@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "8da28bbb-cf55-45e5-8e56-4e2433bf5ff3"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:alternative "[Coast News]"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2014-01-31"@en, "1978-10-10"@en ; dcterms:description "Serving the Sunshine Coast since 1945"@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xcoastnews/items/1.0175900/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note " t/e} The Sunshine Published at Gibsons, B.C. 15C per copy on newsstands Serving the Sunshine Coast since 1945 October 10.1978 Volume 31. Number 41 At Gibsons Council Petition on Brothers Park By George Cooper To bring Brothers Park ballFields up to a satisfactory standard was lhc petition presented lo Council at their October 2 meeting by thc Gibsons Men's Softball League. Spokesman Freeman Reynolds pointed out that there is a need for grading and seeding to make the fields fit for play. \"Who looks after Village parks?\" Reynolds usked, and Alderman Goddard, chairing Council in Blain's absence, replied lhal that was her committee. \"1 am not unaware of the condition of Brothers Park, and there will be money budgeted for 1179 bul al this time I don't know how much.\" She continued, \"We use Ihe Village work crew but Parks work is low on the job priority list. Most of the crew's time is taken with road repair, sewer and water, and emergency calls.\" Alderman Goddard added thai there was a letter with a similar request from Shirley Maeey regarding the kids' field at Brothers Park. Reynolds asked if thc Regional District would assist since *fieir residents use the park. \"They can't since it is not in their 'urisdiction,\" said Alderman Goddard. \"Defeat the recreation referendum this November.\" interjected Hume, \"and get into specified areas funding.\" Reynolds asked if a meeting of representatives of thc many- groups that use the purk could bc called to organize work projects. \"This will be arranged,\" said Alderman Goddard. In view of the history of the development of Brothers Park and Ihe many donations of time and of money from community- groups and individuals that have seen the present fields wrenched out of the overgrown swamp, it would be a pity if this kind of community effort wbre not encouraged and perhaps' even frustrated by the lack of leadership on the part of the Village, and all previous work lost to encroaching alder growth and plugged drains. A 1967 centennial project to build ball fields begun by the Kiwanis whose members picked stones and roots and seeded grass was carried on by the recreation commission which re-graded the surfaces and installed the beginnings of a drainage system. Since the Village took over from the park trustees, the drainage system has been completed with monies from the Lions Club, private individuals, and Village funds. But right now topsoil and seeding arc urgently required for a good playing surface and to repel the alder growth. Originally a memorial to two members of the Jackson family, the present park is also a reminder of a community accomplishment in working to a definite objective. Community effort could carry . on ��� it doesn't die that easily, surely. In a brief letter to Council thc Retarded Children's Association informed Council that they would forego plans to lease land offered them earlier this fall. Alderman Hume, Gibsons Planning Chairman, expressed disappointment in the Association's withdrawal from the plan after thc considerable time Council spent in preparing it. Spokesman for thc Association stated they were surprised to learn that any building they constructed would become nominally Ihe property of thc Village. When told that thc Curling Club was functioning to its satisfaction under a similar arrangement with thc Village, the spokesman stated that they might investigate the matter further but that in thc meantime they were looking for rented accommodations. One of the spokesmen informed this paper that the report in thc September 19 issue, of their having accepted Council's offer of a lease near Harmony Hall, is incorrect. At that time the Association had received but not accepted thc offer. Is the dogcatcher coaxing canines into his van outside his geographic jurisdiction? A letter-to-thc-Editor writer, Inga M.Fenwick, asked this question in thc October 2 issue of thc newspaper und went on to imagine lhc resulting confusion if he hud done so to a Port Mellon dog. That same evening the Village Clerk, in his administration report, stated that the dogcatcher's trip to Port Mellon on September 27 was for an authorized purpose. The report states \"Mr. Elson was acting on behalf of the (Village) administration to deliver a very important written notification to thc Port Mellon Pulp Mill for transmission via their in-housc telex. The reason for choosing Mr. Elson to handle the delivery was simply the fact that he was the only municipal employee able to leave ut thc time. While in the Port Mellon area he noticed a dog that he had previously adopted out and made an effort to motel at the urging of my family who think I ought to retire.\" She added that she felt thc only way to develop the present motel site was to construct the two-storey structure. \"And as far as building a public- sidewalk and putting in two hydrants at my expense ��� why that's thc Village's responsibility, not mine. 1 would have fought Chairman Hume tooth-and-nail on that one.\" And the Chairman's lot is not a happy one. Other items from the call it in un attempt to satisfy himself that the animal was healthy and well cared for. There was no attempt to entice thc animal into thc van.\" \"Al no time,\" thc report continued, \"has an animal been picked up outside the Village boundaries, und on two occasions dogs that wandered into the Village from otusidc have been taken back to their homes.\" A policeman's or u dogcatcher's, lot is not a happy one. Municipal Planner, Rob Buchan, reported on thc proposed re-dcvclopmcnt of Council meeting ��� Sunshine the Irwin Motel listing GM of Sechelt submitted the again for Council thc require- low bid for two half-ton trucks ments he recommends for the required by the Village iri public benefit. Among these competition with a half dozen are the construction ofa public Vancouver firms. With Jack sidewalk along thc entire Marshall another year to go frontage of thc site on High- in his term as director of thc way 101 at the applicant's Regional District, the new- expense and as well the ex- regulation that requires thc pense of two fire hydrants. Village to appoint a director Alderman Hume asked, rather than have him elected \"There's a rumour that the will not take effect until Irwin has been sold, so will 1979. the new owner have to apply as well if he wants to carry on ��� A letter from Mr. anal with the project?\" The clerk Mrs. Brian Butcher ��� he k replied, \"Yes, but we should thc principal of Sechelt Ele- still approve or not in princi- mentary ��� states opposition pic since we still have the to thc new marina and pub application before us.\" on thc site of the old pool Interviewed by telephone, hall. \"There is only one Mrs. Mary McBridc. owner marine pub scheduled for of thc Irwin for the past five Gibsons,\" said Alderman years, said, \"Yes, I have ac- Hume, \"and that's at thc ceptcd an offer to buy the All Sports Marine site.\" Residents dissatisfied Pender School fire protection By Pender Harbour & District Ratepayers Association Publicity Committee Last week's press coverage of the water supply issue at the Pender Harbour Secondary School appeared to miss the main point. The whole question of water for the school is grounded in the concern of many taxpayers in thc Pender Harbour ara over thc fact that the secondary school never has had and still docs not have a water supply adequate for fire protection. It was for this reason alone ��� to provide fire irotection ��� that thc Region al District was originally asked to come to thc aid of the School Board in resolving the matter. This point lias apparently been lost on those authorities who are now considering a pump-fed system based on Anderson Creek, because such a system would not provide fire protection. The Area 'A' A.P.C. has been supporting the alternate plan for a system based on Kleindale Creek is that this system would provide fire protection, lt is that simple. Klcindalc Creek has three basic advantages over Anderson Creek: 1, Il is closer to the school than Anderson Creek. 2. It is higher than Anderson Creek. A water system based in Kleindale Creek would have natural pressure whereas one based in Anderson Creek would require pumps. 3, Il lends itself to damming and ground storage, which is the key. The report presented to the Regional Board las! month by Howard White on behalf of the Area 'A' A.P.C. was based on an on-site inspection by members of the South Pender Water Board, a contractor experienced in water system construction and a retired school maintenance Len Wray and Mrs. Lang's grade two class of Sechelt Elementary are pic- , tured with the dog Missie, who's story was featured in the Coast News lately.- Krista May is the little girl who brought the press clipping to her classroom. The children saved $13.51 for the dog. Some questions in Sechelt Liquor applications At last week's Council meeting in Sechelt, Alderman Joyce Kolibas objected to thc handling of two recent liquor applications in thc Village. Her contention was that thc application for the neighbourhood pub by Mr. Paul McMullen had been received was felt by Kolibas to be an overstepping of their jurisdiction, which should bc confined to licencing decisions, while any decisions over the Council Ihat maps of the proposed corridor had been sent lo Victoria, along with an affirmation Ihat the preferred route would run Workmates of the late Frank Ayres of Port Mellon paint shop hand over to Coast News Editor, John Burnside, a collection taken up by the friends of Frank Ayres on behalf of the newspaper. A man of principle type of business community through the Village and deemed advisable, should be Indian Band from headland left up to thc municipality. to headland. Il was brought to the notice The acting Clerk. Marsha prior to thc application for a of Council that thc parking Phelan, was directed to hotel on thc waterfront set aside on Sunday at thc correspond with the SMT close to the Parthenon by Trail Bay Shopping Mall for bus line in order to seek Mr. Briun Stech of thc Jolly the overflow at the Baptist clarification of the rumours Roger Ltd. Thc application Church was not being utilized; of a curtailment in the local by Stech received approval people were parking their service. Transit financing hail in principle by Council at thc cars on thc street adjacent been looked into by Council. Frank Ayres was not a man who drew attention to himself. He was born in Vancouver in 1920 and lived all his life on the West Coast except for the years hc spent overseas during thc Second World War. i His experience in the war made him a firm believer in peace for the rest of his life. Hc moved to the Sunshine Coast in 1961 with his wife Betly whom he had married before going overseas in 1941. Shortly after his arrival hc went to work for Canadian Forest Products in thc mill at Port Mellon. This steady, quiet man was greatly respected by his workmates. Throughout his time al the Port Mellon mill, hc was an active and dedicated Trade Unionist. Some years ago hc was active in a prolonged fight at the mill against hiring discrimination which at that time made it impossible for Indian people to gain permanent employment in thc mill. More recently, Frank Ayres had been active in a campaign to ensure that cans of paints and chemicals should bc adequately labelled. In thc last ten years four men who worked in thc paint shop arc reported to have died of can- \"This donation has been cer in various forms. On Sep- made to thc Coast News in lember 17 this year Frank memory of Frank Ayres, Ayres himself died shortly a painter by trade, by his after undergoing surgery for workmates and friends, cancer. \"Frank was a subscriber Hc was not a man who drew who felt that a good little previous meeting, which in to the church instead. At thc itself she felt was unprcccdcn- suggestion of Alderman Molted, plus no official communi- gun Thompson, an allowance attention to himself. According to his wife hc was a man \"of high principles and a long- lime socialist\". A private man, he had taught himsclf- lo play thc pianu to virtually professional standards, favouring classical music. Although hc had no schooling beyond Grade Eleven and although music was his first love hc read literature in German, French, Spanish, and Italian as well as English, Thc Ayres were constructing a log house in thc Chilcotin to which Frank Ayres was to retire and 'give piano lessons'. Three of Frank Ayres' workmates in the paint shop came in to the Coast News office on Thursday of last week and donated a sum of money in thc name of Frank Ayres. \"He thought thc Coast News was a good little paper which should be supported,\" they said. They also left us u little scroll of paper which suid: pupcr sueh us the Coast News should receive all thc assis- tancc and support thul working people can give. For its fair-minded reporting on such topics as human rights, trade- unions, world peace, and our environment over thc last few years. Frank had been fighting for proper labelling of paints and chemicals. We ask you, the Public, to write your MP in Ottawa, your MLA Don Lockstead, and thc press, for proper labelling of paints and chemicals in Canada, (signed) Thc Workmates and Friends of Frank Ayres\" Legion wins Gibsons Legion emerged victors by ten points over the Legion from Roberts Creek in thc Annual Legion Golf Tournament held on Saturday. October 7 al the Sunshine Coasl Golf and Country Club. cation had been made with McMullen to inform him Ihat thc Liquor Administration Branch (LAB) had preferred the concept ofa hotel. The judgement by the LAB that a hotel was preferable to a neighbourhood pub. would be made on next year's budget to make several spots for the library which could bc used on Sundays by the church. As a member of the Utility Corridor Committee. Alderman Thompson informed was found that this only applies lo internal transportation and not between villages. Mrs. W.Power and Mr. Norm Wilkinson petitioned Council. They were concerned over the extension of Trail Avenue, which at the time of Ihe meeting was still tinpass- Please lurn to page Iw els e Rev. Fred Napora pauses for a moment on a busy Saturday prior to the dedication ceremony for his new Baptist Church in Sechelt, held last Sunday. man. The facts reported were, not blind guesses but were based on measurements taken at the site and on up-to- date estimates from suppliers and from the Regional Board's own waterworks department, It was clearly stated to the Board thai the report was not a professional one and had been prepared only because no professional study- had been done. It may he noted that Alternate Director Jim Mctzler, a former secretary-treasurer of thc School Board and thc only member of the Regional Board thoroughly familiar with the school water problem apart from Joe Harrison, agreed with the A.P.C. report. The Board was also told at the time the report was presented that if a professional study were done and believable reasons were found why Anderson Creek, which is farther away and lower, were a better site than Klcindalc Creek, thc A.P.C. would probably bc satisfied. This has not been done. What was done instead was thc admittedly non-professional A.P.C. report sent to thc Regional Board's consulting engineers, Dayton and Knight, who were asked to criticize it from the splendid isolation of their Vancouver offices. They complied with their client in this request and said, in effect, that the building of a dammed reservoir on Klcindalc Creek mayor may not be possible at the cost estimated, which is all they could say. having never actually seen It. Had thev inspected it they would have seen that a reservoir site already exists and can be easily enlarged. In fact a local contractor has recently ' made a firm offer to construt: Ihe reservoir at thc cost suggested in the A.P.C. report. Storage is the main clc: ment required for lire pro: lection, since the fire truck can provide the additional pressure required. When contacted by Joe Harrison, Dayton it Knight emphasized thc fact that all they had been asked to do was criticize the A.P.C. report and their criticism in no way constituted a study of the Klcindalc Creek system or of the overall problem of providing water to thc school. Harrison asked thc Regional Board to authorize sueh an overall study bul was unable to get the Board's support, and that is where the matter stands. The School District is reported to be considering a system based on a well beside Anderson Creek but this appears lo be not substantially different from tho system (he school now has. based on n well beside Kleindale Creek, except lhal it would dispose ot another 30,000 ol lhc taxpayers' dollars. Wc now have what is probably lhc finest small secondary school facility in Ihe province, built at a cost of 1.5 million dollars, insured for only a small part of that cost, slill without adequate fin- protection water. In spite of scleral years of prolonged public pressure for an end to this situation neither thc School Hoard nor the Regional Hoard yet seems ready to provide it, There is a School Board meeting in lhc Pender Harbour Secondary School on Thursday, October 12 at 7:30. Perhaps a few people should go and ask a lew- questions. | Delivered to EVERY address on the Sunshine Coast every Tuesday Coast News, October 10,1978. A LOCALLY OWNED NEWSPAPER Published at Gibsons, B.C. every Tuesday by Glassford Press Ltd. Phone 886-2622 Box 460, Gibsons, VON 1VO or 886-7817 Editorial Department: John Burnside-Editor Ian Corrance -Photographer/ Reporter SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Production Department: Bruce Wilson Veronica Plewman Office: M.M. Laplante Cynthia Christensen Advertising Department: Penny Christian Distributed Free to all addresses on the Sunshine Coast. British Columbia: $12.00 per year; $8.00 for six months. Canada except B.C. $15.00 per year. United States and Foreign $20.00 per year. Vindication and the environment The case of the vanishing spruce budworm has been hailed as a victory for environmentalists. They have, according to the news reports, been vindicated. You remember the story. Nol too long ago Ihe spruce budworm was seen lo be on the verge of destroying the B.C. spruce forests. The answer was. as is so often the case, to begin immediate and deadly- treatment of the budworm by whatever toxic chemical was deemed suitable. The Minister of Forests, the Hon. T.M. Waterland. was emphatic in his demands that B.C. forests bc protected from the deadly budworm by thc application of poisonous chemicals. There was a furor, wih environmentalists claiming that thc damage done to other denizens of the forest would be extreme and absolutely unnecessary. The spruce budworm infestation was a normal and recurring phenomenon and would come to a normal end. For once the voice of moderation in thc matter of chemical utilization was heard in the land. The provincial cabinet overruled the Minister of Forests, chemicals were not applied, and now wc learn that the spruce budworm crisis has come to the natural end thc environmentalists had predicted for it. Wc are, of course, pleased that the environmentalists have been vindicated but it would seem that the guin is not theirs alone. And incidentally we would cast a sideways glance at the use of the word 'environmentalist' as it appears in the popular press. It is beginning, des pite this recent vindication, to be used in the same way as 'peacenik' was in the Sixties. Anyone who thought that the war in Vietnam was brutal, unnecessary, totally unjustified, and should bc stopped was subtly painted as some kind of irrational kook, peacenik. A sad comment on our society when those clamouring for peace should have a name coined and in common usage which implied if not contempt then certainly a total lack of respect. Now it would seem that 'environmentalist' is being so used. But the vindication of thc views that massive and irrational application of poisonous chemicals is a practice that is all too frequently engaged in in our society without forethought is a victory not of a kooky fringe clement alone, but for all thinking members of society. The proliferation both in type and in use of poisonous chemicals is something which should be of concern to every one of us. That the proponents of massive chemical use as an answer to problems which arise naturally in the environment have been shown so dramatically and conclusively to be absolutely wrong in this instance makes it, to say the very least, entirely credible that some of thc usages presently underway are equally misguided. Those who seek a more responsible attitude towards the environment, our fellow residents of this troubled planet, and the future can take heart from thc case of the spruce budworm. A taste of success sweetens a long struggle. Ponder School water supply It is difficult to defend the actions of the Regional Board in withdrawing from thc responsibility of supplying water for the Pender Harbour Secondary- School in an adequate amount to make fire protection possible. That such protection is needed surely needs no arguing in this area where two expensive education plants have burned down in thc last five years. In the past this newspaper has been a supporter of the Regional Board concept on the grounds that it is easier for a locally based government to be responsive to Ihe people it represents. In this ease it would seem to be a false argu- ment. Over a year ago a responsible group of Pender Harbour citizens put forth in this newspaper a thoughtful and measured case for using Klcindalc Creek next to the school as a source of fire protection for thc schoool. This year the presentation in favour of Kleindale Creek was made at the Regionnl Board. It is the conviction here that thc suggestion was a responsible one and made by people who both knew the terrain and what they were talking about. Now the Regional Board plays Pontius Pilate and leaves the decision to the School Board. The case for the Kleindale Creek is made again persuasively by the Pender Harbour Ratepayers Association again in this paper this week and it is to be hoped that it will be given thc thoughtful consideration it deserves. There is little point in duplicating their argument here. It suffices to say that if local people with local knowledge arc going to be ignored by local government as they so frequently are by senior levels of government, then the argument in favour of loeal responsibility is seriously diminished. from the files of Coast News 5 YEARS AGO Ron Cruice of Coast News staff took third place in a new photography competition with his pictures of the fire which destroyed Elphinstone Secondary School. Captain Ed Wray's $23,000 mobile shake mill, the first designed and engineered, has gone into operation. The mobile shake mill was built with the aid of the engineering ingenuity and expertise of George Hill. 10 YEARS AGO Susan Bunyan of Sechelt turned up a perfect 29 hand while playing cribbage with her mother. The $53,000 medical clinic beside the Sunnycrest Motel in Gibsons opens for business on Tuesday. 15 YEARS AGO Recent maps published of the British Columbia coastline have omitted the village of Gibsons while including Langdale, Hopkins Landing and Halfmoon Bay. Hours of closing for Gibsons stores will feature an all-day Monday closing. This is a change from the Wednesday closing previously in effect. 20 YEARS AGO Residents of Gibsons are urged to keep their lights on on October 15 as Gibsons Kinsmen canvass to raise money for a worthwhile recreational park in the area. Canvassing for the Peninsula Overture Concerts Association reports a good response. The association arranges a series of three concerts in Elphinstone Secondary School each year. 25 YEARS AGO The village commissioners of Gibsons Landing are concerned about the parking problems caused by ferry traffic. Effective October 5 there will be a daily dispatch of mail from Gibsons to Port Mellon. 30 YEARS AGO ' Billy T.Franklin, for thirty years the lighthouse keeper on Merry Island recently celebrated his 80th birthday on the island. He has continued to live on Merry Island since his retirement as lighthouse keeper in 1933. Telephone service has reached Gambier Island. Sechelt, 1910-1920. Our Lady of Lourdes Church rises above homes of the native village to right. Trail Island appears to left, and the bight of Trail Bay curves across the middle of the picture. MB Santa Maria, put into service by the All Red Line, is moored at Herbert Whitaker's wharf. Hotel and store at wharf head and cottages behind comprised almost the whole of the Sechelt trade centre at the time. Many of the scenic views of Sechelt as it looked earlier in the century owe their origin to the careful selection of compositions made by Charles Bradbury. Here the photographer, amid a wealth of other details, has included some human figures, which serve both to animate the scene and to provide a guide to the height of the church steeple. Photo courtesy Elphinstone Pioneer Museum. L.R.Peterson I've enjoyed some nice restorative moments about Canada in the past week and they have all come courtesy of the C.B.C. Radio. I've been a fan of C.B.C. Radio in particular since I spent three years in the Yukon without television or radio alternative. I had, of course, been a radio listener of passionate intensity as a child in Scotland, but when I moved to Canada I suppose listening to thc radio got lost in thc welter of new things to do und sec and thc Montreal years went by with myself largely unawure of the C.B.C. and its heroic attempt to be a bit of something for everyone in this disperate and far- flung land. I discovered thc C.B.C. Radio Service, as I have said while in the Yukon. I becumc, us was my way in those days, a tireless and enthusiastic booster for the C.B.C. I was not long in discovering that everyone was not of my persuasion. I think my first head-on collision was with a rather wimpish Nova Scotian vice- principal that I was working with. Of course, his was a social awareness that had advanced scarcely at all from Ihe days of thc cave man. Left to his own devices he would have been barking somewhat ineffectual, cr- ritorial imperatives from a shallow cave. He was a member of that Band of Hope and Glory, Ihat religious train whose undiminished fervour may yet si utl us careening oil' whatever rails there are, the Free Enterprisers, According to this delight- ful gentleman, everything even remotely concerned with the government should be closed down and the country would bc the belter for it. It's an argument that 1 have heard from time to time since. In any case hc ended up leaving the school system where hc was required to work and spends his time nowadays and in the dozen years between Hying somewhat furtively around the North West selling stock in worthless mines to the unwary. I suppose it is enterprising, and certainly it is to his benefit lo have as little overseeing of his activities as possible, so I suppose wc can say that he is true to his philosophy. Now 1 will admit to getting as mad at the government as anyone in the country, maybe madder than many for I refuse to believe ihat govern- Musings John Burnside Slings & Arrows George Matthews ments are by some power preordained to bc venal, corrupt, spineless and stupid. I believe that good government is possible and that wc had better discover thc secret of it remarkably quickly or wc might find ourselves with a government that will rip out tongues for saying bad things about it. Since I first defended the C.B.C. ��� the fellow mentioned above would have closed it down completely and immediately and turned us over to the mercy of commercial radio with its hysterical disc jockeys and its machine gun spray of commercial messages ��� I have become much more critical of what is done with thc dollars I pay in tax. I have been as critical of the governments to decide what to do with my money as anyone in Canada; 1 have been as resentful of both bureaucratic arrogance and waste; driven again and again to thc gibbering brink of anarchy and revolution as thc result of thc actions of one government or another. But I have no illusions about being able to live my life without government. And I have never begrudged a dollar of mine that went to thc C.B.C. Before I wander down any more false trails on this occasion, let me wrest myself back to my starling point and briefly outline what particular incidents have floated through my consciousness in the past week which would bring mc lo my initial comments ubout Canada and the C.B.C. I suppose the first was Morningside, the Don Harron show in the morning. One day last week I had the leisure to listen and while Harron has frequently been irritating with a penchant for bad jokes al worst times when I have heard him before, Ihis was a morning of marvellous radio. Some truly marvellous interviews sent the old gray cells reeling and dancing in thc Cerebrum Jig. Harron himself, as well as being the voice of Morning- side, is also thc man behind Charlie Farquharson who, if he is not, deserves to be a Canadian folk hero. In addition to these activities Harron is an absolutely first-rate actor. 1 had the opportunity about twenty years ago of seeing him piay Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger just a few months after I saw thc original in the role, Kenneth Haigh, play the part in New York and thc little-known Canadian actor was in no way way inferior to thc star of the West End and Broadway stages. One of his guests on the morning to which 1 allude was Claude Jutras. French- Canadian film maker of sueh films as Mon Oncle Antoinc and Kamouraska, which wc have been able to sec here thanks to the Kwahtahmoss Film Society. Jutras has recently returned to the stage because, he says, the financial pressure on film makers is too intense and the compromises demanded are too great. The reason for thc interview- was that a group of English-speuking uctors from Toronto hud gone to Montreal und put on a show in French there called The Maudlt Anglais (Thc Lousy- English) and Jutras with a group of theatre students was reciprocating by playing in Toronto. Now that's bi- culturalism much more truly than bureaucrats learning French. And secondly, all week there have been the excerpts broadcast from the C.R.T.C. hearings through which thc C.B.C. would have its licence renewed. I have been impressed by the C.B.C. president Al Johnson and I have been impressed by thc exchanges between thc C.B.C. president and the C.R.T.C commissioners Gagnon and Hcbcrl in particular. It is us though the great Canadian debate was finally taking form. Johnson's passionate Cunadianlsm opposed, for example, by Hcbcrl's equally passionate skepticism. It's great stuff. Incidentally, Johnson points out tiial the 500 million dollars for the C.B.C. amounts to about six cents per day for every Canadian, i say il is one area of government spending that is well worth while. After all we're planning to spend four times as much for tighter planes we will never use. An upcoming federal election! Boring stuff. Thc fundamental question which uriscs in the long-anticipated struggle ��� what is the character of the average elector? ��� has already been answered. Wc, in fact, know the result of the election. Thc Liberals will get soundly trounced; the Conservatives will have their usual five year kick at the cat. The unfortunate thing about the election result is not thc Liberal loss but what thc Liberal Government has done to give liberalism a bad name. Canadians arc a noble, benevolent und toler- unt people given to circumspection und tranquility in their social and political beliefs. We are, in short, a liberal people. After ten years of Liberal Party rule Canadians have become petty, niggardly, truculent und malignant; in short, conservative. The traditional liberalism of Canadians has been characterized by a faith in democratic institutions, an acceptance of immigrants, and a respect for individual differences. Good, old-fnshoned liberal values contain a basic faith in human nature. Liberals believe thai most people are good most of the time. They do not believe in original sin. They believe in progress. Old-fashioned liberals do not believe that society needs rules and laws for every social interaction. They believe that everyone has a right to go to hell any way they choose, as long as thev don'i take somebody with them. Liberals believe in free trade; in the natural selective process of the market place. They distrust hereditary wealth and power. They hate prejudice and bigotry. They prefer equal opportunity in employment. A good, old fashioned liberal, if you could ever find one, believes in humanism as opposed to science in social affairs, in business management und in political life. The Liberal Party of Canada has broken every fundamental tenet of liberalism, and has done so with such arrogant cynicism, that most Canadian liberals have locked themselves in the closet in shame and disgust. One of the worst things you can do these days is to admit you arc a liberal. The term has even become one of derision: \"You're nothing but a goddamn liberal!\" or \"Keep your maudlin liberal sentiments to yourself,\" have become acceptable epithets in social and political circles. It's ironic how thc old liberal vulues have become a part of Conservative Part.' philosophy. The election issues will centre around the Conservative Party's support of small business over big corporations, a distrust of big government and a simplifying of the legal structure. All of these liberal values will become planks in the Conservative Party platform. And so to thc election. Perhaps I was hasty in suggesting the demise of liberalism. Liberalism is in fact alive and well and living in the Progressive Conservative Party. It's funny what a name can do. Call a political party- Liberal and it will do its level best to rid itself of every manifestation of liberalism; call it Conservative and liberal it becomes. , Thc other major political parly in Canada, the N.D.P., will poll its traditional twenty .percent. It too docs not contain Ihe requisite amount of liberal sentiment. Planned economies, controlled development, laws passed to make people be nicer to one another; not for us I'm afraid. The Conservative Party will win the election, will attempt to run Canada for five years, will stumble from lack of tact, direction and experience and bc thrown unceremoniously out of office in (approp- Please turn to page three Locker Room by Carolyn Zonailo after swimming giggles with weight 1 watch and pubescent of children the naked bodies modesty before seeing of these other women afraid my own reflection their skin of our blossoming white and inviting breasts still shy as fog we huddled 1 stand their soft forests under sweatshirts in the shower mysterious beside as undergrowth it has taken a black woman all these years her wet 1 never knew the/ocular freedom to grow into a body muscular thighs are a language we both of men's locker rooms all that pain our sports ol feeling have learned shrouded in ballooned and foreign to speak ��Maai Letters to the Editor Acquisition off Soames Perk questioned Coast News, October 10,1978 Editor; I am writing in regard to the proposed purchase of 4.3 acres of property at Soames Point for the purpose of establishing a park or green belt area. The whole cost, $216,000, of the purchase of this land is to be borne by Area *F\\ and this money is to be borrowed. I have read or heard nothing about the maintenance, but anyone who is familiar with the land must know that a great deal of maintenance will be required. It is very marshy and boggy, overgrown with thick blackberry vines and needs continual mowing and clipping. Wc have already had a so-called green belt or park made out of Soames Hill, and it is not being properly maintained. It could become quite danger ous as the damp rots the slippery steps and railings. Soames Beach is open to everyone and is very much used in summer. There is no need to go into debt and increase our taxes to buy this land, then increase them still more to maintain an attractive well-kept park. A caretaker would really be required. Anyone who thinks acquiring and maintaining this land would affect their taxes very little is fooling himself, and is quite likely to regret it. Wc will have a large debt just to buy it, and I doubt if it will bc used much. Ccrtninly not, unless it is properly looked ufter, and thc cost will be high. There are other undesirable elements involved such as parking arcu, noise und possible vandalism. 1 sincerely hope the people in Area 'F' will seriously consider these things before they vote on this project. jean Robinson, Gibsons, B.C. WE'RE RIGHT FOR YOU More letters on page eight Shock and anger More Soames criticism Editor: Well! Well! Whaddya know? Bernie sweet talked the Sunshine Coast Regional Board into holding a ref; crendum on the purchase of thc last of the Soames property for 'Green Belt' purposes!! That four and a third acres going for $200,000 plus costs, plus interested for twenty years ��� say- roughly, $450,000. Wow!! That's more than a hundred grand an ucrc. Good business? Sure ��� for thc lenders. That is if thc landowners arc big enough suckers to vote 'Yes' on such an unbusinesslike proposition. This water-logged strip between the water and thc highway, flanked by Soames and Trant Roads is lovely- property to look at but for developing in any way, the costs would lower thc actual value. It might be worth $125,000 but even that is stretching it a bit. Let's face it, Ihe owner tried to sell it through a larger realty firm for $194,000. So, trying some good old fashioned merchandising practices, she upped the price lo $230,000 and charged the really firm who erected new signs. Still no go. That did it ��� for Bernic. Would she tukc two hundred grand if the Regional Board would go along? Of course she would, who wouldn't when thc price would be almost double the actual value? So let's all go out and vote 'Yes' and pay thousands of bucks over the next twenty- years for something that will never make it as a park. J.F.Harris. Granthams Landing. B.C. And still more Editor: May I make a few comments re the* Referendum for October 21 which affects all Area 'F' property owners. First, I urge all eligible voters to vote. How you vote is your privilege. But keep in mind, the sum of $216,000 has to be borrowed. And the strange thing about borrowing is that the principal plus interest have to be paid back. By whom? The Area 'F' property owners, I believe. A small group (The Soames Point Green Belt Committee) has made much of the fact that if a private party bought and developed this 4.3 acres, we would lose our access to Soames Beach, There is a public road to the beach with residences facing on it. Surely this assures our continued access. A third comment is ��� why are Area 'F' taxpayers expected to play fairy godmother to the owner of Soames Field? This person has done nothing to keep up or improve the property. It has been for sale over a long period. No buyers! Is the price too high? Through Area 'F\"s Regional representative we were assured that if Soames Field was purchased no Park would be developed. The area would bc kept as a Green Belt. Now- according to the Referendum (Coast News, October 3, 1978) wc are to vote on Soames Park. Also we were led to believe that before the Referendum would be called, a general meeting would be held. But the Referendum is publicized first and two days alter a notice of meeting on October 13 is posted. Who can one believe these days? C.M.Cruickshank, Soames Point, Granthams Landing More yet riately) 1984, destined to spend another fifteen or twenty years in a political Coventry. The Liberal Party will lose thc election, will divest itself of its bad image, become more humble, regain some of its traditional values and will be on the spot to take over in five years' time. The N.D.P. will neither win nor lose, but with its twenty Back to School Catalogue1 Sale Ends a****. Pick one up at the store. Davis Curio & Specialty Shop Cowrie Street Sechelt 885-5715 Editor: Your editorial of last week made two implications that left mc in u suite of shock und anger. First, by association you state that I was removed from my own administration at Elphinstone Secondary School and was forced onto Bowen Island. This statement renders me a great professional injustice. It was common knowledge that 1 was considering leaving the principalship al Elphinstone. When, was thc only unanswered question. 1 was very thrilled when my application for a transfer to Bowen Island was accepted. I hope that 1 am successful in imparting my feelings of enthusiasm to my students Slings and Arrows (cont'd) here. Secondly, in thc matter of my salary, the payroll of School District #46 is available to public scrutiny. 1 am being paid on scale as any- other classroom teacher in the district. 1 would like again to express my disapproval at your effort to discredit the administration and trustees of School District #46 by making completely- false statements concerning mc. Don L.Montgomery, Bowen Island, B.C. I* Sunshine Coast Fitness & Recreation Service now has a phone 885-5440 Editor: Yfe put some signs up along Highway 101 at Soames Point to inform the public of an up-coming Referendum, October 21 at Langdale School. These signs read, \"Area F Residents Vote Yes October 21, save this last piece of waterfront property for a public-used Greenbclt beach area.'' These signs were removed from the site sometime Wednesday, October 4 between 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Anyone who knows of their whereabouts please contact thc undersigned. Soames Point Greenbclt Com. Gary Hay, 886-9683 percent of the popular vote will continue to show up at Baptist barbecues, union picnics and ethnic celebrations. There is a lot to be said about Canadian politics ��� while people stay the same only the parties change. Perhaps that's not so tedious after all. MOREL'S Framing & Construction Ltd. 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Sat Oct. 11.12,13.14 Coast News, October 10,1978 Twilight Theatre THE DESTINY TKEE Considering sonic of the drunken madmen I've driven with over the years, I suppose ii-, a minor miracle that 1 haven't been involved in more accidents. 1 can recall hot- rodding through the night over bud roads on countless louthful occasions with some Mill at the controls who wasn't in fit shape to operate .1 kid's tricycle, let alone a car. I suppose 1 could have avoided some of these jco- pardy-fruughl journeys by learning to drive myself, t)n thc other hand, I probably aouldn'l be around today, Mv driving-abilities, even vv lii-n sober are aboul as minimal as you can get. Bad reflexes. Poor judgement. \\n almost total lack of vehicle- rapport. I consider I did the world a favour by remaining a professional passenger. Ilul I have skidded lo the brink of oblivion a few times. courtesy of one reckless gear-jumper or another. A few of these instances slick in the mind. One frigid vv inter in Kitimat. I was on my days-off and drinking with ;i couple of cronies who shared the same shift-schedule. After a good many bottles of McEwan's Ale, it was mutually decided that we should make a run up to Terrace where the nightlife was a hit livelier. One of my friends owned a battered Volkswagen and wc set out in this. The Terrace highway is quite flat for most of its length but the surface in spots was treacherous with glare-ice. We were Pages from a Life-Log Peter Trower tooling heedlessly along the banks of the Kitimat River when the driver hit a particularly slippery patch and lost control. We spun like a top on the slick surface and ended up teetering on the very brink of thc swift-running torrent with two wheels over the edge, For some moments, wc were afraid to move. Thc Volkswagen was almost perfectly balanced, loo much weight-shin in iln- wrong direction would tip us into the river. One by one and very gingerly, we wormed our way mil nl the hanging car. We muscled the beetle back on in the road and continued our journey. Bui ii was a very careful ami sober ride lor I lie resl of I he way. Another incident occurred in Vancouver. I had come in one weekend fur a reunion hash with a writer friend who had jusl returned from a couple of years back East. My chum hail an ancient Ford coupe. He had driven it from Toronto and il was on its lasl legs. After the usual mandatory pub-crawl, we were heading lor a party up Oak Slreel with two girls on Ihe shady side of twenty-one and a considerable quantity of wine. As we were crossing Broadway, some blind lunatic ran the light and smashed into us broadside. The impact drove us several feet sideways across the intersection. a.VvIbrV/v*V*tu*W _ Restaurant I*mmm located in Pender Harbour Hotel Open Daily HOME-COOKED 9:30 ��� 2:00 p.m. 5:30 ��� 9:00 p.m. MEALS 883-2617 New Owners Wendieand Jonie The other ear simply backed up, swerved around us and roared \"II into the night. Beyond being shaken-up, none of us was hurt but the jolt had done something to the worn-out engine and il flatly refused to start again. More concerned about the underage girls and the liquor lhan lhc car. we pushed the old clunker up a sideslrect, left il there anil took a cab io tin- party. I don'i think my friend ever went back to pick il up. I was involved in another rather bizarre mishap on the back roads of Gibsons in linearly Fifties. As usual, it was triggered by alcohol, a rather inordinate amount in this particular case. I was drinking with two Icelandic brothers. Frank and Carl by name. 1 think we were celebrating someone's birthday, Late Sunday morning, we departed a powered-out party that seemed In have been going on forever and headed for home in Frank's car. We should have taken a cab but Frank insisted he was sober enough to drive. Carl climbed in thc back-scat and almost- immcdiatcly passed-out. It had been a long session and I wasn't long in following sail. No problem so far but then Frank fell asleep at the wheel. The driverlcss car somehow jumped the ditch and bounced along the grassy fringe on Ihe upper side of the road for several hundred yards, knocking over mail-boxes like bowling- pins. By the time we lurched to a halt, all of us jolted awake by the wild ride, irate homeowners were emerging from driveways, shouting and shaking their lists. The cops were soon on the scene but Frank was a smooth talker and managed to get off with a small fine. 1 don'i know what happened boxes. These minor incidents are by way of leading up to the truly horrific car-accident of my life. It took place on thc Port Mellon highway about a year after the business of the mail-boxes. The winding road bad not been open long and was still raw and unsettled. I was cutting shakes on my mother's property al the time and had hitched a ride to Gibsons to buy a power-saw chain. I lliink the song that follows sums up the mishap graphically enough. 1 will only preface it by saying that it was one of my most traumatic experiences. For several months subsequently 1 kept reliving the awfulncss of il; was unable In sleep without sedatives. And for at least two years. I tensed-up like a ramrod every time I was obliged to climb into a vehicle, no matter how safe thc road or sober the driver. Thc Destiny Tree Hitching a ride on a hangover highway (lag down a couple of hometown kids pick me up in their top-down hot-rod step on the gas and away we skid Pretty damn quick I'm wishing they'd missed me faster and faster he guns that clunk comes to me then as they laugh like halfwits Freddy and Buddy are stoned-out drunk. Butterflies Happing round in my belly- all 1 want is out of that crate holler out stop but his foot's on the floorboard taking those turns at a hell of a rate Eighty at least round a bad blind corner lapping the bank with nothing to spare front wheels slide and the road won't bold us all ofa sudden we're in the air. Drive that road that twists like a snaketrack kick down thc wind till thc world flics free suicide blues on a bottle-dumb morning we got a date with thc destiny tree. Fred and Bud are (lung out like ragdolls mc I'm jammed in the suicide-scat rubber slaps dirt as thc car hits thc sidehill The rock musical Grease Eve Arden. Sid Caesar and a will bc the featured attrac- variety of talented others. tion at the Twilight Theatre Musical names involved next week. Thc musical will include Frankie Avalon, be shown Wednesday, Oct- thc musical group Sha-Na- ober II through Tuesday. Na, Barry Gibb and Peter October 18. There will be two Frampton. The entire cast shows on Wednesday, Octo- rocks to Patricia Birch's her 11, at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 choreography in thc kind of p.m., as there will be on production numbers that Friday and Saturday, October audiences will cheer. 13 and 14. Thursday. October 12, and Sunday through Tuesday, October 15���17, Grease will be shown at the regular hour of 8:00 p.m. John Travolta and English singing star Olivia Newton- .lohn are the stars of the musical which has been adapted from the hit show slill running on Broadway. II anyone is still wondering if Travolta can make it two in a row after his resounding success in Saturday Night Fever, the answer has to be a mosl definite yes. Both he and Olivia Newton-John sock it across, as do supporting actors Stinkard Channing, Didi Conn. Jeff Conaway, Duplicate Duplicate bridge players began a new season Tuesday. October 3 at thc Sunshine Coast Golf and Country Club with Ed and Agnes Johnson winning thc prize. Games will bc held regularly on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at thc Golf Club, starting promptly at 7:30p.m. All bridge players are welcome. Bring a partner. Fee. $1.50 per person. For further information phone Phvllis Hoops at 88b- 2575. too late for prayers ��� this is all she wrote! teetering blind on that too-steep sidehill goodbye momma, she's going to Hip! hell of a julg then a long shocked silence must bc dreaming ��� we've come to a stop. Can't believe that I'm sitting here breathing can't believe that I'm still around sideswiped safe on the hill's lone alder tension snaps and 1 slide to the ground Schoolbus stops on thc road up above me kids jump out lo chatter and gawk cut my thigh on a windshield fragment stand there bleeding ��� I'm stoned on shock All ol us lived through that crazy car-crash all of us should have been dead by the rules saved by a tree on a hangover highway- God looks out for drunkards and fools Bud quit the booze and took up preaching all of Ihe violence knocked from his head I became some kind ofa poet never did hear what happened to Fred. Drive that road that twists like a snakelruck kick down the wind till the world flics free suicide blues on a bottle-dumb morning we had a date with the destiny tree. CLASSIFIED NOTE Drop off vour Coast News Classifieds al Campbell's Family Shoes & Leather Goods In down-town Sechell. SuNshiNE AppAREl Womens Fashions 885 5611 ThE IMuppET Shop Childrens Wear ^TWILIGHT GTHEATRE9 886-2827 GIBSONS S We've Moved to The Dock Cowrie St.,Sechelt OPENING SPECIAL 10% OFF EVERYTHING IN THE STORE Mon. Oct. 16th to Sat. Oct. 21st Enter Our Draw- win a '20 gift certificate- to be drawn Saturday afternoon is the word John Travolta ���a* Olivia Newton-John im ;.**��� Wednesday through Tuesday October 11 through 17 inclusive Wed., Oct. 11 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 12 8 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 13 & 14 7 p.m. & 9 p.m Sun., Mon., Tues., 15, 16 & 17 8p.m. By Rae Ellingham Week commencing: Oel.9lh. General Noles: Mars moving close to Uranus with the Full Moon opposing Pluto indicates a very eventful week. We must all be prepared for sudden upsets, rash behaviour and surprising incidents. Advice is to stay- calm amidst unexpected disruptions. News headlines may focus on crimes of passion, underground explosions and even more aviation accidents. Babies born this week will be impulsive and very independent. Their future temper tantrums will need much patience and understanding. Solution will he to offer them early responsibilities for which they have complete control. Those horn around February .1. May 5, August 7. or November 7 will bc feeling cranky and irritable for much of the week as the Mars-Uranus conjunction contacts their various Sun positions. They should absolutely take no risks. ARIES (March 21-Aprll 19) The financial affairs of those close to you are subject to disruptive influences, It's your job lo prevent panic and offer workable solutions, Vour own disagreements unlinked lo share expenses, debts, loans and fighting over the bill. Marriages and partnerships face final tests this weekend. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ll's time to exercise much sell control to prevent arguments and dust-ups with everyday associates. Others arc impossible lo deal with now and should be left alone to stew in their own frustrations. The week ends with health or employment hassles. GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Where you do your daily chores is scene of irritating outbursts. Co-workers may refuse lo listen and walk away. Those operating electrical or mechanical equipment should exercise required precautions. If you can swing il. stay off the job for awhile. Any health problems may be linked lo over-exertion. Weekend social life brings change of plans. CANCER (June 22-July 22) ��� Surprising incidents may shock you at social gatherings or places of entertainment and amusement. Women, especially, should brush off local Don .loans. Lust and passion hit all-time erotic high, bringing unexpected problems later. Bc careful. Last chance to resolve career and domestic conflicts as the week closes. Children may be a damned nuisance. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sepl. 22) It's a memorable week for disruptive short-distance communications. Corres pondence, messages and phone calls will leave you iVazzlcd. Simple advice is to keep the mouth shut, ll's no time to confront relatives or neighbours with contro- Sunshine Coast Fitness & Recreation Service now has a phone 885-5440 Cassette car stereo Full feature with Auto Eject autosound *89.95 ((,)) ELECTRONICS Radio/haek authorized Sales Centre Cowrie St., Sechelt. B.C Box 1208 885-2568 .ersial issues. Having to travel unexpectedly is no excuse for driving like a maniac. Weekend money- hassles increase the gloom. LIBRA (Sepl. 23-Ocl. 23) Focus is on upsetting financial conditions. Rash, impulsive acquisition of unnecessary items may find you weeping over your upcoming bank statements. Delay purchase of electrical appliances or gadgets till later. Meanwhile, guard all possessions and cheek all locks. Loved ones insist on complete control of weekend activities. SCORPIO (Oct. 24.Nov.22) Mars and Uranus together in your sign indicate rebellion, urging you to assert your freedom and Independence. You tend lo act rashly or impulsively now and may later regret harsh words or daring promises. Depending on your actions, popularity could hit a temporary low. Those using mechanical or electrical equipment should protect the head and face. November 7 birthdays must control their tempers. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23- Dec. 21) Bottled-up frustrations and worries may urge you to escape from confining situations. However, action time is November so conserve energy and revise plans till then. Advice now is lo let thc tears How ami count your blessings. New. two-year cycle begins soon so maintain faith. Meanwhile, weekend social activities bring mysterious strangers. CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) Acquaintances' display of disruptive behaviour may leave you flabbergasted and contemplating the price ol friendship. Strangers overstaying their welcome should be politely shown the door. Right now is a favourable time for starting innovative or original projects. Group activities may be thc source of prescnl irritability. Fresh starts are indicated on thc domestic scene. AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Fcb. 18) Your local reputation is now on the line. Attacks from all quarters should bc parried with common sense rather than emotional excuses. It �� no time to boost your position, apply for promotions or grovel for ihat pay increase. Authority figures are feeling cantankerous and have little sympathy for your ambitions to succeed. Advancement will be easier soon so have patience. PISCES (I eb.ll-Mar.2(1) Those nursing a new- philosophy or fresh approach to everyday living must now expect a true testing of their beliefs. Danger now is bashing others over the head with your recently found universal solutions. Remember it is best to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it! Meanwhile, financial news from far away places should bring you swiftly down to earth. Pender Clinic films The Human Collision was shown September 20. After a thirty minute film eolourfully illustrating the benefits of wearing seatbclts, whether in a racing car, sky diving, or in an automobile, Constable Dolhan of thc Sechelt R.C.M. P. Detachment led the discussion and gave us Ihe statistics of the high accident rate on Highway 101, and answered questions. Coffee was served. On October 13 at 7:15 p.m.. the Rape Relief Centre in Vancouver has kindly accepted our invitation to bring and show a film at the Clinic. Their representative will illustrate thc film and answer questions. All donations that evening will be given to the Rape Relief Fund. Bring a mug as coffee and home- baked cookies will be served later. On November 8 at 7:15 p.m., thc film will be I'm Joe's Heart .depicting ways of ensuring a healthy heart. Book Review Bill Bisset's Blues By John Moore No review this week; I'm going to take a little space to comment on the country's current literary controversy. I mean, of course, the Canada Council Kerfuffel, also known as Bill Bissett's Blues. The battle has been going on for some time back East and on the floor of the House of Commons. Bissett's contribution to the uproar consists of his reading, on C.B.C. Radio, of his poem \"A Warm Place to Shit\", which consists of that phrase repeated thirty-nine times and accompanied by appropriate sound effects. The resulting bellow of public outrage has been heard on open-line radio shows and found more articulate expression in thc columns of Vancouver Sun contributor, Doug Collins. Mr. Collins has made quite a name for himself lately by way of his criticism of Canadian Immigration policy and, while he may tell it the way a lot of people think it is, reading his column often gives mc thc same sensation of intestinal unease that I feci when I see someone pouring a can of kerosene on acampfire. Mr. Collins doesn't like Bissett's poetry. Neither, I confess, do I. I have a certain admiration for thc enthusiasm of his readings, but a reading of one of his books, particularly thc line \"published with the assistance of the Canada Council\", after a long shift behind thc bar or the wheel of a eab to pay the rent on a place to write poetry that after ten years I'm still not sure is good enough to publish, is apt to drive me into thc midnight streets frothing at thc mind and howling injustice at the moon. Injustice is the word we shout when we mean sour grapes, I know. All this is beside the point; even Mr. Collins grudgingly grants Bissett his right to write what he pleases. Personally I find \"A Warm Place to Shit\" less offensive than a T.V. commercial featuring a young woman singing about panty shields, but Collins treats the Bissett affair ostensibly as a matter of money, not a matter of taste. It is not Bissett's poetry he objects to so much as the fact that he and every other taxpayer have apparently contributed to the writing and publishing of it to the tune of something like $28,000. A pretty penny to pay for a panegyric in praise of preheated privies, you might say, and so it seems. But the monetary issue is a red flag Collins is waving at thc bullish and irate taxpayers, who are understandably on the lookout for something to gore these days, and poets and publishers lack thc protective bureaucratic padding enjoyed by politicians. Canada Council grants are, for the most part, \"subsistence\" grants given to artists whose time, it has been judged, would be better spent perfecting and exercising their craft rather than working in a carwash, selling encyclo pedias, or teaching literature to captive highschool students. Whatever Bisset does with what he's got left after paying the rent on his \"warm place\", I can tell you he's not out pricing radials for his new Ferrari. The balance of that impressively quoted figure probably went to support publishers like Talon Books, who, as Bissett's publishers, are taking some flack, and who publish many other West Coast poets and playwrights. If Talon suffers as a result of their connection with Bissett. it will be a serious blow to Canadian literature as a whole. The argument that taxpayers and MPs rather than a committee of educated specialists should decide how arts grants arc awarded is as specious as that old chestnut used by speeding motorists, caught red-handed, to irritate policemen: \"I'm a taxpayer! I pay your salary, that makes mc your boss!\" Try that the next time you run a radar trap and you'll gct exactly what you deserve. There is very little point in training and educating people to expertness in any field, at a cost to the taxpayer that makes thc Canada Council look like a neglected charity, if you place the right to veto their decisions in the hands of the ignorant and inexpert. As for the argument that poetry ought to pay for itself, if it's worth paying for, it's another version of the \"Government should be run like a business\" song and dance. It's true that if we'd listened to that argument fifty years ago we would not face many of the problems wc face today; those problems wouldn't exist because we'd still be living in the Great Depression. Poetry has never \"paid for itself\" ��� it has survived on patronage since the \"Sons of Homer\" hitch-hiked around ancient Greece, reciting the national epics in return for bed and board at the courts of petty kings and chieftains. Poets throughout the ages have always sung for their supper at tables not of their choosing. The institution of patronage, traditionally the province of a cultivated aristocracy, has waned considerably with the rise of free enterprise and democracy. That the government should assume thc role of patron, with no ideological strings attached, is evidence of an enlightened administration and an intelligent populace. Canadians incidentally arc among thc greatest per capita consumers of poetry and one of the most literature-conscious nations in the world today. Obviously the system is open to abuses. If you spend more time toadying and hustling grants than you do writing poetry, odds are you'll get the grants and publish junk. Any system dependent on bureaucracy and committee is inevitably subject to nepotism, mutual sponsorship, and other various forms of influence-peddling. It's healthy that every so often such complacent cabals get a swift kick in their butts, but they're a fact of life. (If mold grows on it, at least you know it's edible.) Behind Doug Collins' concern for the taxpayer lies the worst kind of reactionary reverse-snobbery. By appealing to the lower common denominator in us all, he insults the intelligence of the people for whom he claims to speak. A thing is not wrong, evil, meaningless, or valueless just because we don't understand it or it isn't to our taste. A country so painfully conscious of its need for unity and an identity cannot afford a witch-hunt As for Bill Bissett, if he writes a book of poems 1 think are worth reading, you'll see it reviewed in this space, because 1 believe the function of criticism is to help good books gct the attention they merit. Flaying bad books is fun; you gct to use all kinds of juicy adjectives, display your rapier wit and flair for satire, but it's ultimately a waste of ink, newsprint, and everybody's time. Garbage only floats to the top for a little while; then it sinks into the oblivion it deserves. Granny's Dinner Coast News, October 10,1978 MENU: Mock Duck Pickled Beets and Beans Mashed Potatoes Mushroom Gravy Mashed turnips Leeks with Cheese Sauce DESSERT: Apricot Fool METHOD: Thc duck is \"a whole round steak. Roll out with a rolling pin and stuff with mixture of four slices fresh bread crumbs, two stalks celery, chopped up. one crushed clove of garlic, salt and pepper and sage to taste. Mix thc spices with three tablespoons of corn oil. Pour into crumbs and mix well. Put on the round steak, roll the steak up and tic with a string. Cheese Sauce: Melt Ihree tablespoons of butter in a pan, add two tablespoons of flour and one cup of milk, and one cup of grated eheddar cheese. Pour over leeks. DESSERT: Apricot Fool (serves eight): Soak sixteen ounces of dried apricots covered with water and lemon juice overnight. Blend until smooth, add grated rind and juice of one lemon, one package ol Philadelphia cream cheese and whipped cream. Garnish with nuts. 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Gibsons, B.C. 886-2765 HARBOUR SUPPLIES PLUMBING FURNITURE APPLIANCES ELECTRICAL CARPETING T.V.'S MEN'S WEAR Hwy #101 & Francis Peninsula Road 883-2513 ********** Cabinets ********** SUNSHINE KITCHENS CABINETS ��� REMODELLING Showroom in Twilight Theatre Bldg. 886-9411 OPEN SAT. 9-5 OR BY APPOINTMENT R.Ginn Electric General Wiring & - Qualified Workmanship RRD2 MARLENE RO., ROBERTS CREEK 885-5379 EXCAVATING ********* CARPENTRY ********** J & R CONSTRUCTION -.swimming pools n house framing t-floors, sidewalks, patios i-general contracting & -, retaining walls renovations +.- foundations Jim 886-7571 Ron 686-9262 , JOHN ROBINSON CONTRACTING __BACKHOE, DITCHING, DRAINS *** WATERLINES, ETC. *** Box 237, SEWER LINES Gibsons, B.C. VON 1VO PH.886-7983 Cadre Construction Ltd. ^J2? Framing, remodelling, additions*^\\ HOUSES BUILT TO COMPLETION- l Payne Road, Gibsons Classified aggregates SituU T*evtt��hmtnt tdtci EXCAVATING ��� LAND CLEARING ROAD BUILDING GRAVEL 886-Q830 ���� 886-2311 Sand 8 Gravel 885-9666 or 885-5333 L&HSwansonLtd. Readymix Concrete with 2 plants Sechell and Pender Harbour -Dump Trucks- ******** MISC. SERVICES ********* J^2088 GIBSONS LANES Hwy10% ' ^^ Open Bowling Hours: Friday b-nwh Saturday 7p.m.to 11 p.m. ^jlWe and Sunday 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. big' ^ a PACIFIC-O-FIBERGLASS FIBREGLASS LAMINATING - REPAIRS BOATS ���SUNDECKS, ETC. 12 years experience 885-2981 Eves Quality Farm & Garden Supply Ltd. 886-7527 j Pratt Rd.. Feed Pet Food Fencing Fertilizer Gibsons M&13 Boat Building and Repairs -builds the HB27, the only properly designed boat for world cruising, ���retail in resin and fiberglass Garden Bay, B.C. 883-9307 Backhoes Porpoise Bay Rd Box 172, Sechelt, B.C Gutters Phone: Eaves Troughs CUSTOM CRAFT PRODUCTS Commercial 885-2992 Maintenance ^ Residential Continuous C & S Construction Fiberglass Sundecks ��enoVttt,ons Daryll Starbuck 8KI.-47W Finishing Dennis Collins 88h-7l00 . CUSTOM BACKHOE WORK SEPTIC TANKS INSTALLED Government Approved Free Eslimales Excavations - Drainage Walerhnes. etc ^Ph 685-2921 Roberts Creek ' J.B.EXCAVATING 886-9031 Water, sewer, drainage installation ,���^ ��� Dump Truck ��� Backhoe ��� Cat ��� Land Clearing ��� Free Estimates ��� Septic Fields %**% _DRYWALL PIONEER CONTRACTING Leonard Seigo 886-9351 GIBSONS SAND & GRAVEL LTD EXCAVATING ��� LAND CLEARING ROAD BUILDING GRAVEL Classified aggregates C83-9313 Free ^ PERMATRUSS FABRICATORS Es/,ma(es (Gibsons) Ltd. 886-7318 Located next to Windsor Plywood p.o. Box 748 Residential & Commerciai Rool Trusses Gibsons, B,C> MOVING AND STORAGE LEN WRAY'S TRANSFER Ltd. Household Moving & Storage Complete Packing Packing Materials tor Sale Phone WJb-2664 Member Allied Van Lines RR 1. Gibsons JOHN HIND-SMITH REF1IGERATION & MAJOR APPLIANCE SERVICE Port Mellon toPender Harbour Res. 886-9949 Cadre Construction Ltd. Replacements and Storm Windows Expertly Installed Payne Road, Gibsons 886-2311 THOMAS HEATING OIL BURNER SERVICE QQ(. -.���,���, ���. Complete Instrument OOU'/lll \"Serving U^K Langdale OOff to Earls Cove TAXI /\"JN TRANSWEST HELICOPTERS /^A [ml (1965) LTD. [fl*) V^y Charter Helicopter Service ��� Box 875 886-7511 Gibsons SUNSHINE COAST DISPOSAL SERVICES Port Mellon to Oie s Cove 885-9973 886 2938 Commercial Container* available TREE TOPPING VIEW DEVELOPMENTS LTD. Clean up your wooded areas Remove lower limbs tor VIEW Top tall trees ad|acacent to building Marv Volen B86959* MACK'S NURSERY SUNSHINE COAST HIGHWAY Shrubs, Fruit Trees, Plants Landscaping, Pruning Trees, Peat Moss & Fertilizer Licensed lor Pesticide Spraying Cadre Construction Ltd. ��� Exterior Painting ��� /^. ��� Professional Work ��� |ia^ ��� AirlessSpray Jobs* ^W Payne Rd., Gibsons 886-2311 10. Coast News, October 10,1978. work wanted work wonted oppoitunUk/ Journeyman Carpenter, all types const met ion, new or old, work guaranteed. 886-7160. H\\ Landscaping and Garden maintenance. Fruit Trees, ornamentals pruned; hedges trimmed. Flower gardens installed and maintained. 886-9294 tfn Experienced reliable carpenter, will do interior and exterior construction and renovations. NSt)-\"2HJ. #43 WASH & FOLD SERVICE available Sea-View Laundromat (beside Mr.Mike's) For information call 886-\"'894 rtn A Itool foi /ok MOVING & HAULING Gardening, Rubbish Removal, odd jobs of any kind. Quality work. Steady part-time work. 886-9503 #43 Fur Explosive Requirements: dynamite, electric ur regular caps. B line E cord and safety fuse, contact Gwen Nimmo. Cemetery Road. Gibsons. Phone 886-7778. Howe Sound Farmers Institute fftfn BABYSirriNG SERVICE during daytime hours, at my home in Gibsons. 886-9748. #4.1 Most trees, like pets, need care and attention and trees are our speciality. * Topping * Limbing * Danger tree removal An insured guaranteed service. Peerfess Tree Services Ltd. 885-2109 Horses for Rent: $4.00 per hour $7.00 for two hours Phone 886-7967eves. #44 Part-time work. Free room and board and wages for lady in her forties or early fifties. All evenings off. 883-9676 tfn CHINOOK PICK���UP AND DELIVERY SERVICE HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS AND LOCAL GENERAL DELIVERIES Phone 886-9433 P.O.Box 131, Gibsons, B.C. REAL ESTATE NEEDS Interested iu photography? Gain experience doing team photos. We'll train you. Good 35mm camera, electronic flash and car necessary. Must bc available morning, afternoon and evening for one week. Call collect 521-9593. #41 �����:���:���:���:���:���:.:�����:���:���:���:���:���:���:�����:���:���:���:���>:���:���:�����>:���>:���:��� I, Preston Jones Saul will bc henceforth known as Preston Jones George as of the first date of publication. Tuesday. September 26, 1978 in the Coast News. #41 Notice is hereby given that an application will be made to the Director of Vital Statistics for a change of name, pursuant to thc provisions of thc Change of Name Act by mc: Nelson Cyril Smith of Gibsons. in the province of British Columbia. To change my name from Nelson C.Smith to Trevor Baxter. Dated this 26th day of September. 1978. #42 for /ole llwi/joch 885-5171 ON THE BLUFF: 3 BR home with unobstructed view from Lantzville to the Malahat tor only $48,500 DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY: Six adjoining properties in Lower Gibsons, ideal for townhouse, condominium or????? Call for detailed information. REVENUE PROPERTIES: Lower Gibsons Triplex with rentals ot $665 per month. Beautilul location with year round creek. Also ideal lor future development. Let it pay lor itself at $67,500 Marlene Road, side-by-side duplex, two bedroom homes with separate dining, laundry facilities, etc., monthly rentals almost $600. F.P. $55,000 UPPER GIBSONS: Three bedroom home with huge sundeck overlooking Keats, the Bluff and Vancouver Island. Has self- contained one bedroom suite for mother-in-law and brick fireplaces up and down. Has double carport and is on quiet street. F.P. $54,900 BEAUTIFUL LANGDALE RIDGE: New three bedroom, full basement house on quiet road. Your choice ol f,replace ��� zero clearance or freestanding ��� many trees and permanent view to Keats. $53,900 % ACRE WITH KEATS VIEW: Immaculate two bedroom home with fireplace. Well treed, good landscaping and many other desirable features. $42,500 Magnilicent view lot on high side ol Highway 101, Hopkins Landing. $14,800 For sale, 7���80 Ib. bags crushed oats.$5.50 per bag. 886-2332. #41 PEACH TREE FASHION JEWELLERY SKIN CARE AND NAIL PRODUCTS AVAILABLE. IM _ Rhode Island Red Roosters purebred. Six months old. $5.00. 885-9357. WW #43 Giant Flea Market. Sunday. Oct. 22, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. North side of Cowrie St. Bring your old treasures and turn them into cash. #42 xa Horse Manure U-Haul ���$10.00 per load 886-2160 tfn One child's Welsh Pony with saddle and bridle. $150. 886- 2887. #41 Jewellery* Silver* Gold Available at Pentangle Sechelt 885-3818 LIVESTOCK HAULING HORSESHOEING Patrick Horvath 886-9845 eves. Milkgoats for sale. 886-2457. #41_ HORSESHOEING Bob Hopkins Call 886-9470 eves. #41 BRUSHWOOD FARM TRAINING CENTRE For you and your horse The area's only fully accredit ed riding instructors. Trainer of many top winners English St Western Lessons School horses available 886-2160 after 6 p.m. OFFICES AT Sunnycrest Centre, Gibsons Telephone 886-2234 Toll Free 682-1513 . IBSONS \\J AND LAND DEVELOPMENT LTD. OFFICES AT: Dental Block, Gibsons Telephone 886-2277 Toll Free 682-1513 RR#2, Gibsons, B.C. VON 1V0 CONVEYANCING - REAL ESTATE CONSULTING - APPRAISALS - MORTGAGES - NOTARY PUBLIC HOMES NOHVAN ROAD At the top of the hill in West Sechelt This brand new three bedroom home in an exlremely quiet area offers incredible features. Large 95 <129' lol size. Feature lights abov Ihe fireplace Extra large bathroom with twin seal skylight. All Ihis. an ocean view and more. $49,900 POPLAR LANE Three bedroom home wilh two fireplaces Ensuite in master bedroom. Full unfinished basement, double windows. This home is in a very convenient location close to all amenities. $48,600 LOWER ROBERTS CREEK RD: Modern two bedroom home silualed on '/; acre 195* I90t Excellenl view of Georgia Sirait One block from easy beach access. There is also a 510 sq fl one bedroom gui'St collage completely remodelled and presently rented al $2U0 00 per month and il loo has an excellent view. This combination is perfect for quiet rural living W as a revenue properly ' $42,900 GRANDVIEW RD Of! Pine. This lovely ranch style home is situaled on a fully landscaped Vi acre of land A three bed- mom home combining ocean view and acreage privacy Huge carporl allows for Ihe easy addition of a family room and Btill leaves a two stall carport Masler bedroom and livingroom have access onlo the large parlially covered sundeck Floor io ceiling cul rock heatilalor fireplace, thermopane windows and many olher extras $63,500 FIRCREST RD Brand new quahly built home The cathedral entrance with wood leature wall leads you tnlo Ihe large living room with feature wan fireplace This three bedroom home has a large family Sized bathroom and lots ol storage area The basement awaits your finishing touches. Thc lot is nicely terraced and ready lor landscaping Close lo schools and shopping. $47,900 UPPER CHERYL ANN PARK ROAD: Architect designed tudor home in quiel cul-desac wilh some ocean view This large 1278 sq It Ihree bedroom homo mual bo seen Two finished fireplaces. finished rec room, ensuile plumbing, two sundecks and the list keeps going on Situated amongst other quality homes. Front yard landscaped with many evergreens Don'i buy before seeing this home $64,900 1402 ALDERSPRING ROAD Two storey home on quiet cul-de-sac with view overlooking Gibsons Harbour. Three bedrooms on main floor Fully furnished suite on ground floor Complelely fenced arid in lawn Close to park, tennis courts and shopping, $47,500 MALAVIEW RD: Quality built three bedroom ranch style home on treed landscaped lot in area of new homes. Located on quiet cul-de-sac providing safety for children and pets. The home Is in Immaculate condition and features separate dining room, wall to wall carpeting, spacious kitchen utility room and double windows. Easy walk to elementary school. $46,500 HOMES ON ACREAGE JOE ROAD: Roberts Creek. This is a well kept three bedroom family home in a treed setting ol 1.55 acres. Home features large rec room in Ihe basement plus a spare room which could be a 4th bedroom and lots of storage space. Separate dirnnq room $53,900 HANBURY ROAD. Panabode home featuring stained glass windows, skylights, and shake roof situated on 12 acres in Roberts Creek. Flume Creek runs through middle of property which includes A-frame guest cottage, and 16x16 workshop with 220 wiring. Partially cleared and fenced with vegetable garden. $67,500 PARK ROAD: Three bedroom home on 5 acres in Gibsons. Property on both sides also for sale making a total of 15 acres available for future development. A good holding properly. $79,500 SHAW ROAD: Incredible potential. Ranch style two bedroom home completely remodelled. 16x12 master bedroom, fireplace, beautifully landscaped and fenced grounds Evergreen hedges add lo the seclusion and privacy of this hobby farm with three outbuildings. But that's not all! The property is 5 acres with spectacular view from over half the property. Fronts on Shaw Road with Stewart Road dedicaled on the view face. Zoned Rl in the Village of Gibsons. $79,900 PRATT ROAD: 2 87 acres out Of the ALR with road allowance at back of property. House is completely remodelled Inside. Attractive lireplace. knotty pine kitchen, three large bedrooms and den. $55,000 ACREAGE PARK ROAD: Gibsons. Excellent prospects for the one who holds this potentially commercially zoned 5 acres. Lightly cleared, close lo shopping centre; and schools. $59,000 GIBSONS 4 6 acres of excellent holding property close to Soames Point. Partially cleared Try your offers $27,500 LANGDALE: 4.31 acres. Excellent holding property right across from the ferry terminal. Langdale Creek Is the eastern boundary of this properly. $39,500 HWY 101: Off Hall Road. Five sub- dividabie acres Land is very dry with good percolation. Southern exposure in the heart of Roberts Creek. On regional water Approximately one acre Is cleared Has older home presently being rented for $135 per month. Includes small barn. Vendor has subdivision plan for Slots. $49,900 CONRAD ROAD: Next to Camp Byng. 2 V; acres with limited access. Leek Creek runs through this partially cleared level acreage. Zoned for mobile homes. Excellent for your hobby farm. $19,900 COMMERCIAL GROCERY STORE & PROPERTY: The only store In the area with a good volume of business and growing steadily. An ideal set-up for a family operation. The store hours are 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., seven days a week. If you like to be Independent and run your own business this could be your opportunity. The price without stock is $89,000 APARTMENT BLOCK: Nine suite apartment block centrally located in the Village of Gibsons. The block shows a good return and the vacancy rate has been nil during the last year. Idea! Investment for owner-manager. Ask us for more information about this project. $160,000 LOTS ��� FIRCREST ��� I 61x131-$9.700each | Over 20 nicely treed building lols lo ' I choose from We will arrange lo have 1 ! a home built for you. Located a short _ I drive down Pratt Road. ^1 BURNS ROAD: Good building lot, 65x 130, on flat land in Gibsons Village. Four blocks from Post Office, stores and transportation. Lightly treed. Three blocks from ocean. All services available. $\".o��o FAIRVIEW RD: Large cedar trees on this nearly V* acre of flat easy to build on !and provides a private setting (or your home. Mobile homes are allowed.. Close toCedar Grove School. $11,900 CHADWICK ROAD: irregular shaped lot with view of Howe Sound. A good building site. $12,000 SMITH ROAD: 170x127 lot with terrific view of the ocean. Good building site on slightly sloping land. $14,500 POPLAR LANE: Beautiful flat building lot with view of North Shore Mountains. Located on the end of a quiet cul-de- sac only 1 block lo Sunnycrest Mall Shopping Centre and schools. All services Including sewer. Adjacent to grass playing field. $14,900 ABBS ROAD: View of Bay area and Georgia Strait is yours from this beautiful lot in area of elaborate new homes. Two blocks to schools and shopping. $16,900 SARGENT ROAD: Build your dream home on this outstanding property in Gibsons' most popular residential area. Fabulous view of the harbour and Georgia Strait. Over 65' street frontage Easy walking distance to schools and shops. $17,900 UPLANDS RD: Tuwanek. Ideal recreation lot in beautifully wooded and park like setting. Zoned for trailers. This lot overlooks Sechelt Inlet and the Lamb Island. $6,900 WAKEFIELD RD: Good building lot on water and power overlooking Georgia Strait and the Trail Islands This is a corner lot in a newly build up area. $12,500 MCCULLOUGH RD: Wilson Creek. Close to one acre treed property with sub-division possibilities $22,500 COMMERCIAL WATERFRONT: With waterfront as scarce as it is this double use lot represents real value. $33,000 YMCA ROAD: Langdale. Cleared, level building lot measuring 81x173 suitable for a variety of house plans Located within easy walking distance to school and a few minutes jog to the ferry terminal. Make an offer on the asking price of $12,900 CHADWICK ROAD: 60x220 lot with good ocean view. Slopes slightly to the south and has a good building site. $14,500 PORT MELLON HIGHWAY: Panoramic view lot in Langdale. Adjacent 66' road allowance will probably not be developed giving privacy. $10,500 CREEKSIDE PARK ESTATES Now Gibsons Village has lots for single wides, double wides and conventional homes, all on sewer, water, hydro and all within 3 blocks of the shopping centre, schools, and Medical Clinic. Come in and discuss a unit and a lot as a package deal with approval bank financing. Lots priced between $10,900 and $13,900 depending on view and size. LORRIE GIRARD 866-7760 JON MCRAE 865-3670 ANNEGURNEY 886-2164 CHRIS KANKAINEN 883-3545 ARNEPETTERSEN 886-9793 JAYVISSER 885-3300 DAVE ROBERTS 886-6040 foi /��!< wonted Missing important emits? inquire about our telephone answering system's easy installation. 24 hour a day sen ice. 885-3258 #44 FOR SALE | 2 Bunk Beds and Mattresses 886-9104 �� 16 ft. Custom Coach, sleeps five, equipped with propane stove, ice box and sink. $900. 886-7695. #41 Order your Citation Cabinets from your Macleods Store in Sechelt. Estimates and floor plans given on request. 885-2171 Bell and Howell slide 989 Projector and a combination Super 8 Dual 8 and STD 8 movie projector. Both unused. Cost around $180 ea. Selling for $90 each. Box 25, Coast News. tfn_ Camper for small truck includes propane fridge, stove, sleeps three nicely. Great for vacation or take hunting this fall. Phone 885-2051 or 885-2109. Great buy! Ml r^-Trrr.r���) Oak hall seat with mirror; plant stands; china cabinet; miscellaneous glass, furniture, etc. 1968 GMC pickup V-8 4-speed. runs good, $700 firm. Please phone 886-2650 after 5 p.m. #41 Glass door fireplace screen, fits 33\"x25\", $80. o.b.o. 885-3417 or 885-3310. #43 One fridge; two wood stoves; one oil range; one shower cabinet; toilet and tank. 886-7702.#41 GARAGE SALE Sat. October 14 and Sun. October 15, 1286 Headlands Rd. '66 Volkswagen, tools, clothing, etc. #41 Boys Hockey Gear 10���12 years. Trumpet with case and music stand, suitable for school band, $20; sheep's wool, 75* per Ib. 886-7034. #43 Diamond ring set: engagement ring 3 stones, approx. '/< carat; wedding ring to match, yellow and white gold, 14 carat gold. Pretty design, $200 o.b.o. 886- 7879. #41 appliance/ PEACH TREE FASHION JEWELRY AND ) COSMETIC SKIN CARE , PRODUCTS 885-3813 S EAR PIERCING 1977 Glen River Colwool trailer, 14x60.' Fully furnished. Washer and dryer. Can bc viewed at Bonniebrook Trailer Court.' $18,000 886-2744 or 886-7198 #42 Camper, suitable for Ranchero or similar truck. $400 or offer. 886-7753 after 5 p.m. #42 Dual turntable. $100; alum, manifold for 350 Olds., $90; Radial T/A snow tires, near new, $125; exten. curtain rod. $10. 886-7201 #42 music Weavers New & Used Albums & Tapes The Home of People's Prices fc, 886-9737 * Repairs ��� Overhaul ��� Tunc-ups ��� Chemical Wash ��� Parts for all makes All Work Guaranteed 21 years experience Phone Steve 885-2691 mmzmmmasm PEACH TREE MANICURES, PEDICURES, SKIN CLEANSING AND MAKEUP APPLICATIONS. NOW AVAILABLE FOR APPOINTMENT. 885-3813 Watch for Macleods HOTPOINT LAUNDRY SALE in our October flyer Macleods, Sechelt 885-2171 1979 Models now in Stock i AVAILABLE NOW j Complete hockey equipment, for age 10���12 years; boys ice skates, size 1.886-2977 #41 Macleod's, Sechelt, have all sizes of freezers in, 885-2171 HOT WATER TANKS All Sizes at Macleods Sechelt YES WE DELIVER AND INSTALL ggidcn equipment Washer and dryer for sale, $250.00.886-9727. #41 Garage Sale, October 14, Saturday. Old Pool Hall, Lower Gibsons. 10���5 p.m. Baby articles, double beds, dressers, chesterfields, misc. household articles.41 20\" black and white portable. Electrohome T.V. with stand, $50.00. Phone 886-2945. #41 9\" tilt Arbor Rockwell Beaver tabic saw, one h.p. motor as new. 886-7160 #41 I pr. boy's skates. 10 1/3 NHL. $20. I pr. girl's ski boots, \"Gar- dena\". child's size 8, $30. 886- 9335. #42 Queen Size bed. box spring and mattress in excellent condition. $50.00.886-7642. #43 Two sets used b-foot aluminum patiodoors. 886-2791. #41 Portable typewriter, writing desk, wicker hamper, lengths of rug protector, washer wringer, bread box. 885-9290. #41 NOW IN FALL BULBS hyacinths, tulips, daffodil Fall Rye 25�� Ib. Quality Farm & Garden Supply Ltd. Pratt Rd. Gibsons 886-7527 Hay for sale. $1.00 a bale 885-9357. tfn Two boys' bikes aged 8 & 11 years; one girl's bike age ten years; chest of drawers; book shelves. Phone 886-9177. #41 Wanted to buy, trail bike, 90cc or larger. Phone 886-7237. #41 Wanted to buy: kitchen stove, combination wood and oil; consider wood and electric also. Reasonable. 886-9443. #43 WANTED TO BUY RENT OR BORROW Wanted to buy, rent or borrow: Space heaters for Canada World Youth Group. Please leave message c/o Susan Sproule, Coast News, 886-2622 #42 Wanted to buy, rent or borrow: Furniture for Canada World Youth House ��� old, white Dr. Inglis' House ��� chairs, tables, sola, etc. Please leave message c/o Susan Sproule. Coast News, 886-2622 #42 Small child's tricycle and a two w'heel bike for a 6 year old, in good condition. 886-2098. #41 One portable dishwasher ��� good working order. Phone after 4:30 p.m.. 886-7290. #43 Timber wanted: Fir, hemlock, cedar and poles. Top prices. Let us give you an estimate. D&O Log Sorting Ltd. Phone 886-7896 or 886-7700. tfn LOGS WANTED Top Prices Paid for Fir-Hemlock-Cedar L&K LUMBER (North Shore) Ltd. Phone 886-7033 Sorting grounds. Twin Creek automotive 1977 GT 250 Suzuki, ram air, two cylinder, two stroke, 700 miles, hardlv ridden. $1,100. 886-2300. #41 1972 Datsun 510, two door Sedan, 50.000 miles. $1,200 o.b.o. 886-2300. #41 1963 Ford P.U. and camper, approximately 40.000 miles on new motor, new clutch, brake lines, etc. $1,000,886-7800. #41 '77Monarch 4 dr. Sedan. 6 cyl. 4 spd., standard. Radial tires, pin stripes, chrome protection group, carpeted interior, radio. Only 13,500 miles. $3850. 886-2738 #42 1972 dark blue TR6 with overdrive. 48,600 miles, good condition. Phone 886-7995, 886-. 2207. Ml 1972 TR6, new exhaust and clutch, white with blue pinstripe, Bridgestone radials, runs exc. $2,700.886-7642. ' #43 1968 Chrysler Newport, 383 engine, good transportation. $250. o.b.o. Phone 886-7350. #43 1970 Pontiac convertible, reliable transportation. 886-2459. #43 1961 Fargo 2-ton 12' van, runs well, $950.00.886-2332. #41 1974 Ford F-250 4x4 Pickup. Red, no rust, Eng 360, 4 speed, sun roof, AM.FM cassette, C.B., 56,000 miles. Asking $3,800. Phone 886-9781 #41 I will paint your car for $149 plus bodywork. 885-2608. tfn 1976 Dodge Dart Swinger 2 door hard top, slant six, auto, P.S., P.B., mint condition, 12,000 original miles. Two new snows on rims, $3,750 firm. 886-2053. #41 foi icnt Condominium: Three bedrooms plus family room, I'A baths, carpets, $300 per mo. Call 886-7628. tfn Partially furnished two bedroom house, ground level suite which can be sublet. No children or pets. $350 upstairs. $250 downstairs. Located in central Gibsons, close to shopping. 886-2306 #41 Two bedroom house, furnished. Gower Point. 291-8194 #41 Trailerspace for small trailer. below 40' on private property. $60 per month. 886-9625, eves. #41 Two bedroom duplex ��� Gibsons, $190 month. Available September 15. 886-7218. #41 Two bedroom furnished mobile home; two bedroom semi-furnished cottage; two bedroom side bv side duplex. Sorry no dogs. 886-2887 & 886-9033 tin Newly decorated 2 and 3 bdrm apts. Stove, fridge, heat and cablevision incl. in reasonable rent. Sorry, no pets. Close to schools and shopping. 886- 7836. tfn Two mobile home sites near beach. Free vegetable garden plots if desired. \"Bonniebrook\" 886-2887. tfn Two mobile home pads available. Contact Sunshine Coast Trailer Parks. 886-9826. tfn 3 bedroom 12'x68' mobile home, furnished. Available immediately 886-7072. after 5. #42 Modern two bedroom sruite. Gibsons. Ww carpet, fireplace, sliding glass doors, stove, fridge. $250. utilities included. 886-2767 #42 Furnished studio apartment for rent to quiet, mature person. Available immediately. 886-9445 after 6 p.m. #42 Apartment for rent, two bedroom, 886-2417 or 886-9636. #41 Two bedroom mobile home on private lol near Sechelt. $200 per month. 291-9743. #41 Housekeeping room, sleeping room, clean, quiet adults. Robertson's Boarding House. #43 Large two bedroom split-level home in Gibsons. Large kitchen, living room with shag carpet, and fireplace, large dining room, workshop, 'A basement, garage. Avail. Nov. 1. $335 per month. 886-9154. #41 Roberts Creek, two bedroom two bathroom house near post office and store. $250 per month. References. 885-3388. Adults only. #41 Waterfront Gibsons: large three bedroom suite, w/w. fridge, stove, fantastic view. $300 per month. 886-8035. #41 Six room suite. 3 bedrooms. Green carpeted living rm., feature wall red brick effect with hooded elec. fireplace, swag lamps, bay windows, sliding glass doors opening onto 24x8 grass carpeted deck. Dining rm features teak wall, crystal chandelier, lighted valanced pass- through to kitchen area containing upholstered wet bar with hanging back bar, rattan stools; vanity bathroom, large gilt mirror. Attractive floor length drapes throughout. Range and fridge inc. Rent $300/mo. Avail. October 20, Port Mellon Hwy and Dunham Road. 886- 9352. #43 the ImaflmWT^AYi 'UL REALTY LTD Eves and weekends call Norm Peterson Lower Sunshine Uoast ItHliaMLV^^ Locateo in the Seaside Plaza. 886 Gower Point Road Lower Gibsons v��*w -2000 886-2607 or 886-9121 GOWER POINT: New 3 BR bsmt home on large new lot, extras ROBERTS CREEK-CHERYL ANNE PARK RD: Near new 3 include lireplace, ensuite In master BR. Partly linished bsmt BR bsmt home on large landscaped lot In quiet wooded subdiv- area. This would make a great family home In Q.T. area ot new Islon. Bsmt mostly finished. F.P. up and down. Only $58,000. homes. Reduced to sell at $53,000. BURNS ROAD: 2 BR full bsmt home on landscaped 65x125 lot. GIBSONS: Older home on large view lot. 2 BR up, 1 down, Va Bsmt finished with 2 more BR and rec rm. 12x18 garage plus bsmt, lge LR and Kit. Home has been updated by R.A.P. pro- carport. Priced to sell at $51,000. gramme so is up to standards in all ways. Good starter home at GIBSONS: Brand new 3 br home, part bsmt in area ot new homes only $43,500. only one block to good beach. This one should be seen as it is GOWER POINT: 150' ol waterfront. It you are looking for prop- priced for fast sale at only $47,900. erty in the $140,000 range you should see this Ige 2200 sq It WILLIAMSON LANDING: Large 'A' frame plus 2 BR guest 4 BR home plus bsmt with FP in rec room. In a private setting house on 100' of good waterfront with wharf and floats for deep with a great view overlooking the Gulf. A good pathway leads to water moorage. A unique package at $91,500. a nice beach. Features Include Ige open ceiling liv.rm. with handhewn beams, a floor to ceiling stone fireplace, double plate LOTS window. Stone and Cedar bark exterior, shake roof plus many GOWER POINT: Vi acre waterfront lot with a great view over more. Some terms available. the straits. Building site has been excavated and septic tank and GIBSONS: Brand new 1200 sq ft 2 BR home on crawl space, plus field in and approved. Only $29,500. B'x20' patio and Ige carport, level 60x120 lot with park area In GOWER POINT: Lge 1V. corner view lot with gentle southern back. Priced to sell at $42,500, and only $2,500 down. Don't slope, close to good beach. Would make 4 good sized lots. Priced miss this one. to sell at $42,500. VETERANS RD: Well built 2 BR lull bsmt older home on 2'/i JOHNSON RD. LANGDALE: Lge partly cleared view lot in area acres level land. Many extras. Could be subdivided. Should be of all new homes. This Is one of the last unbuilt lots In this area. seen at $61,500. Now only $13,500. GIBSONS: one of the finer family homes, close to beach, shops, FAIRVIEW RD: Excellent bldg lot with bldg site cleared septic etc. 4 bdrms (master ensuite). Spacious living-dining rm., con- system Is in, also water and hydro on property. Quiet residen- venlent cabinet kit., vanity bath. Full bsmt features completed tial area with many high quality homes. Only $14,500. bdrm and rec rm, w/w carpets, 2 fireplaces, attached carport, CHASTER RD: Bring all offers on 80' level cleared lot close to also double garage equipped as workshop. Be sure to view this new school, ok for trailers. lovely home at only $58,000. REID RD: Large level lot 126x165. Priced to sell at $9,500. GRANTHAM LANDING: Near new 3 BR full bsmt home with E ,RE Qw AGENTS F0R EVERGREEN PARKI ,Mn one of the best views over Howe Sound this area has to offer W���$ \"����ZoZIMTin ^S DMve^and look IW I^k \" \"tk!\"8 \"T^J' 2 ln,!h.S ^eplaCl89' P*r,'y around as these lots are priced to sell from only $7,500 to $15,200 wonted to rent mobile home/ tiowcl Wanted to rent: garage ��� shed ���basement, storage area. Lock- able. Yearly. 886-7859 after 6 p.m. #41 WANTED TO RENT Wanted to rent, single dwelling. Pref. 2 bedrooms, under $175/ month. For local refined fish- lady and son.^^86-2966 or 886-7888 #\" 'Sidcwing' ilourston Glas- craft (new) - S.1.000; 42' sailboat 'Sea Falcon' (unrigged ferro cement) ��� $35,000; 18' Sabrc- craft 140 Merc - $4,900; 17' K&C ThermoBloss, 115 HP Evinrude - .80 50 HP Merc Outboard ��� $600; Detroit Diesels ��� Two 471 (in line); ���Rebuilt V67I (marine cquip- peditwit' Use gear 3:1; 3-cylinder Nissln dioel 1975 22' 'Cai Glass' with Command Bridge and 165 ...p. Mercruiscr complete with .,11 options. $11,800 Call Garden Bay Marine Services Ltd. 883-2722 or evenings 883-2602 foi /ole The Gibsons All Nighter Wood Heater The beet In economical woodheat. May also be used for cooking. ALL HEAVY STEEL CONSTRUCTION BRICK LINED 886-2808 After 6:00 Days-683-7817 (Van.) NOW AVAILABLE AT GIBSONS BUILDING SUPPLIES 886-8141 1 1 ~ WE ALSO DO CUSTOM WELDING 24' Fiberform Cruiser, 215 H.P. Mercruiser with big leg, automatic pilot, depth sounder/ recorder, anchor winch, trim tabs, bait tank & pump. Head, galley, alcohol stove & pressure water, spare prop., CB.Radio, etc. Call 883-2750. tfn a���% 23' Bayliner Diesel Cruiser. Just reconditioned throughout, completely self-contained. 886- 9351. #41 IAN MORROW & CO. LTD. Marine Surveyors, Condition ��nd detail surveys for Evaluation. Surveys for insurance claims. Phone 886-2433,886-9458, 110 Mercury Outboard Motor, used two seasons. Excellent condition, $425. Call evenings, 883-2424 tfn HIGGS MARINE SURVEYS LTD. Insurance claims, condition and valuation surveys. Serving the Sunshine Coast and B.C.Coastal Waters. Phone:885-9425, 885- 9747, 885-3643,886-9546. tfn. 22' Star sail boat and trailer, Dacron sails, needs finishing. $700.886-7859aftcr6p.m. #41 II' Frontiersman, F.G. Boat, excellent condition, $275, o.b.o. Phone 886-7201 #42 XTTD fmT*^B* For All Your Travel Needs peninsula travel 886-9755 Registered Travel Agent found Found Thursday, sum of money in Seaview Laundromat. 886- 7468. tfn Found on road near Langdale on Friday afternoon, one pack sack of clothes, owner may claim by identifying at Coast News Office. #41 lo/t Siberian Husky, female, tooed. 885-2000, eves. Tat- #41 pel/ FREE KITTENS Over two months, male and female. 886-9443. #43 Purebred Border Collies; four males, born August 1, 1978. 883-2553. tfn b.c.C ijukon FOR SALE: The Mennonite Treasury of Recipes ��� 224 pages, spiral wire bound and plastic tab indexed. Now available by mail at $6.50 post paid. No COD's. Write The Mennonite Treasury of Rec- ipies, P.O. Box 1209, Stein- bach, Man. #41 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES: Photo Studio and store in fast developing central B.C. community. Established 20 years. For sale or partnership with younger energetic person. Write Box 126, c/o 808, 207 West Hastings St., Vancouver, B.C. #41 HELP GREENPEACE HELP: Sellers urgently needed for the Greenpeace Go Anywhere Lottery, Make money. Save life. 2108 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver. Phone 736-0321 tfn CARS FOR SALE: 1974 Buick Le Sabre ��� air condition, p.s. radio, radial tires, in excellent condition. $3,600. 1976 G.M.C. '/i ton, auto, p.s.. radio, good tires. $2,300. Phone 374-1506. #41 MOBILE HOMES: Never before savings like this! New mobile homes, two or three bedroom. $13,995. Call collect 596-1111. Westlawn Homes Ltd., 16099 Fraser Highway, Surrey, B.C. #42 b.c.C yuhog HELP WANTED: Deputy Clerk. Location: Village of Vanderhoof. Duties: Assist Clerk in administrative duties, prepare and process financial documents, maintain financial records, prepare financial reports for Council, supervise office staff, assist finance committee in annual budget preparation, assume duties of clerk during any periods of absence. Requirements: experience in the financial field, budgeting, cost accounting, inventories, general bookkeeping, administrative ability and experience, ability to interpret regulations, ability to prepare comprehensive financial reports for Council, ability to deal discreetly with the public, physically capable of performing all duties required. Miscellaneous: must be willing to assume other duties as delegated by clerk. Responsible to: clerk. Salary: commensurate with ability, knowledge and experience. Applicants are to apply in writing, stating full particulars, and salary expected, by 20 October, 1978 to: the Clerk Treasurer, Village of Vanderhoof, Box 97, Vanderhoof, B.C. #42 FOR SALE: Registered Afghan pups, ten generations of champions, show stock papered or without papers. Box 1403 Vanderhoof, B.C. Phone 567-9005 after 6 p.m. #41 HELP WANTED: Well established Fraser Valley community paper needs experienced general new reporter. Experience in court covcraged and camera use an asset. Send resume Box 127 c/o 808, 207 W.Hastings,. Vancouver, B.C. #41 FARMS OR REAL ESTATE: Farm for sale ��� 200 acres under cultivation, 30 more acres just cleared. River frontage. Excellent land for growing corn if irrigated. Good buildings. Phone 993-4321. #41 PETS: Rare Irish Wolfhound puppies. Exceptional quality and temperament. Line bred: BailyKelly ��� Fleetwind ��� Ambleside. Champion stock. To approved homes only. 246- 3800, Brandywine Farm, Crofton (Vancouver Island) B.C. #41 MOBILE HOMES: 12x68 Deluxe Safeway Canadiana 1973. 2 lg bedrooms, central air-conditioning, metal skirting, furnished, partial, unfurnished. Excel, condition. #76 2400 Oakdale, Kamloops. Offers! #41 FOR SALE: Jeep parts, new and used for all jeeps 1941 to 1978. Huge stock, low prices. Gemini sales. 4736 East Hastings St.. Burnaby. B.C. 294-2623. #41 PROPERTY FOR SALE: Com- mcrcial concrete block building. 8850 sq ft three levels, on-site parking. Downtown core. Contact Nvland REalty Ltd.. Box 2008. Salmon Arm. B.C. #41 b.c.C jgyhon OUaol NtllS, UOIUUCI IU, IOIO joi lent IMPORTANT NOTICE!! During the mall strike Greenpeace Go Anywhere lottery tickets will be distributed by Greenpeace volunteers. The number to call In this area Is: 736-0321. tfn HELP WANTED: Required immediately car-truck salesman for progressive Ford dealership in Spirit River, Alberta. Applicants write stating experience qualifications and salary expected: Cobran Motors, Box 309, Spirit River, Alberta. (403) 864-3005 or (403) 539- 3665. #42 NOW RENTING EXECUTIVE HOUSE APARTMENTS OVERLOOKING OIBSON5 HARBDU1 37 Deluxe 1 and 2 Bedroom Suites ��� Controlled Front Entrance ���Coloured Appliances ���Cablevision ��� Panoramic View ��� Extra Sound-Proet Suites ��� Drapes ���Wallto-Wall Carpet RENTS Irom $230.oo lOINOllintPHONI. 00aRW24OO \"QUALITY SERVICE SINCE 1956\" Grading & Gravel Curbs ��� Soil Cement ��� Drainage Roads ��� Industrial Sites ��� Parking Areas Tennis Courts ��� Driveways For Free Estimate Call Jack Kerr 885-5151 PORPOISE BAY ROAD, SECHELT North Vancouver Office ��� Toll Free Zenith - 2628 Members: AjaM\\y Amalgamated Con&iruct.on aVaWatA Association B.C. Road Builders Association II- ��� ��� - ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� rC|CTOP LT HELP WANTED: Required licensed mechanic for shop foreman position for progressive Ford dealership in Spirit River. Alberta. Applicant should write stating qualifications, salary expected to: Cobran Motors, Box 309. Spiril River, Alta. (403) 863-3005 or (403) 539- 3665. #42 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES: Working partner/ partners wanted by very active restaurant operation in rural N.E. Alberta, now seating 97. New facility soon available will include 90 seat cafeteria, fully licensed dining room seating 100 with dance floor, complete banquet facilities. Responsibilities include complete management of food operations. Box 480. Vermilion. Alberta. #41 SWAP: Four bedroom condominium Chilliwack. B.C., two bathrooms, fireplace, full base ment. Appliances included. Carport. Trade equity $23,000 for acreage. Balancing owing S 11.500. Private. Write Box 295. Sardis B.C. 792-7700. #41 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES: Earn a second income. Learn Income Tax preparation with the All-Canadian Company U&R Tax Services. No previous training required. Send for free brochure today. U&R Tax Services. 2579 Portage Ave.. Winnipeg. \" ���'��\"���\"��� '-'���'\" ���*- Ruby Lake Restaurant will be closed October 20, 21, and 22. Our new menu and winter hours will be announced soon. wwwvwm TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE 886-7311 SERVING THE SUNSHINE COAST MODERATE:���eST LOCAL OR DISTANT BURIALS CREMATIONS - MEMORIALS- PREARRANGEMENTS D. A. Devlin 0 Q �� ACCl 1665 Seaview Director 000*733 I Gibions SUNSHINE COAST REGIONAL DISTRICT NOTICE A meeting to discuss the purchase of the greenbelt property (Soames Park) in Soames Point will be held as follows: Date: October 13,1978 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Langdale School Gymnasium All interested persons are invited to attend. NOTICE NOTICE TO SOAMES POINT AND DISTRICT SPECIFIED AREA ELECTORS To clarify the intent of the by-law which is to purchase the \"Greenbelt Area\" in Soames Point. The following is the resolution which was passed by the Board of Directors on February 21. 1978: WHEREAS the Regional Board of the Sunshine Coast Regional District has been requested to establish a specified area for the purpose ol providing a greenbelt to the community of Electoral Area F', AND WHEREAS the Regional Board is empowered with respect to that part of the Regional District not within a city, district, town or village to undertake any work or service under the provisions ol Part XVI of the Municipal Act, AND WHEREAS to provide greenbelt to Electoral Area 'F' it is necessary to acquire land, NOW THEREFORE the Regional Board of the Sunshine Coast Regional District authorizes: 1. The preparation of a specified area by-law to provide for collection of monies for the purpose ol purchasing greenbelt. 2. The senior officer of the Regional District to sign an interim Agreement for Sale to the amount of $200,000 being the purchase price for D.L. 694, Plan 3178, Block A, the property known as Soames Point. 3. A referendum be held to establish the acceptability of the specified area by-law to the residents of Area 'F'. 4. The entire cost of providing this greenbelt shall be borne by the owners of land in the said specified area. 5. The property, if acquired, will remain a local greenbelt area only and the administration of the area would be a group of Area 'F' trustees. There would be no development of intensive use park facilities on the site and limited provision for parking will be made on the site. Certified correct: V C. /Va? i J/LC- y Secretary-Treasurer TH^K XOO ,G\\BSONS\\ for another great season Once again the BEACHCOMBERS will be seen around the world including Britain, West Germany, Japan, Australia, Jamaica, Singapore, New Zealand and Malaysia. You can watch the following episodes SUNDAY NIGHTS at 7:00 p.m.: 1978 1979 Oct.15 Popping the Question Oct.22 Constable Sam Jones Oct.29 Talking Stick Nov.5 Eye in the Sky Nov.12 Graveyard Shallows Nov.19 (pre-emption) Nov.26 Serpent's Tooth Dec.3 The Ship that Wouldn't Die Dec.10 (pre-emption) Dec.17 Last of theHandliners Dec.24 Bandits Dec.31 Maiden Voyage (subject to change) Jan. 7 Jo-Jo Jan.14 Welcome Swimmer Jan.21 The Premier Jan.28 Fire Wind Feb.4 Wolf Song Feb. 11 (pre-emption) Feb.18 Graw Train Feb.25 The Only Greek in Town Mar.4 Deadhead Mar.11 (pre-emption) Ma-\\18 The Patriarch Part One Mar. 25 The Patriarch Part Two SEE YOU NE*T SEASON \\ The Beachcombers Cast and Crew Hugh Beard Executive Producer ^oast News, October 10,1978 Sechelt Council Guess Where The usual prize of $5.00 will be offered for the correct solution drawn from the barrel locating the above. Send your entries to the Coast News, Box 460. Gibsons. Last week's winner was Karl Messner of R.R.#4 Kearton, Box 20. Gibsons, B.C., who correctly located the Mediaeval Soldier model on Robin Allen's work shop at Reed Road. Continued from page one able. Council expressed thc hope that developer Mr. Len VanEgmond would cooperate and soon have a crushed gravel surface (in the road. ', On Friday of last week thc road, though not finished, was usable. The land behind Mr. Hat field's property on Ebb Tide owned by Glenniont Holdings, was once again brought under discussion. Alderman Frodc Jorgensen informed those present that, though Glenniont had levelled the ground off as requested; thev had left a ten foot drop at thc rear of Hatfield's boundary. This drop was in Ihe area allotted to a lane. Jorgensen asked that a letter be sent, advising Glenniont they had thirty days in which to rectify the situation, or the Village would do it and bill them. This was passed by Council. Speaking on the subdivision aS a whole, Alderman Thompson asked. \"How the hell was this subdivision approved in tlie first place, when there wus no allowance made for paved access to the lots?\" It was noted that thc unsold portion of the subdivision plus an affiliated one on' Bowen Island were on the market, and that there may be a chance of negotiating a solution to the ongoing problems with the new owners it and when it was sold. ' iie *4e ^ *m**&? ^ ^k* *te ���if *i* \"4? ��!��� ���if 4t? ?fe ' *R *IJ* ���^ ^^^ far* \"aP *& *aV* *T* *t* ^T* ^P *P *P NDP Gibsons Harbour Area Great Canadian and British Paperbacks 886-7744 \"LASSIFIED ADS YOS+U'S '1 i Li RESTAURANT October 15 Sunday Brunch 12 Noon Roast Lamb wilh Mint Sauce Daily Special Lunch Smorgasbord Variety Smorgasbord Every Evening From Tues. ���Sat. CLOSED on MONDAY Sunnycrest Shopping Centre 1 ,886-8015 / Film Society Fire Prevention Week I'lterc were onlj twenU le .it California Split last lhc Oscar \" in- nin mill lion sln>; I from thc Board, 'lhc lie, was also d msly. the Film -,i ���. ive vv ill' ��� i md il i li , i. some iii mg from pre- ipi mn , lhal lhc Film . . ; en ablt in sur Ihis i I hai k. At this lint, we can ���-. t i 11 guarantee mwings ol lhc other two : ���- already booked, in Buffalo Bill id lhc Indians loi October 20 Duvall, Siss> Spa- '���' I. in Three i, ii i . . iiil.tr .1. Il is probable thai there vvmild have been more people .'i California Split il il had nol ci ii sen ��� in cl ,11 lhc begin- ; o\" o| ,i holiday weekend. (Im mi rctar\\. Joy Graham. was telling mc a short time ago thai she had heard criticisms nl lhc Film Society's programming as films that .I- bod) has seen. Of Ihe firesl lour films, only California Spill has ever bet n shown at ihe Twilight Theatre previous.) . and lhal was four years ago. li has probably been shown on television, and certain.) Buffalo Kill and thc Indians was shown on Channels 7 and 8 last month. Not everyone has television, and of those thai do, not all have cable which is necessary to rc- cciv e Channels 7 and 8. In any case, there arc people who have televisions who will not watch good films on their sets because they arc so grossly distorted in the process of reduction to the twenty-one or twenty-eight inch screen. Cinemascope films, such as California Spill and Buffalo Bill suffer particularly. Even before ihe television programmers stari i hopping the films up to fit in forty-five minutes or so of commercials, thc wide screen films have as much as twenty percenl cut off each I ��� ;,!., -. |,j mg. I do ,i ii. I d recctil nil's st i i ha; . in d io bi Robcrl Allnian's lh.wster MeLoud, lhc him was shown late at night, bul lh ��� television pro- graniii i rs had kincllj \"clea' i .1 u lhc soundtrack so II ,tl no cars would nol he rtfli led .a h impieties as \"hi Ishit' 11 iv ing seen per- h:i| iln Ii film on thc | \" uld certainly nol ��� m sei ing ii pro- il I could, for Allnian is tin outstanding director whose lilnis deserve much better (rcatmi in than they receive on tele\\ isi ui. I think Ihat most of In in liki any other fine films, : lh) of more lhan one ��� I know lhal there are i people who have i; Three Women i ai jrcati) looking I'or- iiiinl 'sei ing this outstand- i lib lor a sei ond time. I do not Hunk Ihe film has ever been shown on television as tl was released only hist year. I ' en il n had been, one could in in i feel that il hail been seen b) watching it on tele- v ision than one could claim to have seen ihe Mona Lisa if one had simply seen a reproduction of il on a postage stamp. As mentioned in earlier columns, I am always pleased to receive programming suggestions. California Split, however, was one of the suggestions I received, and the people who suggested it were not there, li docs make mc wonder whether it's worth the effort (unpaid) which goes into endeavouring to offer films for minority audiences. The K wall I ah moss Film Society has always enjoyed support ol Ihe management of lhc Twilight Theatre, but their own recreational programmes are not subsidized, and I do nol believe it is reasonable to expect them to subsidize the Society's. The facility involves a considerable investment, and the owners are entitled to expect a return on Iheir investment. I will conclude with thc hope that the next presentations arc better patronized. Fire! We like to think that it always happens somewhere else. Fire Prevention Week. October H to 14, has special significance this year, says Gibsons Fire Chief, Carl Horner, because the recent propane lire in thc village jolts us into remembering the ever-present dangers of lire from many causes in our community. The proclamation calls on schools to hold fire drills and to give special instruction in fire prevention. Thc proclamation calls for the inspection of theatres, hospitals, and assembly buildings lo ensure lhc protection of occupants when lire strikes. FRESH SHRIMP & PRAWNS 4:00 P.M. GIBSONS WHARF F.V. JAN ELAINE Church Services Roman Catholic Services Kcv.T.Nicholson. Pastor Times of Sunday Mass: 8:00 p.m. Saturday and 12 Noon Sunday at St.Mary's (iibsons In Sechelt:8:30 a.m. Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Indian Reserve 10:00a.tu. Holy Family Church 885-9526 GIBSONS PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Highway & Martin .Sunday School 9:45 Morning Worship 11:00 Evening Fellowship 7:00 Bible Study Tuesday 7:30 I'aslor Ted Doodle 886-7107 or 886-9482 Affiliated wiih the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada UNITED CHURCH 9:30a.m.-St.John's Davis Hay 11:15a.m. -Gibsons 88(1-2333 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH Sabbath School Sat.3:00 p.m. Hour of Worship Sat.. 4:00 p.m. Sl.John's United Church Davis Bay Pastor C.Dreiberg Everyone Welcome For information phone: 885-9750 or 883-2736 GLAD TIDINGS TABERNACLE Gower Point Road Phone 886-2660 Sunday School -4:45a.m. Worship Service - 11:00 a.m. Revival .7:1X1 p.m. Bible Study-Wed. 7:30 p.m. Pastor Nancy Dykes *9��* REAL ESTATE * INSURANCE FLOROfi GENCIES LI FaLOHON Bm 238 1589 Marine Drive Gibsons, AGENCIES LTD RON McSAVANEY 'AGENT 885-3339 Bk-ffi^^ -aaw^ lawaw^t^kw+*M rj>zarjrj*?jw'jw-.AW S +hrtpjc���t White $434 -57 Hotpoint Dryer ��� Four drying programmes: normal tuned, normal automatic, automatic knits, and automatic permanent press. Four temperature selections. Safety start. Removable upfront lint filter. Four-way venting option. Model DE430. White $294 -57 COZY COMFORT #10, The stove that does everything * LOOKER * HEATER ��� FIREPLACE latically Controlled lo Fireplace Instantly ven Temperatures es a Cook Top ���;.��� Uses Less Fuel Utilizes Wood Gases ���;��� Burns Longer Absolutely Air-Tight -8 to 14 Hrs. CALL MOW for more information THOMAS HEATING SUNSHINE COAST DISTRIBUTOR: CALL NOW 886-7111 13 years experience Serving the Coast since 1967 Chargex ��� Mastercharge Hotpoint Washer Choose Irom three programmes: normal, permanent press, and delicates. Two agitation/speed selections. Water temperature selections on the timer. Variable water level. Bleach dispenser. Fabric softener dispenser. Self-cleaning filter. Model LA410. White only. MacLeod's Store M cowriest., Sechelt 885-2171 I foaTAirjarjkrjarArAWA^ White $404-57 j White$274-57 ^ Dryer Features | Two drying programmes, normal timed and timed permanent press/knits. Three temperature selections ��� Normal, Delicates and Fluff ��� safety start. White only. COME ON IN, SEE THE DODGE.PLYMOUTH.CHRYSLER SHOW next to St. Mary's Hospital-Sechel AND AT THE TRAIL BAY MALL ON OCTOBER 12,13 & 14 ************************************************************* ENTER OUR DRAW FOR MANY PRIZES. ************************************************************* 85-5111 Deposit coupon at Suncoast Chrysler or Trail Bay Mall drop-off box.Watch for prize details in next week's Coast News. ossssss coupon ssssssc CO ]7B.GPRIZE8i- Makeo{ CO W Name Vehicle ...; Ul ���0 CO M Address Model im CO Phone No Year CO (A Entrants must be 16 yrs or older CO nsssssssssssssssssssc ����� \"* :** . r I ��� a The Sunshine Serving the Sunshine Coasl since 1945 Iff lift Published at Gibsons, B.C. 15�� per copy on news stands October 17,1978 Volume 31, Number 42 SiWiMSWMSI Choice of administrators Schools discussion One of the critical items on the agenda at Thursday's School Board meeting in Pender Harbour last Thursday was \"Public discussion on input regarding appointment of new principal\". District Superintendent John Denley spoke of thc critical timing involved in this matter, and presented a recommended time line which would have province- wide advertising on October were given forty-five minutes pressed the opinion that to discuss the selection of a Pender Harbour residents principal and asked to appoint were regarded as hill-billies a recorder/spokesperson to and Ihat this used, at one report back later. A suggested lime, to be thought of Gib- guide was provided which had sons residents. An apprecia- scclions devoted to personal Hon of the basic occupations characteristics, professional of Pender Harbour residents, characteristics, important logging and fishing, was also factors with regard to relation- mentioned. The same group ships with pupils, parents and wished to have the honour teachers, and a section for roll reinstilutcd. The other anything not covered by group thought character was those points. During these of prime importance. Good 13, 14, 16, and 20 with Octo- discussions the Coast News consistent discipline, with ber 31 proclaimed as the clos- heard high praise for a parent involvement, strong ing date for applications, previous principal Mrs. leadership, and good rapport Fleming, who was termed by with teachers were other What was termed the Pender be received by October 26 and a short list of candidates completed by November 9. Interviews are scheduled for November 18 and 19 with November 23 as thc date for announcement or discussion of alternate strategies in the event no suitable candidate has been found with duties to commence on either January 1 or February 1. The two Start Input Document was to one participant, \"the best points which were brought we've ever had.\" Many won- forward, and age was felt dered where acting principal not necessarily to be a con- John Nicholson learned to be sideration. so cool, calm and collected When thc groups had and wished that somebody finished reporting to the like him or Mrs. Fleming whole assembly, Superin- could be found for the posi- tendent Denley termed it a tion. Mrs. Fleming was prin- n,ost valuable exercise, cipal of Pender Harbour and Chairman Don Douglas Secondary School for five ,old ,nc c����s< News that the years and was remembered '\"put from public meetings for her understanding rela- was laken very seriously, dates are lo cater to the tionship with both thc children ���s is provided for in the possibility of a suitable candt- amj tne community as a School Board Policy which date being found who was whole, reads: \"It shall be the respon- involved in a semester sit- Reporting to the meeting sibility of the Board to ascer- uation. Mr. Denley said that as a wn0|e after the dis- tain with the parents of the we would want the sort of cussion periods, thc feelings various schools, the educa- person who would want to were expressed that thc selec- tional needs of each corn- complete the semester upon tctj person should have a munity,\" and in another which she/he was working sh(,uld preferably have a section: \"Thc Board will and said that a release from country background and that decide on thc successful contract could bc arranged j, ^,as immaterial whether candidate following such thc person was male or fe- interviewing as it may deem male. Small. community necessary, bearing in mind school experience was felt the observations of thc to be desirable to one group, District Superintendent of while thc other opted for a Schools, any criteria as Sunshine Coast danger spots Gas storage concern Provincial Emergency Programme Co-ordinator Art MePhee makes his report to the Regional Board last Thursday night. if such a candidate was selected. The terms of teachers' contracts prescribe that resignations can be submitted only twice per year: at Christmas or the summer break. Mr. Denley then suggested that the assembly divide into orientation toward groups to discuss desired academjc students qualifications and characteristics for a model principal. There were, however, a number of questions asked before this was effected. One of the residents of Pender Harbour present was ruled out of order by Chairman Don Douglas when he wished to bring up thc matter of administrators who were reassigned to teaching positions. In response to an other question, Superintendent Denley said that thc matter of tenure was no Seattle visit Students excited , , . , , The first educational meet- arc held on the third Thurs- minimum of five years' ex- developed by the community \"^ Board of Schoo, day of each month. Chairman brief which the school !!�� . .. ,���,���,,��� ���/,,,��� D A ���..��� r>���,���i���. perience al all levels, Grade any eight to twelve, and an staff ma.v wish to submit. non. and such other criteria as One decided by the Board.\" group specifically wanted The Pender Harbour rcsi- someone without precon- dents were thanked for their Trustees for the 1978/79 ofjhe Board, Don Douglas School Year was held in laid the Coast News that Pender Harbour School last business matters had now Thursday, October 5. The been excluded from the educa- Board's educational meetings tional meetings except if are held on the first Thurs- approved unanimously by ceptions about Pender Har- participation and appluadcd rf each momh (excep, ,he who,e Board ,��� ,he pas, bour. During the discussions, by the Trustees and School . (he summer vacation) such matters were regularly one of this group had ex- Board personnel. Community TV sought New student initiative while the business meetings a part of the agenda. Apart from the public part of the meeting, there were two \"in camera\" sessions devoted to pupil and professional personnel matters. All of the Trustees except for Trustee Spcikermann wer present in addition to District Superintendent Denley, Secretary-Treasurer Roy Mills and Supervisor of request operation from CBC Radio Instruction/Acting Principal In thc portion of his report to the Regional Board dealing witli the storage of hazardous materials, Provincial Emergency Programme Co-ordinator MePhee said that there was considerable cause for concern on thc Sunshine Coast. On thc subject of propane storage tanks. MePhee said that there were simply too many storage tanks of hazardous size on the Sunshine Coasl to be listed. But il was to thc storage of gasoline that MePhee directed thc directors' attention principally. He said that of thc scve I locations on the Sunshine Coast where the tanks were loc. only one. the Esso storage station at Madeira Park, could n- adequate safety standards. For III., .est. MePhee listed all of the oil companies in outlining the gasoline hazards. All of thc oil companies were involved. Specifically, thc Emergency Standard Oil had four Programme Co-ordinator storage tanks at Andy's Bay pointed out with the aid of again with inadequate dyking, photographs that the 10.000 In addition one of the four gallons storage tank owned tanks, containing 12,000 by Gulf Oil at McNab Creek gallons of gasoline, was one had no adequate dyking and foot, ten inches out of plumb, no fence around it. A major area of concern 3 Cars down there to stay Chlorine lost The Sunshine Coast Regional Board heard a chilling report from Provincial Emergency Programme Co-ordinator Art MePhee at the regular meeting held on Thursday, October 12. Mr. MePhee was reporting to the Regional Board on the three rail cars containing chlorine lost recently from a barge on the way to the MacMillan-Bloedel mill in Powell River, as well as on the condition of the gasoline storage tanks on the Sunshine Coast. MePhee reported that the Provincial Secretary of his organization had told him that the case of the missing chlorine tanks is a closed case. \"Thc chance of recovering the tanks is over,\" said MePhee. According to the Provincial Emergency Programme Co-ordinator, the chlorine in the rail cars is in liquid form and constitutes no hazard to human beings. Apparently in its liquid state the gas is heavier than water and will not be able to rise to the surface if it is a depth of sixty fathoms. \"It can be lethal only to fish in a very limited area,\" said MePhee. MePhee pointed out that the bottom of the ocean where it is believed that the tanks went down is very rocky and rough with high iron ore deposits which militate against a successful search. \"It is regrettable, \"said MePhee, \"but those three tanks are there to stay.\" Director George Gibb stated that he had heard that thc chlorine cars had in fact been located. He was not sure of thc details but said that he believed a Seaspan tug had been involved. Another concern of thc Provincial Emergency Programme Co-ordinator was the question of chlorine tanks which arc left unguarded on Gibsons Wharf from time to time despite the locked space provided for their protection. MePhee pointed out that there was a combination lock on the area and all thc deliverers of thc propane had to do was ask the wharfinger for lhc combination but this they neglected to do. Elphinstone Student Re- Communities in the discus- zones and we have no local search Productions has sent sion of local and national radio station. We do have the following brief to the issues. At the present time three community newspapers I'SPV-S\" .,uu\"'n r.Tnnna'i Canadian Radio Television we are working on our third and we have received co dtttcrent witn a principal ,. , ... , & th t i�� with i teacher Commission, which will be Community Forum, a re tnan ii was wnii a i . mecting jn Vancouver on by the Sunshine Coast Region- and CKVU-TV in Vancouver of Pender Harbour Secondary A pnncipaisnip, ne saio, a the 24th of this month. al District to research recyc- on previous forums. We look School, John Nicholson. Over simply an assignment, a ���M^ ^ us�� t[]c applica. |jng apd a|,ernate methods of at Cable 10, our community twenty residents of Pender teacner was give tne p^^ tion of Coast Cablevision to waste disposal, to be held channel, telling the time, Harbour were also present, palship wi is renew its license to serve December 3. giving weather reports and Corrine Brown of the school's standing. Ihere was, ne saia, GibsoI|s and Seche|t as an ..Thc Sunshine Coast the occasional service Student Council addressed no answer to ano erqucs opportunity to discuss Com- has in some ways thc same announcement and wish we the assembly concerning thc whicnwasraseawiinregara munity Tv with the Commis- problems as Canada. We could use it. excitement which the forth- to tne age lacior. mans gjon_ Wc are wrjting on |ivc on a peninsula accessible \"We have some TV equip- coming visit to Seattle is a question as o behalf of Elphinstone Student only by ferry. Some 24/25 ment. The School District engendering in thc students. ��rwi�� involvement sub Research Productions, a small communities arc ex- Resource Centre has pro- In addition to seeing the puouc iii n air conccrncd group 0f students, tended along the coastal peri- vided the students with the exhibition devoted to the sequent to tntnit iing. who following up on the U.N. meter connected by 50���60 following: two black and white treasures of Tulankahmun, the negative The assen into two groups, and they Habitat Conference in Van- miles of winding road. The portable cameras; two black the students will b,c seeing the s divided by the tele- and white static cameras; ' \"* : phone '\"The'assembly then divided couver in l976 are \"^'\"S t0 area is divided by the tele- and white static cameras; vast Boeing complex in Seat- j���, ��� ������������������ ������j ,i,������ involve the Sunshine Coast phone company into two two colour half inch VTR tic where a tour has been which can double as a switcher organized for them. Corrine while recording. Also we have expressed lhc gratitude a sound mixer and various microphone and sound equipment. \"We have recorded the Forums as well as interviews with visiting experts and some community events. As a direct result of these Forums the school is offering this year a Communications course which has attracted of the students to Mr. Bread tier for Ihe work he has done on their behalf in organizing thc excursion. She felt they would bc in good hands with Mark Myers as thc driver. District Superintendent John Denley echoed Corrinc's enthusiasm over this event which involves over 450 stu- was also the Esso storage tanks al Hopkins. Again there was inadequate dyking in thc event of a spill and MePhee pointed oul lhal a fire in that location wnuld effectively close off North Road and Highway 101 and render Ihe ferry terminal al the 'lth end of thc Sunshine ��� inaccess;l lp, he ��� a i C(��K ,cll tanks i.B.,, in the Gibsons harbour area. MePhee pointed out that these tanks were installed almost thirty years ago and their location could place the whole of thc harbour business area in jeopardy should an accident occur. On Franci' Peninsula. Gulf Oil has twenty-five thousand gallons of oil stored on the edge of Pender Harbour. \"The retaining dyke is by no means oil-proof.\" said MePhee. The Emergency Co-ordinator stressed Ihat prevention of oil spills is a hundred times better than a cure. Hc also pointed out that the largest oil tanker truck in Canada serves the Sunshine Coast over some very questionable highways. \"There are some storage difficulties definitely.\" said MePhee. \"but a great deal of thc danger lies in when these materials are in transit.\" Among thc recommendations made by Co-ordinator MePhee was that thc Regional District should acquire a supply of thc materials used to clean up oil slicks. Hc pointed out that when vandals released oil into Porpoise Bay recently materials had to be borrowed from Shell Oil in Gibsons and Gulf Oil on the Francis Peninsula. He also urged thai the Provincial Fire Marshall bc asked to look at the gasoline storage tanks on the Sunshine Coast and thai in meetings with the Department of Highways improvements in thc dangerous roads locally should be urged. , , ��� dents from up and down thc *1\" !.'.i.lS ��� 111 .StU.^rl! Sunshine Coasl (ravelling to \" * '\" \" \" Seattle to see the treasures This vehicle complete with dune buggy on the back ended in tne dltcn at tne corner of Beach Avenue and Marine Drive in Gibsons. The driver had swerved to avoid collision with another vehicle. _^______ who wish to make a career in broadcasting. This too has created an interest in Community TV. \"We have good relations with John Thomas of Coast Cablevision who has agreed to bring the head ends down to thc schools in Sechelt and Gibsons to make school access to Cable easier. Alter our Forum on November 27. Continued on page seven assembled in Ihis exhibition. He was high in his praise of the work of Mr. Bob Wctmorc. Principal of Roberts Creek Elementary School who has co-ordinated the visit on a district-wide basis. Thc students have seen videotapes concerning thc great archaeological discovery in preparation lor their visit to the exhibition. Coast News columnist George Matthews accepts his cheque from a repfesent- ative of MacMillan-Bloedel at the Airport Inn in Vancouver last Friday night. Both Matthews and fellow-columnist Peter Trower won honourable mention in the annual journalism contest sponsored by the forest company. School trustees Nominations in order In closing lhc School Board meeting last week, Chairman Don Douglas reminded those present thai nominations are in order for three seats on thc Board of School Trustees in Areas 'A' and 'B' and in lhc Village of Sechelt currently held by Trustees Peter Prescesky, Claus .Spcikermann and Maureen Clayton, Trustee Prescesky has already announced that hc will not seek re-election, and Trustee Clayton told thc Coast News on Thursday that she will not be seeking re-election. Trustee Spcikermann was away al a conference on community schools in Winnipeg when thc Coasl News called, so il is not known whether or not he is seeking re-election. The Coasl News learned that another Bowen Island resident. Mr. Brian Hodgins, is considering running for this seal. Area 'B' covers all thc properties lying cast of the Sechelt Indian Reserve except for thc Village of Gibsons, and il includes Porpoise Buy. Tuwanek, Davis Bay. Roberls Creek, Langdale and Gambier and Keats Islands as well as Bowen Island. Ihe Chairman of the Board. Don Douglas, urges thc public to give serious though) lo these vacancies. Nominations close on October 30nt noon, Delivered to EVERY address on the Sunshine Coast every Tuesday Coast News, OctoberJ7,1976\\ J. {��lil A LOCALLY OWNED NEWSPAPER Published at Gibsons, B.C. every Tuesday by Glassford Press Ltd. Phone 886-2622 Box 460, Gibsons, VON 1VO or 886-7817 Editorial Department: John Burnside-Editor Production Department: Bruce Wilson Advertising Department: Penny Christian Ian Corrance -Photographer/ office: Reporter M.M.Laplante Cynthia Christensen SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Distributed Free to all addresses on the Sunshine Coast. British Columbia: $12.00 per year; $8.00 for six months. Canada except B.C. $15.00 per year. United States and Foreign $20.00 per year. Gasoline hazards We have absolutely no wish to be alarmist, but when Art MePhee, Provincial Emergency Programme Coordinator points out Ihat in every case bul one thc storage facilities for gasoline here on the Sunshine Coast constitute a potential hazard it's time to pay attention. Something should be done about it and done soon. There already is existing a proposal thai a tank farm featuring all the latest safety features in a centralized setting should be constructed near Sechelt on land which thc Sechelt Indian Band has Chlorine cars There is something highly unsatisfactory about this whole business of the rail cars full of chlorine which just cannot be found. It is difficult to understand how such things can be allowed to happen. After all this is an age of advanced technology. We have equipment which can scan the sea bottom and locate fish. It is difficult to understand why three rail cars can defy our expertise. A suggestion made at the Regional Board meeting that a Higgs Buoy or some sort of electronic device could be attached lo future shipments to facilitate Iheir location in event of an accident would appear to have merit. Applause for students Again the initiative of the students of Elphinstone Secondary School is to be applauded. In the last year or so they have taken some commendable initiatives such as the Community Forum which was so informative on the subject of herbicides and they have organized an upcoming forum on thc question\" of solid waste disposal which should also prove most informative. Their most recent initiative is the Telephone service Wc had lunch recently with representatives of B.C. Telephone on the subject of a recent editorial bemoaning the fact that il is not possible to make telephone calls throughout this area vv ilhotit inclining lung distance charges. The telephone man pointed out that a survey a couple of years ago saw a majority of Pender Harbour residents in favour of being able to phone Gibsons bul thai a majority of Gibsons residents were not in favour of the direct line to Pender Harbour. There is of course a concomitant increase in rates for such service, and in these days of spiralling everything, any increase that can bc avoided must be given serious consideration. It may be. however, that the residents of Gibsons might be interested in casting an eye on the future of our Sunshine Coast. As time goes by there will without doubt be a tendency to centralize administrative facilities and Sechelt has a natural, central geographic advantage over the older village. Sechelt will undoubtedly continue to attract a variety of governmental offices because of the advantageous location. There arc payrolls involved in this matter and the lack of toll-free telephoning from Gibsons throughout the Sunshine Coast is an additional disadvantage that thc village does not need. .from the files of Coast News 5 YEARS AGO Agnes Labonte resigns as Chairman of the School Board for School District #46. Mrs. Labonte served six years on the board. Don Lockstead announces that agreement has finally been reached on Ihe building of a medical clinic at Pender Harbour. 10 YEARS AGO Delegates to the largest political convention ever heard in B.C. recently elected Dr. Pat McGeer as the leader of the provincial Liberal party. An editorial in the Coast News read: \"The fortunes of the Liberal party are on the rise throughout Canada. Trudeaumania is turning into Trudeau reality; this will have a favourable impact on the political fate of any provincial Liberal Leader.\" 15 YEARS AGO A most unusual boat designed and built on the Sunshine Coast by Jack Gooldrup for his sister Jean and her husband Bill Braun. The boat is a houseboat on a catamaran hull, and Jean plans to use it to do some commercial trolling while her husband goes logging on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The federal Liberal government announces that the Roberts Creek wharf will be moved or dismantled. Rockgas Propane Limited have indicated an interest In buying the wharf. 20 YEARS AGO The Welcome Beach Community Hall was opened at Redrooffs Road. The hall was a centennial project. Kato, the Finnish milkman of Hopkins Landing, died recently. 25 YEARS AGO Local businesses in Sechelt are sponsoring a free shopper's bus to serve the area from Wilson Creek to West Sechelt. Tilly Rolston, Minister of Education in W.A.C.Bennett's government and the first woman'in Canada to hold a cabinet post with portfolio, died recently in Vancouver General Hospital. 30 YEARS AGO The B.C.Power Commission representatives visiting the Sunshine Coast announce that two definite power extensions will take place this year In the Gower Point and East Roberts Creek areas. A Sechelt farmer, R.H.Henton, points out that all the mooted improvements in roads, transportation, postal service, lights, telephone, water, fire protection, schools, health, etc., etc. means increases in taxation which a goodly portion of the residents of this area came here to avoid. L said it would be willing to make available, lt makes sense to modernize and centralize these hazardous materials before a fire or another oil spill makes us wish it had been done sooner. If the oil companies are reluctant to move then all possible pressure should be brought to bear on them. As things stand, their storage tanks are said to be in non-conforming status with existing zoning regulations and if the oil companies balk at relocation and modernization pressure can be and should bc applied. Apart from the location of lost chlorine cars, what investigation of the incident has been undertaken? What steps are being taken to ensure that a recurrence of such a thing is highly unlikely? We simply can't go around dumping lethal materials into the environment with long-range impunity, and yet there is little evidence that this incident is being treated as seriously as it would seem to deserve. The whole thing leaves an uneasy feeling and not least about the attitude of government agencies in the event of such incidents. brief which they are sending to the CRTC when it arrives in Vancouver later this month. It is a brief about community use of the the community TV channel and again the energy and enthusiasm being shown by the students is a factor which will possibly contribute much to the life of their community. They and the teachers responsible for these forums and initiatives deserve our gratitude and our support. a^tt't >��**& ���)-, :���$ A v/- U��� ..' >���'��� 0^ M . Anvil Island, 1910. In 1792, Captain George Vancouver had given the island its name from its distinctive shape. F.L.Keeling had pioneered this site, near Irby Point, in the 1880's. Clay from the Keeling pre-emption was first made into bricks in 1900. Bricks marked ANVIL ISLAND contributed their share to the burgeoning city of Vancouver. Digging such as that seen in progress here left the former orchard slope in a series of terraces. These are now occupied by buildings of Daybreak Point Bible Camp, operated by The Bretheren, of Vancouver. The beach at the summer camp's beautiful little cove Is strewn with broken bricks from onetime kilns. Keeling family photo courtesy Vancouver City Archives and Elphinstone Pioneer Museum. L.R.Peterson mrmmmati Musings John Burnside Years ago in teachers' college my roommate, a fellow called Sparky Carr from New Liskeard in Northern Ontario, stuck a cartoon on thc wall of the tiny room we shared in the men's dormitory, il showed a couple of fellows leaning back in chairs with their feet on a desk which was a veritable chaos of books, papers, ash trays, empty bottles, and discarded clothing. The caption read, \"Tomorrow wc have to get organized.\" It was highly appropriate at thc time and twenty years later it has neither been forgotten nor lost its relevancy. Then, as now, the physical evidence of tasks being planned or half underway tended to accumulate around me while I fought twin tendencies of indolence and procrastination to an unsatisfactory draw. It's almost twenty years since Sparky Carr and I shared thai tiny, cluttered room and organization and I arc still at the negotiation table. Despite the passage of thc years and the chaos of personal affairs and belongings which has been my constant companion since those days I have not lost hope that organization and efficiency arc jusl around the corner. I am still on thc verge of thai final breakthrough into a world of calm and orderly efficiency which I only glimpse in the lives of others. To the end of achieving. at last, that breakthrough I am joining lhc ranks of lhc lis! makers. Now I am. of course, aware thai list-making in ilsell is no guarantee that the longed-for organization will surely follow. lull il seems like a step iu lhc right direction. To begin wilh I'll try for a general list and when I have successfully achieved the generalities then we'll lake a crack al the refinements of list making, the daily or weekly list. Heading any list of mine must be the injuction, \"Stay away from bars and taverns.\" Since the days when Sparky and I were roommates, I have spent much of my lime in northern and rural pails of Canada where drinking is the lifestyle of whole communities and I have, let il bc said, partaken of that lifestyle with more enthusiasm than good sense. Il is nol only Ihe actual time spent in bars, though lhal can he considerable, which constitutes the problem but lhc lime required the next day for recuperation is also consider able. Even on those occasions when the after effects of a prolonged bar session are not particularly painful there is Ihe facing the day with the mind like congealed porridge, the finding that the simplest tasks become almost more than can be borne. No. at the head of the list, written with the bold sure hand of experience, let it be said that organization and alcohol arc largely incompatible. Next on my general list would be thai other deadly enemy, nicotine. Smokers of cigarettes are now forced into a minority position and that thc habit is deadly everyone has accepted. A few years ago. as lhc majority group, smokers would assume public smoking as n birthright. They would light up and puff away oblivious of the discomfort they were causing others. It's a different game now. In buses, planes and ferry boats, smokers find that there arc places where they may not sit. Nor arc non- smokers prepared to bc the passive victims of the noxious fumes. Wilh word and gesture they increasingly indicate their discomfort and from being smugly unaware the smoker increasingly begins to feci like a modern day pariah. Bul it is not the medical or social aspects of smoking that concern mc here, but how it relates to organization and efficiency. To begin wilh, for such a disorganized smoker as myself, life is frequently reduced lo a virtually never-ending battle to find cigarettes, matches, ash-trays, or any combination of the foregoing. Rarely, when I sit down Hi have a smoke in those spare corners of Ihe day when one could be doing something constructive, say like making another list. Then, of course, thc compulsive and heavy smoker begins to create smoking limes in order to continue to poison himself at his pleasure. For example, I am almost constitutionally incapable of sitting and doing nothing, unless I'm smoking cigarettes. And. finally, in addition to thc time spent looking for cigarettes, matches or ashtrays and the lime spent actually smoking, I have a feeling thai we do not know even yet how thoroughly thc constant inhalation of noxious smoke affects us. l-belicve the loss in efficiency and achieved ends occasioned hy smoking is great both, as was thc case with alcohol, in terms of time spent and a Iter -e ffcet s s ti ffcred. Well, so far as lists go, this one is going to lake no particular prize for originality. The twin villains of Al K.Hall and Nicky Teen are taking a predictable roasting, but I do believe them lo be the archenemies of orderliness and achievement and I am sure that if I can summon up the personal resources to hold those villains al bay then organization will bc within my grasp. On thc positive side of organization I would like to make fuller use of the magic of thc mornings. It was ever my favourite time of thc day, the freshness of the new day and the coming again of the light are daily miracles which are all loo frequently, by far ton many, taken for granted or forgotten about entirely. I think I'll slop there, It's not much of a list but I'm new al Ihe game. I am however, confident thai if I could hold Al K.Hall and Nicky Tceii\" al arms' length and make heller use of the morning hours I'd be making a giant step towards that orderliness I am determined to know, I wonder if Sparky Carr is doing any belter than his cx-roomate. SONNET Words are the tools by which my thought is built; The tinder, flint, and steel ol my desire. A word may drown me in its mire of guilt, Or set my world of fantasy afire. Words on a page our written statutes weave, Which tongues destroy with syllables of speech; For fine indentured nothings may deceive, And rhetoric place their shelter out of reach. Words are but signs for what they hold in trust; They are not things, but only names of things. And yet they parry, guard, and lunge, and thrust, As if their symbol' 'kings'' were very kings. When I say ' 'truth'', I speak no truth profound; Truth must be truth in fact, not in its sound. L.R.Peterson )f���������������������������������������������������������������������������>����������������������< Slings & Arrows George Matthews Some thoughts and reflections on people who hate people who love kids. Last week, Peter Westlakc, a Vancouver School Board trustee, publicized a stark fact which proved beyond a shadow of statistical doubt that teachers lake more sick days than anyone else. In itself that's not particularly interesting except for the fact that all of those responsible people out there who are supposed to leap lo (he defense of those who can't lake care of themselves, sat back in close - mouthed hypocrisy and uttered not a word in favour of thc lowly school mistress. Thc statistic hc referred to was a Canada Manpower figure which showed teachers being sick an average of eight days per year (pro-rated on an annual scale), three days more than their brothers and sisters in management, The mosl peculiar part of thc publicizing of ihis fact was how it was interpreted. Nobody gasped in wonder about Ihe poor teachers' health: no one became concerned ihat lhc daytime guardians of hall a million children were he ing stricken with illness forty percent more often lhan other people ��� no. the figure was tr.ed lo suggest thai teachers were malingering, fcalherbedding frauds, pigging out in lhc public trough and then staying home with indigestion. There was not even the most modest suggestion that most teachers pul in hours of their spare time marking, preparing, coaching, working under tense and often exhausting conditions only to show up al 9:00 a.m. to face a hundred or more potentially virus laden, smiling faces. One can only conclude thai people like Peter Westlakc arc cither naive, irresponsible or jusl plain nuts. For those of us who may bc inclined to forget the hours a teacher puts in, here is a questionnaire prepared by English teacher, J.M.Waslenchuk. and printed in thc English teachers' professional magazine, Update that makes thc point more clearly and concisely than lean: \"I am a teacher of English. I am married, with children. Bolh Ihe adults in our family work; our housekeeping duties are divided evenly and arc- about thc same as for a single person. \"So that students may improve their English, 1 feel they should be given, among other things, many written assignments: these should bc marked properly and punc tually. 11 takes 5���8 minutes to mark a one-paragraph assignment, 10���15 minutes to mark a multi-paragraph essay. Longer assignments, such as novelettes, journals, reports, require more time. \"Lasl year I taught English to 180 students and gave them each len minutes of my marking time per week. I felt thai this was insufficient. 1. Should I teach classes? If so. how many hours per week? 2. Should I mark assignments? 3. Should I have homeroom duties? 4. Should I spend time preparing lessons? 5. Should I spend lime organizing the curriculum and English texts for the English department for which I am responsible? 6. Should 1 give assistance to other teachers of English? 7. Should I attend meetings of my staff, departments, local teachers' association and English association? 8. Should I conduct student interviews or give extra help lo individual students? 9. Should I have phone/ personal interviews with parents? 10. Should I consult with school counsellors regarding my homeroom students? 11. Should I consult with school counsellors regarding my English (non homeroom) students? 12. Should I prepare report cards, interim reports, attendance figures? 1.1. Should I. have hall/ playground supervision? 14. Should I read English and general education journals, newsletters, lexis? 15. To keep abreast of my subject, should I read poems, essays, novels? Ib. Should I attend plays, films or debates? 17. Should I practice my own writing skills? 18. Should I make bulletin board displays showing students'work? 19. Should 1 supervise extra-curricular activities? 20. Should 1 sleep? 21. Should I eat? 22. Should I do housekeeping chores, including the purchase of groceries, household and personal items? 23. Should I garden? 24. Should I spend time travelling to school? 25. Should I spend lime vv ith my children? 26. Should I spend lime on bathing and personal grooming? 27. Should I have physical exercise or recreation? 28. Should I pursue cultural Please turn to page fourteen Letters to the Editor A novel suggestion for recreation Editor: hands. All who worked there take them home and enjoy Just a thought on what would receive, week-by-week, them spread with butter they might be done with all that a sack of potatoes, a roast of also churned, fresh. $50 worth money for games, sports, beef, a bucket of honey, fresh of food a week, each. Quality etc. Please imagine instead, frothing milk, dairy butter, stuff. a model farm. A lovely place strawberries and cream. Perhaps, after some years of Jersey cows, choicest of all thc money people fruit, fresh vegetables, solar Take those hundreds of would save, and the general greenhouses, beef, bacon, thousands of games and better life the entire neigh- eggs and all. Flowing with sports money and do some- bourhood would enjoy; milk and honey. All inhabi- thing useful and helpful with perhaps after we were able tants with less than an income it. Let all the people, young to sell surplus food; perhaps cak'ul'atcd^with four water of $2,000 per month (or what- and old, just able to function, wc could then, later on. build ever it now takes to live get down to the beautiful farm some fancy games and sports pleasantly) would work at once a week and learn how to and entertainment places? this place just four hours a be cultivators, barn-builders, For now, how about pulling week, plus occasional extra hay-makers, tenders of sheep, the farm first, number one? time for harvest or fruit- What a lot of pleasure and How about having a farm picking, or whenever urgently training the young people referendum? needed. Wc would gct to eal would get, bringing in giant J.Evcskin. and enjoy lhc work of our cobs of corn, and getting to Granthams P.O. Some pitfalls pointed out The proponents of this idea ly if we take on the huge oud&i iMews, uctoDer i /, iy/B More letters on page sever A look at both sides Editor: I would like to remark on the price of Soames Field for a greenbelt parkland. The appraisal done for the Regional District stated that if the property were subdivided into a fourteen lot subdivision thc value would be approximately $264,000. This was Editor front properties selling for $32,500 each and thc ten back properties selling for $12,000 to $15,000 each. Thc Regional District negotiated a price from $230,000 down to $200,000. If used as a greenbclt parkland thc return on investment cannot be calculated easily, if at all, for thc benefits to thc community and I wish to point out to the say that we could leave thc debt of the purchase price t0 a|| pCrsons who see it and residents of Area 'F' of the land as it is as a green belt and pay for thc necessary Use it will continue for an Sunshine Coast Regional area, and that the only ex- maintenance of Ihe property. District some of thc pitfalls pense would be making a we musl expect a consider- in buying thc Soames prop- parking area for cars on the able rise in our taxes, crty al thc corner of the property adjacent to Soames Coast Highway and Soames Road. This land in question is Again, there is thc very Road. The purchase price of wet and boggy and badly real threat of attracting noise this 4.3 acres of land is to needs drainage, and is cov- and vandalism which a public- be $216,000, and with interest ered for the larger part with a park and parking area may nominal and can be done with on this sum over twenty years, great mass of heavy, thick- bring to a residential area, government grants as with it will mean that we would stemmed wild blackberry be paying a great deal more vines. After the first clear- Other parks in thc Gibsons than this. For an area as ing it would require regular area have proved to bc small as Area 'F' to contem- maintenance, cutting, clip- troublcsom in these respects, plate taking on such a big ping and clearing, all to be Mary Henderson, debt is surely a grave error, paid for by Area 'F'. Certain- indeterminable time. Other waterfront property in the area has been selling at between $80,000 and $100,000 per acre. The cost of looking after thc greenbelt park is very Soames Hill park. Mrs. G. Hay, Feeney Rd. Soames Point Common sense at the polls Editor: If we arc hooked for I repeat. Soames Road \"Soames Park advocates\" $400,000 then they will want cleared gives them all thc want Area 'F' (excluding half of the area black-topped access they require at no cost Keats, Gambier Islands) no doubt, for a parking area to thc taxpayer. residents to pay thc shot for to park by day and night years to come in added taxes into the early morning hours. \"Green Belt\" they say ��� to satisfy their whim. Will they ever learn that while immediately north They.arc telling us to spend 'Mini' parks have just never across thc road is Soames $216,000plusintercstover the worked in residential areas? Hill, a designated \"Green For laughs Editor: Hi. I thought you might like to reprint this little poem in your paper. It's my eight year old nephew's poem on Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Thanksgiving's for a chicken, When their cousins get a/ llckln', The chicken fluffed, years; a total of over $400,000 A lot of these \"park advo- Belt Park\", already costing The turkey got stuffed. of our lax dollars ��� for cates\" live a distance from you, thc taxpayer, $70,000. what? Access to the Soames the Soames beach ��� so as Beach. the saying goes, \"I'm alright, Let's have some common Soames Road would be Jack\" ��� to heck with the sense at thc polls and stop sixty-six feet wide if cleared taxpayer that has to put up this ever-escallation of costs properly ��� what more access with the influx of crowds, and taxes ��� Please vote on do they want? This would cost noise, garbage, etc., and who the 21st, and please say the taxpayer nothing. lives adjacent to the area. NO. They say they want a green $400,000 plus for access to Thank you. the beach for two months of Doug Court, each year? Soames Point The meat tastes good, But the feathers never could. Michael Richardson, North Vancouver We got a laugh out of it, hope you do. too. D.Richardson. Halfmoon Bav. B.C. belt. It's green alright, and ten feet high of blackberries. Pro park Naivete questioned YOSM'S ^ RESTAURANT position Editor: To all Area 'F' Residents: Everyone has hindsight. It is hoped you care enough for the future generations to come to use foresight at the polls October 21 at Langdale School, when you cast your vote. Hopefully, wc can provide in thc future the same green, undeveloped, safe, clean beach and beautiful land area for public use that is there now. It will be lost to us if this opportunity is not seized. $7.50 per year (on a $50,000 home) is not too much Grace Jamieson, Soames Point to this for posterity You are eligible to vote IF: 1. You are a Canadian Citizen or British Subject; 2. You have lived in Canada for twelve months; and 3. You have lived in B.C. for six months; and 4. You have lived on the Sunshine Coast for three months; and 5. Are presently residing in Area 'F'; .6. You do not have to bc a Editor: grandchildren. It is difficult to believe that Furthermore, Soames Road anyone will be naive enough is a public access to thc to vote 'Yes' on the upcoming beach and as we all know referendum on the purchase there arc not or should not of the 4.3 acres at Soames beany private beaches. Point for the purpose of retaining it as a Green Belt. Few people would object if acquiring this property would be an advantage to the community but why should we go into a debt of over $400,000 ($216,000 plus interest for twenty years) to be the owners of an overgrown bog? Who is going to finance (a) the demolishing of two old houses and clearing and draining the field and (b) Daily Special Lunch Smorgasbord Variety Smorgasbord Every Evening From Tues. ��� Sat. CLOSED on MONDAY Sunnycrest Shopping Centre ] 886-8015/ pay for an item such as preven( (h(, inevitab|e ovcr growth again? It is highly unlikely that the deluded and self-appointed members of the Soames Point Green Belt Committee will volunteer their services; neither will their children nor FOR ALDERMAN IN GIBSONS KEITH EVANS Keith welcomes your views and comments. Phone 886-7938. The Gibsons All Nighter Wood Heater The best In economical woodheat. May also be used for cooking, ALL HEAVY STEEL CONSTRUCTION BRICK LINED 886-2808 Alter 6:00 Days-683-7817 (Van.) NOW AVAILABLE AT GIBSONS BUILDING SUPPLIES 886-8141 WE ALSO DO CUSTOM WELDING Alcohol Awareness Week is nothing to celebrate! Problem drinking is affecting your life, one way or another, because British Columbians drink more per person than any other province. You can help. And so can we. Now's the time. ALCOHOL AWARENESS WEEK / OCT. 16-20 For information, please write to: Alcohol and Drug Commission, Box 21,805 West Broadway Vancouver, B.C. V5Z1K1 Province of British Columbia Ministry of Health ALCOHOL AND DRUG COMMISSION HON. R.H. McCLELLAND, MINISTER WE'RE RIGHT FOR YOU Gibsons Gcv't Inspected Gr. A. Beef chuck blade roast SUNNYCREST *& CENTRE ted Gr.A Bee cross rib roast�� Gov't Inspected ��� Cut-up frying chicken Gov't Inspected ��� Fresh pork picnics Dromost Gr A coffee $2.79 eggs 95* 89* All Purpose Gr ..-Choice green peas Super Vaiu Fancy peas & carrots iMfM & waffle syrup cheese 10% MM Regular Price margarine $1 59 ilh Pkq I ��� \\J V/ paper $1 .jg towels Super Vaiu bread $1,29 dougnPkcol5lovfS canned 5/3g^ POp Tins Super Vaiu Choic vegetables 0 - Cream Style Corn Jfe | f\\ f\\ Green Peas ^ / UU Hut Hreen Reans ^^ a %a# %aW 75* Cut Green Beans ^^ ��� buper vaiu raiu.y pineapple juice raisin bread Oven-Fresh $1 29 Venice Bakery gm. . Weston's I ight or Dark french 59 hollywood eg* bread twins bread oa B.C Grown Small onions oranges BC Grown _ ^f. cauliflower 59 Prices Effective Wed., Thurs. Fri. & Sat. October 18,19, 20, 21 Coast News, October 17,1978. Film Society Tho Yes! 'i(la\\ Country Part I In laic April lc'\"5. wc set out from Pender Harbour m two boats lo search for traces nl the clays and logging-camps thai were. Mike Pooh . thc . tor, and cameraman John Scale, have worked .'i several previous documen- laries together but iln-. is the ��� time they (or anyone else for lhal matter) have riakcn i\" Him a book of [ing poems, h is my t'irsi iv olvcmenl with film-making ,i| any son. In addition to l hi .hhI Mike, our entourage udes (ieorgc Weeks (who i us [hi sailboat), his girl, Shirley. I'cllow-poet John S pskl (captain \"I thc gill- in iter) and Kaincoasl C hron- dilor How ii White. vVc make our way upcoasl in the milil spring weather. lh*. journey is uneventful; ilu rugged scenery, continuously spectacular. Wc lay over the fii'si niuln at Rcfr.gc I ,>\\e. .i picturesque pockel in thc rocks thai boasts a general-store, a few houses and nol much else. The following day. wc tra\\ erse the Euclataw Rapids, calm [is a goldfish-bowl [ii ebb-tide, oni shore fringed ��itli curi- ously-lwistcd alders. lhc mountains grow higher and more slash-ravagcdi Late that afternoon, wc dock at Jack* son Bio. firsl slop on our itinerary. George Weeks i:i Fisheries Inspector who knows die area well) introduces us io Garth Dongan, one ol' the owners. A stocky, affable man, he makes us immediately [ii home. Il is arranged lhal Poole. Scale and 1 .' ill go oul with the yarding- ii.ws in the morning. Mike wants some sliois of me iclually setting chokers, lhal night, aftei a great , iiokhnu.se sup| cr and an impromptu parly. Mike. John und I retire to an empty Killer's bunkhouse and sack oul. I he others bed down on Ihe boats. Daylighl in Ihe swamp conies [is i.irK us il ever did. I pull on Ihe logging gear I've brought along, feeling schizophrenic, faintly spurious. For. as never before in a camp, I'm here in Ihe capacity of an actor. This feeling intensifies when I leave the sanctuary of Ihe bunkhouse after breakfast and walk over io ihe crummies. The crews are already aboard and eye mc wiih unconcealed amusement. Ihcy think I'm some C.B.C, slooge who has never been near a sidehill before, ii is acutely embarrassing. We drive several miles up\\alley lo ihe highest of Iwo steel-towers that are working ihe eastern slopes of lom Brown Lake. Once out on tbc rigging. 1 am able to demonstrate to the others thai I'm no greenhorn. I pretend I'm twenty again and go ihe besl lick I can manage. They soon realize ihat I'm jusl another rigging-rat after all. The sense of acceptance is gratifying. We shoot thc breeze and sock in Ihe logs, fhe only off-beat element is Ihe knowledge of Scale's camera grinding away above us. Around len o'clock, they have sufficient yarding- footagc, I rejoin Mike, John and Howie While. Wc make our way lo thc steepest part of thc setting which has already been logged. Here 1 am called upon to do some rudimentary acting, bouncing around thc hill on cue like a amok mountain-goat; leaping behind stumps to dodge imaginary logs. I notice the chaser gazing up puzzlcdly from the landing. I guess hc figures I've lost my marbles for sure bul Mike assures mc it will all look great on film. By noon wc finish thc curious exercise. Returning io camp, wc grab a bit of lunch, have a couple of Scotches to ward off thc damp and embark on thc real adventure of thc day. In a battered four-by-four that Garth Dougan has loaned us, we set out to explore a ghost- camp at the mouth of Knight Inlet. The road winds along the opposite shore of the lake. To our left is a great wall of burned-off slash, a high, tilling ruin of charred debris and fire-flaked rock faces. Wc could have gotten some spectacular shots, had they still been working this mountain-goat ground but. we are several years too late. The road gels progressively rougher as wc rattle closer to Glcndale Cove. In places, the gravel is washed away and half-fallen saplings crisscross overhead like swords at a military wedding. At last wc strike thc ghostcamp. It reveals itself by degrees for the campsite has been obscured by a stand of towering alders. Thc great-timbered garage abuts on thc road and is the first building wc see. Its dancehall-huge inside and empty as a plundered tomb. In the water- filled grease-pit, drowned oil-drums lie under a blanket of silt. Behind thc garage, more ruins loom through thc trees. I hurry up ahead of thc others. Gaunt buildings beckon beyond a dripping wall/ of alders draw me up a tangled trail to stand before a doorless/ bunkhouse so enormous the farther end of its main/ corridor is only a tiny rectangle of rain-polished light. I move towards it boots tapping ghosts awake in the gutted rooms with their rusty iron bedsteads empty window-sockets breached ceilings weeping/ water. A decomposing dartboard hangs limp and pitted on a central wall Dimly 1 hear lost laughter��� the careful thuds of evening/ contests but the loggers are thirty/ years gone. Fourhundred men worked this outfit once until a plague of teredoes drilled the booms to trash��� after only three years thejinxed site was/ abandoned. Among the eerie wreckage of the camp-proper, I stand for a moment, full of obscure emotions. Snow has crushed thc other bunkhouses to heaps of splintered wood but a few outer buildings are still standing. I explore them one by one. In the old meat- house, a mossy chopping- block squats morosely; there are still cement basins in the tumbledown washrooms. Thc feeling that Mike wants for this segment of the film is here to spare, accentuated by the spectral, dripping weather. Thc others arrive and John Scale loses no time in setting up his camera. Mike directs me through some moody shots. Back at the beach, we film the disintegrating\" dock, the dump-machine, moss-green and rusting like a Mayan artifact on its rotting log platform. My final assignment is to pace remotely across the tide flats, a bushed logger dreaming of the bright lights. I feel the overwhelming loneliness of Glcndale Cove with its pilings like black nails; its wet windy memories. Across the bay, an Indian handlogger, last ��� inhabitant of this forsaken place, moves distantly like a prophecy against thc sinister trees. Wc depart thc desolate cove and make the bumpy run back to Jackson Bay. Please turn to page seven CHEQUING ACCOUNTS SERVICE CHARMS ���unlimited chequing privileges ���personalized cheques ���travellers cheques PLUS % per annum INTEREST IS CALCULATED ON YOUR LOWEST MONTHLY BALANCE AND PAID AT THE END OF EACH MONTH. Sunshine Coast Credit Union Cowrie Street, Sechelt, B. C. 885-3255 By Allan J.Crane This Friday, October 20, the second film in the Kwahtahmoss Film Society's retrospective devoted to the films of Robert Altman is to bc shown at the Twilight Theatre commencing at 9:00 p.m. after the Twilight Theatre's regular programme (Hooper this week), which will commence at 7:00 p.m. for the occasion. The film is Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bull's History Lesson which was released in 1976 but did not appear in the Twilight Theatre's regular programme. Thc film stars Paul Newman as Buffalo Bill, and thc cast also includes Burt Lancaster. Joel Gray and Ucraldinc Chaplin. For the previous film, California Split, I found an excellent criticism of the film in the British Film Institute's Monthly Bulletin, and I included this in my article which appeared in the Coast News on October 3. As mentioned in last week's article, however, there were only twenty people at that film, so perhaps the less 1 say about thc current offering the better. Suffice it to say that the film, which is in cinemascope, is reported as having been made with Altman's customary intelligence, and that it is not quite what one might expect in that the Buffalo Bill legend comes in for some debunking during the course of tne film which is a circus and a satire of the publicity which created the William F.Cody and the Show Business which sustained it. Robert Altman is among the most innovate of directors. His most recent film, Weddings, has just been released, and his previous release, Three Women (which the Society will present at 9:00 p.m. on Friday, November 3) has received universal critical acclaim. A new film from Altman is every bit as significant as is the latest film made by Werner Fassbinder, Lina Wert- mullcr or Claude Chabrol, and Altman is undoubtedly a director of world stature and one of the United States' most highly regarded cinematic talents. 1 hope that a reasonable number of people will feel inclined to come to the Twilight Theatre this Friday at 9:00 p.m. to see what he does with the Wild West Show. It is expected that thc show will commence promptly at 9:00 p.m. The last Film Society presentation commenced a little late because The Buddy Holly Story was a little longer than the usual running time for films, lt was also a case of different formats, the Buddy Holly film being in flat format while California Split was in Panavision. It was necessary, therefore, for the masking to be removed from the screen before the latter film could be projected. Usually, the Film Society's presentations will commence promptly at 9:00 p.m. If you arrive after ten to nine, you are likely to miss part of the film, and prompt arrival is again requested so that the ticket cashier and people helping with memberships will be able to see the complete presentations. It is hardly fair to expect them to donate the time and then to miss part of the programme because people do not arrive in time. Twilight Theatre Once again this week a single film is featured in a week-long engagement at the Twilight Theatre. This week the film is Hooper, a fast and funny spoof of the movie business, starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Brian Keith, and James Best. In Hooper, thc stuntman is king and Burt Reynolds, who's done a stunt or two in his time, portrays the top stunt- man in the business who's position is threatened by CLASSIFIED NOTE Drop off your Coast News Classifieds at Campbell's Family Shoes * Leather Goods In down-town Sechelt. Jan-Michael Vincent. Audiences will enjoy this 'entertaining comedy which at no time takes itself too seriously. Hooper will be shown at the Twilight Theatre Wednesday through Tuesday, October 18���24. The film will be shown at the regular time of 8:00 p.m., except for Friday and Saturday. Friday, October 21, it will be shown at 7:00 p.m. to make way for the Film Society, presentafion, and on Saturday, October 21, it will have two showings at 7;00 and 9:00 p.m. The next attraction scheduled for the Twilight will be Jaws II. One dollar off used albums. Friday to Sunday, Oct. 20���22 We now JM^ Master accept Q m Charge Lower Gibsons aflflfcfc REAL ESTATE ��� INSURANCE LORO ~ INCIEJ w ACINCIESLTD B��\"238 1589 Marine Drive Gibsons, RON McSAVANEY AGENT 885-3339 OFFICE. 886-2248 JOHN BLACK 886-7316 Open till 9. Fri. and the number of times it has been seen cut out and kept in various homes along the coast, such must be a poem written by an eighty-five year old woman which appeared in this paper several weeks ago. \"If I could Live My Life Over\", by Nadine Stair, was an affirmation of all the simple pleasures of life, and a realization that it is within the powers and choice of each of us lo experience more of them. This wise old lady would accentuate the positives, eliminate Ihe negatives, and say \"Yes\" much more than \"No\" on her next go-round on this wheel of life. She would do more things that made her happy. This poem was found in a brochure explaining the purpose and focus of workshops . conducted by John Robbins of the Rising Spirit Centre on Saltspring Island. For all people interested in expanding their expression, understanding and appreciation of both themselves and thc world around them. John will be here offering a workshop in Roberts Creek Elementary School on the weekend of October 20 and 21. Through deep breathing, yoga, guided meditation, movement to music, and body and mind awareness exercises, John provides the atmosphere where people feel free to explore their Three additions have been feeli\"Bs a\"d l0, come '\"to made to thc Area B Official ,ouch. wllh thc crcat ve Settlement Plan Committee, energies and rhythms within themselves, bolh individually and in response to others. Anyone who wishes lo lake part in the John Robbins Workshop may register by sending name and phone Area B reps The representatives are: Art MePhee, from West Sechelt. Alternate Chris Caldwell; from Brookes Road. Ron Broadncur; and from Secret Cove, Donald Macdonald, number lo: John Robbins 20. Volunteers ��� develop your potential at a one day workshop to be held on Wednesday October 25. The programme is designed nol only for those already involved but also for those interested in volunteering their services in the Community, One does nol need lo be registered with Ihe Volunteer Bureau in order lo participate in the workshop. Ihe focus will be on increasing the volunteer's skill in helping other people. Thercse Egan. Co-ordinator of Volunteer Programmes for thc North Shore Family Services will be conducting the day's activities. In her work, she recruits, screens, trains, supervises and assigns Ihe volunteers lo work on a one to one basis with families. These volunteers act as special friends and provide an extra support system to the family when needed. Thercse is a trained social worker. She is married and has six children. The family spends summers at their cottage in Seehelt. Over the years, Thercse has been involved in a wide range of voluntary activities. She has a vested interest in our community and has much lo share aboul being an effective volunteer. For further information about the workshop, contact the Volunteer Bureau at 885-3821 or Continuing Education ul 885-3512. There is no registration fee. Attempts will be made to help arrange babysitting if this is required. Please try to register by Friday, October I 'fcWSs^c^s^^ ffii5h\\ The biggest little store W on the Coast Knowing your stock .keeping a sharp lookout for the best deals on the market and maintaining a varied and up-to-date stock takes an exceptional kind of person. We at Ken's Lucky Dollar believe that our staff consists of just such people All our staff.like Liz with her friendly smile ,are constantly working to bring you, the consumer.variety.quality .friendly service and the most affordable prices. Let us help you. The complete food store ��� Free delivery to the Wharf- .l^pl^'C LUCKY DOLLAR FOODS LTD. ���\\Ln 3 GOWER POINT RD., GIBSONS ^Friday: 9 a.m .-7p.m Open 7 days: 9 a.m. ��� 6 p.m. Except Friday: 9 a.m. ��� 7 p.m Sundays and holidays: 10 a.m. ��� 5 p.m. WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS - 886-2257 -YOU'LL FIND IT HERE mam Police news of the week More letters Coast News, October 17,1978 Residents in West Sechelt fear for the safety of the smaller dogs in the area which are being harassed by a German Shepherd and a Labrador. This is an ongoing problem which was again reported to the Sechelt detachment last week. Gibsons Area: October 7: Two break-ins were reported from Gambier Island. From one residence fishing tackle, candles, a flashlight and a sail bag were taken. From the second, several bottles of liquor were stolen. October 9: At Melody Point on Keats Island a break-in and theft was reported. A home on Beach Avenue was entered and a quantity of liquor was stolen from the refrigerator. October 10: A CB. radio was taken from a home on Sargent Road. October 13: It was reported to the RCMP that a shed on Chaster Road was broken into, during the previous week. A small cabinet with nuts, bolts and washers was taken. Replacement value of the items is set at $150. A 1963 Pontiac Strato Chief was stolen from Highway 101 and Pratt Road, where it was parked. The vehicle is red with primer paint on the left front door. It has not yet been recovered. Sechelt to Earls Cove: October 7: B.C.Tel informed the police that the telephone lines at Trout Lake had been damaged, by someone shooting at them with a high- powered rifle. Spent 30/30 cartridges were found close by. October 8: In order to miss a deer on Garden Bay Road at the dump, a driver swerved and went out of control. The vehicle landed on its roof. There were no injuries and charges were not laid. At the north end of Sakinaw Lake, a twelve foot aluminum Harboureraft boat was stolen. The letter K was scratched underneath the seat. A yellow Initiative Continued from Page One 1977 we pul together a videotape which we Hied to air over Channel 10. but because of lack of equipment, it was a disaster. \"John Thomas has given us lhc following basic list of equipment needed to produce quality signals suitable for his standards: a Time Base Corrector; video switcher: V cassette VTR wilh auto- malic assemble function and full interchange with J/i\" Ll-malie lapes coming from other machines; a triple d\" B W monitor and eventually colour cameras. We are nol expecting to go into fully Hedged TV production overnight though we are excited by Ihe things we could do. We would jusl like lo use our Channel 10 as another wtiv lo reach out to the Community. It would also enable us lo gct critical feedback and thus improve our techniques. \"John Thomas says thai extension of service has to be his top priority and we understand this. It is also true Ihat Channel 10 will only benefit cable subscribers. Presently only half Ihe community is served by cable and we do not know whether they share our enthusiasm lor thc potential of television. So wc are planning a spring Forum on Community TV to raise awareness and lo find oul if ihere is community support. \"We wanted to present this brief outlining our and the Cable Company's problems because:- a) we know lhal we are not unique, and think vou niav have found wavs and black Pioneer chainsaw was stolen at the Francis Peninsula Road. The owner left it while he went for lunch at his home two- hundred yards away; when he returned it was gone. October 9: A break-in occurred at Jackson Brothers Logging in Wilson Creek. Two youths were apprehended and charged with using a blue paint spray can to spray a car which they then stole. They were apprehended in Gibsons the same day. The same two youths were also questioned on another break- in at European Motors in Wilson Creek. Pop, a small amount of change and cigarettes were taken. October 11: A newly purchased set of licence plates, MSX 147, was stolen from thc inside of a vehicle parked on West Beach Avenue. October 12: A tlare gun and pellets were stolen from a boat tied at the government wharf in Secret Cove. The gun is shaped like a pen and holds about twenty pellets. around similar situations in other parts of the country so we should ask your advice; b) we think that taking part in the process is the best way to learn about it and this Hearing gives us that opportunity. You may be interested to know that the textbooks supplied by the province of B.C. for this course are all American and therefore refer to the FCC but no mention of the CRTC! \"If the Commission would like further information we are willing to appear at the Hearing and perhaps while the CRTC Commissioners and staff are in Vancouver it could be arranged for us to meet with perhaps Mrs. Rosalie Gower our B.C. Commissioner and Mr. Peter MacDonald who, wc understand, will be heading up the Vancouver office in the near future.\" Pages from a Life-log Continued from page four Our work here is finished. The following morning, we check out a second ghost- camp a Reid Creek which is of more-recent vintage but yields some good shots of old donkey-engines, high- lead blocks, derelict power- saws and other discarded equipment. Then wc push north again. That evening, after a long run up Johnson Strail and a shorter jog inland again, along river-narrow channels, we arrive at Minstrel Island. It has been twenty-five years since 1 last set foot in this legendary logging-hamlet. It looks dimly the way I remember; the pier poking out over the bottlcstrewn fiats; the gen eral-store to the right and thc lie and his wife Jean, the venerable hotel, gray with owners, don't bother opening age and weather, at the the pub unless customers wharf-head. This much is show up. Jean, a sad-faced, familiar but there are several sixtyish lady, unlocks the buildings I don't recall. We door and dispenses thc bottled tie-up and shortly are climbing beer. Mike wants some shots the bootworn steps of the of me silhouetted against hotel. the window, looking nostal- The bar sits empty save for us gjc, |t is my easiest assign- greenpainted���logger-/ ment yet and I don't have to scarred smaller than/ feign the nostalgia. Memories recalled lurk in every corner of the how in hell did they all fit? bare green room. Perhaps I in the boom years when the/ sat at this very table in the gyppo-camps old days, learning the ways of wheeled A-framed and many/ loggers. They arc mostly around this hub like symbols from a/ vanishing language Tourism is Minstrel's gone from this country now but thc shabby bar with its sardine-tin ashtrays remain. \"The timber-quotas killed Pro park Continued from page three property owner but must meet the above requirements. Property has to be owned for six months if you are not a resident of the area. There is only ONE vote per person, whether or not you own more. You can be registered to vote either at the Regional Office or the Polling Station. Thank you. Sec you at the polls (and hopefully, at the beach). Shirley Maeey Both sides Editor: Last week several letters were published on Ihe subject of thc Soames Park. No one mentioned what the alternative to a green bell might be. If this property is not kept for park purposes, what will happen to il? The owners wish to sell, and if not now, will sell sooner or later. Thc obvious purchaser will more than likely bc a developer, who will want lo make a profit on his investment. This will result in major subdivision, a maximum ifumbcr of lots, thc streets that are required to give access, and all the services which will bc necessary. What will this sort of development look like compared with a permanent green area? What will it do to thc beach; agreed thai it remains Players meeting At an organizational meeting of the Driftwood Players last Wednesday. October 11, lhc following executive was elected: Viktors Kalve, President; Mary Doray, Secretary; Denis Bailey. Treasurer; Hugh Beard. Technical Advisor. There will bc a General Meeting of Players on Wednesday next. October 18 in the Dogwood Cafe, and anyone interested in acting, set design, costume, stage management or any other aspect of organizing theatrical activities is urged lo attend. Thc Driftwood Players is organizing a grand masquerade dance to be held on Friday, October 27 at thc Gibsons Legion. The music will be provided bv OUT OF THE BLUE, and only 150 tickets will be printed. Admission will bc strictly by ticket only, and tickets, which cost $3.50 each, may be obtained from the Dogwood Cafe, from the Coast News or from any Driftwood Plavcr. public properly to the high water mark, but private property to that point will certainly constrict its use. What about sewage. 1 hale to think about thc seepage from who knows how many septic tanks draining down to thc beach area. Sewers may be in thc future, but that is also a cost that will have to be borne. Think, if you will, of this picture compared to a natural, green, open area, which after all is what the Sunshine Coast is all about. The foregoing is written so thai all concerned will al least have bolh sides of the question before making Iheir final decisions. E.D.Grout, Granthams Landing Jail? Editor: As a part-time resident of the Coast, working hard to become a full-lime resident, I would like to voice my opinion on the charges of the Seehelt Provincial Court Re the Hydro violation, concerning Clowholm Lake. I do not think Hydro should be fined ($2,000) as this fine would be paid, in thc final analysis, by the (we) taxpayers; thus allowing the cuiprits \"off the hook\". Should not the people, as persons responsible, be jailed? Thc culprits surely must be the officials of Hydro on a charge of neglect. H.Rossfield ������������������������������������������������������������������ ��� Sunshine Coast ��� ��� Fitness & Recreation I I Service I J now has a phone ', 885-5440 ^ ��� Variety JooH DELI and HEALTH FOODS We are not a Supermarket but our Health Food prices are the BEST IN TOWN! Kodak, Agfa & Fuji _a>hw Film SMILE WITH WILLIAMS /PHOTO FINISHING^ 886-2936 .Gibsons HarbourA NDP books main source of income now this place,\" says Jean wist- and it's the off-season. Pear- fully. \"Used to bc sixty gyppos picked up their mail here. Now there's only four.\" We rent rooms and spend the night in this sad watering- Continued from page five and spacious new premises, no|c of ,h Nex( and what is folklore. Never- we invite you to do so now morn|ngiaftcra bit of exterior theless there is a very evident and look over some ot our fl|m| w(, contime om afection for these plants other new titles, which include journcv as known individuals enliven- Deep Line, a book ot poetry ing both the drawings and by Nanaimo troll fisherman text and one of the chief Kevin Roberts, Trucking, values of the book is its a well-researched and inter- effect in opening the reader's estingly-writtcn history of eyes to a very important commercial hauling in B.C. and rewarding ' feature of with lots of pictures and a new photo hstory of logging Big Timber, Big Men. Wild Plants for Food and Medicine, by Stephen Jackson and Linda Prine. Peguis Publishers, Winnipeg, 1978. 78 pp., paper, $4.95 (Distributed by Harbour Publishing in B.C.). his everyday world. As thc authors state in their introduction, \"Plants provide our food, a great deal of our building materials, clothing, fuel and even the oxygen we breathe. Yet we have come to recognize only a few as commercially useful, and the world today depends on not more than twenty main crops for survival. Many of the remaining thousands of species are at best ignored or at worst relegated to the status of weeds. We hope to acquaint you with some of these.... Walking down a trail or a country road will prove more interesting if one is able to recognize the plants along the way.\" Wild Plants is above all a beautiful little book and we invite you to drop by and look it over just for the pleasure of it. If you haven't yet been in to admire our attractive BONNIEBROOK LODGE ['���%'] -'^M-r-- ... fK'tvaV-W^1 r-f*&fm$ r- it * wm ���( F? hr1 IIS i if?- ' '^M $ ������ i' On the Beautiful Sunshine Coast at Gower Point * Guestrooms (BreakfastIncluded) * Dining Room 886-9033 &\"*hRrt..,Q CLEAN IT NOW! Peninsula Cleaners & Laundry ALTERATIONS & REPAIRS Cn/ttpMr DRVtiEnmnG WHARF ROAD With 1521 GOWER PT. RD. SECHELT 2 locations GIBSONS, B.C. 685-9554 to serve you best! 886-2200 ST.JOHN'S UNITEDCHURCH WOMEN FALL BAZAAR AND TEA Tuesday, November 14, 1978 Time: 2-4 p.m. al Ihe Wilson Creek Community Hall. Admission: adults 75��; children 35t. ST AIDANS A.C.W. FALL BAZAAR AND TEA ���Saturday, October 21 2 to 4 p.m.. Roberts Creek Community Hall Admission 75��. Door Prize, raffle, tickets 50e ��� Ihree for $1.00.. SUNSHINE COAST ARTS COUNCIL MEETING Third Tuesday of each month, at Sechell Elementary main building, Mr. Lizee'sroom.at 7:30p.m. AM Welcome. tfn ROBERTS CREEK HOSPITAL AUXILIARY Every 2nd Monday ��� Roberts Creek Hospital Auxiliary, 11 a.m. St. Aidan's Hall. NEW BOOKS Many new books have been added to the Pender Harbour Library Come in and have a look. For a $2.00 yearly membership you may take out lour books at a time or for $3.00 you may take oul six books. The library is open Tuesdays & Thursdays, from 1:30��� 3:30and on Saturdays 1:30-4 00 p.m. AL-ANON MEETING Every Thursday in Gibsons al 8 00 p.m. For information call 886-9569 or 886-9037. tfn, THRIFT SHOP Every Friday, 1 ��� 3 p.m. Thrift Shop, Gibsons United Church basement. tfn,. CO-OP MEAT GROUND BEEF Less than 30% Fat 98 C PRODUCE S Can.#1 ONIONS 2ibs. 29C ! ! Can #1 TURNIPS 23c ib. i | B.C.Gem Can.#1 POTATOES 10 lbs. 89c i J Can.#1 CARROTS 2 lbs 29C i GROCERY Co-Op PINEAPPLE Sliced,Bi'ts 14'fl.oz. 2/99C co-op MUSHROOMS & pieces 10fi. oh.63c Quaker OATS 2.25 kg. Catelli SPAGHETTI 19 fl.oz. or MACARONI 3 b co op TOMATOES JPRE-SEASON i OF BAKING SUPPLIES $1.68 $1.33 53C ;. i Crosby Families MOLASSES 675 gm. 53C Ribbon BAKING POWDER lb can$1.07 co ooGLACED CHERRIES $1.57 Mixed, Red or Green 16 oz. Plastic Tub co oP COCONUT 70, pkg. 2/95C Medium Sweetened or Unsweetened, Flaked, Fine Unsweetened or Long Thread coop PITTED DATES2bs $1.51 co-opcut MIXED FRUIT i6oz Tub $1.13 coopSEEDLESS RAISINS2bs$1.62 Co-Op Diced MIXED PEEL 16oz.Tub $1.07 Co-Op W ALN UTS Chopped or Pieces 16 oz $ 1 . 85 ASVe'geableSHORTENING 11b. 2/$1.38 Enriched WHITE FLOUR 10kg Bag Co-Op Pure $3.05 VANILLA EXTRACTb8o,0.i$1.55 COUNTRY OVEN EASY-CLEAN BAKEWARE MUFFIN TINS. ^ BREAD PANS'1.99 COOKIE SHEETS FROZEN FOODS gn?ypCORN ON THE COBPk9 0u89c McCain's SUPER FRIES Rich sCOFFEE RICH, Straight Cut 41b. $1.68 2/89C Prices Effective: Thurs., Fri., Sat. October 19, 20, 21 Lower Gibsons CO-OP 886-2522 Open 7 Days a Week Monday ��� Saturday 9 ��� 6 Friday 9 ��� 9 Sundays & Holidays 10-5 Coast News, October 17,1978. List Price $349.00 HAPPENED Sat.,Oc See the Fisher Stove in action ThisIsA Baby Bear. f^A wail /-' List Price $410.00 TliisIsA Mama Bear. List Price $450.00 TliisIsA Papa Bear. An open and shut case for heating your home with wood fyn\\. tafia Considering the cost of oil, gas and electric heat these days, it's easy to see why hundreds of thousands of homeowners across North America have recently installed a wood stove. But there's more to be said for heating with wood than the fact that it saves a lot of money. Wood smells and sounds good as it burns. And, in an age of vanishing resources, it's one form of energy that's still growing. In fact, there's almost as much forest land in North America today as when the colonists first arrived. So regardless of other energy shortages, we've got wood to burn. The burning question. Bul for centuries, the problem wilh wood has been efficiency. What should we burn il in to get Ihe most heat out of It? The lireplace is no solution. It gives us beautiful dancing flames, but very little warmth. Some 95'/r of firewood's heat disappears up tap, the chimney, pulling a lot of expensive furnace-heated air with it. Benjamin Franklin's stove, and the other cast iron stoves that followed were an improvement. They limited the amount of air that could reach the flames, so wood lasted longer. And they trapped the heat inside, so that it radiated throughout the room. But still there were problems. Cast iron expands a greal deal when it's hot, allowing air to seep in V through scams and feed the fire. And most of these stoves did little to burn the gases that escape burning wood, containing mosl of its heat potential. The burning answer. Then came the Fisher Stove. Its unique iwo-step combustion chamber re-circulated wood gases back into the flames for almost total combustion, resulting not only in more heat but fewer ashes. The Fisher Stove's patented spin draft controls and virtually airtight construction meant almost abso lute control over how much air reached ihe fire. And its carefully welded, solid steel construction made sure every Fisher Stove would deliver years and years of remarkable heating efficiency. Naturally, imitations followed. But there's still no other stove around that can offer all the patented design features you'll find in a Fisher Slove. Save 50% or more on your heat bill. We can show you a variety of Fisher Stove models. One of them can cut your present healing bill by 50% or more. Or maybe even eliminate it entirely. fcj And as authorized Fisher Stove dealers, we can give you answers to any ^questions you might have * about heating with wood. So come in soon. Maybe you can't do much about what people have to pay these days for gas, oil or electric heal. But with one of our Fisher Stoves in your house, you can do plenty aboul what you have to An idea Canada is warming up lo. 885-2568 C ELECTRONICS Radio/haek authorized Sales Centre Cowrie St., Sechelt, B.C. Box 1208 885-2568 �� i ilw.juji-v=' r This Is A Grandma Bear. 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