"fa4f7de9-5af7-4adb-8381-6f4f18a179b8"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "[Coast News]"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2014-01-31"@en . "1979-08-28"@en . "Serving the Sunshine Coast since 1945"@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xcoastnews/items/1.0175849/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " wmmm legislative library parliaments buildings victoria, b.c. 80.1 The Sunshine Published at Gibsons, B.C. 15* por copy on newsstands Ummt Pm MM Ugattmmm Ha. 4TM Serving the Sunshine Coast since 1945 August 28,1979 Volume 32, Number 35 Price doubles Ultimatum for Joint Facility by Carol Berger Secheh Village Council received an \"ultimatum\" from Shorncliffe Developments Ltd., Sun Anderson, Hayden Killam and Association, after denying Block 7 rezoning for Shomclifle on August 12. Alderman Morgan Thompson met with Shorncliffe representatives Tuesday afternoon regarding purchase of one acre of Block 7 for the Joint Facility building. Thompson rejected Hayden Killam's proposal of the one acre sale to the Village at $200,000 - $100,000 now and $100,000 over ten yean at ten per cent interest pin rezoning of Block 7 from Residential I to Commercial I. The original price for the one acre when negotiations first began two months ago was $116,000. offering a \"swap\". Coast News was told by Sale of the Village Hall Hayden Killam of Shorncliffe property was subject to last week that they had offered acquiring the one acre for the to \"swap\" Council the one acre Joint Facility building. A bid for rezoning of Block 7. has been accepted for the According to Clerk-Treasurer property but is still to be Malcolm Shanks this was negotiated. The Village is \"untrue\". actively looking for other pieces of property for location Developments this week of the new Joint Facility show that Shorncliffe is now building. Situation cloudy that the Regional Board, on advice from Victoria, was unwilling to rezone the rest of the Shorncliffe property The situation concerning the Joint Use Facility to house the Regional Board, the Village Council, and the School Board was clouded last week when Mayor Harold Nelson of Sechelt informed the Regional Board that the property sought for the facility, owned by Shorncliffe Developments Ltd., had \"doubled in price overnight\". Nelson told the Regional Board at their August 23 meeting that the asking price . .\at, Die. property Jwd-gone up irom the original $116,000 to $200,000. Village Clerk of Sechelt, Malcolm Shanks, told the Coast News that the village was actively pursuing alternate sites and it was hoped that such would be found by the middle' of this week. Regional Director Joe Harrison of Area A asked Mayor Nelson if the doubling of the price of the property had anything lo do with Ihe fact At Gibsons Wharf Moorage problems arise Does the boat-owner have any rights to moorage at the public floats? Does the Village have any control of dock use? After hearing a complaint by Bill Wilson of Cower Point Road, Council discovered the answer to both of these questions is no. Alderman Trainor, Marina and Harbours Committee Chairman, however, had already been studying the problem and he gave notice of motion that would authorize some corrective action. Wilson, appearing before Council at its August 21 meeting, complained about his boat being moved from its moorage at a public float to make way for a CBC barge and then being improperly and carelessly tied to the barge at some hazard to his boat. Mayor Blain felt all boats were moored at the owners' risk and he argued at some length with Wilson about whether there were signs on the floats concerning this risk and compared the floats moorage to a public parking lot. \"But someone doesn't move your car in a parking lot to make room for his own,\" said Wilson. He added that there were Marine Inc conc\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnj\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDg ,he other nuisances on the wharf ramp jojning the approach Mrs. Mary Agnes Edwards and her sixth great grand-daughter Diana McLeod at her 90th birthday party on August 25. See story on page nine. SBS4SS&t Sechelt Community Plan Plan. Under subsequent questioning from Harrison it was revealed that one of the alternate directors, later identified as Hayden Killam who is alternate director for Director Charles Lee iii AreaC Hearing date re-set by Carol Berger The Village of Sechelt Community Plan' will go lo and associated*iHiShorncliffe . P\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*!>c heating pn September 22 Holdings, hadiiot filed the 4ssetattheAuguM2JPIanning statutory declaration of Committee meeting. public hearing was set for April finished, but the hearing turned into an \"I've got it all reworded here \"information\" meeting,, after but 111 wait until later,\" Killam some \"technical mistakes\" said'. *.a1'm.,aj___lM^4l*'';''AP.rilL.. A.1 Pa\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDe mne d'scussion meeting. e Broke open,within the business interests required by law of all directors and their alternates. It was moved by Director Charles Lee that a letter be sent to Shorncliffe Holdings asking why the cost of the land for the joint use facility had been doubled. The motion was passed unanimously by board members. The meeting had been scheduled for the final adoption of the Community Plan but new information and differences of opinion brought out at a meeting the previous evening, brought a rescinding of third reading of the Community Plan. The first public hearing for the Community Plan was held in October, 1978. Another meeting. Except for minor housekeeping changes, Council had thought the Plan was ready to send to Victoria for registration. At the August 22 Planning Committee meeting, Chairman Joyce Kolibas had read through seven pages of the 19 page Community Plan when Hayden Killam asked whether he could make comments as she read or wait until she was 45 acres of Cliff Gilker Park Golf Club seeks part of park A proposal wus put before lhc Sunshine Const Regional Hoard last week lhal 45 acres of Cliff Gilker Park in Roberts ii eek bc made available to the Sunshine Coast Golf and (.'ouiiin Club for the completion of an IS - hole golf \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnee. Presenting the proposal was Alex Warner of Sechelt, Chairman of the Long Planning Committee for the golf club. In presenting the golf club's request, Warner gave a brief history of the golf club. He pointed out that ..ruani-'ation for the nresent nine - hole golf course had started 12 years ago and that the club had just passed its tenth anniversary of active use. According to the Long Planning Committee Chairman, the green fees charged for public use of the facilities were the lowest in the province. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD I reae urer James Budd of.the Sunshine Coast Golf Club presents the case for turning over 4B acres of Cliff Gilker Park to the golf course. Warner said that between January 1 and July 31 8,000 rounds of golf had been played on the present course by members of the public. The course employssixandonehalf employees during the summer months. The 45 acres sought by the golf course are in a strip from the end of the HI fairway along the top edge of the park parallel with Highway 101. The strip would extend the full width of the park to its eastern extremity across the B & K logging road from the golf course. The present nine holes occupies 49'/i acres. Regional Director Harry Almond, the director for Roberts Creek, while praising the golf club for the quality of the facility they had provided for the Sunshine Coast and the work done by the club members pointed out that Cliff Gilker Park was a designated wilderness park. Regional Planner Bill Lindsay pointed out that at the Planning Committee meeting which had preceded the regular meeting the Regional Board had decided to undertake an over-all park planning function. It was agreed that the golf club's request would be considered in conjunction with the park planning and in consultation with the Roberts Creek Lions Club who have undertaken responsibility for the maintenance of the park. open . committee at the clause regarding set-back from the boulevard property line \"say 25 feet\". Members of the committee said that the clause was \"too restrictive\". \"Hayden Killam, Henry Hall and Van Egmont, I feel you completely took over some meetings in your endeavours to get what you wanted in the plan,\" Chairman Kolibas said after some discussion. \"At those meetings I said this is a plan for the future, not what rests today. This plan has made very little attempt for the future. This plan is about protecting the people coming into our Village from buying property and having either a store or commercial building put beside him. Doug Roy (former Village Planner) was harping back to some idea that Please turn lo page nine \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI SeePage 11. for Hospitality Directory such as more dogs running loose than he had ever seen there'before. \"There doesn't seem to be any control there at all,\" Wilson said. * Mayor Blain, by the way, had a sample of the dogs-on- the loose problem at first hand on the evening of the official opening of Sea Cavalcade when three came tumbling in a snarling whirl around him and the princesses as they began their procession down the ramp to the stage. Alderman Trainor interjected his request to read the motion that he would have ordinarily read . later in the meeting at the time of committee reports. His motion, passed by Council, proposed that until such a time as the new Fisheries Act applies certain floats should be designated for use by commercial vessels only, and others for pleasure craft and regulations should be drawn lip by Council to make the best use possible of the ' moorage facilities. Copies of these regulations will be sent to the several federal agencies that at the present pro.ide and maintain the dock ana floats. \"There have been problems of maintenance, administration and parking,\" said Alderman Trainor later, \"because at present the Coast Guard, Fisheries, and the Department of Public Works all have something to do with the facility, and the public the facility, and the Village as the lessee finds itself in the middle when the boating public complains. And at present the Village has no authority to resolve problems.\" Trainor added, \"The new act is expected to give some authority to local management of the docks and floats, such as, for instance, providing for swearing in a wharfinger as a peach officer.\" Council received copies of letters between G.E. Brooks of the Coast Guard's Regional Harbours and Wharves Division, and All Sports structure of the public wharf and the parking floor in the All Sports Marine Building. On July 6 Brooks had given approval for the construction of a treated pile and timber structure which was to meet Department of Public standards. On August 17 Brooks wrote, \"The structure was examined on Wednesday, August 17 by E.A. Appleton, P. Eng. Department of Public Works and was found not to conform with department standards.\" The letter limited the use of the ramp to automobiles. The Gibsons Community Plan Committee will now be able to call on the planner- consultant to attend some of their meetings. Council accepted Alderman Goddard's motion that Council grant this and seek available provincial grants to pay for this extra time. New names on the Community Plan Committee are Bill Wright, Dick Scott. Terry Karkabe and Verna Sim. The Works Superintendent reported the chlorination system complete except for the electrical hook-up. The lane extension and the sewer line on Glassford Lane are about 75% complete. The extension ol the high-pressure water line to Ihe new shops and ollice building at the Cedars is well underway. Because of the UBCM conference in early September, thc next Council meeting has been re-scheduled to Tuesday, August 28. Lee reopens Pub application The issue of whether or not there is to bc a neighbourhood pub in Davis Bay was re-opened at the Regional Board meeting held on August 23 by director for Area C Charles Lee. At a previous meeting longtime Davis Bay resident C.E. Scales had made a presentation in opposition to the pub, presenting a petition signed by the people of the area. Lee'^objection to the actions of the Regional Board in throwing out the pub application was a procedural one. \"We should have been aware of the procedure in this application,\" said Lee. ''Technically the petition presented to us was not valid.\" The Regional Director demanded to know what the Regional Board would have done if the applicant, Paul Flett, hadappcared at a Board meeting with ISO signatures demanding a pub. C.E. Scales expressed disappointment at the actions of the area director in re-opening the issue. Grid suggestion Almond objects Director Harry Almond of Roberts Creek objected strongly to the mention by the Department of Highways of a three-route grid system of highways in connection with the Regional Plan. Almond pointed out that it had been stressed to the Department of Highways time and time again that the regional district was not interested in making Gower Point Road am: Beach Avenue link up ai some future date into a four-lane highway. \"The charm of the place i- in its curving dead-end roads yet thc Department insists on regarding the coast roads as a future highway.\" \"We keep telling them that all wc want is a by-pa \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD - higher up,\" said the Area A director. Arena vote November The voters in Areas B and C of the Regional District and the residents of Sechelt Village will be asked to vote on the question of support for the Sechelt Arena at the time of the regular municipal voting in November. It was moved at the Regional Board meeting held on August 23 that an ad hue committee be struck to discuss the structure of the Arena in the event of a positive vole in the November referendum. Maryanne West watches Monarch butterflies emerging from their cocoon. Story and pictures page seven. [For 35 years the most widely read Sunshine Coast newspaper!) wmmm 2. Coast News, August 28,1979 aiiia _ \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD A LOCALLY OWNED NEWSPAPER Published at Gibsons, B.C. every Tuesday, by Glassford Press Ltd. Phone 886-2622 Box 460, Gibsons, VON 1V0 or 886-7817 Editor- John Burnside Office Manager\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD M.M. Joe Production Manager\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Sharon L. Berg Advertising\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Darcia Randall Ian Corrance Reporter\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Carol Berger Copysetting\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Gerry Walker SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Distributed Free to all addresses on the Sunshine Coast British Columbia: $15.00 per year; $10.00 for six months Canada, except B.C.: $16.00 per year United States and Foreign: $20.00 per year More herbicides Another example of questionable herbicide use came from the White Rock area last week. It involved the spraying of the blackberry bushes along the side of the CNR rail tracks as Ihey pass through that seaside municipality. The railway officials sprayed the blackberry bushes at the height of the berry picking season without telling the municipal authorities in White Rock Ihat they would be doing it. Concerned residents ask why the spraying if it had to be done couldn't be done a few weeks later when the berries are over. A public relations spokesman for the CNR said that the herbicide used was Tordon 101. As usual hc described it as being harmless, saying that thc worst that could happen was that it might give anyone who ingested it a slight stomach ache. White Rock Mayor Dan Macdonald said it was alright, it had rained after the berries were sprayed, that 150 pounds of berries would have to be eaten before ill effects were felt (information source not given), that the spraying had been done by a reputable firm which had the proper licence. The mayor may be right, let's hope so, but there are other sources which label Tordon 101 as carcinogenic, that is cancer- causing, and have linked it with birth defects in test animals. It is fair to say that the jury is still out on the effects of Tordon 101. The top officials of the BNR when contacted in Denver, Colorado, apparently had no doubts about the matter. The superintendent of Operations in Denver said, \"Why the hell don't they stay off our property.\" The incident seems unfortunately typical of the arrogance and irresponsibility one meets again and again on the part of the rich and powerful whenever any of their actions are questions. Order in Sechelt It may just be that order is being discerned in the midst of what has seemed like chaos for much of the recent weeks. Village Clerk Shanks and Planner Denis Walton with a little assistance from the provincial government and the Regional Board seem to bc getting the situation in hand and orderly government seems again a possibility. We have observed before that much of the problems of the Sechelt Council seem to have been caused because the pace of change attendant on the completion of the sewer line and the constant urging of eager developers caused them to lose control of the situation. It's worth remembering that it really rarely hurts to take one's time, to give a situation a second scrutiny before making decisions. It's a lesson that future aldermen might do well to remember. rr\"T7-??':. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDf^^'p'\"'- -. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Vi' : -*?i;.,V';c/ m Sports fans'redemption 0||\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\" * \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD tmS - - \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD - \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ** * I -\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD mm**mVM *\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.' -' There is something highly unusual happening here on the Pacific Coast of Canada in this year of 1979. For years professional sports teams from Vancouver have been something of a joke. With the exception of the banner year of 1964 when thc Lions took the Grey Cup there has been nothing for the long-suffering British Columbia sports fans to enthuse about. Suddenly the Lions are leading their league with five victories and a tic in seven games and the Vancouver Whitecaps are performing heroically in the struggle for top continental honours in the North American Soccer League. It's too early to count the Lions as Grey Cup winners. We have seen them fold before and they could well do it again. The Whitecap story has to be seen as a definite success story however. Thirty-two thousand rabidly enthusiastic fans crowded Empire Stadium Saturday night to encourage a team which because of the ridiculous playoff system was required to win not one but two games in one night against a team they hadn't beaten all year. The Whitecaps did it and consolidated their position as one of the recognized two or three top teams on the continent. Besides the success story of the Whitecaps themselves their emergence and that of the NASL is an indication that at long last the grand and aristocratic old game of soccer has broken through the defences of the North American public and the game is well on its way to achieving the pre-eminence on this continent that it has long enjoyed in the rest of the world. Let the soccer buffs rejoice, especially, this year, those in the vicinity of Vancouver, B.C. . .from trie files of Coast Mom f n^tariaCriKta *g FIVE YEARS AGO In a tragic incident on Gambier Island a man shot his two sons, aged five and seven then turned the gun on himself after rowing away from the scene of the shooting. Construction on a large scale involving the Sunnycrest Plaza and valued at more than $1,000,000 was placed before the Gibsons Council last week. In a letter to the edior Jean Milward opposes a recreational centre at Roberts Creek on the grounds that the Twilight Theatre is available at reasonable rent. TEN YEARS AGO Sechelt Waterworks claims that the Regional District has no right to expropriate its waterworks system. Principal T.G. Elwood informs parents of high school students by letter of the need for Elphinstone Secondary School to gon on shift system because the facilities are inadequate. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Celia Stroshein won the senior aggregate award at the Sunshine Coast's Annual Fall Fair while the junior award was being taken by Uenda Stroshein. Garry Carter dived sever times to his sunken 23 foot cabin cruiser last week to rescue his Siamese cat and his dog. His boat sunk after hitting a deadhead in the dark. Plans have been completed for a 30- unit apartment building on School Road in Gibsons. TWENTY YEARS AGO Contract has been let for the construction of the RCMP building in Gibsons. Coast News carries a picture of the Johnson twins of Sechelt, sons Ron and Roger of Sechelt magistrate Andrew Johnson, were awarded with medals for service In the United Nations Expeditionary Force in the Gaza strip. Bob Nygren of Gibsons found a lady's yellow hat wrapped in cellophane on the Sechelt highway. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO After several weeks of negotiations and three visits to the office and plant of the Coast News at Gibsons, Mr. Fred Cruice of Regina has purchased the paper and will assume the publication and management of the Coast News as of September 1. Publisher Sam Nutter announces his retirement. Nutter has published the Coast News for four years. THIRTY YEARS AGO Not available this week. Gibson's Lai.dini},Hovit Sound,B.C 18^3 otiaq$*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' Andrew's Presbyterian Chutch.,(now 6( AndiewVWesley\picnic by Union btiamshib \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTf-c- jteastiVfHobablw 5.5.\"Comox',' toGibsortAlandinq. Geoio,e Gibson, is seen-standing oriTthe docL_^l_i_o!iwtfi both hands onhishibS; _fav9tiiXbo.se. TU\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1^ On\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDxti\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDratie/t.9jd\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDki* WuWStuat of Clatks f \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDatuaT^aftetrtc.Yds JTiqadietGentTat. ThtneaTesT lacty-ln^hite skirt- at ship's t\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtl,is Wk J Buff StiiaTT.' Seated between her aiict the\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-an. with hi*, leqs ovetboatd, is Jame*. Scktet, CPU. ticket a^wt.at Vancouver, aflei watdi Colonel, J.'b.O. tit, ftiduves.} * Hi Gibson's Landing, 1893 or 1895. The Union Steamships SS Comox is seen lined with members of the congregation of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Vancouver. The vessel had been built in sections in Scotland for shipment by freighter around Cape Horn. In 1891 she was assembled by the Union, and was the first steel ship launched In British Columbia. Here she is moored to the private wharf built by George Gibson and his sons with the useof a pile-driver fashioned from the butt of a huge cherry tree. It stood slightly farther into the bay from the present public dock. Gibson is standing, arms akimbo, to left; and Mrs. Gibson, wearing an apron, can be seen at the head of the gangway. Other members of the family are aboard the steamer. The Comox had been built to accommodate 200 passengers. As far back as the early 1890's, excursions by groups such as the one pictured here, from the new city to Howe Sound, the name by which this stop was then know, were already becoming popular. Photo courtesy City Archives and Elphinstone Pioneer Museum. ' L.R. Peterson tel|fi!i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDf\" Musings John Burnside Slings 8e Arrows >^ George Matthews ___m\ \ by John Bumside The vexatious question of dogs gets aA airing on the editorial pages again this week. From Roberts Creek'comes'.a diatribe in verse from a representative of that portion of the community who would agree with Raymond Hull, author and one-time Gower Point resident, that the dog is man's best fiend and have them'all destroyed. As usual it is the dog at large which best arouses ire, running loose, digging, defecating, destroying and generally creating mayhem. On the other hand there came a request from an old friend in Gibsons that we reprint the article beside the anti-canine verse warning of the cruelty of keeping an animal chained. Her complaint is that the chained dog in its misery disturbs the entire neighbourhood. It is, of course an old argument twixt dog-lover and detester and one that will not be resolved in the pages of this week's Coast News, but I feel it somewhat incumbent upon myself, as the owner of not one but two fair-sized dogs, to make some comment on the debate. Surely the first observation that must be made is that the dog is the responsibility of whoever owns it and the problem lies in the fact that all too many people think it's 'groovy' to have a dog bul have no sense of. responsibility for thc actions of that dog. Nor does this type of owner usually have any worthwhile conception of the nature of the beast he has chosen to keep. Dogs must be kept under supervision and control, that is fact number one. Dogs roaming free virtually always get into mischief of one form or another. As a gentleman in Halfmoon Bay observed to me not too long ago, a dog is a social ignoramus. They are by their nature runners and tearers neither of which proclivity is particularly reconcilable with much of modern life. It must be recognized by thc dog's defenders that that lovable old pooch curled by the fire sleeping so peacefully may have tirpd.h'Blsclf.oW.chasjng deer; andon hjs way home from tbftf.\" may have torn asunder 'the neighbour's * garbage bag and strewn the contents all over her yard while in suit of those turkey bones. No, I am afraid that there is absolutely no doubt that we can't have dogs running unattended. Their capacity for destruction when they get into it is truly remarkable. Nor is it by any stretch of imagination desirable to have dogs forming into packs and running and hunting together. There is a group psychology at work which can turn docile old Rover into a slavering killer in the running pack and a pack of dogs with their blood up can be dangerous to more than deer. So some kind of control is absolutely necessary but I emphatically agree with my friend from Gibsons that the answer is not a four-foot length of chain. On a couple of occasions I have had the misfortune to live in the same neighbourhood as a chained dogs and the haunting, piteous lament of the poor creatures is really more than one can readily bear. Probably some sort of confinement for much of their time is necessary. Ideally if the dog owner has a fenced yard which keeps his dog on his own property then the problem is solved to the satisfaction of the neighbourhood and with no great discomfort for the dog. Failing a fenced yard, then perhaps a dog house with fenced walkway is the answer for those who do not wish to share their premises with these hair-shedding and often odorous beasties. However the dog is confined, however, be it in the yard, in a dog-run or in the kitchen he has real needs that must be attended to and one of the chief of these is exercise. The dog is, as we have said already, designed for running and run he must. The need for exercise is absolute. The well exercised dog is far less likely to get himself into trouble and cause the neighbours grief than is the under-exercised dog with more energy than he knows what to do with*. *, , , , ft* cannot be overstressed that a dog should be well exercised every day. Anyone who is not willing to set aside the time once or twice a day to take their dog out for a run somewhere where it will not cause offence to others just simply shouldn't have a dog. If the dog is well run then confinement for him is no great hardship. Besides running what they do extremely well is sleep and most dogs will be quite content in their yard, or dog- run, or corner of the kitchen if they've had a good run sometime during the day. The first law of dog- ownership, then, is that the dog must be exercised. He must also be under control of his owner when being exercised and for this many people should think seriously of attending dog- obedience classes. Dog training is a knack which can be acquired and it definitely consists of more than just raising your voice as your dog for the fifteenth time in a row drops a bundle on your neighbour's yard. Any dog- owner or would-be dog-owner without a long acquaintance with the animal might derive real benefit from dog- obedience classes. In conclusion there is no question that dogs must be controlled. Therein we do agree with the versifier from Roberts Creek. But not on four-foot chains for all of their days. Therein do 1 agree with the lady from Gibsons. The alternative is for dog owners to realize that dogs take time and need attention and must be trained to be as little nuisance as possible to the people in whose society they live in the neighbourhood. Anyone who hasn't got the time to train and exercise a dog shouldn't own him. It is possible to have a dog, have that dog happy and to leave your neighbours undisturbed by the dog's presence. It takes time and trouble but it is what he who owns a dog owes' to his neighbours. by George Matthews The B.C. Ministry of Education has been promoting . the notion of an open learning institute for about three years. The basic idea, as I understand it, is to use television as an instructional instrument in order to bring higher learning to the more isolated regions of the province. The idea is not a new one. Britain has had an open learning university for ten years and has served over eighty thousand students. Athabasca University in Alberta has been operating five years and has graduated its first class of students. This fall the first classes using the open learning concept, will be offered in B.C. Initially, the offerings and registration will be somewhat limited but presumably, sometime in the future, registration and offerings will be more widely available. The way classes will operate this fall is that students will register at a local college, somewhere in the province, and will take classes at the college, not from a lecturer in the traditional sense, but from a T.V. monitor. In this case, however, it's not simply a case of sitting in front of a T.V. set and taking notes, rather, the student will be able to talk back to the T.V. set or at least the person who is on the screen. The classes are presented from B.C.I.T. in Burnaby and are broadcast over the Anik B satellite. The person presenting the class is in the studio and can be seen and heard by students in classrooms all over the province. Further, because of the unique technology of the satellite, the lecturer will be in constant audio contact with all of his students. Obviously, he won't be able to see them all, but he can talk to them, ask questions, respond to answers and so on. Also, the students in one class, for instance Kamloops, will be able to talk to the students in another class, say in Port Alberni. In other words, instead of a teacher working in a classroom with students within four walls, the province ofB.C. will be the classroom. The satellite classroom has been tried before with mixed success. In 1977, a limited number of programs were produced experimentally at the University of Victoria. Broadcasting these classes frOffl\"'B:C:.I.T.,''the;.1ecturers were able to communicate with people in places like Pitt Lake and White Horse. These first classes used the Hermes satellite and presented non- credit, single program classes in subjects like social work, law and anthropology. Short lessons were presented from pre-taped material, then the lecturers opened the class for discussion, often by going off the air for a few minutes to allow students to formulate questions and comments. The rest of the air time was used for discussion. If satellite education works, and there seems no reason why it shouldn't (it is being used all over the world from Europe to the South Pacific), it opens up incredible possibilities for the future. Using the same technology, it could be possible sometime in the future, for a lecturer at say Oxford or Harvard, to deliver classes to students in places like Nelson, Dawson or even Gibsons. For the time being, obviously \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD this won't mean much to people on the Sunshine Coast. We don't have the facilities yet to receive these programs. But, if classes can be given in places like Pitt Lake, the facilities needed can't be all that difficult to obtain. While the capabilities of the system are not yet such that you can take classes in your own living- room, it is not beyond the imagination to suggest that some day we will be able to register for classes and instead of going to the bookstore to buy our books, we will rent a few pieces of equipment, take them home, plug them in and have our classes over our own T.V. sets. In the meantime, if we had the necessary equipment somewhere in our area, we could be going to classes sooner than we think. Imagine the possibilities for our students who now have to move to town to go to college. Someday, and I suspect sooner than we think, that possibility will be open to people in our area who want to extend their knowledge and qualifications. NEWS ITEM: Clark still insisting on \"privatizing\" Petrocan fmrnn di Ww* MM t '1(ia**m, CoASr IsltvK. Coast News, August 28,1979 Letters to thc Editor ^ DoQAoloay Dog't dc/tnc* \\ aioiui nntf *j Gone are the days, in this splendid land, Men walked the earth with pride; Theirs to enjoy, theirs to command, And peacefully abide. A pastoral day, a tranquil night, And the smell of the new mown hay; This was every man's birthright, To enjoy life, come what may. Then came the dog, the \"friend of man\", Canis Familiaris; Large and small, black, white and tan, all experts in catharsis. They multiplied, these hirsute hounds, Since they'd nothing else to do; And left their turds in little mounds, to desecrate the dew. Now this fair village of Roberts Creek, Where man and nature met; Becomes more filthy every week, Thanks to this pesky pet. They bark andi bite and snarl and yelp, And mill about in dozens; Every cur and hound and whelp. With his sisters, brothers and cousins They yap at the lady fetching her mail, They bite the man on the bike; And then they pee on your garbage pail, And it's someone else's tyket The peace is shattered most every night, As your neighbour's dogs run wild; and tear up your lawn as they howl and fight, And terrify somebody's child. Let's have an end to this mad dog daze, To Canis Horribilis; And return to sane and peaceful ways, Sans dogs, sans mess to rile us. Cani Phobe Dogville, B.C. r m\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD}fam laj/atn ir\fin,,A^m im*^M.m*Y*n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD The dame and the dynamos Until the poles end the powermen topple there will be red energy under the eggs - fireflies to tire the bulbs - flickering ghosts In hypnotic boxes \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD fans to tickle us cool - thermostat heaters to wake us warm \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD music plucked from the air - until the damns and the dynamos break. We have become too at ease with ease - we suck the lazy electric tit- our homes are dependent husks only bought lightning prickles alive - we hide In staling cities with factories that conveyor us fat - screens full ot demon lovers - shrewd computers that audit our souls. And when the cord severs sometimes In truthblack winters In storms, we curse through dark with the cold mounting - down to candles and uncertain batteries - If the outage persisted, we'd set truellames In our plastic fireplaces - beg the atrophied knacks but always the power returns again. Until the dams and the dynamos break we will hibernate In complacent caves watching the lost ot the world shrivel from want In swamp and desert - we will sorrow or simply shrug \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD the acknowledged children of affluence till the lights go dead for good and thin hands smash through our Indolent windows. Peter Trower aM}/aaammam%m i^m *Vi\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDi*Viai -yam **m**m by Elizabeth McCutcheon, Editor, Animals Canada Reprinted from Fredertcton S.P.C.A. Newsletter Recently Joan Mercer of the Newfoundland and Labrador SPCA sent Animals Canada a newspaper article, Tasha'i Story, of the sad neglect and terror suffered by a chained dog in her area. Several board members of the Canadian SPCA in Montreal continually bring up the subject of the suffering by the chained dog in rural areas of Quebec. The sum total of abuse to each and every chained dog . adds up to a lot of Buffering. Perhaps in numbers it does not approach that in other areas of abuse but it is time it is recognized by humane societies and more attention directed to it. The following timely article appeared in the Fredericton SPCA Newsletter in March. What is the most common problem of animal abuse with which the SPCA deals? The answer, clearly, is what we refer to as the chained dog problem, one all too familiar to our inspectors. A family acquires a puppy, and it soon grows into a large and active dog. The children lose interest, the parents refuse to be bothered. The young dog winds up on a four-foot chain in the backyard on which it will spend the rest of its life. It is fed on table scraps, when anyone remembers. In summer it rarely has water, in winter at best a wood frame shed for protection. It is never off the chain, nevei excercised, never walked, and rarely noticed. In these cases the psychological deprivation far exceeds the physical neglect. . From the end of its four-foot universe the dog must watch the children it loves or would like to love play while ignoring him, or worse, teasing him cruelly. The dog must plead for the scraps of attention thrown its way a few minutes a week out of the dull hours of its chained existence. It finds it impossible to defend and protect those who in any case have no need or wish for its endless devotion. Our workers at the SPCA animal shelter know the resulting chained dog syndrome all too well: the periods of depressed listless- ness alternating with frenzied barking; unpredictable behavior such as snappishness and cowering; sexual '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD misbehavior; and no sign of the discipline, intelligence, and self-control that is the mark of the well-reared dog. Are such animals abused? When neighbours' complaints bring our SPCA inspectors to the scene, indignation and denials fly. In all but the most extreme cases the SPCA finds its hands tied. When a dog is fed, owned, and not physically mistreated then law and, all too common, opinion assume that no abuse has occurred. Both need to learn that abuse and neglect have a psychological as well as a physical dimension, and, unfortunately, the chained dog syndrome may be so common in the (Gibsons) area as to be the norm rather than the exception. Only public education, increased general understanding of the needs of animals, and the tactful work of our inspectors can ease the situation of the dog that is spending its' life at the end ofa short chain. Promoting this work remains one of the SPCA's highest priorities in educational program. School registration Editor: We would appreciate it if you would publish the following article in the August 26-31 edition of the Coast News. \"High school students on the Sunshine Coast who are new to the District can pre-register for classes during the week of August 27 - 31. Counsellors will be available between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. at Elphinstone Secondary School, 886-2204, and Chatelech Jr. Secondary, 883-3216, Pender Harbour, 883-2727. Mature studenuand adults who wish to enroll in full or part-time day school programs can receive course information by telephoning 886-2204.\" Thank you. Yours truly, B.J. Boulton, Principal. HARRISON'S APPLIANCE SALES W w * All Warranty Service STILL MANY GREAT APPLIANCE BARGAINS 886-9959 Pratt Road, Gibsons TOP OF THE LINE BRANDS DOING OUR BEST TO BE RIGHT FOR YOU V SUNNYCREST (' CENTRE 100% Locally Owned & Operated GOVT INSPECTED GR A WHOLE frying chicken GOVT INSPECTED GR. A BEEF whole round steak GOV T INSPECTED OLYMPIC bulk weiners GOVT INSPECTED GR. A BEEF rump roast E,(.m>i..sswiini(>, 1.99 $4.75 2.29 Super-Valu ice cream Frozo Choice green peas 007 qm pkq ? Ib Super-Valu Choice whole mushrooms Snowcap $2.29 hash browns 3/s1.00 Super-Valu Frozen 60c | oran9,,ej,uice Libby's deep 69c brown beans 2/99 Super-Valu mac & cheese dinner 2/59c Super-Valu potato chips canned ham *3.99 I bathroom tissues1.29 Robin Hood flour towels Oven-Fresh I horoled $5.19 dog food 2/89' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1.19 garlic french bread Super-Valu Sod margarine Martha Laine Hamburger or oqc hot dog buns On/ oka 0f 15 Oven Fresh Venice Bakery coffe cake s1.59 | rye bread WASHINGTON CANADA \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1 tomatoes B C GROWN corn on the cob 8/$1.00 Price* effective: Aug. 28,29,30,31, Sept. 1 Tues.,Wed.,Thurs.,Frl.,Sat. mmmmmmmm MMM Coast News, August 28,1979 Frankie's Ticket Part IV By this time, I have more-or- less adjusted to my logger persona again and the rest of the crew don't look as fearsome as they First did. But the horrendous looking one-eyed man (who appears to be pulling rigging on the trackside-lree) still piques my curiosity. \"Know anything about that character?\" I ask Vic. \"Hell, haven't you ever heard about him before? That's old Hot-Dog Kiewitz. Used to be a hooktender before he got burned-out on booze. Claim he's queer as a thirteen dollar bill. Regular old arsehole- bandit. He pretty well keeps to himself when he's in camp but they say he buys boys in the city.\" \"Guess he's too damn ugly to get women,\" I conjecture. \"Sure glad he ain't staying in this bunkhouse.\" I'm actually rather surprised. Homosexuals are rare at the bullwork end of the logging business although I've run across a couple of fey flunkies in cookhouses before. The cold-deck show looks to be a fairly reasonable proposition. It is about fifteen- hundred feet further up the road from the previous location, maybe twelve- hundred feet into the toolies and already rigged up. The spar-tree and small Skagit Pages from a Life-Log Peter Trower donkey sit on a hogback ridge with down-timber strewn thickly around them. \"Guess I'm goin' to kinda have to leave you on your own with this,\" says Carmody. \"She's ready to go but we've gotta move the track-tree. If you get in any trouble, just holler.\" Christ! I've only just become a rigging-slinger and.now he wants me to be a hooktender in addition. This is sure some chintzy, cut-corners outfit. But I have Perce and Vic and the engineer, Reg. Tumulo seems a reasonable enough man. My main liability is the vacuous Madoff but I reckon we can muddle through somehow. We get the lines strung out and begin yarding uphill from a bowl-like depression where most of the timber seems to have rolled. It isn't near as bad as the former show however and we rack up a pretty fair log count by quitting time. I figure I have things reasonably well under control but the following morning, Cagney-like Carmody tosses a bombshell at me. \"Goddamn chokerman quit on the big machine,\" he says. \"Guess I'm going to have to borrow Perce here for a bit.\" \"Yeah, okay,\" \ say 0\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^%. Im li4Ui| utiufiui rf iTL \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD?uxmtii ll'uil unit) u -.It'll ut nili.iiuitlL' ^ft^Sj/C^ counti-ii luolc cu*t btitui jtini, anil lax (it lo iiiMit humti Bottom of EST* Cr \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD fil !k_____s^ L 886-8355 ' Gibsons. B.C. School Road K\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD___35_j OPEN 11:1)1) a.m. lo 6:01) p.m. Wednesday lo Sunday Friday 11:1)0 a.m. lo 9:00 p.m. fa