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t.ntl. GST) 1 ' ph Wednesday fll June 7, 2000 s 41 'year F lands Issue 23 328 Lower Ganges Road, Sail Spring Island, B.C. V8K2V3 Tel: 250-537-9933 Fax: 250-537-2613 Toll-free: 1-877-537-9934 e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.gulfislands.net 134 grads bid farewell to high school A jubilant Class of 2000 celebrated comple tion of Grade 12 with family, friends and Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) staff at graduation ceremonies and a prom Saturday night. Speeches, music, awarding of 60 scholar ships and bursaries, and Health the traditional GISS grand march of the 134- treatments member graduating class at the Centre highlighted the ceremony A three-part series on at the GISS gymnasium. health treatments and Nicki Cameron, one of the parent prom organiz spas on Salt Spring ers, said the dance, which wraps up this week went on until 3 a.m., was with a look at new judged "a real success," treatments at Salt with an estimated 250 Spring Centre. attending. PageAl it "All the credit (for a problem-free evening) goes to the kids," she Class Of 2000 said. Sergeant Paul graduate Darbyshire of Salt Spring JfomCISS RCMP congratulated the grads, party organizers A gala ceremony and and volunteers "for a safe fun-filled after grad at and responsible grad cel die Farmers' Institute ebration." Police dealt helped island grads say with only two minor inci dents involving people good-bye to their high not in the graduating school years .Photos, class. PageAl 6 See photo spread on Page A16. Staging Peter Pan atArtSpring Crowd urges more time to discuss land use A Salt Spring Centre School children go all By GAIL SJUBERG of Bylaw #355, which was pay attention, and the good first reading, not release of — some wanted them out with their magical Driftwood Staff released May 10. meeting turn-out was evi the second draft. reduced, others larger. production of Peter If most of the 100-pIus John Woodward, speak dence of that. When the first "There are many lobby The varied discussion Pan. people attending last ing for a Farmers Institute draft was released 11 groups out there," she said. mirrored the audience, Thursday's local Trust com committee studying the months ago and adoption "I'm not going to be pushed whose members came from Page HI mittee meeting on the pro bylaw's impact on the farm was a long way off, few by lobby groups. I'm going more age brackets and posed land use bylaw have ing community, said no one people attended public to listen to everybody at a backgrounds than most Index their way, trustees Bev had time to devote to the meetings about it, she said. public meeting." meetings on local govern Byron and David issue during summer Woodward was also criti Other hot topics at the ment issues. Arts Bl* Borrowman won't he giving months. cal of the process because meeting were home-based Allowing "light industry" Classifieds.- A23 it first reading at the end of Others concurred, urging his group was told it would business regulations in the as a home-based business Community A17 July. a delay of a proposed public be able to see the second bylaw; not enforcing the occupation was a serious Crossword B31* A show of hands indicat hearing date of September draft before it was released. illegal renting of suites and concern for several people, Editorials A8 ed a majority wanted more 27. Byron said the farming cottages; making bylaws who did not feel comforted In-depth A9 time to study and provide Byron suggested immi group was told they could more farmer-friendly; and MORE TIME A2 Letters A 9 input into the second draft nent deadlines made people see the document before setbacks from water bodies Photo feature... A16 Sports A14 TVListings All View point A8 Loitering kids cause concerns Wood wins bronze What's On B4* Years A21 By ANASTACIA WILDE But at least one island resident says the Driftwood Staff issue stems from a community problem A Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) athlete rather than a youth problem. earned a medal at provincial high school track and field First of Two Parts championships in Vancouver Friday. Weather Scrape the surface of island paradise and Some Ganges merchants are concerned with issues of economics and tourism but Grade 10 student Thea Wood captured a bronze in the Sun and showers are you may find an ugly reality lurking underfoot. senior division of the 100-metre event, defeating many forecast throughout Downtown merchants say drugs, alcohol most seem distressed about the kids them of B.C.'s top Grade 11 and 12 sprinters. the week. Highs up to and vandalism are becoming rampant out selves and their confrontational approach to business owners and police, and the blatant Coach Doug Pearson said it was the first time GISS 18 C. (Thursday) and side their stores and they are fed up with lack of parental presence. has brought home a medal at the provincial level. lows down to 9 C, cleaning trash and strewn condoms, replac Tyler Cocker of GISS also attended the champi Thurs.-Sat. ing tom-down signs and gathering remnant Although there is an overall perception onships. beer bottles and cans from the teenagers' that the aggressive behaviour involves all of See story on page A4. •Ntn included in the Pendent hditu.fi night partying. COMMUNITY PROBLEM A3 Tbe Internet Gateway to tbe Gulf Islands hup:/Avww.gulfisla nils, net Gulf Islands Our Classifieds eould be Online worth inilliosi$$!! DETAILS PAGE A25 A2 * WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2000 NEWSBEAT GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Best all-round paper included in 6 national nominations The Driftwood has been nominated for circulation between 3,500 and 6,500. The design. earth construction system. six national newspaper awards, including other two finalists are the Canmore (Alta.) The arts award nomination was made on The ad design award was for a process one for best all-round newspaper in its cir Leader and the Salmon Ann Observer. the basis of a submission that included sto colour ad designed and created by account culation class. Winners will be announced at the ries by senior reporter Gail Sjuberg and for representative Peter McCully, creative con The awards program, sponsored by the CCNA's annual convention, being held next mer staffer Tom Howell, and photography sultant Lorraine Sullivan and photographer Canadian Community Newspapers month in Magog, Quebec. by Derrick Lundy. Derrick Lundy. Association (CCNA), chose the Driftwood Other award nominations were for best The feature story nomination was for a The CCNA is a trade association of com as one of the top three finalists in the gener editorial page, best front page, best coverage piece written by managing editor Susan munity newspapers with 700 members al excellence category for newspapers with of the arts, best feature story and best ad Lundy on Meror Krayenhoff's rammed across Canada. MORE TIME: Needed to study LJJB i^ulfIsland {floss From Page 1 by assurances from trustees and 'They may be riff-raff to most on the rental of dwellings to planner Linda Adams that such of you, but they're pumping your tourists, which takes them out of WINDOWS... activities must take place within a gas and they're pouring your cof the affordable accommodation All shapes and sizes. building and, like all home-based fee," he said. pool for residents. The draft LUB Free estimates - call today! businesses, mask its impact on Fowler added to the coffee sce includes a paragraph prohibiting Shop now open 8 am - 4:30 pm others. nario, suggesting that if people such rentals, but again, the bylaw Rainbow Road (next to the cement plant) Tom Pickett said the LUB had to pay more for "legal" hous can only be enforced on a com home-based business regulations ing, other costs would follow. plaint basis. ROY CRONIN 537-4545 did not make sense in light of offi "Is the population of this island After the meeting, Adams cial community plan policies. He prepared to pay three or four dol addressed a couple of misconcep cited one which said the Trust lars for a cup of coffee so I can tions arising from last week's committee should consider rezon- live in a legal suite?" LUB story. She said logging and t&SZlSSj.* ing for light industry. Both Borrowman and Byron forestry are not actually prohibited "You opened the back door and were firm on the need to control in Rural and Upland zones, but closed the front," he said. the island's population, water con that because the Trust does not Some speakers urged the Trust sumption and traffic levels, asking have jurisdiction over those activi to shift the bylaw's general stance people to imagine what would ties they were removed in the new from prohibition of the negative to happen if every property had a draft bylaw. It may have been bolstering of the positive. second dwelling or suite it rented more confusing to point out the "This bylaw should encourage out. difference, she said. and foster the sorts of things we Some people made specific sug She also said input from gov want to see," said Terry Klokeid, gestions for how to encourage cre ernment agencies had been giving sustainable agriculture and ation of more affordable housing. received on the first draft and forestry as examples. Although the wording about changes made as a result, with the You WHO?. Affordable housing prompted secondary suites has changed, second draft now sent to them as major discussion, including pas Adams said the situation would well.