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HOW to Vancouver Harbour Tohrom Gulf Islands This Schedule Will Service Only Ganges Harbour-Salt Spring Island and Maple Bay, Near Duncan on Vancouver Island A2 ~ WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 23, 2000 NEWS BEAT GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD World at your fingertips at new Corintemet Cafe Wanting to locate an old and help of a federal government the same time." du Plessis. The young workers People checking in during open dear friend? Needing a special part grant, officially opens on the Thanks to Community Access have given the interior rooms of house days will be eligible to win for your project car? Hoping to get ground floor of the McPhillips Program (CAP) grants distributed the Core Inn a major facelift; door prizes, including gifts from info on a troubling medical condi­ Avenue centre next week. by the federal government, urban painted new signs and a sandwich Salt Spring Soapworks, Luigi's tion? Wondering where your Everyone is invited to the open and rural communities across the board; designed and tested a menu Pizza, Salt Spring Books and other favourite musician is currently house which runs frofn country are "getting connected" for the cafe; carried out research island enterprises. At the touring? Wednesday, August 30 to Friday, and Salt Spring Island will soon into computers; conducted a pub­ Corinternet launch, there'll be a These are just a few of the myri­ September 1 between 1 and 4 be home to its own cool CAP lic survey on community Internet barbecue, balloons and more. ad paths people can take on the p.m., with a grand launch party on site. needs; and engaged in fundraising For further information, people World Wide Web or the Internet, Saturday, September 2 from 11 Working closely with Core Inn and awareness activities at the can contact Nobile or duPlessis at and soon they can do it in down­ a.m. to 3 p.m. coordinator Trish Nobile, and with Saturday Market and the Garlic the Core Inn, 537-9932. town Ganges at the Corinternet "We'll help you get comfort­ technical guidance from CAP Festival. Cafe. able with the Internet," says committee chairman Varek The cafe, put together by the Adrian du Plessis, Corinternet Boettcher, students Shasta Coffey, Core Inn Youth Project Society Cafe coordinator "and introduce .r­ Ara Matheson, Natalie North and and four hired students with the you to a fine mocha milkshake at Daniel Wood have been busy, says PARC REFERENDUM QUICK REPAIR! From Page A1 ~_,.,...,.~...J OF CHIPS AND CRACKS. Save the high cost of projects. ed a public survey. It was refined Rainbow Road property Saturday '~~~--~~windshield replacement. The proposal is to raise a maxi­ after an indoor recreation facility with only representatives of vari­ mum of $111,000 per year, or up task force did further study in ous community groups and the Free estimates - call today! to 9.2 cents per $1,000 of taxable 1995-96, and a 1998 community media invited. assessment through a property tax survey again put indo9r~ecreation Printed or verbal information is levy for the next 10 years. For the at the top of its wish list. now available for the public average property assessed at PARC already owns 1.22 acres through the PARC office at $212,000, the cost would be $18 of land close to the high school, Portlock Park (537-4448) or on per year. Business properties which is envisioned to comple­ the PARC website at crd.bc.ca/ssi­ would contribute 2.45 times that ment use of the larger parcel. parc. A brochure was also sent amount. Fraser said PARC must plan for through the mail. As the island's population the island's future needs, adding Info booths will be in the grows; that yearly figure would that the Texada lands situation has Saturday market most weeks, decrease as more people pitched in shown us "how a vision for the open houses are set for September to make up the $111,000 maxi­ future is really important for the 9 and 12 , and at the fall fair. mum. community." PARC commissioners will also PARC purchased the Rainbow Even if the referendum is gladly speak to community groups Road parcel under a 10-year bor­ defeated, the property's debt about the referendum. rowing bylaw with the possibility would still have to be dealt with. A sign on Rainbow Road identi­ of refinancing at the end of that "The debt must still be retired fies the spot at present, but the period. But its plan to pay off the and we would have to come up premises are currently rented and property without increasing taxes with a solid plan to pay off that people should not enter the prop­ was sidetracked by a Municipal debt," explained Fraser. erty unless they are part of a Act change which means the debt It would result in about PARC-organized tour. must now be paid off by $100,000 be ing taken from Fraser stressed that the December 31,2005. PARC's annual operating budget. September 30 referendum is not As explained by PARC commis­ Alternatively the property about deciding on a specific recre­ sioners Saturday, the Rainbow would have to be sold and expan­ ational facility at this time. Any Road property near Gulf Islands sion of island recreation facilities proposals about a pool or skating Secondary is considered ideal for put off indefinitely. rink would need to go through a recreation facility in terms of its Some possibilities for the capi­ another referendum some years size, lay of the land for construc­ tal reserve fund, if approved down the line and after thorough tion, and its location close to through referendum, include pur­ public discussion. schools and Ganges - which also chasing land for a south-end ball "It could be sooner or it could conforms to community plan pro­ park since the current site is only be later," said Fraser. "It depends visions. leased; expansion of Portlock on the public." of a return flight on PARC chairman Wayne Fraser Park; increasing walking trails or For now, he said, the most said that acquiring land for a the Ganges linear park public important thing was that as many future indoor recreation facility pathway. people as possible vote on HARBOUR AIR'S near Ganges was identified as a PARC took a new tack in infor­ September 30 to give PARC a VANCOUVEit SERVICES* community wish in PARC's 1992 mation management by holding an clear direction for the future. master plan process, which includ- official "referendum launch" at the • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GANGES to DOWNTOWN VAN. $63.0)* +GST one way -HOW TO Vancouver Harbour toHrom Gulf Islands This schedule will service only Ganges Harbour-Salt Spring Island and Maple Bay, near Duncan on Vancouver Island. Flight# Departs Arrives Frequency REACH Harbour Islands 401 0715 0745-0800 Mon-Fri 403 1715 1745-1800 Mon-Fri & Sun us 405 0900 0930-0945 Sat only Use the telephone extension Flight# Departs Arrives Frequency Islands Harbour number of the person you 402 0745 0815-0830 Mon-Fri REG. $579.95 REG. $519.95 wish to reach for calls during 404 1745 1815-1830 Mon-Fri, Sun office hours, and after hours 406 0930 1000-1015 Sat only NOW $519.95 SALE $449.95 for faster access to our voice -+- SAVE $60.00 SAVE $70.00 mail system. GANGFS to AIRPORT service* French, Claudia ......202 $58.00 +GSTone way Law, Michele ... .....201 Vancouver Airport toHrom Gulf Islands Lester, Tanya ....... .207 This schedule will service: Ganges Harbour-Salt Spring Island, Lundy, Susan ........209 Montague Harbour-Galiano Island, Bedwell Harbour-South Pender Island, McCully, Peter ... ....215 Telegraph Harbour-Thetis Island, Miner'§_Bay-Mayne Island, Richards, Alice . ... ...200 Lyall Harbour-Saturna Island. Richards, Tony .. ... ..201 Flight # Departs Arrives Frequency Sjuberg, Gail .. ... ....210 Airport Islands AT FULFORD HARBOUR Sullivan, Lorraine ....206 801 0710 0735-0805 Mon-Fri Pacific Standard Time- measured in feet 803* 1215 1240 Mon-Fri sponsored by Harbours End Marine & Equipment Ltd. Walls, Fiona ....... ..211 805 1745 1810-1840 Daily AUG. 0500 3.3 27 0100 10.2 Wilde, Anastacia . ....208 8015 0900 0925-0955 Sat-Sun 23 1305 8.9 su 0845 1.3 • Flight 803 direct to Ganges only Office hours: 8-5, Mon-Fri WE 1630 8.2 1645 10.5 Flight # Departs Arrives Frequency 2200 10.2 2135 8.5 Phone 250-537-9933 Islands Airport 24 0600 2.6 28 0205 10.2 Fax: 250-537-2613 802 0740 0810-0840 Mon-Fri TH 1430 9.5 MO 0935 1.3 email: 804* 1245 1315 Mon-Fri 1800 8.9 1720 10.8 [email protected] 806 1815 1845-1915 Daily 2250 10.2 2220 7.9 Website: 8025 0930 1000·1030 Sat·Sun 25 0655 2.0 http: I I www.gulfislands.net • Flight 804 direct from Ganges only FR 1525 10.2 29 0310 10.2 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1930 9.2 TU 1020 1.6 Mail: 328 Lower Ganges Rd., 2350 10.2 1755 10.8 HARBOUR AIR 2310 7.2 Salt Spring Island, B.C., V8K 2V3 SEAPLANES 26 0750 1.6 YOUR SEAPLANE PROFESSIONALS SA 1610 10.5 30 0420 2040 8.9 WE 1105 537-5525 1•800•665•0212 1825 *If you a r e t his week "s winner. y ou must contact Driftwood llmri~~cl .. .. .;.,.~-..; ..... ? .. .. ,.. ..... 1-.-- ../"- ................. _... ... J.. 1.:.--..... .,...: ........... .,..J,....,. ,... .,. ,... ........... .,. ..... _ .,. .... .... .: ..... 1 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD 1"\1 .C. W 0 D L 11... .l Photo op? A GOOD FOUNDATION: Call Playing in the cement to Driftwood establish foundation footings photographer under St. Mark's Angelican Derrick church are, from left, Jamie Lundy Sinclair, Russell Hardy Dave Girard Max Abley: 'a passion for life' The community of Salt Spring cared about the kids on the island.
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