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- B.C. 0 (glllf rtfttuoob 537-2211 Serving the Beautiful Gulf Islands of Salt Spring, Mayne, Galiano, North & South Fenders and Saturna 537-2613 TWENTIETH YEAR, NO. 21 GANGES, BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1979 25c PER COPY Conservative minority Essay contest winners are announced at school Don Taylor elected in islands riding It was a change. Tuesday's The polls opened at 9 am, election brought an end to the contrary to reports to the contrary, Trudeau Liberal government and and there was a steady flow of established a Progressive Conser- voters in the islands. vative regime under the leadership There was some confusion as to of Joe Clark. where to vote on some islands and many voters called to say they had In the Cowichan-Malahat-the problems and could not reach the Islands riding, the voters followed returning officer, whose Duncan the national pattern. Don Taylor, telephone was busy throughout the a Cowichan teacher, was elected day. with a 1,560 vote lead over the New The islands vote merely sealed Democrat Jim Manly. the fate of the Liberal government It was Taylor's second try at the as the nation elected 135 Conserva- seat. In 1974 he lost to Tommy tives; 115 Liberals; 26 New Demo- Douglas of the NDP by a 2,000 vote crats and six Social Credit. difference. These are the final results of The voters recorded a 74% Tuesday's polling: These are the writers. They all turn-out throughout the riding as won prizes in a recent essay interest in the election belied the Don Taylor (Conservative): contest. apparent apathy of the latter days 19,010. West Coast Air to From left to write are Loretta of the campaign. Jim Manly (New Democrat): Dods, Cathy dies, Jennifer Miller, There was fervent support for 17,450 Richard CobanU and Gfeda TOB- the Conservatives and the New David Anderson (Liberal): mel. Democrats, with Liberals trailing a 7,071 run four Twin Otters They were announced winnow poor third and the Communist and Ernie Knott (Communist): 82 at Citizenship Day in Golf Islands Marxist-Leninist taking several Allan Bezanson (Marxist-Leni- West Coast Air Services Ltd. Coast Air has no intention of Secondary School, Friday after- votes each. nist): 51 has put a third 19-passenger Twin abandoning its float plane service noon last week. Essay contest was The Marxist-Leninist candi- The islands were originally part Otter float plane into service on its to the Gulf Islands. Although it sponsored by the Islands New date, Allan Bezanson, had not even of the old riding of Nanaimo-Cowi- Vancouver-Gulf Islands-Victoria now has an application before the Democrat dob. announced his candidature in the chan-the Islands until redistribu- service, and will add a fourth Air Transport Committee for per- hi order of placing in the islands. tion. aircraft next month. mission for a non-stop Vancouver- contest are Gisela, Richard, Jenni- The seat has been held by the Lynn C. Thow, West Coast Air Victoria harbour-to-harbour ser- fer, Loretta and Cathy. Prizes will New Democratic Party since 1962 chairman and chief executive offic- vice, Thow said West Coast Air will be distributed on Awards Day. by the late Colin Cameron and er, said the decision to double the continue to provide a Vancouver former NDP leader Tommy Doug- (From Page One) made because and Victoria link to the Gulf Portion of las. The Conservatives held it 01 tne increasing traffic flow on the Islands. between 1958 and 1962 when W.S. coast service. Thow and Aimer Michaud, At Galiano Matthews was MP. Before that, "There has been a dramatic president and chief operating offic- Sidney Island Colin Cameron represented the increase in the volume of passen- er, also announced that the acqui- Royal Canadian Mounted Police riding for the CCF from 1953 to gers between Vancouver and Vic- sition of West Coast Air by Constable Lome Harper is the 1958, after taking it from Tory MP toria," he said. "Our third Twin Cromarty Holdings Ltd. has now officer stationed on Galiano. is purchased Major-Gen. George Pearkes, VC. Otter was added to the run on been completed. Cromarty Hold- With his headquarters in Gan- A poll-by-poll breakdown of Wednesday and the fourth will go ings is a company formed recently ges, Const. Harper will be station- how the islands voted will appear into service in June." by British Columbia and Alberta ed on the island until the end of Agreement has been reached to next week. Thow also stressed that West industrialists. August. purchase approximately 105 acres of Sidney Island as an addition to the existing Sidney Island Marine GOOD CONSERVATION, NO CONTAMINANTS RELEASED Park. Lands Minister James Chabot said that the purchase of the 9 property adds substantially to the Shale pit being 'properly operated existing park which has 170 acres of land area. The minister added that the purchase of the property at According to the Ministry of purchased the property a year ago had expected to be taking out shale an area 100 metres long by 30 to an appraised value of $300,000 was Mines, the shale quarry near it was zoned rural. The zoning has for about three years. However, 50 metres wide. It would amount to made possible through equal con- Cusheon Lake on Salt Spring Island since been changed to watershed I. she said, it now appears that it will 30,000 tonnes of shale, said Robin- tributions from the lottery fund and is being "properly operated....in She explained that there seem- only be another year before they son. the Devonian Society. accordance with an agreement" ed to be little danger of the shale finish taking out the rock. Their The topsoil had been removed Provincial Secretary Hugh Cur- with the ministry. pit affecting the quality of the lake original plan had been to build a from the area and was going to be tis expressed delight in the suc- That observation was made in a water and referred to a statement house and move to the property pushed back over it once the shale cessful conclusion of this purchase letter dated May 14 from Inspector made by the mines inspector in his once they had closed the shale had been removed. and went on to elaborate on the of Mines J.W. Robinson to the letter to the Trust. operation. The mines inspector also spoke significant recreation and conser- Islands Trust. The letter was NO CONTAMINANTS She said the size of the actual to the neighbouring residents at vation efforts of the government written following an inspection of "There was an abundance of pit is about half an acre and what the time. One of them was con- in the Gulf Islands in recent years. the shale pit by Robinson on May algae in the bog area along the they are doing is taking the top off cerned about the possibility of the This purchase is one of a series that 11. creek (which runs adjacent to the a knoll. excavations causing her well to dry has been carried out in conjunction The pit has been the subject of pit) showing that no oil or other NO ROCK-CRUSHER up and her fruit trees to die. with the Devonian Foundation of some controversy with some resi- contaminants had been released She also stated that rumours of "The pit is too far away and too Calgary in the past year. Already dents in the area registering com- from the operation," said Robin- a rock-crusher being set up on the far above the fruit trees to even acquired are Winter Cove on plaints about the operation, run by son. property were untrue. remotely affect the trees," said Saturna Island and Tribune Bay on Harvey Reynolds of Ganges. He also noted that "there is In his letter to the Trust, Robinson. Hornby Island, both will be man- Reynolds' wife, Lois, said in an every sign of good conservation Robinson said he visited the quarry WOULDN'T OBJECT =aged as provincial parks. Cabbage interview last week that toiler and thergwere no signs uf waste of a year ago because complaints had However, that one neighbour Island, adjacent to Saturna Island, the main concern was environmen- the assets". been made about it. Reynolds told said she wouldn't .objectif ,Rey- was diM> puiuiascu in CO-opCi'iUlulJ tal, me piupetiy cull in ai me Time mat ne was going noias loiiowea tne plan as he nad nvith the Devonian Foundation and in the Cusheon Lake watershed. that their operation was a "small to log the saleable timber and then explained it to her, said the the Nature Conservancy of Canada. She explained that when they venture" and she and her husband remove five metres of shale from (Turn to Page Twenty-Eight) Page Two GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Wednesday, May 23, 1979 Total of 700 members needed to New wheelchair from inspectors form co-op store at Salt Spring At least 700 members would be Upper Ganges Road was also year whether one buys goods from required to form a co-op food store considered, but it was decided that the store or not. on Salt Spring Island, using prem- it was too small. In Cowichan, the fee is $2.50, ises available at the new Valcourt TWO TYPES and $1.25 for pensioners. shopping centre, a meeting at There are types of co-op stores: 10% HIGHER Ganges was told last Wednesday. the conventional profit-sharing Gosselin was asked at the About 70 interested island resi- type and the direct charge co-op.

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