@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "5f4806c7-ee0f-44dc-bd96-5ead130b6fbf"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:alternative "[Sunshine Coast News]"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2012-07-25"@en, "1970-07-08"@en ; dcterms:description "The only newspaper printed in the area Port Mellon to Egmont"@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xcoastnews/items/1.0175547/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note " Provi hcial Li brary, Victoria, B. C. The only newspaper printed in the area Port Mellon to Egmont Published at Gibsons, B.C. Phone 886-2622 Volume 23 Number 27, July 8, 1970 10c per copy Ptatt road to get 6 inch water main Pratt road will have a six inch watermain from the Sunshine Coast Highway to the vicinity of Rosamund road, Gibsons council learned at Tuesday's meeting. The main will be laid at Regional District cost. Gibsons council will be responsible for the water supply and will collect revenues until such time as the Regional District connects its Rosamund Rd. line to Pratt Rd. At that time the Regional District will take over the Pratt road line and collect revenues. Gibsons Athletic Association in thanking council for its grant towards swim classes asked that council assume responsibility of keeping the beach clean as well as provide necessary garbage cans. Charles C. Stephens of Trail Electronics operating from Ma: deira. Park was granted a transient trader license to operate in Gibsons area. His specialty is in marine and aviation electronics. At the request of the Regional District board Chekwelp reserve property will get an emergency one inch water line attachment to Gibsons water system. The Regional District will bear, the expense for the installation. The line would be used if an emergency arose. If the request does not conflict with present municipal law Mr. M. Shuflita, of Marine Drive pool hall will be allowed to remain open after 2 p.m. Sundays. The mayor and aldermen complimented Mr. Shuflita on the improvement he has made to the former Co-op store building which he occupies. A request by Tiki Foods who run a booth at Langdale Ferry Terminal, to open a similar food sale booth on the Municipal wharf was held over for study before council makes up its mind. Bob Nygren requested the raising of a four foot part advertising and part public notice board on the Municipal wharf. Council decided if the wharfinger was not opposed council would raise no objection. Sewer appeal set Information reaching the Coast News' states there will be a Pollution Control board hearing on Gibsons sewerage application starting at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 14 in the new Museurn building, Victoria. The information also states that there are iatrleast,six,per-; sons who are reported prepared to oppbs6\"issuahce^^ipejrait\" for Gibsons to go ahead with its project. At Tuesday's council meeting Mayor Wally Peterson declared council was preparing a brief on behalf of Gibsons application for a sewage rpermit. He and other, aldermen are planning to attend the hearing. Mayor. Peterson added that council was in the position of being able to go ahead with the initial ,work just as soon as> a Pollution Board; ^permit is received. Monday- afternoon a visitor to -\\ this OGoast; NOws7 whor sOught in-, formation^nJtI^7date^of>a-po^ -sdble iiearirig^said liie intended to ilwithdrlaw ^s^:opposition to the Gibsons application. He was sa- - tisfied the municipality was trying to do the best it could under the circumstances. ' (See lengthy editorial on Page Two.) Sponsors of the local Babe Ruth Baseball league have literally plunged into Gibsons Sea Cavalcade activities. By special arrangement, Babe Ruth\" officials will set up the Sechelt . Lions Club's popular Dunk Tank in the midst of Cavalcade events This hilarious attraction features a very reluctant volunteer) perch- 'ed above a deep tank of scold water at the mercy of Uhe ball-throw f ing skill of thie public. jThe temporarily upstanding citizens who donated their good sportsmanship to this game last year were a huge success and might be seen again this year by popular request. Committee members guarantee that no offer of services from members of the village council, clergy, medical clinic, police force, teaching staff or Canfor staff will be turned down. Anyone not wishing to volunteer for Dunk Tank duty is hereby warn ed that Mr. and Mrs. Lome Smith will be .scouting for talent from now until Cavalcade BARBECUE TOTAL $500 The July 1 Salmon barbecue served 300 persons and ran out of fish towards the end of ,the evening. The event was held on Gibsons Municipal \"wharf to raise funds to cover a deficit of the Children to Children Cultural Exchange organization which brought the Brno. Children's Choir to Gibsons. Proceeds amounted to $500. There were 25 people involved, in the work,of . putting it on for which the committee offers.its thanks. ���- ��� time, August 7, 8 and 9. Sea Cavalcade officials are also scouting for photographs and slides of any of last year's events. The Cavalcade will be highlighted by the Ron Morrier CHAN-TV show on August 6 and visuals are required for this - purpose. Anyone having suitable pictures . is invited to contact vice-president Dick Blakeman of Gibsons!. Other events to be considered include a display by Gibsons Rod and Gun Club, which could possibly include boats and holiday vehicles, as well as demonstrations of sporting activities, fly-easting, mountaineering. An exhibit by the Arts Council, with an Art in Motion theme, featuring the making of pottery. A demonstration of flying model planes by a local group of young people. This event requires an out-door area approximately 150 feet square and is a fascinating sport. Seven or eight carnival rides for all ages, and other carnival- type games and booths. Other indefinite displays in this area could be put on by the museum committee, Scouts and Guides, golf club and hopefully a demonstration of crafts by Indian organizations. The Cavalcade committee will use the elementary school gymnasium and grounds and washrooms' for the cyclists again, for this two or three day event. And in the event of increased participation, other indoor areas', and perhaps Elphinstone grounds will be used. NEW MEETING DATE There being insufficient business for the July 9 meeting of the school board, this meeting has been cancelled and the regular meeting will be held on July ���23.= -- ���--,������ 7 u .... a GIBSONS NEW fire, truck, received a workout from some of the firemen on a recent Sunday afternoon. Above, John Wilson mans the hose, while Dave, Latham operates the pump. ' BELOW, Mayor. Wally^ Peterson presented the cheque; for;, the truck to Harley Treleayen,\" president of Silver, Line Fire: Equipment,, builders' of the tr'uck^'jast :Tuesday.:mght.7 J;.'. \",��� y'C-x^X:^ ' Toinform the public regarf_ng the purchase -, of ^th'e rieSv;!pire truck bjf. the Village^of GUj_|>ns, \"the. following is ^;i^sum.. . JOLLY ROGER INN Dining Room & Lounge Accommodation - Secret ���0V*r^PhV 885^998 SUNNYCREST MOTOR HOTa 18 Large, Modern Units Gibsons ��� Ph. 886-9920 Sunshine Coast Highway BIG MAPLE MOTE & TRAILER RESORT -Close to Sandy Beach at Davis Bay LORD JIM'S LODGE Lodge Rooms & Cottages Dining Rooms & Lounges Ole's Cove ��� Ph. 885-2232 Where to Eat RUBY LAKE RESTAURANT European & Western Dishes Just 10 minutes from Powell River Ferry WHISPERING PINES DINING ROOM Ph. 885-9769 On the Waterfront ��� Sechelt CEDARS INN MOTEL - RESTAURANT Sunshine Coast Highway Gibsons ��� Ph. 886-9815 BRIAN'S DRIVE-IN Open 11 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. On Highway ��� Gibsons Ph. 886-2433 PENINSULA DRIVE-IN & DINING ROOM Sechelt ��� Ph. 885-2311 COAST INN Full Dining Facilities and Takeout Service Just West of Wharf Gibsons ��� Ph. 886-99/3 CASA MARTINEZ Restaurant Specializing in Spanish Foods Davis Bay ��� 885-2270 Entertainment TWILIGHT THEATRE Sunnycrest ���- Gibsons 88G-2827-~Show starts 8 p.m. See Coming Events Classified Column 2 Coast News, July 8, 1970. Davis outlines undersea park problems Serving the Mt. Elphinstone district (population 6,000) of the Sunshine Coast and the Sechelt Peninsula (population 3,000) Phone 886-2622 P.O. Box 460, Gibsons, B.C. Published Wednesdays at Gibsons, B.C. Fred Cruice, Editor and Publisher. Second Class mail registration number 0794.. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation, Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, B.C. Weekly Newspapers Association. Subscription Rates: $3 per year, $1.75 for six months. United States and foreign, $6.50 per year. Emphatic inaction Our conscientious civil servants do provide unwitting truth sometimes, thus creating interest far beyond normal procedures. We have a devoted civil servant, a member of the Pollution board who in 1967 in discussing by letter Pollution Permit No. 1 probably set the pace for future thinking of the board. Here is the nub of this letter from the Pollution Board to Gibsons council. The section, dated July 13, 1967, reads as follows: \"We are delighted to hear that serious steps are being undertaken and wish to advise that we will take no further action while we are convinced of your sincerity and integrity in seeking a solution to this matter.\" Time has proven the truthfulness of this statement because there is nothing to show that the Pollution board has deviated from this statement. Serious steps have been taken, to the point where Gibsons council is awaiting the go ahead signal from the Pollution board. Charles English in his letter in last week's issue goj down to the brass tacks of the situation when he wrote: \"It is months now, since the final plans were forwarded to your office Qthe Pollution board] and we were given to understand that this plan was acceptable to you.\" y It should be recalled that on Dec. 7 ,1965 Gibsonites voted 278 for and 85 against a sewage system on a 41.7%-turnout at the polls resulting in a 77.6% vote in favor. Perhaps one can remember that back in 1965 there was quite a.campaign by provincial authorities to move municipalities into the sewage business as rapidly as possible. Since those days all the steam has evaporated from this campaign and due to Mr. Bennett's go slow attitude where money is concerned, the tone of poli-.- tics has veered from emphatic action to emphatic inaction. ' There is to be a hearing in Victoria July 14 and the only information Gibsons council has received about this has been a carbon copy of a letter to a private citizen which reads as follows: \"Thank you very much for your letter of June 13 and your kind invitation to visit you if I should find myself in Gibsons area. I would like to do that as we have lots to talk about. \"To return to the main reason for your letter, I can confirm that five other parties are protesting issuance of the permit to the Village of Gibsons and the date for the said hearing has been set for 2 p.m. at Victoria in the new Museum Building, on July 14. \"You have the choice of appearing personally before the Pollution control board and reading your letter or other submission, or if you so advise, I will present your letter as written. In the latter instance, your protest will be considered along with the submissions from other applicants.\" 3 It is through a copy of a personal letter to a Gibsonite that the mayor and council learn, that there is to be a hearing. This is carrying Mr. Bennetts policy of complete retrenchment pretty far- Surely a letter to council could have been provided officially. There are other recipients of letters in the community and one of them of which council received a carbon copy, reads like this: \"We have your letter of June 22 and as we interpret the contents you have asked what is to be the nature of the apjpeal hearings before the Pollution Control board on July 14 next. \"As an applicant under the Pollution Control act you and the other citizens of Gibsons who have filed an appeal with the Pollution Control board will decide the point. At the outset of the appeal applications, we understand that the appeal was not againsts the substance of the permit but rather it was an appeal against the decision of the director not to hold a public hearing relative to the issuance of the permit. In the light of your letter the matter is not clear at all. \"We understand that the director of Pollution Control has not issued a permit to the village of Gibsons and it is a proposal that lis under consideration. In general the village authorities propose, we understand, that they give the domestic sewage secondary treatment and discharge the effluent outside the harbor of Gibsons. Details of the proposal are considered on their merits and we suggest that your legal advisor secure copies of the application from the village authorities. ��� F. S. McKinnon, chairman.\" To sum up, one can surmise the lack of the almighty dollar which Premier Bennett venerates highly, now speaks (much louder than does our Premier. His government is involved in some of the sewage cost but not a great deal. However the affluent society with which British Columbia is so highly blessed has really resulted in a captive flock to taxpayers who are being severely hobbled by this so-called affluence. The sewage problem in British Columbia is one of which no province would be proud. Let us hope that the results of the July 14 hearing will produce something tangible and result in Gibsons getting at least the satisfaction of knowing that sometime in the remaining years of this century we will have a sewage system. (By HON. JACK DAVIS) Here, on our very doorstep, we have a great underwater garden which contains most of the marine plants and marine animals known to mankind. We have underwater life in great profusion in the Gulf of Georgia. We have rock formations and swirling eddies which make it a very exciting place indeed. In the Gulf of Georgia we have an oceanic haven of sorts. It's like an inland sea. Massive rollers which would otherwise tumble in from the Pacific are headed off by Vancouver Island. Great storms are also tempered in this way. Result. . .the Gulf of Georgia has its rough waters and its quiet waters, its cold waters and its warm waters, its great upswellings and its dangerous depths: Here in this unique 120-mile ��� strait we have a climate which ranges from Mediterranean in the south (Gulf Islands) to frigid in the north (Johnstone Strait). We have long sandy beaches and we have deep spots which go down 1,200 feet and more. Manganese nodules have been found at the bottom of our northern inlets. They are similar to those found at great depths in the Pacific. And along the Coast the wind, in places, has carved fantastic figures in the rock itself, such the Malaspina Galleries on Gabriola Island. We have everything, or nearly everything here. We have most of the underwater animals and most of the plant life known to our biological fraternity the world over. We have every link in the food chain. We have an ecological wonderland which is still relatively unspoiled. We have a great natural underwater park in the Gulf of Georgia and it must be preserved, as such, forever. ^ v An Underwater Park must have two characteristics. It must contain marine reserves or wilderness areas. It must also be accessible. Parts of this great Underwater^ Park t of ours must be ^accessible, rriot only from surface craft, but also from the ���land side. As boaters we will need more boat launching and boat mooring facilities. We will need more ocean side parks. We will need more roadways running down to the water's edge. This means co-operation. It means close co-operation with our private marina operators and private boat clubs. It means close co-operation with our local municipalities and with Victoria. It means more facilities and better facilities. It means more provincial Marine Parks around the edge of the Gulf of Georgia, and it means a natural extension of the Underwater Park idea and to the land as well. But Ottawa has more to contribute than its jurisdiction over navigation, over fishing and over the exploitation of the ocean floor. It can get into the act in other and more tangible ways. It can make better use of 200 small craft harbors which the federal government now owns in this area. It can beef up its search and rescue activities. It can help small float planes to come and go. It can manage our commercial fishery in such a way as to increase its yield and make room for a big sport fishery as well. I am making special reference to 200 small craft harbors because my department of fisheries and forestry may soon be taking them over from the department of transport. They are located on some of the best sites on the Gulf. We need.an overall plan. We need an overall plan for small craft harbor development. We need a plan which is tied in with the replenishment of our fisheries resources on the one hand and tourism on the other. We need more harbors of refuge and boat launching ramps. Government can meet some of these needs but my impression is that private enterprise can, and will, meet most of them. ^ The Gulf of Georgia reaches southward into Puget- Sound. Its waters flow into similar waters in the U.S.A. In the Puget Sound area we have hundreds of thousands of American pleasure craft, sports fishermen, scuba divers and little yellow submarines. Some of them have ventured up into the Gulf of Georgia already. But they will come flooding up here when it becomes a National Underwater Park. Making the Gulf of Georgia an Underwater Park will add another dimension to our National Parks System. It will make our national parks three dimensional. It will take us out and down iinto the sea. (It will give Canadiansa%limpse of Canada's vast underwater resources. It will give them an idea of our Continental Shelf. It will give us a feeling for our underwater ecology off Canada's West Coast. Underwater parks are not new on the international scene. The idea was first mooted in a big way at the World Conference on Marine Parks in Seattle in 1962. _Hhere, delegates from many nations passed a resolution pushing the idea that underwater areas should be reserved for parks purposes. Since then a number of Under- COAST NEWS 5-10-20 YEARS AGO FIVE YEARS AGO The Coast News announced a $15,000 expansion for its printing plant and. office, thus commemorating the 20th anniversary of its publication. A meeting of West Sechelt Waterworks revealed that there were 108 property owners signed up for water, 81 annual and the others seasonal users. Close to 400 names have been taken for the annual swimming lesson period this summer in the area. Port Mellon to Halfmoon Bay. Weatherman Dick Kennett reported 14 days in June without rain with total rainfall at slightly under three quarters of an inch. High temperature was 94 on June 30. 10 YEARS AGO Tenders have been called for construction of a new Gibsons United Church on property recently acquired by the congregation. A cost-sharing agreement between Ottawa and the Sechelt- Gibsons airport committee involving a federal grant of $36,000 is now being processed. Kathy Holland was crowned Queen of the July 1 celebration during Gibsons holiday celebration. A petition bearing names of 75 persons has requested that grade nine pupils continue studies at Elphinstone school instead of being included at what was termed inadequate Sechelt facilities. 15 YEARS AGO B.C. Power Commission announces Kleindale will be included in the power line extensions proposed for Pender Har- , bour area. A $1,250,000 black liquor recovery furnace will be installed at the Port Mellon Canadian Forest Products mill.. In order to cut down the number of phone users in party lines Sechelt's board of trade will ask B.C. Telephones to do something about it. Mrs. M. LeFeuvre, secretary of the Howe Sound Fair committee started a series of reminiscences of early fairs in the Coast News. 20 YEARS AGO General apathy towards Gibsons Board of Trade was noted when Robert Telford assumed the presidency of the board. He stressed more co-operation or else the board would have to fold up. Four inch wooden water pipe on Cannery road, now carrying Gibsons water supply from its source will be replaced by spiral weld water piping, the job to cost $7,000. Gibsons Board of Trade discussed closing hours for merchants on holidays with some closing and others remaining open. Sechelt Motor Transport and taxi operators in the area will seek higher fare tariffs from the Public Utilities Commission. water Parks have been set up. There is one Off Florida at Key Largo. While it is small in comparison to the Gulf of Georgia it has already attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors. In California the state government has sot aside three marine ' life refuges where the emphasis is on underwater viewing and research.. Sites at Big Sur, at Pointe Reyes and at Pacific Grove now protect the rich California shoreline. Japan sponsored a special symposium in 1966. In 1967 it set up a Marine Park Centre at Capex Inamurasaki. Complete with its own aquarium, laboratories and educational facilities it is already giving the Japanese people some appreciation of the underwater resources that surround that nation's shores. In Australia efforts are now focusing on the Great Barrier Reef. Queensland already has a National Fauna Reserve which (extends beyond the low water mark. Some of the Reef islands have been declared National Parks; however the underwater side is limited to fisheries and doesn't involve the bottom as such. The Underwater Park idea is catching on. But clearly it is in its ' infancy. No country has launched a project on the scale of the Gulf of Georgia. And no country, as a nation, has grasped this concept with a'view to making underwater reserves an integral part of its\" national parks system. ,, Blake C. Alderson, D.C. CHIROPRACTOR Post Office Building, Sechelt TUES.. WED., THURS., FRI. 10:30 - 5:30 SATURDAY 9:30 - 1:00 Phone Office 885-2333���Res. 886-2321 *#*****i*-*����#*M-'*0��#��->*-'^��-i*_'*#W*->*M��M**#��M*�� N. Richard McKibbin A PERSONAL INSURANCE SERVICE PHONE 886-2062 GIBSONS. B.C ,M -__--.-.���.------------ ,���^ ��� .^.^^^^���^���^^^^^���^^^���^^^^^p.._. __ __|__.__.|r_.__|r-|_ ���... |��� _ ���w-ir^JM^^n(-u^riJ-u--unjrtJ-Ln NOTICE R. S. Rhodes Doctor of Optometry 204 Vancouver Block Vancouver, B.C. Announces he will be in Sechett MONDAY, JULY 20 For an appointment for eye examination phone Sechelt Beauty Parlor' 885-2818 If anyone desires any adjustment or repair to their present glasses I will be pleased to be of service i^^**^**^************-*^^** re smm The beer that smiles LabaHVl ���rawniar This advertisement is not published or displayed by the liquor Coolnl Board or by the Government of British Columbia. IS Seven foot waves; a night of terror