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PENDER Mom tastes NEWS Page 19 street life By SUSAN LUNDY when they go missing, the Staff Writer other kids come and ,, Second in a Series break them out. If you "You have to imagine don 't get broken out, you what it is like to be in a try to climb higher ... squat with no light except out a window and down a your Bic lighter. You ·are _gutter. waist-deep in debris .. . . "If you fall and die, there is no point ofrefer­ your body could be ence for light or sound or' thrown in~ dumpster." anything. " You are walking - - Sandie Ferguson through corridors of .Island boxes arid broken glass . A "light went out" for until you· come to a blan­ Sandie Ferguson on the erotica ket across an opening that day she lost her 14-year­ winds down, is filled with old nuittress­ old daughter Danielle to Eros2002 finished up es and cushions. Ten or 15 the streets. with a literary read­ kids are sleeping in filth Danielle ran away for ing and ball last like you can't imagine. the first time on her weekend. " You wake up in the brother's 11th birthday. .morning and you have no "We blew out the can­ ·...... •. / .....Pagel4 concept of time . . . and dles and went to the - the city has come along police station," Sandie in the night and bolted recalls. you iri. It takes two guys But for the Salt Spring to kick their way out. If single mother of two, that there are no "guys " and day marked the start of the girls are connected ON THE STREETS 2 Burgoyne park plans up for grabs Basketball After two years of nail-biting efforts to. secure the pur­ heros hit chase of Texada lands, Salt Springers will finally have a say in the future of the land destined to become Burgoyne Bay th~ ho(Jps ProvinciaLPark. Three isltifid basketS And while it may seem like the issue that obsessed Salt lfall team~ played Spring for those two years has been yanked off ·centre stage tournaments 'last into oblivion, that isn't the case. u/c.'ekeiid, ziJith one Since the land purchase was completed last November ­ taking first place. . following the Nature Trust of B.C. preservation of the huge Garry oak woodland area several months earlier- B.C. • . . .. :Pa~~s J~~ lfJ . HIP HOPPING: Seanna Johnston is having a whale of ~ time with friends at Parks staff have quietly worked away on facilitating the the annual Fulford Country Dance, held last Friday evening at Fulford lands' transition from logging company holdings to park. Elementary School. The event, which included tasty treats an_d a silent auction, On Thursday, March 14, at 7 p.m. at Gulf Islands was a fundraiser for playground equipment at the school. PhotobyoernckLundy BURGOYNE 3 !i: J\rt§ _.. . ';,c;• •c ¥:%' }; .• · ... Glassifteds:.. ~ -· .. · Editori~!) J/ . , .. ·.. Letters ~ -·; ·· ·.Pe.l1deP'' Eyewitness describes massive protest rally · Sports ... ,., ; ...... By MELISSA MOUAT pare. My friend and I arrived at the ed out with words of thanks devot­ · TV Listiii.gs ...... 9 Special to the Driftwood The atmosphere was like that of a legislature before the crowd from ed to those who helped organize the Union workers, seniors in crowd awaiting an anticipated Centennial Square. However, the event. Then the speeches took wheelchairs and people unrecog­ sports game. area was already crowded. Near place, mostly from people speaking nizable in peculiar costumes were With my camera tucked safely one edge of the lawn wen~ tents full on their union's behalf. Weather among those flocking Victoria under my jacket and my notebook · of campers who had already been But what really caught the G~t use~ to the §Ull streets and public lawns of the B.C. in hand, I allowed myself to be there for several days. , crowd's attention and raised some · :..:_ . ~nd 'cold tempera­ legislature building Saturday. engulfed by the swarming crowds. . Away from the roads; near the noise were the sing-alongs, com­ tures. Sun' and a few Thousands came from all over The noi~e of aboriginal drums filled steps of the building, a crew_had set posed to the tunes of many well­ douds 'are forecast, B.C. to fight Premier Gordon the air, and the colours of hundreds up a large stand for the protest host known nursery rhymes.· Campbell's cuts and make their of signs filled the sky. and guest speakers. The crowd The themes of the song brought ~th possible showefs on the.\ . weekend. opinions heard. The protest was At 1 1:15 the crowd began to grew quickly, helped alpng not only to the crowd's attention the many scheduled to begin at noon, howev­ march towards its final destination, by the Centennial Square group but contracts Campbell had altered, the Highs to 9 C (Sunday), er, many people met in Centennial blocking off streets along the way. also by others who had parked thousands of people out of work lows to . -1 C Square, about six blocks from the Several buses had to find alternate around the downtown area. (Thursday); legislature, at around 10 a.m. to pre- routes to avoid theo ncoming mob. At noon, the show began. It start- RALLY 3

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more than a tragic three­ the li ves of her street and-a-half-year estrange­ ON THE STREETS friends. ment from her daughter. "They are dying," she It became the day her life From Page 1 says angrily. "They are changed ·forever. Over the dying from homelessness, next few years she would and hoping it would net­ disease, drugs, suicide. I butt up against police and work through to Danielle. don't know many kids who society, look deep into the One month later, Danielle haven't slept in the same heart of street life and open called "out of the blue," ask­ building as a corpse." her eyes wide to a way of ing if she and a few friends Next week: the kids. life most people will never could crash at her house. see. " She arrived with six Searching for Danielle in smelly, raunchy kids. She the streets of Victoria even­ was skinny as hell .. . they tually led to a new way of had a range of ailments from "being" for Sandie. As she malnutrition, staff infections became more familiar on and scabies . ... And they the streets, she was accept­ stunk." ed among those who live As the kids spread out there. And because street thei r blankets in the base­ • Perfect for raised beds youth in various cities net­ ment, Sandie told them not • Honda easy start mini 4-stroke work among themselves, to wake up her and her son. engine she maintained a link Sandie Ferguson and daughter Danielle When several attempts to between herself and her quiet them failed and the • Transport wheels standard daughter. Photo by Derrick Lundy noise didn't subside, she ran .• 4 optional attachments (digging Sandie's work with street shocked at how people dealt following Danielle's di sap­ down the stairs, smacked tines, aerator, dethatcher, edger) youth began while she lived with her. pearance became a time of the wall with her fist and • Convenient built-in carrying handle temporarily in Ladysmith. "It was absolutely differ­ self-reflection. told them to "shut the f-­ SAVE $50.00 I Reg $499.00 Several arrived one day on ent than how anyone else Friction with status quo up." her doorstep with Danielle, would be treated," she says, began for Sandie the first "They said to Danielle, looking for a place to stay. recalling the time two time she brushed up against 'your mom's rad;' they 'Her acceptance of them pre­ policemen approached her police soon after Danielle seemed surprised that I was­ cipitated a parade of youth and said "it's time to leave," ran away in 1995. She did n't afraid of them. They still through her homes in even though she was just not like what the Sannich talk about it." Ladysmith and Salt Spring. standing on a street corner. detachment told her: Danielle stayed for two And they took Sandie "They would never, never Danielle was over the age of days before returning to onto the streets. Dressed in do that if they thought I was 12, her name would go into Vancouver; some of the kids Pacific Standard Time - measured in feet her street garb of high-top a dental hygienist .. . These a book as a runaway. And stayed on and off with sponsored by Harbours End Marine & Equipment Ltd. boots, army pants and a kids are treated horribly. nothing more would be done Sandie for five years. FEB 0555 11.2 03 0110 5.2 black "hoody" (sweatshirt "I became a peer, I was 27 1110 7.9 su 0745 11.2 They are denied access to unless she was caught in an WE 1605 10.2 1430 3.6 with a hood), she flitted in toilets in restrooms, and act of crime or attempting taken into the subculture 2300 1.6 2110 9.2 and out of the world that and learned about it . . . In water." suicide. 28 0625 11.2 04 0200 had sucked up her daughter. Sandie also discovered "I kept on him," Sandie the streets we were in ·pure TH 1155 6.9 MO 0810 Periodically, Danielle saw how judgemental people can recalls. ''I'm sure I was a survival mode. Nothing I 1715 9.8 1525 2340 2250 her mother. be, especially after Danielle pain in the butt. Finally he had been raised with was 2.6 "She came to Vancouver appeared on television. said, 'If you take your valid in my head. We 0650 11.2 05 0300 and sat beside me while I became family." 1245 5.6 TU 0840 As Danielle recalls: daughter off the streets by 1825 9.5 1620 was strung out on heroin. "Some reporter came up to force, I'll personally charge Now almost seven years She slept in one of my later, Sandie continues to us, gave us a few bucks and you with kidnapping.'" 06 friend's squats." asked if our story could be She adds, "His words offer up her home to create WE Although Danielle did not on TV. We thought we'd were the breaking point. awareness of and support visibly appreciate her moth­ make up the biggest stories After that I didn't care what for street kids. And now, er's interference, she says we could and maybe they'd society thought of me." Two more than ever, she fears for that "deep down, I was give us more money." days later she quit her job­ thankful I had someone And so Danielle wove a "I felt I had failed my family standing by me ... I thought tale about fleeing to the by going to school and \ \. \\1 \U! \\I t(l of her sometimes." streets to get away from an working" - and by the end Once she was "dead abusive mother who beat of the month she'd moved LLL ~ n\J[ ' \\I asleep" and dreamed her her. off the island. l.---' I mom was shouting at her to "All of a sudden my In her dreams she saw get up. daughter's face is all over herself in a white house by "She kept sayi ng 'you the news," Sandie remem­ the water. When such a have to get up now.' When I bers. "I became ostracized .. house became available in woke up there was smoke . and street friends reacted to Ladysmith, Sandie took it as all through the squat, I woke Danielle. One even kicked a sign to rent out her home up my friends and we got her for the tale. I learned to on Salt Spring and move out ... within a few minutes walk alone and so did she." across the water. the building was engulfed in Sandie's own family With a Great Dane for flames." backed away from the situa­ company and $20 in change On the streets Sandie tion, not knowing how to for panhandlers, Sandie quickly learned she had deal with it, and now went back to the streets in dropped to the bottom of the shunned by many in the Victoria, giving out her new Good dog ... get the wrench ... societal hierarchy, and was community, the early period address and phone number, attaboy.. come on boy!

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Secondary, the public will get an update on progress to date and have an opportunity to talk about what kind of park they want to see. Would it include hiking trails, camping opportunities, organic agriculture or not? Would a total hands-off approach be the choice of others? The meeting, organized by a loosely knit coalition of island groups and individuals, will include representation from the government department formally known as B.C. Parks and hopefully senior planner Jim Morris, who has been working on the Burgoyne Bay project. Patricia Lockie and Bill Harrington have taken on the pub­ licity job for the coalition committee. They suggest that in preparing for the meeting, people should be thinking about their vision of the new park. The area in question does not include most of the north shore of Burgoyne Bay - the 278 hectares (690 acres) bought by the Nature Trust of B.C. which is now being leased to B.C. Parks. Unlike the provincial park, which will be subject to a full­ OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Aubrey Zacharias (left) fledged management plan, the Nature Trust area - contain­ and Max Beattie wash dishes at the new Oystercatcher ing the largest Garry oak woodland in Canada - will be Restaurant. Hundreds of people checked out the governed by a less-detailed "management direction state- . restaurant at a dinner and party Saturday. The COUNTER ment," says Lockie. In fact, she adds, it will most likely Oystercatcher opened to the public on Monday. become an ecological reserve, with no sanctioned human activities within its boundaries. (One parcel in the midst of Photo by Derrick Lundy the Nature Trust property is already an ecological reserve.) INTElliGENCE: A consultant's report on the Nature Trust lands is already well on its way to completion. Vacation rentals meeting set We can offer you Harrington and Lockie say one definite unknown at this Anyone affected by the Salt said. countertops in point is what effect provincial government restructuring and Spring Local Trust Fraser said it did not seem hundreds of patterns funding cutbacks will have on B.C. Parks and future park Committee's taking aim at fair that the Trust has decided & colours in materials operations. vacation home rentals is invit­ to pursue systematic enforce­ The length of time needed to create the park is also not set ed to a public meeting Friday ment of its bylaws rather than of all smts. in stone, although the committee has been told it could easily night. trying to come up with a com­ See our showroom consume two years. Lorna Fraser, of the vaca­ promise. for many samples. Islanders interested in the future of the lands they fought tion home rental arm of Island She al so said vacation so hard to save are urged to attend the March 14 meeting. Explorer Property homes are the preferred Management, said, "We want accommodations choice for Sharon's to host a meeting to try and many island visitors, and that get a strategic plan together so islanders depend on the Country Home RALLY: Islanders attend that we can fight back against income generated by those GRACE POINT SQUARE 537-4014 From Page 1 the Trust in shutting us down." tourists. It takes place at the Harbour Trustees made the decision 'abd other "blunders" made by the government. House Hotel at 7 p.m. regarding vacation home "Any support we can get rentals at their January 24 1. A small group of women wielding signs told me they "ENJOY THE OF A would be appreciated," she meeting. BENEFITS NEW HOME" had travelled from the north-east side of Vancouver just to COMPLIMENTED BY: be there. One woman was a community worker who wor­ -VIEW of Ganges Harbour ·water service by NSSW DISTRICT; ried about the amount of money that went into her under­ - LOCATED within the Village; funded community centre. Another was there because she PRE-SEASON felt it was her duty to represent those who could not FEATURING 9' Ceilings main floor & peaked ceilings up ; 1 TUNE-UP Majority of floor covering tile & wood attend. Why wait for the last minute to A group of union workers whose union isn 't affected by have your lawn mower tuned the cutbacks told me it was their duty to help other union up? Come see us now & receive members who are involved. an extra 10% off parts. Sophie Lui of CH News informed me that Saturday's TUNE-UP SPECIAL protest - estimated at about 20,000 people ·- was the biggest she had ever covered and that she was relieved -=c:=:"' SERVICE CENTRE $33 •95 + parts there was no violence. The protest began breaking apart at about 4 p.m., when most of the speeches were over. 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The wooden pencil cup panying discipline Admiral Sir Robert Baynes bears a curious brass plaque problems and lack (Baynes Peak) and the admi­ recounting the history of Salt of efficiency, he ral's secretary paymaster Spring's village namesake, said. James Southey (Southey HMS Ganges. The Thetis Point) as the source of those And historical society pres­ move was viewed Salt Spring names. ident Tom Wright believes the with suspicion by The ship's name originated cup is likely built of brass and crews of a number from the Bombay docks in teak from the 19th-century of other ships who India, where the Ganges was sailing vessel. made threats of constructed in 1821. As the Tom Wright with mystery cup violence against first British warship built of YARD SALE As a facsimile of a Royal Got some sod to sell? Advertise it in the Navy rum dipper, the cup Pholo by Mlt<:hell Shemn the temperate teak instead of oak, the could also be linked to an sailors, said Ganges carried 84 guns and a classifieds! 537-9933 important moment in the his­ commissioned in 1823. Pearce. crew of700 men. tory of the Pacific Squadron "In that year, the crew of "However, at this point the In 1929, the Ganges was flagship. HMS Thetis voted to reduce crew of the Ganges let it be broken up after a modest mil­ According to local histori­ their rum ration in exchange known that they too support­ itary career, the last sailing an Wayne Pearce, the HMS for better rations (meat every ed this move and would stand ship to serve as flagship for NatureWorks Ganges became involved in a day instead of two meatless by the crew of the Thetis." the Royal Navy. Health Food minor crisis over rum rations days per week) plus an extra Consequently, opposition After a bit of searching, shortly after the vessel was two shillings per month," gradually subsided and the Pearce found the HMS rum ration reduction was Ganges figurehead at the adopted throughout the fleet. Royal Hospital School in The Salt Spring connection Holbrook, England. Trust looking for to the Ganges occurred in Despite Pearce's keen 1858 when the Pacific enthusiasm, the hospital Squadron was ordered to director was unwilling to award nominees show the flag at Fort Victoria send the fig urehead to Salt Supporting the Islands unique amenities,' and that's during the Fraser River gold Spring. Trust mandate is about to get really broad, [including] rush. If anyone has further infor­ some recogn ition with the lifestyles and ways of making During two years spent mation about the cup and its unveiling of the first a living . . . ." issuing li cences to prospec­ history, phone historical soci­ tors and charting local waters, ety president Tom Wright Community Stewardship Adams points out most the Ganges left several place Awards program. recognition awards cover peo­ (537-5347) or archives man­ names on the island as a per­ ager Mary Davidson (653- T he local government ple a larger geographical area. manent reminder of her visit. 4357). agency is now seeking nomi­ "Something like this is just nati ons for Trust area individ­ for people working in the GOOD FOOD uals, businesses and organiza­ Trust area, so it's more acces­ Friday thru Wednesday tions that deserve recognjtion sible and targetted to the kind MARCH 1-6 in two categories: ecosystem of communities that we and resource stewardship; and have." PROFESSIONAL WINDSHIELD Organic sustainable community devel­ Schools or classes also REPLACEMENT Vita Soy 229 opment. qualify, she notes. Dried Four awards will be granted Nominations can relate to QUICK REPAIR OF CHIPS & 3 - one for individuals and either a single project, or to CRACKS! ~~V~~A~~ 1L another for groups in both cat­ work carried out over a cer­ FREE ESTIMATES egories. tain period. The project or A~Rit~U LB Local soya Nova "This is a way to recognize work must be ongoing or have CAL.L. TODAY! some of the people who act in been completed within the Organic T Q f u ways supportive of the Islands previous 12 months. 81. Trust mandate," said Islands Application forms ask for a Trust chair David Essig, "and project description; its overall Mission we want to remind people that purpose, innovation and com­ 549 200f0 our mandate covers not only munity impact; and how it the natural environment but relates to the object of the FIGS LB OFF also topics like healthy com­ Islands Trust. · --PLAIN OR HERB ...... 2.25 ea munities and sustainable Appli cation deadline is economies." Aprill5. Linda Adams, manager of Forms are avail able at Trust area programs, also Islands Trust offices, or online stresses that people should through: think beyond traditional envi­ www.islandstrust.bc.ca. ronmental projects. ' Call Adams at 537-9144 for "People often focus on the more information. [Trust] mandate as preserving Awards will be presented at and protecting the natural the September meeting of Author's 159 Avalon Organics environment, but it's also 'the Islands Trust Council. Eames Lounge &Ottman PORRIDG~ LB ~HAMPOO &BODY CAR~ by Herman Miller Nature Clean 20°/o Have we got All Purpo~e OFF LINE YOUR number Cl~ANING . in the Lions Club SSI Directory? lOTION 4~~ !l~~~W~R2~~ D To add your new listing ... or Locally Crafted Furniture D To change your current listing ... CHiCKEN 4 ~~ ~Aii~n 99~ in the Salt Spring Island Directory, complete ·a yellow form located in the current phone book ~Jt~ and drop it in the mail , or drop it iQ one of the black boxes located at GYM, Thrifty Foods, Bank of Montreal or the Post Office. We'll take it from there! 6 .o. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2002 OPINION GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Go~N. CA.~?6e.W- SA."' s 1-\'~E.(U...L~ [l.)l~L.. No Olympic gold, l-O~~~R.. -ge. SWA"\s\:> ""S'i S~C..\Al-. l~RE.STG.Qoo?s, Canadian pride There is no shortage of heroes or role models for Canadians today. Over the course of two weeks, Canadian heroes made \II l J their mark at the Winter Olympics, an event that was crowned by two superb gold-medal finishes in men's and women's hockey. During two dynamite hours on Thursday and then again on ll Sunday, Canadians everywhere held their breath as our national hockey teams vied for the honour of being number one in the world. For a moment, hockey took precedence over everything, giving Canadians something to bring them together, a welcome change from the issues that often serve to keep us apart. Together we watched with disbelief as the women's team overcame some challenging penalty calls to defeat their American counterparts. Together we cheered as Joe Sakic and Jarome Iginla suddenly rose to hero status, earning a place alongside all the great names in this greatest of Canadian games. Just after 2 p.m. Sunday, Canadians celebrated together, cheer­ ing wildly for their men's hockey team, and proudly for their (r)$ country. Sporting competitions such as the Olympics have a unique way of strengthening the national fabric. They remind us that we have Published every Wednesday by Driftwood Publishing Ltd. 328 Lower Ganges Rd .. Salt Spring Island, B.C. V8K 2V3 good reason to be proud of who we are, and they give us the Office Hours: 8:00am - 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday Phone: 250-537-9933 Fax: 250-537-2613 Toll-free: 1-877-537-9934 heroes for which we all yearn. Pender (Sales): 250-629-3151 And where does it all start? It starts small at the local level, at E-mail: [email protected], website: www.gulfislands.net President Frank Richards Yearly Subscription Rates places such as the Salt Spring soccer pitch or the school gymna­ Publisher Tony Richards In the Gulf Islands $48.15* Elsewhere in Canada $78.11 * Managing Editor Susan Lundy 6 months elsewhere in Canada $49.22* Outside Canada $169.00 sium. Advertising Manager Peter McCully '"'Includes GST Advertising Andrea Le Borgne, Rick MacKinnon, This newspaper acknowledges the financial support of the Like many other communities, Salt Spring does sports well. Government of Canada, through the Publications Assistance Lorraine Sullivan, Robin Richards, Program (PAP), toward its mailing costs. Here, then, lies the foundation of our Olympic prowess: strong Debbie Wrate Publications Mail Registration No. 08149 Reporters Gail Sjuberg, Mitchell Sherrin, Pirjo Raits International Standard Serial Number 1198·7782 and vibrant community and school sports programs, with strong Photographer Derrick Lundy Memberships Accounting/Circulation Claudia French Canadian Community Newspapers Association support from the family and from the community at large. Production Alice Richards B.C. & Yukon Community Newspapers Association, B.C. Press Council Way to go, Canadians. Letters Broken been taking from the Old Age of new OAPO members. The stolen articles have no been taken from the seniors and Pensioners Organization (OAPO) Unfortunately, the locks had been monetary value, just irreplaceable we do not have a cane left to call contracts seniors. changed on the OAP room to pre­ sentiment. The theft of the charter our own. Regarding the February ·7 Salt Recently I received a phone call vent us from entering our own could be used to steal the identity Like Campbell, the board· does Spring Says: "If you had the from a senior citizen saying a room . With the reception the to claim the OAPO mailbox, not abide by contracts. The rights chance, what would you say to memorial plaque had been ladies received, I do not think especially since Central Hall of the OAPO seniors are in the Premier Gordon Campbell?" removed from the wall of the they will be rushing back to already uses the OAPO address in constitution of the Central Hall I am in full agreement with all OAPO room; pid I know what had Central Hall. the Lions phone directory. society. of the commen ts. Helani happened to it? Then I discovered the framed The OAP seniors are deprived There is a longstanding agree­ Davison's answer, "It would be Two days later I had an OAPO charter had been stolen. of our accommodating and all of ment between the the n hall unprintable. Why doesn't he just appointment to meet with two The senior who inquired about our assets have disappeared. The trustees ;:m d the OAPO that made take the canes away from the little ladies at the hall to check the the memorial plaque said the last activity program has been it possible for the seniors OAPO old people?" accommodation for their activi­ charter was there a few years ear­ taken over from the seniors by the to raise over $60,000 to rebuild Premier Campbell would be too ties. lier. hall society at double the rent. Central Hall for seniors. late on Salt Spring Island because I was hoping it might lead to a I reported both instants to the Now, finally, w.e are locked out RON MILTON, the Central Hall directors have mutual interest and the possibility police, just to be on record. of our own room. Everything has Salt Spring Security legislation threatens basic rights By SAM LIGHTMAN Kananaskis, June 27, 2002. A even if they are incriminating. After September II, a flurry of contingent of Raging Grannies In a separate action, a local The Charter of Rights and legislation was passed to protect VIEW from Calgary was arrested today native band blockading a road to Freedoms. Ottawa, May 12, North America from terrorists. along the route to Kananaskis. nearby golf course was also 2004. Two years after her arrest, In Canada, however, the result­ POINT They were setting up their arrested for terrorism. The band Maude Barlow finally surfaced in ing laws - Bills C35, C36 and demonstration blockade on the had set fire to the sign at. the golf a courtroom today to hear the C42 - may prove to have some rorism any ac t which "impairs or road leading to the G8 Summit course which they claim as their Supreme Court verdict in her surprising side effects. Given the threatens the capability of the site. Black-clad paramilitary land. Bill C36 includes "damages Charter of Rights case. The court size of the net this legislation government of Canada to con­ police units in full riot regalia to property" as part of its defini­ unanimously upheld provisions casts, let's polish up our crystal duct and manage international swooped down and arrested them tion of terrorism. in Bill C36 stating that Charter ball and see who might be negotiation." Maude Barlow, the for terrorism. rights could be suspended in the e nsnared. All o f the examples council's director, was whisked Unknown to anyone and unan­ George He yman and the event of a threat to national secu­ below are based on provisions in away in an unmarked polic-e nounced, the federal government BCGEU. rity. existing legislati on. vehicle. Her whereabouts is had empowered the local officers Vancouver, February 18, 2003. On orders from the prime min­ Maude Barlow and the Council unknown. In keeping with provi­ with Bill C42 provisions to George Heyman, president of the ister, police were waiting to re­ of Canadians. Ottawa, April 26, sions for the arrest of suspected declare the e ntire area around B .C. Government Employees arrest Barl ow as she exited the 2002. terrorists, her fam il y has been Kananaski s a military security Union and hi s e ntire board of courtroom. Jean Chretien, sport­ Police today descended on the un able to contact her, nor has her zone. Al though this information directors were arrested as terror­ ing a snappy new white uniform Council of Canadians' head qu ar~ lawyer. Warrants for the arrest of is officiall y secret, it has been ists today at a meeting to discuss with lots of gold braid and ters at dawn and began arresting all members of the board of leaked to the press by an appalled the upcoming general strike. The epaulets, seemed delighted with employees of the protest organi­ directors have been issued . empl oyee of the police. The federal attorn ey supervising the hi s new role as commander-in­ zation as ·they arrived fo r work. Under Bill C36, the entire mem­ Grannies' trials are also being action cited the provision of Bill chief of the State Security forces, While police refused to answer bership of I 00,000 is at ri sk of conducted in secret under C36 C36 which defines terrorism as the SS, which he recently created questions, citing the secrecy pro­ being accused of being associat­ prov isions. Reports coming from " threats to a nd including by amalgamating the RCMP and visions of Bill C36, reporters ed with a terrori st group and hav­ the detenti on centre where the Canada's economic security." CSIS. were told, off the record, that the ing their assets confiscated, while Grannies are held tell of their "The country's economic secu­ " We gotta keep the country council had bee n pre paring never being told why. heroic refusals to identify Raging rity is tied too ti ghtly to the for­ safe from the terrori sts, right?" protest plans for the forthcoming Grannies in o ther districts, in tunes of British Columbia to per­ he said. G8 Summit. C36 express ly The Raging Grannies. A local spite of Bill C36 prov isions th at mit this plan to germinate," she The writer is a Salt Spring res­ includes in its definition of ter- First Nations band. require them to answer questions, said. ident. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2002 • 5 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD NEW·SBEAT

NATURAL GooDNEss Crews plan to fix fa road tar situation EMbE BAkERY Residents wi th complain ts about tar leaching from Charlesworth Road and onto their vehicles, shoes and pets can expect to see the situation remedied in the near fu ture. Ric hie Harold, general manager for JJM Maintenance This week at Embe we are featuring our own sandwiches Ltd., said the tar-li ke substance is a fai lu re in the mi xture of on our tasty white or whole the asphalt and cold mix used to re-pave the road. wheat kaisers, with real butter! "This happens from ti me to time when the asphalt and the We have roast beef, smoked cold mix don' t adhere," he said Tuesday. turkey, black forest ham, Harold said the company wi ll be re movi ng the atTe nding salmon or egg salad. .. & now · material within the next two weeks as the weather warms up. you can enjoy one wilh a He said main tenance crews have been monitoring the si tua­ lilrge coffee $500 tion and_a resolution is fo rthcoming, but mild weather is FOR ONLY essential to do the job correctl y. "It wi ll be repaired thi s season," said Harold. Our white or whole wheat He advised residents and drivers who have tar on their bread is on sale vehicles to go to the JJM maintenance yard at Central for a 2 LOAVES $200 THREE CHEERS FOR ·TEAM CANADA: Hockey enthusiasts join with special solution that will remove tar from their vehicles. FOR ONLY Canadian patriots t o cheer on team Canada at Moby's Sunday in a gold medal At Embe we use the finest game against t he U.S. Salt Spring -and the rest of the country- virtually shut ingredients to ensure you get Market fees upped the best product. down for two hours Sunday as people everywhere tuned into the game. The FEBRUARY 28-MAR. 6 hockey 5-2 win was acknowledged on Salt Spring by car horns, firehall sirens The Saturday Market in contact the PARC office at YOU CAN PHONE US AT and even a happily tooting Skeena Queen. PhotobyDer

NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FOR TWO (2) TRUSTEE POSITIONS THE TERMS OF THESE POSITIONS IS THREE (3) YEARS Nomination forms available at Hall #1

Monday to Friday 08:00 _to 16:30 Chris Lott, Lois Phillips, Tybring Hemphill, Paul Bowers(articled student), Tim Lott, Nick Lott Nominations of candidates must be made in writing, duly signed, seconded, with signature of agreement by the nominee. Closing date for nominations is Friday March B'h at 16:30. To be eligible a nominee must be a Canadian citizen, McKIMM & LOTT 18 years of age or older and a ratepayer of the Saltspring Island Fire Protection BARRISTERS • SOLICITORS • NOTARIES PUBLIC Dis trict, or spouse of, in good standing. NOMINATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM THE FLOOR Ganges Centre (abov e Post Office) Tel: (250) 537-9951 • Fax: (250) 537-1916 Sidney office telephone: (250) 656-3961 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD OPINION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2002 .o. 7

Neil Johnson Brooke Mcleod Peter Stewart Marc Rasmussen Joni Ganderton It makes me very proud of what I'm Australian and it 's good to It's great! It 's the first time in It makes me f eel good, our It 's great! I feel more patriotic they achieved. see a country come together as 50 years. They played really country coming out on top. and now there is more opportu­ good and I feel totally more nity for women in professional one. patriotic. I'm proud to be a sports. It says a lot f or Canadian. Canada 's determination. Letters to the Editor

ment for Salt Springers by paying for land and buildings are provided on Salt Spring. They offer different labour at $20 per hour for this. Unreasonable for set-up costs, cleaning staff, yard by agencies like the CMHC, services for our many visitors. We If you live on any of the affected My February 7 letter to the editor maintenance, -sundries and the like. parameters can be set locally for have a solution to the creati on of roads, creek the lower hal f of your was an attempt to elicit responses to The visitors purchase food and sou­ de termining who is a qualified affordable housing through encour­ vehicle 'for hundreds of bl ack dots the differences and similarities 1 venirs, entertainment and artwork. applicant, and a measure of fairness aging the upg rading of current - that's tar that should be on the between B&Bs and vacation rental Impact on neighbourhoods and and rightness can be achieved stock, and a way for many SaJt road. Invoice JJM for your time. homes. the environment: Owners could be through a transparently democratic Springers to earn their keep. Is our Here are some additional people If there are 300 vacation rental required to have guests sign con­ process. local government working for or to contact about this disgrace: John properties, as opposed to B&Bs, on tracts that acknowledge the guest's My belief is that it is not reason­ against the wishes of the majority? Bodnarchuk, Ministry of Transport, this island, they present a surpris­ responsibility to "keep the peace." able to expect that individual prop­ DAVID BROWN, 103-4475 Viewmont, Victoria, V8Z ingly high economic benefit to Surely some mechanism that would erty owners will, en masse, rent Booth Canal Road 5K8; Mark Stevens, JJM, 250-478- many Salt Springers. result in the forfeiture of their dam­ properties at less than their carrying P.S. There will be a meeting on 7281; Richie Harold, JJM, 250- If we agree that the peak summer age deposit to the community could costs. Would it be reasonable to ask Friday, March I , 7 p .m. at the 478-7281; and Murray Coell, season is 13 weeks long, that there be instituted for violators. Harbo ur House to di scuss this MLA, 1-800-663-7867. is an average 80 per cent occupan­ a B&B operator to rent their rooms Mention has been made th.at Salt issue. If this is an example of privatiza­ cy, an average rental rate of $900 for Jess, to provide breakfast for Spring resources are taxed to the tion, be prepared to bring your own . per week and an average of four free? Then why are vacation rental M ore tar maximum during the summer. My home owners being targetted? life jacket when you travel any pri­ visitors per week per home during With refere nce to Catherine vatized B.C. ferry. the s ummer, the g ross income view is that a vacati on rental home If grants were initiated to owners Bennett's letter of last week, we at trades space, with no net gain of of so-caiied seasonal cottages to IAN FOUBISTER, derived amounts to some $2.8 mil­ Southey Point Road had our road Southey Point Road lion spent to accommodate 15,600 environmental impact, whereas a pay for their tune-up to year-round paved last September and the pot­ visitors. B&B adds people and consequen­ residences, and a covenant placed holes were back in October, plus a Eat crow This equates to I 09,200 visitor tial strains to resources. If our local on title to keep their rents lower water channel down the centre of To the professio na l news days. If they spent $25 per day, government wants to benefit direct­ than market rate for a set period of the road on the hill. reporters of Canada who made such another $2.73 million would come ly from these vacationers, why not time, then our local government I have written 62 letters and fools of themse lves after Team into the hands of islanders. This institute a licensing f~e? could quickly and easily be seen to mailed them on Monday to our Canada's first hockey game in the represents a gross income of over Issues around "affordable hous­ be addressing the perceived short­ neighbours, officials at the Ministry 19th Winter Olympic Games: $5.5 million. ing": Although outside the original age of housing. of Transportation, management at The rest of Canada hopes that This revenue is about to be cut intent of my letter, I mus t .as k If a relaxation of the regulations JJM (with no positive response) and you choke on the crow that Team off by our Islands Trust. This another question, namely, what is with respect to so-called illegal our MLA to protest this total waste Canada has forced you to eat. equates to the average annual affordable? There are tried and true suites was employed, then more of our money. DON DABBS, income of 125 families, or what the methods of achieving affordable units would be available to those in I have twice cleaned the tar off Salt Spring entire Long H arbour ferry crew accommodation - through co-ops lower income brackets. our two vehicles with solvent and earns. In addition, the owners of and the like. With intergovernmen­ There is ample demand for both then· soap at two hours per vehicle. I ----- MORE LETT ERS 8 such properties provide employ- tal partnerships, where mortgages B&Bs and vacation rental homes have invoiced JJM for eight hours Trustees deserve support for upholding laws By MICHAEL W HEATON ties of the Islands Trust and it was development decisions respecting a permit must be put right by our­ However pleasing or otherwise upon these reports and their rec­ their own lands. Provincial legisla­ selves and at our cost. We accept the Ganges barge/breakwater ommendations that the Trust tion also provides regulatory con­ this as a rule of law necessary to strikes each of us, we must all • IN brought down its rulings of trol to local governments by allow­ the survival of a stable community. honour and applaud the Islands ~ D EPTH January 24 for the total removal of ing the Local Trust Committee to Mr. B a rbieri and the G a nges Trust directors for upholding the both the floathouses and the break­ control the form and character of Marina should be no exception. rule of law. water. commercial development on the To make a ruling, as have the It is the cornerstone upon which es, his responsibilities and his These reports acknowledge the water surface. This community Trust, is relatively easy. To bring our society is built. Without it we opportunities. He was advised in economic importance of tourism control is exercised through offi­ about it compliance is often th e would have little civilization and writing by the Trust on November and the bringing of visitors to cial community plan policies and hard part. no stable community. 26, 2001, that the positioning of Ganges and Salt Spring Island. particularly through the issuance The Islands Trust committee has The Islands Trust has found B & the breakwater within Ganges They state in part that "Islands of development permits. o rde red the breakwater to be B Ganges Marina to be in viola­ Harbour would be unacceptable. Trust is fully supportive of the A development pe rmit is removed by April 30, 2002 and the ti on of their lease, the terms of the Yet, eight days later and in fla­ a pplicant's d esire to protect required to be obtained by a prop­ fl oathouses to be removed from land use zoning bylaw and the grant disregard of the Islands Ganges Marina from winter storm erty owner before development is the marina without delay and official community plan (OCP). Trust's directive, the Marina towed damage and is committed to expe­ undertaken and in issuing a devel­ bylaw enforcement procedures to Accordingly, the Trust resolved on in and secu rely m oored the dite an appli cation for an alternate opment permit the Local Trust be commenced immediately. January 24 that the marina correct barge/breakwater. Later the breakwater structure that complies Committee ensures that develop­ It is sincerely hoped that Mr. these violations by having them floathouses - row housing resting with community policies." It fur­ ment is in accordance with the Barbieri a nd B & B Ganges remove both the fl oathouses and on a barge - were also towed in ther notes that other marinas and appropriate official commun ity Marina have complied with these the barge/breakwater from Ganges and moored at the marina in viola­ docks in the harbour have conven­ plan policies. lawful directions. If no t, it is Harbour. tion of lease and zoning bylaws. tional breakwaters in place which In this respect the community imperati ve for our society that the B & B Ganges Marina has Neither Mr. Barbieri nor the B have proved to be both func tional and Islands Trust both have an law should be enforced. Anything recently been purchased as a busi­ & B Ganges Marina on his behalf and acceptable. important role in determining the less leads down the slippery slope ness venture by Mr. Rick Barbieri. has as yet made an application or "The Role of the Islands Trust" visual qualities of the islands land­ to eventual anarchy. He advises that he is an experi ­ written approach to the Trust on section in Gauld's report, which scapes and seascapes." Salt Spring Island Local Trust enced businessman and an owner these matters. His actions so far the Trust comm ittee accepted, We, the residents of Salt Spring Committee members are to be of at least one other marina. It can cannot be characterized as those of reads at its close: Island, cannot but agree with this commended a nd s uppo rted in be certain that he carefully evalu­ a straightforward businessman. "In part, the visual quality of our statement. We accept that in the their decisions in this matter. May ated both the business ri sks and In hi s balanced and comprehen­ island views is determined by the best interests of the community a they resolutely mainta in their the profit potenti al before buying. sive staff reports of January 22, the voluntary s tewards hip of thi s permit must be applied for and position. We know he contacted the Trust's regional planning coordi­ (landscape and seascape) resource obtained before new development Islands Trust and other authorities nator, J o hn Gauld , carefully by property developers and isl and is commenced. That any work Th e writer is a Salt Spring resi­ to determine the terms of his leas- reviewed the role and responsibili- property owners as they make done outside or in contravention of dent. 8 • THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 2002 OPINION GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD

Two species were planted about how darn fortunate we Deceptive and they grew into healthy, The Trust seems to be on are to grow such an exotic More letters flawless specimens. I know marginal species on our tem­ the side of the little guy in perate isle! the dispute over renting of gardeners on the mainland homes by the week, but working people, like building Now we can't have this can rental plan debated." who would die to have such "BANANA" JOE CLEMENTE, appearances can be deceiv­ some homes, for starters. At we?! The affordable housing marginal species flourish in their space, but unfortunately Salt Spring ing. today's low rates, I'm sure Oh - then there's the plan I have been developing their winters won't allow it. Editor's note: Joe has When we first came to the that some affordable accom­ prosecutor's suggestion that with Salt Spring Island I planted them in that area island, people lived in all mod~tion could be built, but this cultivation might have Community Services Society since been told the eucalyp­ kinds of accommodation that is obviously too simple a had commercial intent. But has been guided by an advi­ because it was a warmer tus were only scheduled for microclimate and it showed. from tents to polyethylene solution for our illustrious what of it? Our laws, as this sory committee consisting of pruning and so their cutting They both grew wonderfully was a mistake. He said the shacks to trailers- you · leaders at the Trust. case demonstrates, are grind­ individuals needing afford­ and added character to a trees could grow back from name it. But through pro­ Let me state that I have not ing up people's lives who able housing and residents gressively more restrictive in the past, nor intend in the answer the inexorable lure of who wanted to help create rather empty garden plot. the stumps left. legislation, these kinds cif future, to rent out accommo­ the marketplace created by housing. Most eucalyptus species are dation by the week. I'm sim­ consenting purchasers pre­ This group came up with marginal at best in our zone Reunion dwellings have been legislat­ For those readers who ply an interested bystander. pared to express, in monetary the original vision for afford­ and should be admired, not ed out of existence. may not otherwise notice the I do, however, think that value, their desire to enter able housing locally- hous­ condemned. Maybe you all remember advertisement in this edition the Trust is in error in think­ into the aforementioned state These were not alders or the event a few years ago ing that supported the diver­ of the Driftwood, there will ing that this present proposal of happiness. sity of people living here and cottonwoods that were when the powers that be be an old timers' reunion on is going to solve any prob­ We may not agree with that created neighborhoods hacked down, but gum trees! tried to evict Keith July 20. lems. this person's choice of of households with a range A species of tree such as MacHattie from his trailer This is for anyone who SIMON ROOK, lifestyle, but at base the dis­ of incomes. With this in these should be cherished because it was "bringing lived on Salt Spring 50 years Ganges agreement revolves around mind, the plan being devel­ growing so far from their down the neighbourhood" or or more ago, including priorities of what we want oped is intended for residents native range. They are not a some such nonsense. I descendants and partners. exposed their arguments at Way to go, Joe! for our own lives. who are currently in an unaf­ problem tree here and have This past Sunday served to no pests or diseases in our Please pass the world . the time as being humbug­ That others make different fordable rental situation or remind us all of how great it along. a fter all, people all over and, it might seem less wise, one that is unhealthy or inse­ climate. is to live "in the great white BOB RUSH, for America are living perma­ choices does not make them cure. This includes residents It's a real shame they had north." Millions of people set to go. I think the school dis­ Reunion Organizing nently in trailers and are "harm-doers" - criminals, who are unable to work, aside their differences to root trict should have thought Committee quite happy to do so. despite what our archaic and along with those who are in for our Olympic teams. At the same time, building lifestyle-targetting laws com­ the labour force. Not since 1972 has one permits, taxes and the mand. The plan being developed single hockey game captured bureaucracy devoted to The state, ever vigilant for would create homes for resi­ the imagination of so many housing have risen steadily, protection of our personal dents with low-to-moderate people. "Burnaby" Joe Sakic putting further pressure on welfare - right? - has income levels funded by a has become a modern-day the ability to build inexpen­ determined that it must pre­ community investment fund. Paul Henderson for a new DLD TIM~I\B' sive housing. Make no mis­ vent us from choosing on Residents could purchase generation of Canadians. take about it, the Trust is on occasion this organic, non­ homes and benefit from Perhaps in the name of a fast track to making Salt addictive route to a mild gaining equity, yet not be Joe, and in this new-found Spring an upper middle class alteration of perception, able to gain profit if selling 1\~UHIDH spirit of co-operation and their home. Approximately ghetto. Soon it will be like physical sensation and con­ For those who lived on Salt Spring Island goodwill, we could name the sciousness. $500,000 needs to be bor­ Bainbridge Island in 50 years or more ago. ship's hull in Ganges So now we have a middle­ rowed for a three-year period (includittg descendants & partners) Washington State where you Harbour the "Joe Sakic aged person with medical before the building phase of have to pay $25 an hour to TO BEHELD Outdoor Recreation Centre." infirmities forced to grovel in the project can begin. have someone walk your PETER MCCULLY, apology to the judge; seek Anyone interested in more dog! That's U.S. dollars by Saturday, July 20, 2002 Ganges pharmacological pain relief information or contributing Farmers' Institute Grounds on Rainbow Road the way. in any way, please contact if he can afford it; work 100 (lOam to (sundown?) Will this latest piece of Made criminal hours for the state/communi­ me at 653-4755. legislation bring affordable I write in reference to the ty/people his actions have ELLEN GARVIE, It has been 5 years since nearly 1000 of us rentals onto the market? Not February 21 article regarding not harmed; abstain ftom Salt Spring got together for a few hilarious and beautiful hours likely. Those houses will the prosecution of Randall B. drinking alcohol, though this on the 3rd of August 1997 and it is time once again simply revert to owner­ Miller for the transgression pastime was not cited in the Real shame 'to renew old' ties, old friendships and to share memories. occupied single family of growing marijuana. report of the prosecution's I was more than upset dwellings. We should be I don't know who this complaint and is not itself a when I was told that the two glad that tourists want to poor sod is, but the facts as criminal act; and have his beautiful eucalyptus trees at Organizing Committee Fernwood school were axed. spend as long as a week on reported indicate he was personal and property priva­ Robert Rush 537-2501 Marguerite Lee 537-5302 our beautiful island, so driv­ someone seeking pain relief I've only heard people cy subject to police invasion. Vonnie Bryant 537-1441 Barbara Lyngard 653-4469 ing them away by restricting through home remedies comment on how nice look­ Another criminal is creat­ Ivan Mouat 537-9445 their choice of accommoda­ rather than corporate phar­ ed. Are we happy now? ing they were, and never tion is not going to help any­ macology. . BRIAN HAYWARD, have heard anything negative body, including many of the I'll grant that there may (or Salt Spring about them. When I helped low-income craft people may not) have been an atten­ re-landscape the gardens OLD TIMERS' REUNION COMMITTEE who rely on. tourists for their dant motivation to achieve More diverse approximately four years e-mail: [email protected] income. occasional temporary .periods I am writing to clarify ago, the kids and I planted The Trust could do many of mild mind-altering states some points in the February those locally grown gums as Please pass the word along! things to help low-income of sanguine "happiness." 7 article headlined "Vacation seedling-size plants.

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THIS WEEK'S MOVIES THURSDAY, FEB 28 6:00 PM ffi ****Born Free (1966 True) A family takes in a female lion cub which they raise into adulthood. Virgina McKenna, Bill Tra vers (1h45) ffo) ~1 Horatio Hornblower: The DUe 1999,Adventure) Horatio chal­ lenges he sadistic seaman Simr>son to a duel to tfle death . Joan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay (2h) 7:00 PM 0 ***Wonder Boys (2000,Drama) During an odyssey with a student, a writerfprofessor comes to term s with many things. Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire (2h) 8:00 PM m @ Taken (1998,Suspense) A Clolh1ng manu facturer is kidnapRed and every­ one close to him is suspected . Dabney Coleman, Linda Smith (2h) 9:00 PM 0 Children of My Heart (2000,Drama) A woman becomes emo­ tionally involved with her stu dents when she takes a teach ing job. Genevieve Desilets, Genevieve Hujold (2h) Howfo Eat 0 ***The Dark (1994,Horror) A mysterious creature is hunted down by a sci­ entist and a cop who wants to kill it. Rick's favourite time Stephen McHaffie, Scott Wickware ~ ®) U.S. Marshals (1998,Action) Uke A Chl\d Wramed covert C.I.A. agent becomes a fugi­ of the year! tive on the run from a U.S. Marshal. Wesley Snipesl Tommy Lee Jones (2h) ... a musical with kids, ffi *"JI(* Bustin' Loose (1981 ,Comedy) A fast-talking ex-convict is talked into driving a busload of orphans cross­ about kids, for everybody country. Richard Pryor, Cicefy Tyson (1h35) 10:00 PM W **Dr. Dolittle (1967,Musical) A DIRECTED BY k1n dly doctor has the ability to talk to animafs & learns to speak 500 animal languages. SCOTT HYLANDS Rex Harrison, Samatha Egga( f2h45) ffo) ~1 Horatio Hornblower: The DUe 1999,Adventure) Horat io chal­ lenges he sadistic seaman Sim [> son to a duel Evening (7pm) and Matinee (12:45pm) to tlie death . Joan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay (2h) shows March 11, 12, 13 at ArtSpring 10:35 PM m **Clara's Heart (1988,Drama) Afiousekeeper influences the life of a boy who is neglected by his !)arents. Whoopi Tickets: $5 at ArtSpring, Goldberg, Michael Ontkean (1 h50J 11 :00 PM Salt Spring Elementary School and the D Best In Show (2001 ,Comedy) A COfourful array of characters compete at a customer service desk at Thrifty Foods. national dog show. Jay Brazeau, Parker Posey (1M5) · 11 :30 PM H ffi **Fire (1997,Drama)Two aesperate wives related by marriage succumb ' _A" .· SERVICE, QUALITY, SEL.ECTION 11 to a growing sexual attraction. Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi (2h) FRIDAY, MAR 1 ~~ 'ILJIRU'TY 6:00 PM ~iiiiii'TY ***The Gods Must Be Crazy 81 ,Comedy) A Coke bottle fallen from tf} sky turns the li ves of a tribe of Bushmen in FOODS™ FOODS™ Afr ica. Marius Weye rs, Sandra Prinsloo (2h) Fresh is what we're famous for!TM I Locally owned and operated Fresh is what we're famous for!'M I Locally owned and operated fli) (31) * ** Prince of the City (19Sl,Crime Storyl An officer who . agreed to blow the wh 1s le on the department corruption finds himself an outcast. Treat Will1ams, Jerry Orbach (3h) 7:00PM 0 Get Over It (2001 ,Comedy/Drama) A teen figh ts to get h1 s e x - ~ 1 rlfn end back w1tn the he lp of his 5est friends sister. Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster (1h30) 8:00PM ID (5) Nancherrow (Drama) An irre­ presSITife woman fights to save her son's In heritance and her marriage. Joanna Lui,tm e , Katie Ryder-Richardson (2h) f!) 17 * * * Batman Forever (19 .,_A ction) Batman, helped by Robin, battles 1wo-Face and The Riddler. Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey (2h30) fi) (12) *The Pick-Up Artist (1 MI,Comedy) A womanizer meets his match when he fa lls fo r the daughter of a boozy gambler. Molly Ringwald, Robert Downey Jr. (2h) 8:30PM Sweet November OO,Romance) A tight-laced ad-exec I fo r a beautiful bu t flighty young woman with a dark secret. Charlize Theron, Keanu Reeves (2h) 9:00 PM ffi * * For Love or Money (1 993,Comedy) Hotel concierge babysits a man's beautifu l mistress as a favour. Michael J. Fox, Gabrielle An war (1h35)

YOUR WEEKLY PU•! LL· OUT TV GUIDE 10 • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2002 WHAT'S ON TV GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD 9: 45 PM *** Lena's Holiday 90,Romance) The story of an East man woman who comes to L.A. after the ~fall of the Berlin wall. Felicity Waterman, Chris Lemmon (2h) 10:00 PM fl!)(31) *** Prince of the City {1 91J1,Crime Story) An officer who agreed to blow the whistle on !he department corrup­ tion finds himself an outcast. Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach (3h) 10:30 PM 0 ** Double Take {1997,Suspense) A witness to the brutal slaying of a store owner is drawn into a web of murder and deceit. Craig Sheffer; Maurice Godin (1h30) 10:35 PM ffi ***Lorenzo's Oil {1992,True) Tile parents of a boy struck with a deadly dis­ ease are fighting to save him. Susan Sarandon, Nick Not/e (2h15) 11 :30 PM 0C2l **Mr. Jealousy (199T,Comedy) A boyfriena joins a the ra py group to learn more about his girlfriend's past rover. Eric Stoltz, Annabella Sciarra (2h) 11 :45 PM ill Two Women in Gold (1969,Drama) Two bored Montreal house­ wives become involved in extra-marital affai rs. Louise Turcot, Monique Mercure(1h45) sATURDAY, MAR 2 7:00PM 0 Joe Dirt {2001 ,Comedy) A janitor True North Satellites cilfempts to fi nd his birth parents and d1scover why they abandoned him. David Spade, Dennis Miller (1h30) 538·1705 • 537·6055 (cell) 8:00 PM 0 (liD U.S. Marshals {1998,Action) • Sales • Installations • Service • Arramed covert C. I.A. agent becomes a fug i­ • Free Property Site Surveys • tive on the run from a U.S. Marshal. Wesley Snip_es, Tommy Lee Jones (3h) m (f7) Underworld {199l),Suspense) A gangster extracts revenge on the men whol

Whos ~/lotectin? }fou'l Wate'l? Island youth wins gold at Games Member Salt Spring Judo Club skills and he'll be student Natalya Alonso back on the podium ····-, ······ >. / ) ...• ~ won a gold medal in to add more medals "·-·----·· .. _· ,_a ·ter) ® ~ to his pile at home." competitions at the B.C. -:-., .•._,. / ··>._.,·. ___ ::.- ,, •••. · ·- ---:-:· -~---·,. ·>-.;-...__ ,._,.· .• ·._,._,•. __ , _• _A.... ··_·.:._:._:_ ..· ..._.· ASSOCIATION Winter Games in Islanders Sophia Williams Lake last Haase and Megan PRG!9 ·TECH PURIFICATION IIIVIITEMS INC. weekend. Le itch won gold The 11-year-old B.C. medals for defeating will Provide You 900 gal. champion defeated all all opponents at the of Premium Purified Water $35 of her opponents and 2000 winter games at Your Finger Tips for...... per/mo. also won a silver medal in Quesnel. Bo th in the team competition young women also CALL event. won silver medals TODAY FOR "I even had to fight a for kata demonstra­ COMPLETE green belt and I beat tions. DETAILS her," she grinned. Leitch, 15, hopes Call Toll Free (Alonso is a level below to qualify for a spot green belt.) at the national cham­ 1-800-903-7577 One of her favourite pionships in July. Victoria winter games memories Also competing Protecting Your Family with was a dance planned for for the natio nal Regular Monitored Tested and event is 18-year-old the athletes' entertain- Winter Games gold, silver medalsfior Natalya Alonso Serviced Systems ment. Tim Courtier, 14- NEVER LIFT ANOTHER HEA~Y JUG!! She also made new PhotobyMitrnensherrin year-old Sascha friends and learned new Floercke and 18- ebrated successes for tips from a judo workshop at spoke volumes of praise for year~old Dustin Little. Natalya's fellow competitors the event. Natalya's judo coach Shaun The next qualifying tourna­ Alonso was quite pleased Adams. Calum Adams and Ian ment for the national compe­ Simpson, who both secured to attend and win at such a " He knows how to make tition is in North Vancouver fourth-place finishes. prestigious tournament. the kids feel good about on March 2. "We got to stand on a podi­ themselves. That's a gift. "More tournament experi­ The Salt Spring Judo Club um when they presented our Their confidence goes up and ence will let Ian's skills come is selling tickets for a medals and the medals were up. He's an amazing coach through," said Shaun Adams. wrestling show at Fulford presented on a red pillow," aJld he should get credit for "Calum is re-honing his Hall on March 9 to help raise she beamed. that." judo skills after a year off. A money for off-island competi­ BRITIANY Alonso's father Antonio In turn, the judo coach eel- little more time to regain his tions. GRUNDY ' 537' 777 4 ;''" . 1 537~:Z115 Slugs win Olympic connections here \ .rg~tS Alive · matches Never left out of the loop, Salt Spring Noble loves curling and plays almost t"Lazer L1ghts Dance holds a few tentative connections to every day with a ladies' super league in l_~ BROUGHT TO YOU BY "SOUND EXPRESS" The Slugs bagged two Olympic medalists at Salt Lake City. Esquimalt, Blevins said. March 15 • $10.00 more wins against two dif­ Island sleuths revealed that Vicky Always a keen competitor, Noble made it G.I.S.S. Gym ferent Chemainus teams Blevins of Uniglobe Travel is the sister of to the Olympic trials as a sprinter in the over the weekend. Tickets will be sold at lunch at GISS High School for $10. bronze medalist Cheryl Noble from the '70s before she took up curling. - Tickets will also be sold at the door for $12 In addition to Sunday's women's curling team. The islander revealed she has a share of whopping 11-0 knock-ou.t "Lots of people have come by to wish her sister's competitive spirit. Nights Alive has been working hard to bring you an delivered to the Old Boys, her well," Blevins said. "She's got her game, but I can beat her at "OPEN GYM NIGHT". Give us a call and let us know what sport you want to play! the Salt Spring hockey squad Noble, who lives in Victoria, played in cycling," Blevins limghed. · pulverized the Angels with a LEAVE A MESSAGE AT 537·5555. round-robin games as the fifth member of Further detective work .revealed another 6-2 game Saturday, even Proudly Supporting our Community the Canadian team. Salt Spring relation to Canada's though the Slugs goalie and "It puts a whole different spin on watch­ Olympians. star shooter had traded posi­ "Locally Mouat's Home Hardware employee tions. ing the games," Blevin said. owned and fRial¥9 : ~ Joe Akerman, goal scorer But the islander admitted she finds curl­ Marnee Beauvais shares great grandparents operated" FOQI)S,. ~ turned netminder, gave ing a hard game to watch. with cousins Deidra Dionne, who took a Derek Topping a few oppor­ "It's a little too slow for me." bronze medal in women's aerials, and Scott tunities to score by donning Even though she's not a big curling Bellavance, who scored sixth in the men's the pads against the Angels. enthusiast, Blevins gets together with moguls. Topping was happy to pull Noble for a Valentine's family bonspiel "I never pay attention to the Olympics off an assist Saturday but he every year. . normally," Beauvais said. also picked up an assist as "We had to put it off this year due to the "It's fun to see Scott with the classic goalie during Sunday's game Olympics, of course," she said. male Bellavance unibrow." against the Old Boys. In Saturday's game Don Sevigny scored a goal, Doug r------.. I Are YOU in the book? I Swoboda picked up two To advertise in the next goals and Marc Burroni I I SSI Directory, grabbed a hat-trick. I I Following the Angels call 1 I 537-2000 match-up ," Paul Sinclair I I insisted he should get six 1 Leave your 1 assists because he stood in business name, mailing front of the net all game. 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Classic jazz with a fresh "vivid and seductive" voices music teacher. rave reviews. new twist will spice up and "an energetic and cre­ The Peters Drury Trio's "They are a national trea­ ArtSpring tonight courtesy of ative approach to jazz stan­ discography includes last sure and delight, and a fan­ the Peters Drury Trio. dards." year's Backbeat release with tastic made-in-Canada suc­ Beginning at 8 p.m., the Joining them on the current Clinton Ryder, Alan cess story," declared Shelagh Whitehorse-spawned trio tour and for the ArtSpring Matheson, Hugh Fraser, Rogers of CBC's This will show why they have show is bass player Bryan Campbell Ryga and Ross Morning radio program. kept the national imagination Stove!!, an esteemed jazz Taggart; Truly Something Some tickets are still of Canadian jazz and swing educator at Malaspina (also a 2001 issue), available for the February 28 fans firmly in their clutches. University College who is Summertime and their 1999 show. Call the box office at According to their manag­ also well known for being debut When Old Met New, 537-2102 to guarantee a er Debbie Peters, the group Diana Krall's high school which continues to garner seat. has been doing it again on their B.C. tour this month, with fantastic audience response at every stop. Nominated "Best Acoustic "One significant honour -TORONTO f3.LYES ,~9G'§T'(·: ,;:;::Ji{:.~ii' j;[;,:;.,;t;i;;·.sr· :;, -~························· given the group in Terrace Nominated:.: · · . · . was to receive a standing FRIDAY NIGHT ONLY ovation from high school stu­ dents attending the concert '1'¥ during last period on a sunny Friday afternoon. It was a THEJIIi~~~ tough crowd so it was truly "<';~J? '\ amazing and so very cool." !l:J;!L·:} l %1': Uli Award winne rs both as f. individual musicians and a group, the tri o consists of Jesse Pe ters on pi ano and vocals ; s inger C aroline Drury; and Graeme Peters on drum s. Reviewers have called the musicians "a smash hit" with GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD TV TH URSDAY. FEB RUARY 28, 2002 • 15 10:55 PM m (23) ****Jules et Jim (196T,Drame de moeurs) Deux etudi­ ants rencon trent une jeune femme. Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Wemer (2h} 11:30 PM 0 The Cell (2000,Thriller) A psy­ choth erapi st is asked to journey inside the mind of a co matose se rial killer. Jennifer Lopez, Vin ce Vaughn (2h ) MONDAY, MAR 4 7:00 PM 0 Bloody Murder Terrifying story of Trevo r Moorehouse, a masked figure w1th a chainsaw for a left hand. Peter Guillemette, Jessica Morris (1h30) 8:00PM m ~ Money (1 993,Su spense) A young man embarks on a mission to find the men that embezzled his inheritance. Eric Stoltz, Marya m d'Abo (2h) 8:30PM 0 Chocola t (2000,Romance) A woman and her da ughter open a chocolate shop in a small French village. Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp (2h) 9:00PM ill (13) The Dark (1994,Ho*r *ror) * A mysterious creature is hunted down by a scientist and a cop who wants to kill it. Stephen McHattie, Scott Wickware (2h) ill * * *Gross Anatomy (1989,Comedy/Drama) A bright, easy­ going student is ready to joke his way through medical school. Matthew Modine, Christine Lahti (1h50) 10:00 PM ffi ***Salome's Last Dance (1 988, Drama) A man sips champagne as his latest play is performed in a Victonan brothel. Glenda Jackson, Stratfo rd Johns (1h45) 10:30 PM 0 Blow Dry (2001) The glamorous and cutthroat national ha1 r ch ampionships descends upon a smal l town. Alan Richardson, Rachel Griffiths (1h30) 10:50 PM ffi * * For the Love of Benji (1977,Comedy) A dog demon strates his intelligence by smiling out a bogus CI A agent. Patsy Garrett, Joan Chen (1h25) 11 :45 PM ffi ***Rembrandt (1936,Biography) Handsome biography of th e Dutch painter, Rembrandt. Charles Laughton, Elsa La nchester (1 h45) TUESDAY, MAR 5 9: 00PM D Boss of Bosses (2001 ,Crime Sfory) The ri se and fa ll of the notorious head of the Gambino crime family, Paul Castellano. Chazz Palminten, Jay 0. Sanders (2h) ill Ci3l Above Suspicion (1994,Drama) Paralyzed cop takes LAURIE'S RECYCLING & WASTE SERVICE advantage of sympathy to get rid of his wife and her lover. Christopher Reeve , Joe Mantegna (2h) ffi ***Kelly (1981 ,Drama) Young 9Trf leaves life in big c1ty behind to go live wi th her fathe r in the Wilderness. Robert Sam • Spm Tuesday thru Saturday CALL 653·9279 Logan, Twyla-Dawn Vo kings (1h35) 10:00 PM Next to Ganges Village Market ffi * * Pure Country (1992,Drama) A successful co untry Commercial & Residential singer returns to his roots to rediscover him­ Large Clean-ups & Recycling self. George Strait, Isabel Glasser AN ISLAND FAMILY SINCE 1861 (2h15) 10:35 PM ill Ladyhawke (1985**,Adventure)* A youthful pickpocket befriends a strange knight who is on a mys­ teri ous quest. M1chelfe Pfieffer, Matthew Broderick (1h55) 11 :30 PM 0 ® Longitude (1 999,Drama) Two sc1enti sts try to solve the problem of sailor's inability to find longitude at sea . Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons (2h10) 0 the Ce ll (2000,Thriller) A psy­ Chotherapist is asked to journey in side the mind of a comatose serial killer. Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn (2h) WEDNESDAY, MAR 6 6:00 PM ffi A nous deux (1979,Drama) A retired couple leave the city for a house in the Corsican village they grew up in. Philippe Noiret, Momque Chaumette (2h) . 7:00 PM EJ The Gift (2000,Thriller) A psychic tnes to solve the disappearance of a young woman in Georgia. Gate Blanchett, Greg Kinnear (2h ) 9:00 PM 0 Turning Paige (2001) A young woman is forced to confront awful memories when her brother comes home. Nicholas Ca m_p_bell, Ka tharine Isabelle (2h) ill ~ ** Con Air (1 997,Action ) A group of violent convicts take over th eir transport plan e and wreak havoc. Nicolas Cage, John Cusack (2h30) ill * **Betsy's Wedding (1990,Comedy) Th e parent s of a co uple try to outdo each other whi le arranging the wedding . Molly Ringwald, Joe Pesci (1h35) ***Breaking Away 979,Drama) A group of teenag ers look ~o a sense of direction after graduating from high school. Dennis Quaid, Denms Christopher (2h) 10:00 PM ffi **** The Bicycle Thief (1948,Foreign) A wo rk ing man end ures a week of endless fru stration after his bicy­ cle is stolen. Enzo Staiola, Lamberto Maggiorani (1h45 ) 10:35 PM ill Coming Unglued (1997,Comedy) Boy convinced that his pare nts are splitting up, tries his hardest to sto p them . Judge Reinhold, Cody Jones (1h35) 11 :30 PM H (2) Carla's Song (1996) A bus Orlver travels wi th a woman to Nicaragua to help her look for her boyfri end . Robert Carlyle, Oyanks Cabezas (2h30) 11 :45 PM ffi Fellini's 81/2 (1962,Drama) Federico Fellini interprets his own life onscreen. Anouk Aimee, Claudia Cardinale (2h30) 16 • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2002 ARTS & -ENTERTAlNMENT GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD

·------I Are YOU in the book? ..I Residency honours 'Wellybooters' Air Brake I To advertise in the next I Salt Spring's Wrangellian 1 SSI Directory, 1 Gumboo t Da ncers were Course 1 call 1 awarded a ·res ide ncy a t March 23t 24 I S37-2ooo I Centrum ' s Creative 1 Leave your 1 Residency Program in Port $185.00 business name, mailing I Townsend, Washington thi s Limited seating I address and phone number, month. 1 and ask us to mai I you an I The da nce rs - some­ Phone 537-2531 I Advertiser Information I to register Package. times known as the I Package wi ll be mailed in January I "Wellybooters" - were one .. ______.. of 65 artists or groups cho­ sen from 140 proposals sent to Centrum for the February 22 to March I event Residencies at Centrum are designed to give per­ formers an opportunity for reflection and intensive cre­ ative work and to affect thinking about the place of Gumboot dancers kick up their rubber heels Photo byDenicklundy artists, creative thinkers and culture. The energetic Wrangellian Gumboot Burgoyne Blues plays at pub Dancers have performed at several island events over Salt Spring's own Burgoyne Bay Blues rich spectrum of blues from traditional roots the past few years. band welcomes the month of March on music of the 1920 and '30s to the highly Friday night at Moby's Pub. danceable rock and roll vein. Named during the height of the Texada Burgoyne Bay Blues Band consists of logging controversy, the band did its first gig _ Daemon Baker and Jesse Fisher on guitars at the Stump Stomp fundrai ser, and has and vocals, Lisa Maxx on vocals, Mark played at many subsequent island events and Nordine on percussion and Larry (Dr. venues and in Victoria. Download) Shetzer on keyboards. NOW OPEN! The musicians' repertoire draws upon the Music begins at 9 p.m: Hours: Monday - Friday llam - 12pm Saturday & Sunday Sam - 12pm Sweet sounds at All Saints ·show FURNITURE By MITCHEll SHERRIN By-the-Sea captured com­ of I Couldn't Ask For More Whippletree Junction- in the courtyard PORTERS 250-537-4700 (reservations) plex rhythms, impressionis­ to celebrate the onset of TELEPHONE (2501746-4255 Staff Writer WINI.wh ipplelreelurniture.com HARBOUR HOUSE 250-537-5571 A "two for one" concert tic landscapes and wnisper­ spring. OPEN GAILY lii!m- 5pm FREE DELIVERY www.saltspring.com/harbourhouse by Derek Duffy and Paul soft finger-picking for Showing depth and range Mowbray offered a sump­ Mowbray's prairie suite of in subject matter, Duffy tuous bouquet of relaxed solo guitar pieces including also sang a tender offer of jazz, whimsical humour Harry, a celebration of the reconciliation between ..&.1 Fisheries and Oceans Peches et Oceans a nd pas's ionate blues late island farmer Harry father and daughter, a love 1T Canada Canada Saturday Night Bapty. song to his sailboat and a In the opening set, In the second set, Duffy lament over a couple's Mowbray touched on the brought a jaunty fist full of divergent growth from -each 'lr·· joys of marital'bliss, the yearning love songs and other. COMMUNITY MEETINGS romance oJ breezy summer odes to working-class tribu­ The musicians wrapped nights and contemplations lations. up their performance with a Fisheries and Oceans Canada invites you to attend a consultation session in your on the fabric of society Inspired by a visit to the song inspired by stories community to assist with the development of an in-shore rockfish conservation through jazzy meditations potash mines of northern Duffy gleaned from a wel­ strategy. To receive a consultation package, please call (604) 666-3811 or refer to the off his recent CD, Sweet England, Duffy remem­ fare queue in Kamloops. following website www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/english/database/Consulthtm. Kind of Blue. bered the poverty and The concert raised funds In two radically different deprivations of labourers in for Salt Spring Victoria songs, Mowbray used thin­ It's Not Always Bad When Organization for Life UVIC Cadboro Bldg (Haro Room) ness as a clever metaphor a Trade Becomes Extinct Improvement and March 5 on the ills of society. Backed by Bob Delion Development (SOLID), a 6:30 - 9:30 pm Skinny Blues posed a on electric bass and Bruce non-profit society aiming to so ber reflection on sub­ Mailey on congas, Duffy help people affected by Canada stance abuse, anorexia and jumped into a raucous romp HIV/AIDS in South Africa. fashion victimization while S-kinny's Lament received chuckles for light-hearted jibes about North American consumerism. In the witty ro mp Mr. Milton, Mowbray jokingly whined about local trum­ peter Derek Milton as the e pitome of the successful musician. "We're eatin g cheese and he's eating snail s." Accompa ni ed by Mike Wall on s nu ggling tenor s ax , M owbra y burst through I ush Latin green­ e ry in the ins t r umental pi ece, Nublado. Acoustics at A ll Saints

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fi!)I•J ~tl ;l --fi [1] if!' i !1]~ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2002 • 17 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT -Poets at All Saints Scholarship winners charm audience . By GAIL SJUBERG composers and genres . joined her for works that Lee-Morlang also thanked Poetry and the craft of making books will merge Staff Writer A love of Rachmaninoff, ranged from the bouncy the Johann Strauss Foundation Saturday night when three poets and publishers offer a Winners of Johann Strauss especially his mel ancholic Adele's Laughing Song by "for inspiration that will last us reading at All Saints By-the-Sea church. Foundation scholarsh_ips are streak, came through beauti­ Johann Strauss Jr., to the lyri­ a lifetime." Crispen Elsted, Theresa Kishkan and John Pass will obligated to give a public fully in Lee-Morlang's perfor­ cal Hungarian operetta com­ The Salt Spring-based foun­ present their work at a gathering called Poets With dation has awarded 41 schol­ recital, but the only reason evi­ mance of the Prelude for Solo poser Franz Lehar and humor­ Printing Presses. dent at Sunday's Schubert Piano, Opus 23. ous Victor Herbert. arships totalling $I 50,000 for Kishkan and Pass operate High Ground Press, Plus concert was the joy four Driedger-Klassen charmed Both pianists triumphed in a musical.studies in Austria which uses a treadle-driven Chandler and Price platen young women so clearly feel with both her introductory nar­ rich field of repertoire as since its establishment in press. in making music. ratives and expressive singing accompanists. 1985. Pass was a CIVA Canada Poetry Prize winner, and Pianists Karen Lee-Morlang stretching from acutely emo­ his 13th book, The Hour's Acropolis, was a finalist for and Crystal Simms, and sopra­ tive Schubert to the almost the Dorothy Livesay Award. His collection call ed nos Robyn Driedger-Klassen showtune exuberance of Water Stair was nominated for both a Governor and Megan Skidmore easily Ravel's Tout gai! General's and B.C. Book Prize. won over their ArtSpring audi­ Remarkably, she also sang Kishkan's work includes Black Cup, Red Laredo ence with a full-to-brimming, in German, French, Russian Boots, In ish bream and Sisters of Grass. variety-splashed program. and English with an Irish Elsted and his wife Jan run Barbarian Press, which Lee-Morlang and Driedger­ accent. has earned four Alcuin Society awards. Klassen demonstrated the The program's second half Writing about Elsted, Robert Bringhurst states, fruits of their immersion in art opened with Schube1t through "Crispin Elsted is one of the most thoroughly talented song training provided by a Simms' in-command perfor­ humans I have ever met: poet, typographer, jazz musi­ Strauss foundation scholarship mance of the Sonata in A cian, composer, consummate Shakespearean actor and to Austria last summer, and minor, Opus 143. theatrical director. showcased some favourite Soprano Skidmore then Except that he cannot make coffee, I believe that he is a genuinely cultivated man." Elsted's poetry book Climate and the Affections was a 1996 Governor General's Award nominee. ·ng for a Dr. Teresa Strukoff, B.Sc., N.D. The March 2 reading begins at 8 p.m. IAN Admission is free, but all donations are appreciated. •tive • Clinica l Nutrition The evening is sponsored by the Canada Council, • Botanical M edicine Theatre Alive! and Salt Spring Celebration of Rate? • Homeopathy Canadian Writers. • Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture • Lifestyle Counse ling RBC BY APPOINTMENT ONLY: BERT BEITEL Gulf Clinic, 241 Lower Ganges Rd Lost Chords on tap Royal Bank Mortgage Specialist Salt Spring Island, B.C. Music and Munch orga­ Their most recent accom­ of Canada PH/FX: 250-653-2328 Ph: 537-3220 I [email protected] nizers are anticipating a full plishment was a glowing house on March 6 when Salt and encouraging adjudica­ Spring's own seniors' choir, tion received from George The Lost Chords, makes its Roberts at the Cowichan debut at this venue. Music Festival in Duncan on Led by Shirley Bunyan, Sunday. who is also choir director for In May the group will par­ the United Church, the 35- ticipate in Salt Spring Sings member choir is noted for its - a large parade of choirs joy in making music. They event at ArtSpring. are already well-established The Lost Chords' reper­ and loved -- at such venues. as toire, full of favourite sonl;s, Greenwoods, ArtSpring and is sure to charm and delight the United Church, and were Wednesday's audience at 'the only off-island choir Music and Munch. invited to sing at 2000 - People are advised to Voices in Victoria. come early for a seat An added feather in their because of the choir's popu­ caps was last year's hosting larity. Free music begins at ers of a successful province­ 12: 10 p.m. and is followed wide festival call Seniors' by a delicious lunch for Chorfest. $4.75. 537-9252

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NEWS FROM NORTH AND SOUTH PENDER ISLANDS Poets please at Speakeasy Love songs usher in spring By LESLIE MCBAIN poet "Banjo" (complete with accomplished poet, read a Staff Writer authentic accent!); and local ri chl y evocative nature poem By LESLIE MCBAIN Ameri can songs by Vaughn Williams, T he Pistou Grill took on author Wilma Riley , who of her own as well as a short Staff Writer creating an atmosphere of beauty and a n even more contine nt al read a hilariously editori al­ poem in beautifully spoken Songs From Across Five Centuries was relaxati on. fl avour on Thursday evening ized ve rsion of the Walrus Gaelic by Sorely McLean. the theme of a conce rt _perform ed at Several times Fisher and Edler-Davis as the I I th Speakeasy poetry and The Carpenter by Lewis I read two of my new Pender Islands School on Friday evening were j oined onstage by Fisher's wife event unfolded amid glasses Carroll. poems - and am not able to by Salt Spring tenor Don Fisher, accom­ Melissa carrying a tiny, fluffy white dog. of wi ne and beer, decadent Next up, local tree man give an unbiased opinion. panied by Jane Edler-Davis. The pup provided an "onl y-on-Pender" desserts and an eclectic array and actor Kim Davi s read a Tim Ke mpe , " Birthday This delightful concert was one in the sigh! of poets and poetry. sexy poem by L eona rd Boy" and actor, read a love series brought to us by the Gul f Islands Fisher's tenor voice has range and con­ Barry Mathias, co-owner C o he n, a nd the n rec ite d poem that was ori ginall y an Concerts. trol as well as sweetness and strength. He o f Ta li s ma n Books and from memory a n untitled e-mail to his significant other. Before a simple backdrop adorned with sang masterfully in Latin, Italian, Gallery, organized the poem by D.H. Lawrence. There were two new poets flowers, accompanied by the exquisite German, Greek, French and English, and evening's entertainment and Peter Carter, social activist on the scene. Musician piano playing of Edler-Davis, Fisher gave with such aplomb that one was transport­ graciously introduced each and good doctor, read from Robert Dill read a rhythmic us the voice of an angel. ed to the song's place of origin and forgot reader to an intimate and the works of 13th-century travelling poem he had writ­ To a capacity crowd that was willingly one was sitting in a Canadian public enthusiastic crowd. Of the Middle Eastern poet Rumi, ten on a long kayaking trip, captivated for two hours, he sang of love school gym. 12 presenters, several read selections which are ironi­ and Joe Donahue, retired in all its major aspects: from 16th-century He is another of the Gulf Islands' trea­ original work and others cally and poignantly relevant architect, read a very moving English love songs that evoked flowering sures. We are once again reminded that chose works by their in today's world. poem he had written in meadows, mead, tapestries and castles to the Gulf Islands Concerts series always favourite poet ~. : The combi­ The rest of the poets read response to September II . Greek and Irish folk songs to romantic delivers! nation of poetry made for an from their original We look forward to hear- absorbing evening. works. Bronwen Merle, ing more from these emerg­ Reading poems of their writer, director and actor, ing poets. favourite writers were Bruce read three poems, two of Speakeasy XII will take Burnett, co-owner of Joyful which powerfully addressed place at the same venue of Symmetry, reading beauti­ global and home communi­ culinary delights a Ia Harry Sidne ~FOODS fully fr o m works of ty, the other a rollicking and Pierre, on March 28 at 8 5 1 Canadian logger poet Peter poem entitled Aphrodite. p.m. Please call Pamela Prices Effeclive I 1 :~4E I Trower; John Carleton, who Yvonne MacKenzie, Brooks at 629-6592 if you FEB 27- read a work by Australian aspiring actor, singer and would like more info. MAR. 5, 2002 [J 10 farms delivering lambs Lambing season is in full ewes are marked with the one lamb born with II ewes swing on Pender Island. coloured chalk. This lets the yet to deliver. · Ths means that farmers are farmers know that in approxi­ George Ross-Smith reports checking pregnant ewes usu­ mately 146 days, a marked 25 to 30 lambs born with a ally every three or four hours ewe will give birth. few more to come. around the clock. It means A partial count early this Pender Island's roots are assisting ewes in difficult week shows 40 lambs born so agricultural. Hard-working births, living with the joy of far on Karl Hamson's farm; 16 farmers on this island produce healthy lambs, the sadness of lambs so far at Whalewych high-quality fruit, vegetables some losses, and sometimes Farm; 40 lambs born to the and meat. Watch for an article nursing lambs beside the Grimmer-Johnstone ewes and next issue on the Farmers kitchen stove. with I 00 more to deliver. Institute for information on It means several weeks of Linda and Wilf Craven how Pender Islanders can ben­ sleep deprivation and harder breed their ewes somewhat efit from and support these than usual work for the farm­ later than most, and have seen _working farms. 157 ers, and great relief when all the ewes have delivered. Pender Island has approxi­ mately I 0 farms with sheep or Breathe Easier goats delivering their young at this time. Since the farmers It's "Be Nice To Your Nose" day. usually carefully regufate the For tissues, .mists, sprays and more, drop in. timing of the breeding of their livestock, they can know the PHA RM delivery dates within a day or ri.mili two. Farmers can then plan the SIDNEY PHARMACY LTD. ADAMS birthing weeks in terms of 656·1168 656·07 44 MINUTEMAID . 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FEBRUARY 28, 2002 SPORTS & RECREATION GULF ISLANDS DR IFTWOOD World FACE-OFF: prayer Six youngtsers Accent Inns makes it a little easier to put their enjoy a well-deserved weekend getaway. heads togeth­ Stay at any of our five BC locations and enjoy day set our comfortable, spotlessly clean rooms and er at Fulford Continental breakfast for two Elementary On March I, Christians in (nice little accent!) at these special rates: School's annu­ over 200 countries and from al country 2,000 communities in dance event, Canada will be saying "Bine $69 Victoria, Kelowna, last Friday. ai venit" or "welcome" to the H Kamloops The event people of Romania. Accent $79 Vancouver Burnaby & drew a crowd Salt Spring residents will Vancouver Airport of happy participate in the worldwide Inns dancers. annual World Day of Prayer Valid Fri. Sat & Sun n ~h ts Oct 1/0 1 to Photo by Derrick Lundy service on Friday. Mar 31/02 Members of the Roma n Subject to a vailabi~ & ta xes 1-800-663-0298 Catholic, United and Anglican www.accentinns.com churches will come together at All Saints By-the-Sea at Appraisal tickets on sale VICTORIA VANCOUVER VANCOUVER KAMLOOPS KELOWNA 1:30 p.m. A tea will follow the AIRPORT BURNABY It's no t the Antiq ues $10 per item and include for appraisal are welcome to service and all Christians are Roadshow, but it's the next admission. They can be pur­ watch the show for $5 welcome to attend. best thing. chased on Saturday, March 2 admission at the door o n This year's service is writ­ From I 0 a.m. to 4 p.m. on from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in March 16. ten by the women of Romania Saturday, M arch 16, A I Mouat's Mall (by Volume II This is the third year that a nd re fl ects on the theme Bowen, skilled appraiser and book store). the Canadian Federati on of "challenged to reconcile." former decorative arts cura­ In other years these tickets Unive rsity Wo me n has Romania is a country of tor of the Va ncouver Art have sold out before noon, brought appraiser Bowen to many contrasts. It has a popu­ Gallery, will be at Mahon so people should be sure to Salt Spring. For more infor­ lation of nearly 23 million and Hall to te ll a number of get there earl y. mation, call June Perry at is made up of a vast array of islanders if they own a trea­ Appraisal items must be 537-9838. All Antiques 2002 c ultures Romanian, sure or not. small enough to be carried. proceeds go toward a CFUW Hungarian, German, Roma, Appraisal tickets cost only People without treasures student scholarship. Jewish and Turkish. Since the overthrow of the Communist · My name is Murphy and /love regime and dictator Nicolae to talk. I need good quality food Ceausescu in 1989, the people Wildlife centre show on Sunday to keep me in good health. have dealt with failed eco­ An estimated 40,000,000 people will vision star, last year. nomic reforms, high ·unem­ witness work done by the Island Wildlife Hanna and his crew travelled to Salt ployment and poverty. Natural Care Ce ntre on March 3 - but Spring specifically to film the activities The World Day of Prayer they won' t be pouring off the ferries. at Island Wildlife and to interview its has its roots in an ecumenical GULF ISLANDS Their island stopover will be via North founder, Jeff Lederman. day of prayer organized by America' s popular animal television Sunday's show highlights include the . women in Canada and the STAINS SEPTIC LTD. show Jack Hanna's Animal return of rehabilitated harbour seals back United States in 1920. It ' Adventures. to the ocean and, just six days after the on clothes, linens or · "Islanders serving Islanders " Salt Spring's wildlife care centre came September 11 attack on the U.S., Hanna's became the International • Septic tank pump·outs to the a tte nti o n o f Jack H a nna , a release of a bald eagle in a symbolic ges­ World Day of Prayer in 1922, bedding? Columbus Zoo director and veteran tele- ture of freedom and strength. and was celebrated on the first • Electronic tank·locating Friday in March. We can make it fresh and clean agam! • Inspections, repairs _ • Emergency service "Friendly service from people you know" WEW ELCOMEVISA 1 MASTERCARD 1 AM ERICAN EXPRESS Over 200 pieces of artwork from 120 artists will be on dis­ PH: 653·4013 play at Mahon Hall from March 2 to 10. KEEPING THE WHEELS OF SALTSPRING TURNING SINCE 1975 The exhibition, Look 2002, is a regional art show featuring • Designated inspection facility • Diesel repairs the works of artists from the southern Gulf Islands, Saanich, • Licensed mechanics • ~ makes & models Sooke and Greater Victoria. Works incl ude paintings, pho­ • Praxair Depot tography, basketry, sculpture, mixed media and textiles. Jurors Robert Amos, Liane Davison and Diana Thompson Blaine Johnson • Robin Wood will select 10 pieces to go on to the provincial exhi bition in 181 A BEDDIS ROAD, SSI BC VBK 2J2 Surrey as part of the B.C. Festi val of the Arts in May. (JJ BC FERRIES Schedule Look 2002, hosted by the Gulf Islands Community Arts Coun cil, opens on Saturday, March 2 from lO a.m. to 4 p.m. Salt Spring Island The official opening and reception takes place on Sunday, VESUVIUS BAY - CROFTON March 3 from 2 to 4 p.m. CROSSING TIME: 20 MINUTES YEAR-ROUND SCHEDULE ~LT SPR.J~ LEAVE VESUVIUS BAY LEAVE CROFTON • 7:00am u 4:00pm *7:30am 4:30 pm Sheet Metal Ltd. x 8:00am 5:00pm 8:30 am 5:30 pm S G 9:00am 6:00pm #9:30am 6:30pm 10:00 am 7:00pm 11 :00am 8:00 pm 11:30am 8:30pm 12:00 noon 9:00 pm THE GOOD NEWS IS n 12:30 pm . 9:30pm 1:00pm 10:00 pm 1:30pm +10:30 pm 2:15pm +11 :00 pm YOU CAN NOW 3:00pm 3:30pm u Wed . sailings will be replaced by dangerous cargo sailing. No passengers AFFORD A LENNOX n The Mon. & Thurs. sailings will be replaced by dangerous cargo sa ilings No passengers I Mon, Wed . & Thurs. sailings will be replaced by dangerous cargo sailings. No passengers HEAT PUMP. THERE • Daily except Saturdays. 'Daily excepl Saturdays & Sundays. +Saturdays only x Daily except Sundays IS NO BAD NEWS.

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Gas exceed $100. Private party, February 25, 2002 at th e Lady friend who went home to The Dee re 892 EL C's; 99 IH C H HERB&ROSE process operati ons comp o­ non-commercial ads only. Minto Hospital after a lengthy ill­ Lord on January 26. A special Eagle 9400, (3) 98 Manac 48 ' nent. 1- 888-999 -7 882 ; REGULAR ness. She le ft many close th ank you to Kar en compos ites. For informa ­ GARDEN j: www. fai r'viewcollege.com; CLASSIFIEDS friends on Salt Spring Island Hunsberger for her support at ti on/broc hure call CPA - Fairview College, Alberta. and in Victoria , but had no chil­ th is difficu lt tim e, Be ss ie Canadian Public Auction Ltd ., 1+1 RE-OPENING BE A SUCCESSFUL Dan e Hospice f~r their visits 20 wo rd s or less dren and was predeceased by 403 -269-6600 or visit home ­ SPECIAL WRITER ... write for money her husband of 48 years as well to the hospital, nursing and page: www.canadianpubl i­ and pleasure with our unique $8.50 as all close relatives. However, support stall at Lady Minto cauction.com. Additional words home-study course. You get she is well remembered as an Hospital , Haywards Funeral 25°/ooff individual tuition from profes­ 25¢ each exceptionally loving person. She Home, Chris and Marlene sional writers on all aspects of Cormack and Laura's church MARCH Run your ad for 2 'weeks and was baptized as a Witness of BINGO writing - romances, short sto­ the God of the bible Jehovah on family at the Community ries, radio and scripts, arti­ get a third week FREE! Gospel Chapel. She will be MEADEN HALL 2&3 W PRIVATE PARTY, June 7, 1944 and this has Royal Canadian Legion cles and children's stories. deeply influenced her life forever in our hearts. 11am-5pm Send today for our Free Book . .MERCHANDISE ADS ONLY course since then. She used to ----- THURSDAY, February 28 194 Mclennan Dr. l- 1-800-267-1829. www.quality­ Sorry, no refunds, no changes. partake of the emblems at the ofcourse .com. Quality of Deadline, annual memorial of Christ's 7:00pm 653·9418 Course. Ottawa, ON. death, showing her desire to be FOR A complete cale-ndar of Early Birds • 6:30pm TUESDAY NOON. one of the heavenly class. coming events check the A NEW CAREER? Train to be There will be a memorial serv­ Driftwood Commun ity Sponsored by an Apartment! Condominium ice at the Kingdom Hall of Calendar, in our office in the Ladies Auxiliary Manager. Many jobs! Job placement asststance. All­ Jehovah's Witnesses on Salt Upper Ganges Centre , 328 Royal Canadian Legion Br. 92. ******* Spring Island at 276 Fulford­ Lower Ganges Road , or on * How To Eat * Areas. Government Registered Additional words Ganges Road this coming our website at http://www.gul­ All proceeds to bursaries for Program. Information/ 35¢ each fislands.net. Use the calendar * Like A Child * brochure (604) 681-5456, 1- Sa!u ~~· ~arc~-~ ~1 _2 P·rn· __ Salt Spring Island students. Deadline TUESDAY 5PM for event planning , to make * ... a musical with * 800-665-8339, www.rmti.ca. INNES, ERNEST William (Bud): kids, about kids, for* Staff Sergeant RCMP retired, sure your date doesn't conflict * COUNSELLOR TRAINING DISPLAY with someone else's. died February 24, 2002 at his -·------* everybody * Institute. Earn Your Professional Certificate. Work CLASSIFIED$ home on Salt Spring Island . SALTSPRING SEEMS like DIRECTED BY $10.75 Bud was born in Granum, such a perfect place for a writ­ * * in an agency or private prac­ per column inch Alberta in 1930. His ·family ing school. Yes. Did you know * SCOTI HYLANDS * tice. On campus or distance moved to Creston, BC when he we have one? The North Evening (7 p.m.) learning. Registrations Now (minimum size one inch) * * Accepted . Catalogue 1-800- was age 14. As a young man American School of Freelance and Matinee (12:45 Border: Add $2 he worked on road construction Writing. Distance Education, * 665-7044. www.counselor­ Frequency discounts available and in logging in the Queen one-on-one instruction, night p.m.) shows March training.com Charlottes and the Radium Hot school classes. (250) 537- * 11 , 12,13 at * JOBS WITH adventure! Are REGIONAL Springs area . At age 23 he 4713 www.linksnorth.com/out- · you ready for a great job with joined the RCM Police serving * ArtSpring * CLASSIFIEDS door writing. challenge and excitement? in Nova Scotia, NWT, Yukon, DEPRESSION PROOF your­ * Tickets: $5 at * Applications are now being Ottawa and Vancouver. Upon self and your kids!. A * ArtSrping, Salt Spring * accepted for training with job BUY VANCOUVER retiring he moved to Salt Spring Workshop in Overcoming Elementary School and * placement assistance. ISLAND with his wife Evanda (Vee), Adversity, Building Resilience, the customer service www.tol!rismcollege.com . 1- $89 daughter Van (McGowan) and 800-668-9301 . Canadian son Alexander. For several & Creating What Matters, Mar. * desk atThrifty Foods. * * Tourism College. 'Your 25 word classified ada ppears years he worked part-time with 2 & 3, 9am-5pm. in the Gulf IslandsDriftw ood (Salt! the ambulance service here on www.bruceelkin.com 537- BE AN Interior Decorator with 1177. ******* our unique home-study Spri ng& Pend er Islands) and 15 Salt Spring. He is survived by ---~-~-- his wife and children as well as TUNE IN for a toonie. Chu An course. Call for your Free co mmuni~ papers on V.I. Over brothers Jim (Kimberly) and This, Salt Spring's new brochure . 1-800-267-1829. 262,455 readers. George (Port Coquitlam) , sis­ locally grown literary maga­ Sheffield School of Interior ters Elaine (Vancouver), Judy zine is now available at Salt Design. 1373--38 McArthur BUY LOWER (Edmonton) and many nieces Spring Books, Starbooks, Ave., Ottawa ON K1L 6R2. and nephews. A loving hus­ Volume 2, and ETC. MAINLAND ------band and father, a caring neigh­ SPANISH SPEAKING volun­ Taoist Tai Chi $89 bour. Services at All Samts By­ teers needed for "Ancestral the-Sea Saturday March 2nd at For Health & Relaxation NOTICE TO CREDITORS Your 25word classified ad Story Project" March 10 - 18. OPEN HOUSE AND FREE appears in 15 community papers 2:00 .e_m: ______.. ----·-- __ _ Robert. 653-0036. AND OTHERS SEWING MACHINE Repair. INTRODUCTORY CLASS Drop off at Salt Spring Dry . BODY BALL, new class start­ RE: THE ESTATE OF in the lower mainland. Over Monday, March 4th DOREEN ELSIE Cleaning at 116 Hereford ing Monday March 4-22 April, 7 p.m. All Saints By-the-Sea Ave . 537-2241 . Local agent 525,455 readers. HAYWARD'S Fernwood School 6:30-7:30 ,6 WHEATLEY, DECEASED FUNERAL SERVICE classes $30.(B.Y.O.B) Pre­ NOTICE is hereby given for Sawyer Sewing Centre BUYBC NEW CLASSES every of Victoria. Regis~~~.!.IJ . l:.~_517-16~ Monday &Wednesday 8-9 LOOKING FOR a new career? that Creditors and others INTERIOR TREASURE CHEST of books p.m. starting March 6th Professional Training to work having claims against the IF YOUR Driftwood sub­ $89 and games 30- 50% OFF at in the Dive Industry - Tropical Estate of Doreen Elsie scription label has the date Your 25 word classified ad Fables Cottage til March 5. SENIORS CLASSES Monday and Commercial. Go straight Wheatley, deceased, late highlighted, now is the time & Wednesday to ren :::..ew~!______appears in 22 community March workshop schedule to work alter graduation. of Salt Spring Island, Ji~PATRICK BEATTIE available now! 112 Hereford 10-11 a.m. Central Hall Student financing available. ROLL ENDS are available British Columbia, are papers in the interior. Over ~~~ : !l:~·~~~~escottage.com www.prodivetraining.com or at the Drif.twood/Barnacle Funeral Director Call David or Tina, 537-1871 hereby required to send 250-861-184_8_. --- ­ office on a first-come , first­ 208,856 readers. SALSA AEROBICS Classes them duly verified to the 320- #2 Upper Ganges Rd . starting March 26, for all ..------, . THE ONE -the only -the only serve basis only. We make BCYCNA ages. First class free! Being undersigned executor at every effort to obtain a con­ Salt Spring Island "CALLING ALL one - in Canada! Harley c/o #1-105 Rainbow NETWORK Tel." (250) 537-1022 held at the high school Davidson Technician Program. stant supply from the print­ Tuesday and Thursday nights! Road, Salt Spring Island, ers due to their popularity. CLASSIFIED$ Fax: (250) 537-2012 BRITS" · Fairview College. Top-notch If you want to get fit and have tratmng , equtpment and facth- B.C., V8K 2V5, on or Although we don't charge $309 fun too, come try it out. Call SAT. MARCH 2 ties. Repair/maintain Harleys. before March 28, 2002, for them, we would appreci­ Your 25 word classi fiedw ill Rebeccah for more info. 538· High industry support and after which date the ate a donation to the char­ HAYWARD'S 0277. appear in more than110 commu­ FUNERAL SERVICE 1:00 PM demand. Or try two wheelin' assets of the said estate ity of your choice into the ANCESTRAL STORY project AN INFORMATION excitement with the cans provided at the front ni~ newspapers in BC andth e will be distributed, having weekend gathering exploring MEETING Motorcycle Mechanic regard only to the claims desk. This month 's recipi­ Yukon. Over 2.3million readers. Certificate Program. Fairview ents are Salt Spring Food sacred drama, community rit­ that have been received. ual and personal story. March UNITED CHURCH HALL College. hands-on training for Bank and the Community PAYMENT 15-17. Call Robert 653-0036 111 HEREFORD AVE . street , off-road, dual sport Services Building , f ~rmboys ~ sa!t~e!:in_g.c ?_m _. _ Ganges SS Island bikes. Certified for entry·level RICHARD GARTH Renovation Fund. Thank • We can accept payment J;h~ ' employment. Apprenticeship PERRITT by cash, direct debit, ADVANCE PLANNING HOW TO GIVE Your Child A ~ Mastercard or Visa. Spiritual Foundation Built On For information, call ALAN opportunities possible. 1-888- by his solicitor THE GROWING Circle Food All aspects of MAY ( ) _ 999-788 2; www.fatrvtewcol - • Classifieds are prepaid God's Love. Eckankar offers 250 743 4440 - IAN H. CLEMENT Co-op is accepting nomina­ luneral arrangements lege :£~~ ______unless you have an ancient wisd om for today' s #1 • 105 Rainbow Road tions for our Board of advertising account. can be done in advance family. For free boo k, call 1- If you worked in Britain ALL CREATURES great and Salt Spring Island, B.C. Directors. You must have 800-LOVE-GOD. Ask for book small! Study animal health at no cost. you should be here! V8K 2V5 been a member of the co­ This will gua rantee that #F18 . _www.ec~ank a r; ?~g_ te chnol ogy at Fairview 1-250-537-5505 op for three months to College. Small and large ani­ apply. Help steer the co-op • In person at our office at you r wi shes are carried mals. Work practicum at vet- 328 Lower Ganges Road, out and will relieve the towards its goal of a sus­ Ganges SCHOOL DISTRICT #64 (Gulf Islands) erinary practices. tainable Salt Spring ! burden on your family. Residences . Fairview Nomination packages are • By telephone, 250-537-9933, would like to extend an invitation to our College, Alberta 1-888-999- FOUND BINOCULARS in case at Fernwood wharf, available at the food co-op ·or lax, 250-537-2613 CEMETERY MARKERS OPEN HOUSE 7 8 8 2 or for more information call www.fairviewcollege.com. _ Sunday, February 24. Owner • By email to All design ed to your for retiring Superintendent may claim by identifying at the Martin Thorn , nomination EARN WHILE you learn! classified @gulfislands. net specifications and needs Raven Street Cafe. committee chair 537-9149. (no attachments please) DUANE R. SUTHERLAND $60,000. scholarship monies MISSING- BLUE (Old-Town available. Co-op Agricultural • By post to Driftwood, It will be held Canoe) floated away in Walker Patrick Beattie Program at Fairview College Hook $100 reward for return . SAVE ON SUNDAY 328 Lower Ganges Road , Thursday, March 7, 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. at TruckS from Salt Spring Island, B.C. Fun eral Director gives you College training and Please call Alane before 9 pm industry experience with the 537-4266 V8K2V3. 320 - #2 Uppe r Ganges Road the School Board Oflice. $19.95 pluskm Royal Bank, Cargill , Agricore, F-OUND .,...ONSt Mary-Lake Sal t Spring Is land Please join us as we say goodbye and 537·6099 POLICIES UGG, UFA and more. Call 1- floating dock, wood with plastic Tel: (2 50) 537-1 022 wish him well in his retirement. 888 -999-7882; www.fairview - flotation and steel ladder. Please check your adalter the lir sl insertion. Fax: (250) 537-2012 Phone 537-2314 Should anerror appear 1n anad vertisement. ~.?!l ~~~~m:_ ------· Drillwood Publ ishrng lid. is only liable lor lhr moll(ll paid lor the space occupred by the por ron oklhe adver lrsmen l in whr ch the err o m~rred .' Drillwood PublishiiiJ lid. will accepr esoonsihili1v ior nn!v nn P. inr.n m~ r: l in'\P. rtinn THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2002 .,. 21 - GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD

ON-CALL FRONTLINE JOBMAN : HOME and property Alcoholics ATTENTION Support Worker, Salt Spring maintenance, gutter and deck Island Transition House: Direct clean ing , grounds kee ping, ' Anonymous LANDOWNERS frontline expe rie nce in transi­ spring clean ups, repai rs and Services Meetings Gulf •Contract Falling & tion house and/or crisis lin e more. We carry both WCB Salt Spring -- --- 537.7573 Islands DISCOVER AVON! Have you work preferred or an accept­ and liability insu ran ce. Phone CERTIFIED HOME Support Skidding Attendant, mature, sensitive, •Forest Management earned & saved all the $$ you able equivalent of relevant Brad at 537-2262 Galiano ---- 539-2222 Optical need? Consultant urgently warm and caring. Experienced •Competitive rates training , education and expen­ GET YOU R deck or addi tion in care of Altzeimer's, Tuesday-Friday •Prompt payment needed. No doo r knocking, ence. Must have sound knowl­ ready for that good weather Pender --···--·--- 629-3631 excellent earnings. 1-250-727- Parkins on's, palliative and 10:00-5:00 •Local References edge of family violence just around th e co rn er. 2618 or 537-4774. dynamics and be ableto artic­ more. Excellent references. For Closed Saturdays •Fully insured Beautif ul decks, renovations, professional in-home caregiv­ Women 's only - Thursday ulate a femin1st analys1s of VIO ­ 323 Lower Ganges Roa,d FOOD DEMONSTRATOR additions, gates, fences & ing, 537-5837. nights 5:30p.m.- 537-7573 (Lancer Building) · TIGHTLINE wanted. Qualifications: enjoys lence against women. Ability to repai r. Off -season rates. working and talking to the pub­ communicate in a non-judge­ Certified builder. Avail able RICHARD WEATHERALL LOGGING lic, friendly, likes to cook , is mental manner and maintain now! Call Shaun Ad ams 537- JIPI' .L.ufv 'll1into Guf(JsfruuiS (Optician) Jack 537-9327 strict confidentiality is essen­ 4942 .aiHOSPITAL FOUNDATION 537-2648 Office self motivated and presenta­ ADULT CHILDREN "(_ ...... , . Ryan 653-9739 ble. 4 hours per week. Call tial. Need to be available to -----:--::-=--:---: Anonymous. For healing from 537-5294 Residence work overnights, weekends NEW EARTH Enterprises. The aims and objectives of the Sarah at 537-4512 Gardening , landscaping , yard any dysfunctional family back­ and statutory holidays. ground. Saturday afternoons LADY MINTO GULF ISLANDS VOLUNTEER S REQUIRED to Complete posting and job maintenan ce. Reasonable HOSPITAL FOUNDATION are to rates. Island references 653 - 537-4315 for information . work in our Food Bank one description can be picked up raise funds which will be used to POETRY CONTEST. 1 or 2 4968 Tuesday per month from 11:00 at "Transitions" Thrift Store. OVE-REATERS ANONYMOUS. expand and enhance the deliv­ poems (max. 41 lines): Grand am to 3:00 pm. Please contact FIVE STAR Handyman Are you having a problem con­ prize: $500.00. Submit typed Please submit resum e and ery of medical care by the Cathy at 537-9971 cover letter to: Hiring Services. Available for any job: trolling your eating? If you're copy with name , address, interested in helping yourself, Hospital to Gulf Islands resi ­ phone # by Apr. 6, 2002: Palm PART TIME servers required Committee , Gulf Islands carpentry, chainsaw work, dents . You can help the immediately. Call Dennis at Women 's Resource Network, general yard and house main­ we're interested in helping you . Leaf Publishers, Box 135 , Box 376 Ganges P.O. Salt _ tenance . Pick-up truck and Info. 537-8428. Foundation attain the se goals Station A, Nanaimo, BC V9R 19th Hole Restaraunt 537- by a gift of funds , real or per­ 1760. Spring Island, BC V8K 2W1 or Bobcat available. Call 537- ALANON /ALATEEN A pro­ 5K9 by fax to 537 -0752. 2684 or 1-800-41 0-71 09 sonal property, memorial YO~U~R --~P =RI~V~AC~Y~. ~T~h-e gram for family and friends of CARE GIVER needed: Flexible Appl ications must be rece1ved (pager). alcoholics. For further informa­ bequests, endowments , life Consumer's Association of individual to provide outings by 4 p.m. on March 14, 2002. QUAL 1F---,1 -E-D - c-=-A:-:R::-::P:-=E-:-:-NT ER tion call 537 -9858 or 537- insurance or securities. Canada is interested in your for Greenwoods resident with 2941 ..___ _ views about privacy and health Alzheimer's. Part-time ; ACCESS TO A Computer?? avai lable, prefer smaller resi­ All donations wi ll be recognized information. Complete a short $15.00/hour. Creative, cooper­ Portable home based busi­ dential projects, own tools , PRESCRIPTION DRUG in the Hospital and re ceipts for survey and you might win ative team member with gentle ness. $500 .00 - $2000.00 mo. reasonable rates . Call Paul Misuse Support Group, Friday Income Tax purposes wi ll be $250.00. E-mail privacy­ attitude, valid driver's license Part Time. $2000.00 · 537-4966 mornings . Call Salt Spring issued. $5000.00 mo. Full Time. Toll Community Services at 537- [email protected] or 1-800-667- and reliable vehicle. Practical RELIAB LE WORKER avail· Please help YOUR Hospital YOlimR 3872 with your ma iling Free 1-888-373-4597. Web . able. Yard work, spring clean ; 9971 for more informati on. _dl) . experie nce with Alzheimer's. www.dreams4urworl

INFRARED SAUNA for weight QUANTITIES OF plastic plant 13 ACRES+ , 4000 sq. ft 14-16 FOOT BOAT trailer, new Ron loss, pain relief, detox of heavy pots. 653-9468_.____ _ house, water view, good water, bearings, good shape. $650 Weisner BASe metals and toxins, skin care and barn , more. Asking $550,000. obo. 537-5994. relaxation. Book your appoint­ 537-9306. MARINE DIESEL eng ine. Speci~lizi!'g in aluminum I' Computer Repair & Upgrades ment 653-9939 Volvo MD2B 25hp. raw water & stamless steel · START YOUR day with a vibrant WASHBURN EA30N guitar, cooled. Zero hrs on rebuild. ISLAND MARINE ./ data recovery thin body, beautiful birds eye CONSTRUCTION "shot" of wheatgrass juice, fresh Hydraulic drive. $3800 .00 ./ PRINTER repairs daily at the Fo-od Co-op. maple, $560. Kawai. GB2 ses­ REAL ESTATE listings for the Steve at 653-4609 537-9710 sion trainer for the solo gui­ Gulf Islands are viewable any­ ./ new & used computer Juicers and wheatgrass flats too. Masters Greens 653-9939 tarist, $150. Boss ME5 guitar where in the world with systems available multiple effects processor, Internet access. www.gulfis­ BIGFOOT HERBS has vinegar $150. A.R.T. SGE guitar multi­ lands.net Office Equipment 1995 GMC JIMMY 4x4, 4 free roasted garlic salsas in ple effects. Rack mount, $175. door, auto, V6 Vortec engine, mild to med. and hot, in addition service and repair Have manuals for all above .. 190 kms., teal green, top to our popular roasted garlic 537-1635. ./ PHOTOCOPIERS maintained, good tires. Asking salsas from mild to fire-breath­ -$13,900 obo. 537-4774 . ./ FAX MACHINES ing hot! You pick up or our best 1985 CADDY FLEETWOOD 'd' ./ CASH REGISTERS attention is paid to packing and forwarding your orders. 104 BARK AVENUE Grooming , elegance. Runs good , good (250) 537-5058 Eagle Ridge Drive, SSI. Phone dog grooming with a flair. condition , no rust, needs Irani Kitchenaid, Whirlpool, 250 537-4466 Certified, professional and ONE BEDROOM, sunny, close work. Fuel inj, good on gas [email protected] to beach (Maliview) . $495 $750 obo. Call653-4448. Frigidaire, Maytag & WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC friendly. Call Jane at 538-1819 Tuesday to Saturday. includes cable, hydro. Quiet FORD EXPLORER 1991 new more! range,white cooktop, black con­ person. 538-5516. trol panel, good operating con­ HORSE RIDING lessons. PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico. air conditioning, muffler, tune­ LARGEST SELECTION ON dition, clean $125. 537-9325 Farrier service also available. 2 BEDROOM, SUNNY, $139 per person/double occu­ up, brakes, $4950 OBO 537- SALT SPRING 653-4184. CEDAR log upper suite, new 1540 BUNK BED, double on bottom, remoddle, fireplace, skylight, pancy. Kids under 12 stay free. ISLAND CALDWELL single on top, complete with ROTWEILLER PUPS born 6 days, 5 nights. Premium 1986 DODGE Lancer- Very 2 decks, gardens, dramatic hotel 1-888-807-8444. email: reliable, excellent. condition, OAKS PRING matresses, new condition. First December 2, people friendly. gulf views. N/P, N/S. $795. 415 537·2111 $100 takes it. 537-4364. 537-1372 or 537-1873. internatscapital @canada.com . new all season tires and FARM 550-8435. recent service. Leaving coun­ 2 X TWIN MATIRESSES, box 604-207-8444 Since 1882 TIMESHARE RESALES. try, must sell! $1750, phone springs & frames, good condi­ 538-1797 Currently available: tion, each 38" x 72 ", $100 Worldwide Selection . Era SALT SPRING Island Recycle SAWMILL $4995.00. All new • FREE RANGE each. 537-5592. OFFICE SPACE for rent, 1st & Stroman Since 1979. Call now! '95 VW GOLF, well maintained. Depot is located at 349 Lots of extras. $11,000 obo. Super Lumbermate 2000, GRAIN-FED PORK BENTLEY UPRIGHT piano, 2nd floor Lancer Building. Call Buyers call 1-800-613-7987. lar~er capacities, more Rainbow Rd . We are open Sellers call 1-800-201 -0864. 537-1440. • FRESH CUT LUMBER (parlor size) $1000.653-4279. Roland, 537-2133. opt1ons. Norwood Industries, Tuesday through Saturday, 10 www.timesharelink.com. 1989 MUSTANG CONVERT­ manufacturer of sawmills, 537-5380 or 537-2152 SIMMONS BEAUTYREST am to 5 pm. This service is Pillow-Top queen set, $398. 54" operated by Salt Spring Island IBLE 5 speed, mint condition. edgers and skidders. Free Double inspected, papers to information. 1-800-566-6899, mattresses, $68. 39" sets, $98. Community Services. Please THREE ROOM cabin for rent, Love seat sofa -bed $48. call The Recycle Depot at 537- prove. Perfect for spring and ext. 400.0T. self contained, newly reno­ summer. Must sell! $6999. ------·--- ,_ ------· Emerald green queen sofa-bed 1200, or Community Services STEEL BUILDINGS. MOVING SALE: teal rug 6 x 8 vated, beautiful space, hiking 538-0277. - $500; new round glass table & matching love seat, $388. at 537-9971 for information on trails nearby, N/S,references Clearance sale! Manufacturer Coffee table sets, $89. 2-door materials accepted for recy­ 1983 PLYMOUTH Reliant low direct. Beat next price with 4 chairs- $500; vintage needed. Available Mar 1-Sept shoe cabinets, $79. Oak 36" x cling. 1.(Extension possible) $550 mileage, well maintained but increase. 25x40 $7,200 .00. claw foot oak table -$500; needs tune-up and muffler queen box spring, mattress 60" table, 2 side & 2 arm chairs, THIS COLUMN is designed for plus utilities. Call 537-9392 30x40 $8 ,900.00. 30x50 5 pc, $298. Dining chairs 4/ $400. 537-5420. $10,300.00. 35x50 and frame $1 00; large free recyclable items only (no FULFORD VALLEY Heritage microwave oven 1 yr old-$50, $198. Wood bunk beds, $398. animals). There is no charge to THE CAR GUYS. Bank says $13 ,200 .00 . 40x60 1/2 price clearance 1DO 's of house, 4 bedrooms, 2 wood $17,300.00. Many others. wood burning stove-$25 . place items in this column. Ads stoves, WID, $950/ mo. no? Dealer says no? Phone 537-8533 accessories. No PST., no GST must be submitted in person at Bankrupt? Repossession? We Pioneer 1-800-668-5422. on tools, hdwe, lamps & more! References required . 653- Since 1980. the Driftwood office (328 9920. can help! Access to more than 2 CAPTAINS' Beds, double Buy & Save , 9818 4th St. , 1000 new/used vehicles with a size, solid wood (fir) , made by Lower Ganges Road) by nor­ Sidney. mal .deadline (Monday 5 pm.) FOR RENT: 3 bedroom 1 1/2 90% approval rate. For imme­ SEE US fOR AfAST QUOU island craftsman, excellent bathrooms, no smoking, no diate help and same day condition $150 each. Phone WOOD TURNING machine, or by fax at 537-2613 or emC)il. ON AU YOUR BUILDING $4000.00, all inclusive, take 50- No phone calls please. pets, $800. Available March 1. call1-604-892-4156. 538-1885 to view. Call Elaine 537-5092. REQUIREMENTS! ------70hp lis outboard as part trade. FREE DRYER , stove, small Dust collector 3 HP 220 volt, freezer & fridge. All in good BED-SITTING room with • Flooring hardly used $600. 537-9489 working order but need to be shared kitchen & utilities. $375. Small bedroom with • Heating LIONS GARAGE Sale, 103 10' SPLIT rails : $8 delivered, picked up in Victoria . 537- Bonnet Ave. Every Friday, minimu m order 35 please. 5304 Sharon. shared facilities, $325 . TRIANGLE R.V. CENTRE Habitable, separate 400 sq. ft. • Eaves Saturday only, 10 am - 12 Leave message 537-1880 TWIN BED mattress and box offers excellent highway expo­ noon. Come & browse, we just studio, $350 plus heat. Fulford sure for your consignment • Plumbing 250 GAL WATER collection bar­ spring, couch with floral _Valley. Reid at 653-4728. may have it. New merchandise rels . 3 available, best offer. design . Good condition, 653- vehicle. Also parts, service , arriving daily. Good, clean mer­ YEAR ROUND rental available • Roofing Robert, 653-00~6. 9868 propane, sanitation and 24 chandise wanted. Call 537- April 1. Walking distance to hour car and R.V. wash . 2000 for pick-up or info. GENERATOR 5000 WATTS , WHITE TOILET. 537-4669. Ganges. Newer, 2 bedroom, Vancouver Island's only com­ For all your building Coleman/ Briggs & Stratton. requirements, large or small! SMALL WHITE fridge 537- _ N/S, upper flat w/wrap-around plete R.V. centre. Trian9le Never used, still in box & plastic, 2176 porch, water glimpses, custom Homes Ltd. , Sidney. Your first $500 . Shuffleboard 12 ' Bar --::-:-:-,------LUMBER LTD. OLD PHOTO equipment, pos­ cabinetry. Sunny' exposure R.V. centre off the ferry. 656- IslsLEGG VACUUMS! VACUUMS ! style, rocks, scoreboard, $500. with carport, large lot, W&D 1122. DL 5916. Repa irs , bags & belts, used 653-4227. sible collector's items. Phone 804 Fulford-Ganges Rd. 653-4527 hkup, water/garbage pd , low 1978 DODGE Motor home vacuum bargains. Satisfaction heating bills. Long term lease 537-4978 PROFILE SANDER barely excellent condition, ciEian guaranteed! Salt Spring Linen used, Porter Cable worth $175 option for right tenant with Drycleaners, 116 Hereford inside, new carpet, new uphol­ & ~~~11[~5. 537·1 ~-­ good local references, prefer stery, $52,000 OBO. Call 537- •FINE ~~~~ ! - ~~rl[es ..~~7 -22~ SMALL ELMIRA wood stove, G ~ island resident or locally 1246 HARDWOODS STORAGE TANKS: water, sep­ firebox size 21 x 21 x 17 inch tth l CGI ~ II I ! U I LII t liU employed. $750 per mo. 537- 8433. ACCOMMODATION INFOR­ •QUALITY tic, sewage-holding (polyethyl­ approx: Great radiant heater, MATION for the Gulf Islands is ene) . Ecological Systems : $200.537-1049. SIGHTFIRST a mouse-click away. www.gul­ SOFTWOODS sewage-treatment plants, efflu­ ·-·-·--- fislands.net MUST SELL now 1977 Ford 3/4 •SPECIALTY ent filters . Visa, Mastercard, FOR SALE : Four wheel ton. Recent brakes, exhaust American Express accepted. scooter, good condition, recent • PLYWOODS and clutch work. Reliable work A LIONS PRO.IECT t GIS Sales & Rentals 653-4013. batteries $475. Call 537-4286. 0 horse. $1000. 537-4155 WEST WIND WE BUY & Sell Secondhand, 1987-EXTENDED CAB FORD Antiques & Books. The Great RECYCLE F150, 171023 kms, $3000 obo. HARDWOOD INC. Ganges Junk Co., 105 ANNUAL YOUR 653-4276. ~c_!:'~~e~~~ :- - ~37-45Q~ ·-·­ OLD GLASSES 0 DOWN O.A.C. Guaranteed 1-800-667-2275 TOOL SALE: Bostich nail gun ~ LEMISHED credit approvals. Trucks, 4x4's, 1 1/2"-3 1/2" new condition with Your old prescription crew cabs, diesels, sport utili­ Sidney, B.C. carton of 3 1/2" nails $250. AIR MILES ties •. cars & vans. Repo's, bro­ www. westwindhardwood.com Makita 8 1/4" portable table · F'RAME SALE lenses can be a gift of ken leases, heavy duty equip­ saw with extended table $250. sight. Boxes located at: ~ ment. Take over payments. Free B&D screw guns $30 each . delivery. Call Lawrence Siccia 3/4" air/water hose 250 PSI Jill LouisE • Pharmasave ~AYLESS BC's largest finance broker. 1- ~_ever us~ $1 /ft _?~7-4~9~ - _ CAMpbEll • Bank of Montreal We vaht.e the is/andfM 800-993-3673. Vancouver 604- GREMLIN HUNTER Computer THE PINE FACTORY , • Bank of Commerce COMPLETE 327-6377. Services. Affordable in-home Vancouver Islands largest GAllERY ! Island Savings Credit Union AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS ATIENTION! ARE you serious help for any computer need. selection of quality pine furni­ • Gulf Islands Optical Unleaded Fuels • Diesel · about establishing or re-estab­ Contact Beau Labine 537- ture. Giant floor model clear­ The gallery is under lishing your credit this year? We 7160. !Tifffi • Batteries • Accessories offer clean late model cars and ----·------ance on now. 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CAR &LIGHT TRUCK Trail, nature club J releases schedule All members are invited Pont Road. to a public meeting to dis­ March 12: Alan cuss the new provincial Robertson takes the troops park at Burgoyne Bay on up to the Lee Armand Trail Thursday, March 14, 7 for this outing. He reminds p.m., at Gulf Islands us that there are a few Secondary. If you want to steeper sections involved, see trails in this park it is but he promises to go at a important to attend and let civilized pace for all of us . B .C. Parks know your Leave ArtSpring at 10 a.m. views. for the 537 telephone code Following is the March walkers. Those in the 653 trail and nature club sched­ area can meet at Seymour Meeting for all persons - ule. Road at Armand Way at about 10:1 0. potentially affected by the Hikers March 19: Don Madsen proposed changes March 5: Relaxing hike heads up today's walk around Maracaibo with along Channel Ridge. We to Island Trust Bylaws, John and Noreen Davies. wi ll meet at Portlock Park . making vacation rentals on Carpool to leave ArtSpring to carpool up the ridge at at 9:50a.m. 10 a.m. Salt Spring Island illegal. ,' March 12: Brisk hike March 26: Elk Lake. Harbour House Hotel, with Martyn Day to heights Orpha Olm will guide us of Reginald Hill followed right around the lake from 7:00pm, Friday, March 01, 2002. by leisurely stroll to the the parking lot on the north Josh Kilbourn gives a visua l example to a point of Fulford in let. YUM: N side. T he 10- kilometre poster advertising an upcoming production ca lled Carpool to leave ArtSpring walk is mostly on level at 9:45 a.m. and meet at the How To Eat Like A Chi ld. He and other Salt Spring ISLAND EXPLORER ground, with just short ele­ Elementary School students created and then placed Regi nald Hill gate at 10. vated parts through wooded PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD. the posters all over town last week. The show, direct­ Rental Properties on Salt Spring, Pender, Mayne, Saturna, March 19: Rigorous hike areas. Leave the ArtSpring W* E & Galiano in the Southern Gull Islands s Jed by John Edwards from parking lot at 8:45 or ed by Scott Hylands, runs March 11-13 at ArtSpring. Cape Keppel up and over Drummond Park at 9 a.m. Photo by Derrick Lundy Mount Tuam. Carpool to to get on the Fulford ferry leave ArtSpring at 9:45 for the 10 o'clock sailing. TRINCOMALI a.m. and meet at Return on the 3 p.m. ferry THROUGH THESE EYES Drummond at 10. from Swartz Bay. TRANSPORT CO. March 16: Off-island l hike to Mount Work with Ramblers (250) 360·7426 Charles Kahn, for spectacu­ March 5: Percy Dewar wee lar views over Gowland leads a ramble in Duck PROPANE Range and Saanich inlet. Creek Park. Lunch at the Carpool to leave ArtSpring Vesuvius P ub. Meet at at 9: 10 a. m. and meet at Centennial Park, 10 a.m. Fulford Inn at 9:25, then on March 12: Jack Sharp to the LO a.m. Fulford ferry. takes us to Bear Point in Return via Swartz Bay on Ruckle Park. See you at the 5 or 7 p.m. Could make Centennial Park, 10 a.m. or a detour to the Prairie Inn Beaver Point Hall, 10:15 for an early bird dinner. a.m. March 19: Barry Cotton Walkers heads a ramble from March 5: Tony Pedersen Quarry Drive to beach area. will take us around/ the Meet at Centennial Park, 10 shoreline at Ruckle Park. a.m. Meet at ArtSpring before March 26: Mickey B I RGIT FREY BE BATEMAN l 0. a.m. or wait at Lyytikainen will lead us Drummond Park before through a trail off Churchill PHOTO EXHIBITION 10:15 a.m. We will then Road with lunch at the MARCH 8 - 1 5 , 2002 ART S PRING rendezvous in the parking beach. Meet 10 a.m. • lot at the end of Beaver Centennial Park. MARCH 1ST' 2002 ''NOPE. NEVER HEARD OF IT:' is the deadline for (We get a lot of that.) 2001 RRSP Contributions BANK OF- MONTREAL- Announces extended hours for RRSP investments and loans

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