“to Rosie at the front desk of the Panorama Leisure .

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warm hug of deep ap- - a quick to phone back with the good “found it” news. With-
preciation to the. — out their help, there may not have been a News Re-
A Lwonderful gen- view this Wednesday.
tleman who turned in Kevin Woodley
my card wallet to the wert a
Pacific Coast Sav-
ings. It-is with deep
emotion that I. ap-
plaud the honesty that
remains in our com-
munity.. The: gentle-
man did not leave his :
name as he states that:
he would want some-
one to react the same
way. | beieve J will sir!

“as someone
| gone out of their
», way to do a good

dom act of kindness
that you would like to ac-
knowledge (or. perhaps,

_. something that man-.

A grateful Sidney ‘curred to you, as it”
_ resident and com- has to many read- —

munity worker. . ers, that we need to
er eae 2 take the time to tell
To. the man. who. re-.” - people how their ac-
turned. my. keys to the —
- Peninsula. News.. Review.
Many thanks, it was very. .

- much appreciated.

for good or ill? -
- The Peninsula News Re-

Alice G. ~ when just a thank you or a

a Copious amounts of grand, aromatic bouquets

~. Centre (and an unidentified maintenance staffer) for. s
oa their assistance i in tracking down an over-tired reporter’ 'S
~*~ Jost brief case. Not only ¢ did. ‘they take the time to look in~

some odd spots at 7am. on Labour Day, but Rosie was” email us at penreview oenatl com.

am ‘shocked! Shocked, do you hear? A
, Teport in the London Daily Telegraph
reveals that in Britain, beards. are defi-
nitely Not On. ° :

The Brits — both males and females it
-geems — hate beards on men. _

A survey reveals that readers consider -|
unchecked facial foliage to be a sign’ of
deep untrustworthiness. a

Recently, three bearded television .
‘presenters’ (that’s what they'd call
‘Lloyd Robertson in England) - were dis- _
creetly encouraged to start shaving
-their mugs ~ or look for another line of.
work. a Couldn't come up with an answer, so

I don’t know why this should surprise : “1 scrapped my scraper and haven't
me. The British tend to be deeply suspicious of ‘unnee- shaved sinee
essary’ hair, wherever it sprouts. ~ In 28 years, I have detected virtually no “Canadian

Witness the headline storm last month when actress beard bias - aside from a couple of blue-haired old dears.
Julia Roberts, on a visit to the UK, lifted an arm, reveal: Thunder Bay who thought my whiskers identified me

“daily ritual? t
And why just the sewls?
If hair-is so’ objectionable, why not

shave our. eyebrows? The sides of our.

noggins? The whole damned skull?

x In case you.haven’ tyet twigeed, I wear
-abeard... -

Have done since 1972 when I faced the

bathroom mirror. for. the umpteenth

: gazillionth morning with a face fes-

*. tooned in Gillette Foamy, looked into

my own bloodshot eyes and asked my-

self: “Why the hell am I ‘scraping my
we face?”

ing - gasp! ~ an unshaven armpit. as a card-carrying Bolshevik. .
You'd think from the ruckus that Prince Philip had Hey ~ The Fathers of Confederation, Robertson

been caught shoplifting in Harrod’s, Davies, Farley Mowat, David Suzuki - anadians havea
JULIA ROBERTS, PRETTY HAIRY WOMAN thun- ~ warm and distinctly un-British appreciation for facial fur. ,

dered the headline in the Daily Mail, ~~» Or, more precisely, for the fact that you can't judge the

“Probably some femjnist statement type thing, rather . quality of the floorboards by the depth of the broadioom,
than laziness, but it still looks bloody awful" harrumphed _ Let's say the average man spends five minutes a day

acoluninist in The Star, | Sars ae ine (don't forget, some bluebeards shave twice a
Pul-leeze, _ day). ;
: That's 1825 minutes a year,
_Lmay be out of the maint eam, but T happen 0 : find : Over 0 the 28 3 years hat haven't shaved, Tve saved
’ ‘oe wr 5d 100 minutes. Or, 851.6 hours, ........
hate a sign of sexual. maturity, and what S wrong with “tn other words, I've added a little over five weeks to

Bra ~ my lifetime, just by not shaving, .: :
‘win ever dd CN ae ~ Had been British, ] would have been eaeouraned to

plucked Christmas goose, spend those five extra weeks, lathering up my mug and

{ hairs,

But if plucking pit hairs is perverse, what about a go- Scraping of : : c |
cial custom that encourages the other half of the human 9 ae an old tea . ommercial: ‘Only in Britain,
race to scrape the fur off their faces? oo

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ages to get under |
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view realizes there are times -

at your Local Theatre

One Final Week for Star Wars

. BUYING or SELLING...
1 know our Community and would be |
proud to serve as your Reaitor!

‘ROB THATCHER
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CORRECTION
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‘BUS INFORMATION BROCHURE

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on Aug. 30, 31 & Sept. 4
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