• Your Community Newspaper' VANDER ZALM HAS SUFFERED ENOUGH AC­ CORDING TO POLITICAL COLUMNIST, A6. "GREEN-SOUNDING'" NAMES CAN BE MISLEAD­ DriftwooTV ^Pi CfUlt islandds « ING. READ BLACK ON PAGE A18. VOL. 32, NO. 33 60 CENTS GANGES, BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1991 On the Island tourism drops 50 per cent Tourist group visits to Salt Spring Spring weather, he said, so if the the Netherlands, three from France, calls translate into the number of dropped 50 per cent in July over the weather forecast is cloudy or rainy on and one each from Denmark, Japan mailouts the tourist booth does, said INSIDE same period last year. Friday, they may cancel their reser­ and India. Atkinson. Statistics supplied by Chamber of vations for the weekend. Tourist groups can vary from one Newspaper and magazine articles Community Society's Commerce manager Neville Atkin­ "They don't want to risk $50 or person on up, said Atkinson, so the "bring us a flood of telephone calls," son show numbers reached 1180 in $60 for ferries to get cold and wet on number of individual tourists is not he said, and a Salt Spring video housing project on hold July, 1991, down from 2281 in July, Salt Spring," he said. known. He said the provincial shown on Victoria, Vancouver, and for now. 1990. tourism ministry wants the number of Lethbridge, Alberta television sta­ PAGEA9 "We would attribute (the decrease He said the majority of visitors tourist parties recorded instead of in­ tions also generated a lot of calls. in visitor groups) to the weather and come from Canada and the United dividual tourists. we also feel the GST has some bear­ States, though 22 groups came from The video was sponsored by the ing on it," Atkinson said. England, 10 from Australasia, nine The tourist booth received 803 Chamber, Arts Council, and local People on the mainland may from Germany, five from Switzer­ calls this July, up from 423 during the businesses, said Atkinson, and "we equate mainland weather with Salt land, four from Scotland, four from same period last year. Telephone got a fair bit of mileage out of it." Japanese teens enjoy op­ portunities offered on Salt Spring. PAGE A19 Winning golfers are awarded prizes at last weekend's golf tourney. PAGEA23 CASUAL CLEAN-UP: Jonathan Oldroyd (left) and Roy Lamont help spruce up the Ganges seawalk. Volunteers spent two hoars were two of many volunteers who turned out Saturday morning to grooming the area which has suffered from a seasonal collection of debris. ArtSpring needs only 14,000 to begin art centre construction. PAGE A20 Passing of a counterfeit bill Trust fund concerns Ganges merchants established INDEX A $100 dollar counterfeit bill "If we had a bad bill one day that Harbour House manager Oren passed July 31 in Ganges has some would kill our business for the day," Combs said the Harbour House is still for young Ganges store owners refusing to ac­ he said. accepting $100 bills, but "we're cept bills of that denomination. He said his restaurant used to take taking a good look at them before we Arts, Entertainment ... A20 Bob Lorriman, owner of the Gan­ $100 bills before the counterfeit bill put them in the till," he said. island boy ges restaurant Out to Lunch, said he was discovered, and although the res­ Four-year-old Cody Capital Comment A6 Bank of Montreal assistant and his staff are not qualified to deter­ taurant has never received a counter­ manager Lana Clark said the counter- Sampson has a congenital heart Classifieds A24 mine if a bill is counterfeit or not, and feit bill, he does not want to take the defect which has resulted in two open heart operations in the last therefore will not accept $100 bills. risk of getting one. BILLSA2 Community A15 two weeks. If the youngster is Down the Years A31 strong enough, a third operation will be performed next week. Editorials A4 Bylaw input process can be "tricky" A trust fund has been estab­ Letters A5 lished for the Salt Spring boy Giving adequate public notice and recently on several counts. policy pertaining to designation of whose parents are suffering Newsbeat A3 gaining enough input into local Spokesman John Ellacott said not agricultural areas and agricultural financially from the high costs bylaw formation can be a tricky busi­ Outer Gulf Islands B2 only was the bylaw considered un­ use within designated areas, parcel associated with his medical ness, as some Islands Trustees have necessary and flawed, but affected size, number of dwellings permitted problem. Provincial Round-up ..Bit discovered this year. property owners did not receive on a parcel, and matters related to The young son of Michelle direct notice of its formation. exclusions from the Agricultural Real Estate B2 and Wayne Sampson, Cody was Legal notices placed in the May 1 Land Reserve." ByGAILSJUBERG bom without one of the tubes to Sports A23 and 8 editions of Driftwood were too Driftwood Staff Writer And while Ellacott said there was his heart. He has been in the vague to be incomprehensible and Upcoming Events A22 some Farmers' Institute input into it intensive care unit of the Van­ mixed with several other bylaws, he at early stages, the resulting bylaw Salt Spring Island Trust Commit­ couver Children's Hospital for Wit and Whimsy A18 said. tee Bvlaw 276. which clarifiwl anrl was significantly different, which Wednesday, August 14, 1991 GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD Page A29 RENTALS RENTALS TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY • TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY GROUND FLOOR office inquiet PROPANE FURNACE $200 for HOUSES 520 SITUATIONS sunny, downtown Ganges RV, cottage, boat. See at 204 location. Available immediately Grantville. 33 3 BEDROOM Cape Cod, ocean WANTED 535 Call 537-5505 (days). 33 FOR RENT Sept 1, sunny 2 view, 2 baths, fireplace, POT-LUCK CELEBRATION bedroom house in Vesuvius, no garden, fruit trees, long term, WINTER CARETAKING by circle, 210 Cedar Lane. All my pets, $600 per month. Call Jim $775 per month Call Peter experienced responsible friends invited, 7pm Thursday 537 2312. 33 537-4529 Salt Spring Property woman, available for Sept., Aug 15th. Shirley Horn. 33 Management. tfn long term only. Call 537-9514. 3 TON EMPTY—Returning to 33 FOR SALE: Soft-sided queen SSI, Sunday, August 18th, then WATERFRONT home in Fulford sized 6 drawer waterbed, returning to Vancouver, Village, 2 bedrooms with QUALITY residence required queen-sized box spring, August 24th empty. Loads den/extra bedroom. 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