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Yard Sales page B15 What’s On page B8 $ 25 Your Community Newspaper Since 1960 1 (incl. GST) Wednesday, May 26, 2004 44th year Gulf Islands Issue 21 328 Lower Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, B.C. V8K 2V3 Tel: 250-537-9933 Fax: 250-537-2613 Toll-free: 1-877-537-9934 e-mail: [email protected] editorial: [email protected] Website: www.gulfislands.net THIS WEEK’S INSERTS • Ganges • Thrifty Foods Pharmasave • Slegg Lumber • Mouat’s Home • Sears Shootout nails Cup win for FC Hardware • Marks Work • Ganges Village Wearhouse By MITCHELL SHERRIN Market Staff Writer Salt Spring FC keeper Braiden Dragomir was hoist- �������������������� ed above the shoulders of his teammates after he blocked �������� two consecutive penalty kicks to win the Challenge Cup in a shootout finish Monday. Following a 0-0 tie in reg- ulation time, the final match between Salt Spring and Van City Lobbans was decided in a shootout when FC captain Chris Jason deked the Van- Babies couver keeper with a low- left shot and then Dragomir do the deflected Lobbans’ hard-cen- teaching tre shot over the cross bar. The Roots “Braiden did fantastic for us, not just in the shootout of Empathy but throughout the tourney,” program unfolds in a said FC’s ex-manager Ken middle school class- Marr. “He did marvellous room. Page A16 work for us.” Dragomir’s FC teammates cheered, “We believe in you Index Braiden,” after the young netminder cleared an ear- Arts. B1 lier penalty shot to keep Salt Classifieds . B13 Spring in the shootout. Crossword . B15 Standing in as keeper for Editorials. A8 an injured Jono McDonald, Horoscope . B16 CHAMPS AGAIN: Salt Spring FC soccer players sweep keeper Braiden Dragomir onto their shoulders as Dragomir was awarded most Letters. A9 they hold the Challenge Cup and hold up fingers, showing they’re number one in the annual tournament for CHALLENGE CUP A23 Salt Spring Visitor. B7 the fifth consecutive year. Photo by Derrick Lundy Sports. A20 TV Listings . B5 What’s On. B8 4-day week proceeds as ‘best of evils’ Weather By GAIL SJUBERG reconsideration. One parent questioned the sion to not make a political Giles Staff Writer District Parent Advisory board’s projections and was stand by submitting a needs- Clouds, sun and pos- The decision to move to Council chair Kimberly dismayed with a process that based budget to the educa- sible showers today a four-day school week in Lineger pressed the board to left no room to negotiate. tion ministry, and for not picked (Wednesday) are fore- September was made by the deal only with the $350,000 Most often in these kinds attending the May 1 educa- cast, with the weather Gulf Islands School Board affecting the district this year, of cases, he said, “You usu- tion rally held in Ganges. turning increasingly last week as expected, with which would not require the ally see an option A and an “If you do go ahead with for trip cloudy over the week- parent and CUPE opposition four-day shift. With feder- option B and then you have this decision, it is without nd. Highs to 18 C most still fierce to the end. al and provincial elections some sort of compromise. support from CUPE, the Salt Spring RCMP days; overnight lows While most of the two and taking place next month That’s not happening here.” Gulf Islands Teachers’ Asso- Sgt. Mike Giles is one to 8 C. a half hour meeting held at and next May, respectively, Other parents spoke of the ciation, parents and the com- of 18 officers chosen Gulf Islands Secondary May education funding could be hardships the change would munity.” from across Canada to 19 was taken up with the hiked, she said. cause for themselves, other Despite vocal opposition participate in 60th anni- board and staff explaining “We need some time as families and the local econ- at the meeting, several high versary D-Day ceremo- the rationale for its decision a community to take on the omy. school students said the four- nies in Normandy. and how concerns will be elected officials to get more CUPE local vice-president day week was preferable to “It’s certainly a once- addressed, several parents money from them,” said Chip Chipman was highly in-a-lifetime opportuni- FOUR-DAY WEEK A3 took the opportunity to urge Lineger. critical of the trustees’ deci- ty,” said Giles on Friday. “I’m off to France next week and I’ll be there for a couple of weeks.” Final appeal board arguments vented Giles offered to By JENNIFER MCFEE should reverse an 18-month approval (CSA), Salt Spring Island Residents for lay mementos at the Staff Writer granted by the Ministry of Water, Land Responsible Land Use (SSIRRLU) and memorial on behalf of Royal Canadian Legion Closing arguments for the appeal and Air Protection (MWLAP) to the Penelakut First Nation Elders (see sepa- of a waste management permit issued company to inject hatchery waste into Branch 92 members. rate story), as well as the response from “I was pleased to be to Sablefin Hatcheries Ltd. took place an underground seawater layer at Walk- MWLAP. Over 70 concerned commu- before the Environmental Appeal Board er Hook. chosen, but certainly in nity members ventured to Victoria to the Salt Spring context, last week in Victoria. On Tuesday, May 18, the three-mem- attend the first day of the hearing. Lawyers from three groups presented ber panel heard arguments from lawyers GILES A2 final reasons why they believe the board for the Canadian Sablefish Association SABLEFIN A2 BUDGET CAR SALES VICTORIA OVER 100 CARS TO CHOOSE FROM • No payments for 6 months • 30 day money back guarantee • No money down • 0% interest for one year Car and Truck Sales 2224 Douglas St., Victoria 1-866-955-5353 � � A2 ▲ WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2004 NEWSBEAT GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD GILES BARGAIN From Page A1 Victory declared against burweed it’s great that someone from A Salt Spring restoration large section of land being According to Reimer, some ing gear. HUNTERS: our community can go and crew has declared a victory fenced and quarantined. represent our veterans.” of the eradication methods The restoration crew Giles, who speaks French, in the battle against bur- Reimer said the burweed used included burning the involved in the burweed GARAGE said bilingualism was one of weed. quickly crowded out all plants with blow torches removal project is funded by the criteria for the selection A press release by island native plants, forming a thick and spraying other sections Human Resources Develop- SALE process because the officers biologist Kathy Reimer carpet over areas that used to with an expensive mixture of ment Canada and Salt Spring must interact within French says the last carpet burweed hold foam flowers, camas detergent and sugar. Salmon Enhancement in LISTINGS communities. plants pulled this year have lilies, harvest brodiaea and “In the end, old-fashioned partnership with B.C. Parks, His ability to speak French been burned in a pit at Ruck- other special bulbs. weeding by B.C. parks staff the Salt Spring Parks and ARE ON also took him to Haiti twice, le Park. The small weed was first and a crew of seven or eight Recreation Commission, and PAGE B15 in 1996 and 1999, to take “This year’s victory may spotted in the park in 1997 workers on their hands and The Nature Trust. part in UN police training only be temporary because and, despite a huge effort knees for several weeks In the past year, the crew missions. there may still be seeds under- to eradicate it, the burweed resulted in the collection of has also built trails and foot- ground, but at least we did not spread around the entire over six garbage bags full of bridges in Duck Creek Park, have a new crop of seeds pro- campsite. thousands of the tiny weed,” operated a wetland plant duced,” noted Reimer. “And Several groups — includ- says Reimer. “These were nursery, completed several ����������� next year we should be able to ing parks staff, government burned on site to prevent riparian planting projects, ������������� mop up any survivors.” habitat professionals, plant their spread to other areas.” and removed broom and The non-native plant, also specialists and local volun- The weed originally came gorse from Garry oak park- ��������������� known as Texan burweed or teers such as Trail and Nature to the United States from land areas, including Bur- ��������������������������������� spurweed, had invaded sev- Club members — have been South America. Burrs may goyne Bay Park and land ����������������� eral areas of the Ruckle Park involved in fighting the weed have arrived on Salt Spring belonging to The Nature campsite area, resulting in a over the������ years. attached to visitors’ camp- Trust. � ������������������������������ � ���������������������������������������������� ������������������� �������������� SABLEFIN: ����������������������Hearing takes place in Victoria ����������������������������������������� From Page 1 The meeting carried over According to the CSA, He said guidelines about “It’s not a pesticide that to Wednesday, when board the ministry misconstrued water discharge were not fol- comes out of a sealed con- �������������� chair Alan Andison and agency approvals. Braul�� said lowed. Murphy further ques- tainer. It’s created right there ���������� members Bob Gerath and the project received condi- tioned whether the hatchery’s in the hatcheries. There is no ��������������������� tional approval based on the sand filter would remove miscommunication and we ������������������ Robert Cameron heard final ������������������������ words of third party Sable- assumption that no waste marine bacteria, viruses or don’t have to worry about ������������������ fin Hatcheries Ltd., followed water would enter the envi- microbes. the environmental impact to ������������������� by responses from������ the three ronment.������������������� Yet Lowen’s report Murphy said that eelgrass, fish.” ������������������ appellants.