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Friday, September 21, 2012
Museum gets bigger Sidney Museum secures new space in Old Post Office as it embarks on a plan to raise $400,000 Steven Heywood News staff
On Sunday, they’ll make it official during the town’s diamond anniversary event at Beacon Park, but the Sidney Museum wants to expand and they’re going to raise $400,000 to make it happen. This week, the museum announced it has already entered into an agreement to buy additional space in the Old Post Office building on Beacon Avenue. Museum board member Peter Wainwright says they will take possession of the Military Bookstore on Jan. 1, 2013. The book store itself will be changing location as well. “We have been talking about expansion for a while,” said Wainwright, who is the “It’s a showcase chairperson of the museum’s fundraising of business, individual committee. “The catalyst was Clive Tanner’s decision to move the book store.” and organizations The museum already leases space that have significantly there, Wainwright continued, so they decided they needed to secure the locacontributed to the tion, “instead of possibly being forced to growth and history of downsize if we lost it to new owners.” Getting the entire space means the Sidney.” museum can increase its display area by – Peter Wainwright 20 per cent, enabling them to bring out more of their artifacts in storage. Wainwright said they have some 6,000 artifacts — on display and in storage — and their expansion will also lead to the acquisition of new ones that will better tell the story of Sidney by the Sea. The Sidney Museum is in good shape, financially, Wainwright added, noting their Lego display has been a popular draw. Peter Garnham, the museum’s executive director said that display has seen between 7,500 and 11,000 people visit since they’ve had it up. What this means, said Wainwright, is the museum could hold a mortgage on the new space if they had to — but fundraising now will help pay the bill for the expansion and various upgrades to lighting, flow and use of technology. PLEASE SEE: Museum society, page A2
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The driver of this car was not injured after she crashed through a McTavish Road roundabout barrier Wednesday morning. A Peninsula Towing employee checks it over prior to removal.
Crash leaves car hanging Steven Heywood News staff
No one was injured in a crash that saw a car careen through a roadside barrier at McTavish Road Wednesday morning. Traffic was diverted around the McTavish Road exit into the Sid-
ney area, as police, North Saanich firefighters and paramedics attended the scene. According to police at the scene, a driver in her 60s was in the roundabout and apparently swerved to avoid other traffic. The car drove over a median and crashed through a fence and
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other barriers overlooking a residential area. The car was hung up on the barrier and did not get through to what would have been a drop onto a lower road. The driver was taken to Saanich Peninsula Hospital for observation, said police. editor@peninsulanewsreview.com
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