: 8 a general cooling trend, Ferry and Marine Workers' Union ment last week. "The ferry corpora­ According to international degrees Celsius oon Septem­ is not pleased with the policy that tion has no provisions for checking regulations, the Ferry Corporation ber 10. allows B.C. Ferries to transport commercial vehicles for PCBs and states, there are certain conditions PCBs and other dangerous cargo on other dangerous goods on pas­ under which PCBs can be carried passenger ferries. senger ferries." on the ferries. School trustees recently an­ Cochran said the union views The regulations read as follows: nounced that several small con­ this as a safety concern and a viola­ "PCBs must be loaded away from w^m tainers of PCBs have been tion of public trust other vehicles. The total quantity of INDEX transferred to a Ministry of En­ In spite of Canada Coast Guard pure PCB shall not exceed 10 ^y->»-'- •T-W'-'—v'.' vironment storage facility in assurances to the contrary, Cochran kilograms. This quantity will be Nanaimo. The board said removal insists B.C. Ferries do not meet dispersed in a very much larger of the toxic waste was undertaken rriinimum regulations set out under quantity of oil, the flashpoint of Hubert Beyer A7 Entertainment A15 through the correct channels, with the Canada Shipping Act which is 160 degrees Celsius, so the Classifieds B4 Letters A5 permission granted by the Coast According to the B.C. Ferry oil itself is well above the 61 Country Gourmet A18 Real Estate Rl Guard and the B.C. Ferry Corpora­ Corporation, all terminals have in­ degrees limit for the classification Crossword R4 To Be Frank A3 tion. formation on what their vessels an as a dangerous cargo." Down the Years B16 Your Garden RS In the meantime, Ferry and cannot carry. Editorials A4 Workers' Union president Lee The dangerous goods regula­ Cochran is calling for an immediate tions are contained in the Interna­ Youths investigation into the policy allow­ tional Maritime Dangerous Goods solve Same day service on safety glass for Locals applaud plan c'lPT'i boats & equipment. it FULFORD GLASS I "mystery BRUCE WILLIAMS. Journeyman Glazier ^-f*~* Call today that was their "idea" SALT SPRING — The case of 653-4242 Free estimates FrontPage Al of Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen the missing brass elephant was and in the Caribbean where heavier note passenger counts as being solved this week by local RCMP seas and higher traffic volumes per­ close to one million. Auto- when two young offenders con­ SALTSPRING SCUBA sist. equivalents were as high as fessed to entering Salt Spring 265,000 in August, 1988. Sales, Service, Rentals The catamaran-style ship would Elementary School on June 30 and HYDRO C/W VISUAL & AIR $25.00 In the event the Minister of removing the trinket. be approximately 40 metres in 9 am-9 pm Mon.-Sat; 9 am-6 pm Sun. length and capable of handling 300 Transportation and Highways, Neil According to police reports, the Vant, wanted to go ahead with such M 537-4717 two juveniles entered the school 132 Upper Ganges Rd. (across from Harbour House) M a plan, the system would be in ef­ through an unlocked window and fect before the Commonwealth left with the object There was no Games, noted the Finance Minister. damage done to the school or the According to south Salt Spring property and the brass elephant was Island resident, Sam Lightman, not noticed missing for quite some CONTRACT SALES who spearheaded a drive in this time.

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