Sustainability GISS rules! Senior soccer boys win AA Islands Challenge .SEE PAGE 35 SEE PAGE 22 & 23 GULF ISLANDS Wednesday, November 14, 2007 — YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1960 47TH YEAR – ISSUE 46 $ 25 1(incl. GST) NOVEMBER 11 STORM Wind, Salt Spring Islanders remember rain Hundreds pay tribute to downs military heritage power, BY SEAN MCINTYRE DRIFTWOOD STAFF Poppy-clad brothers, sis- ters, sons and daughters ferries lined the overcast streets of Ganges Sunday morning Travellers deal with to remember soldiers who have sacrifi ced their lives in ferries backlog wars past and present. “On this day we remem- BY CHRIS STEPHENSON ber those who fought with AND SEAN MCINTYRE valour and honour for the DRIFTWOOD STAFF freedoms which we have A long-weekend storm today,” said Salt Spring Royal blasted through B.C.’s south Canadian Legion president coast Sunday and Monday, Kerry Butler. “Sacrifices with wind gusts of more than were made. Some sacrifi ced 100 kilometres per hour caus- their futures, some their ing widespread power outages health and some their very and ferry sailing cancellations. lives. Those who did return, Ted Olynyk, B.C. Hydro man- returned through their ager for community relations efforts, to a free country.” on Vancouver Island, said at Young and old alike, many the peak of the storm, 195,000 with tears in their eyes, customers were without power watched silently the proud along the southern B.C. coast. yet solemn procession of Salt Spring and Pender Salt Spring veterans led by islands were the hardest hit the Salt Spring Pipes and among the southern Gulf Drums, and RCMP officers Islands, with power still out in clad in their trademark red some areas at Driftwood press- serge uniforms. time Tuesday. “We must remember the “We have crews working bloodshed and waste of war PHOTO BY DERRICK LUNDY on all the islands to restore by keeping these memories Keith Lavender salutes the past as war veterans and fellow islanders gather in Centennial Park Sunday for the annual Re- power,” Olynyk said. B.C. Hydro hoped to fully NOVEMBER 11 continued on 2 membrance Day march and ceremony. restore power by 12 noon today RAINFOREST CAMPAIGN (Wednesday). The majority of outages were caused by high winds knock- Creekside land campaign off to stellar start ing trees onto power lines. Olynyk said the storm was Target set at $975,000 has great potential for conservation.” generosity will help raise the funds needed to typical of last year’s winter On Friday, November 9, The Land Conser- preserve a rare piece of coastal temperate rain- weather. BY SEAN MCINTYRE vancy of British Columbia announced it had forest by the end of the year. Anne McCarthy, who works DRIFTWOOD STAFF reached an agreement to purchase the environ- “We have to take the long view. The numbers for Environment Canada in An agreement to purchase the 19.5-acre Creek- mentally sensitive property for $975,000. Funds sound overwhelming, but in 100 years, the price Victoria, agrees the storms are side rainforest lot was signed on Friday, and the must be in place by December 31. will seem small,” she said. “Imagine how pre- normal for this time of year. Salt Spring Island Conservancy wasted no time “During the Texada logging dispute, Salt Spring cious this forest and the salmon stream will be However, McCarthy said lending the campaign support to the tune of was able to pull off a miracle and we can do it to Salt Spring Island in the future.” Preserving this storm’s winds were much $25,000. again,” said Maureen Moore, the campaign’s the property, Moore added, is important for sav- stronger than those from a “We think it’s fi ne land and a great potential acqui- coordinator. “We plan to host as many events as ing the biologically diverse array of plants, ani- major storm last November. sition,” said conservancy president Bob Weeden on we can organize.” mals, birds and fi sh that depend upon Cusheon “The winds were certainly Monday after the conservancy board made its deci- With nearly $200,000 already pledged or in Creek. interesting,” she said. sion. “The big trees certainly stand out, but all of it hand, Moore said she is hopeful Salt Springers’ CREEKSIDE continued on 4 STORM continued on 2 North End INSERTS INDEX Health ........................................... 28 Gil Mouat Fitness • Ganges Village Market Arts .................................................. 19 Horoscope................................ 41 • Mark’s Work Wearhouse Classifieds ................................ 38 ............................................. • Home Hardware Letters 9 537-5217 • Thrifty Foods Editorial ..........................................8 Sports ............................................ 35 • Oystercatcher Ferry Schedules .................. 35 TV Listings .............................. 29 • Rona • Buckerfields What’s On................................. 18 • Fields • Industrial Paint [email protected] 1-800-537-4905 email: [email protected] website: www.gulfislands.net (250) 537-4900 10% off Tuesdays GANGES Salt Spring -/24'!'%15%34)/.3 ASK!RLENE (some restrictions apply) VILLAGE MARKET Food Bank Closer to the Community Start giving today, Christmas is ",/ coming! 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Mallard wait for the While only one cancel- “We didn’t even lose Queen of Nanaimo lation occurred at Long power,” Sutherland said. during a nine-hour Harbour on Salt Spring, “Everybody around us was delay caused by the Tsawwassen-Swartz in the dark, but we didn’t Monday’s windstorm. Bay sailings did not run all really notice anything. It was morning, causing a major nice but we’re ready to go backlog in traffi c. home now.” The cancelled Long Har- To deal with the influx bour sailing forced Soma of passengers, extra ferries Islanders pause to remember war dead Mallard and Lauren Smith were added to the Swartz NOVEMBER 11 we last gathered here,” But- fought between 1950 and ing the Centennial Park cer- to delay their highly antici- Bay-Tsawwassen route once continued from 1 ler said. “Stuart Hopkins, 1953. emony. pated journey departure to the schedule resumed in the Bob Morgan, Margaret “May we continue to per- “It was a great turnout,” Central America and the afternoon. alive,” Butler continued. Johnson, Barbara Worsley, petuate the memory of our he said. “I’m happy they South Pacifi c. As of Driftwood press time, “We remain eternal- Paul Ranney, Ruthe Grant, departed comrades by our showed their support.” “We’ve been ready to go B.C. Ferries was complete- ly thankful to those who Jim Burford, Alex McCauley, service to country, commu- For Sorrell, who served for days,” Mallard said before ly up and running, except serve and eternally hopeful Con Flebbe, Edie Gear, Don nity and comrades,” said as a quartermaster seaman boarding the Tsawwassen- on Denman and Hornby that our children and our Dabbs, Rick Crawford, Reg Reverend Barry Valentine. aboard the U.S.S. St. Paul, bound ferry at Long Harbour islands, due to power out- children’s children will not Lomas, Ernie Donnelly, Al Keith Lavender and Bill Sunday’s event was the fi rst at 3:30 p.m. Monday. ages at the terminals. have to face the same hor- Black, Anne Mouat, Nonie Sorrell are among the few Remembrance Day ceremo- “It’s been kind of frus- Deborah Marshall, direc- rors.” Hildred, Alfred Brazier.” Salt Spring residents to have ny he’d attended in his 12 trating to have to go back tor of media relations for In what for many appeared Following the tradition- served in Korea. years on Salt Spring. home and wait in the dark B.C. Ferries, said high winds the most emotional portion al two minutes of silence, For Lavender, then 22 “I just became a Canadian all day.” and wave height were fac- of Sunday’s ceremony, Kerry veterans turned eastward years old, shipping out citizen and was very hon- Smith said she could hard- tors in Monday’s cancella- Butler read off the list of to salute the allied burial to Korea with the Royal oured they asked me to take ly wait to get aboard and on tions. Legion members who have ground in Korea. Canadian Artillery was the salute,” he said. “We just her fl ight, knowing full well She said the storm caused passed away over the past Sunday’s ceremony fea- the beginning of a “huge don’t have ceremonies like Monday’s storm is but a the most cancelled sailings year. tured a special dedication to adventure.” that in the States. 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