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large Spring bouquet
to the TD Bank
4. on Beacon Av-
enue in Sidney for its
generous donation
of used computers
to the Single Parent
Resource Centre.
Four single parents,
three moms and a
dad; are now able to
help their children ~
learn the basics of key-
boarding. (Or per- -
haps the children are
teaching their parents!)
- Thank you for offering
this equipment to -
United Way Agen-
CIESE
>. Marg Henman»
_ , Executive Director

A big hug and bouquets to
-the lady who was considerate -

to me when I fell loading her soil at

Marigold Nursery on Tuesday morning, ©
~ march 23. Even though you were recovering.
from an operation, you were concerned about:

me and were kind. Please give me a call at 696-.

ATARI

“4 omewhere in a mouldering photoalbum atthe
m back of a cupboard in my house there’s a black | ©
2! and white photo of me and my friends.
~ You'll have to take my word for it that
that is me in the middle of the photo—I .
am 30 years younger, 50 pounds lighter
-and have actual hair growing out of my
head. el Dee e a
Even my mother could be forgiven for
| not recognizing me, because all that actu--
ally shows of me is a pair of skinny legs
standing in front of some church pillars.
The rest of the photo is a blur of feath-.:
ers. Le

Pigeon feathers. | s

Iam surrounded by so many pi- > *
geons it looks like they're trying to
pick me up and carry me off. ,

It could happen to anybody in the Pi-
azza San Marco — St. Mark’s Square -
— in Venice.

The square is famous for two things: it's architectural
beauty and the thousands of pigeons that gate-crash
every day to mooch food from Venetians and tourists
alike, no

These pigeons are extremely frienily - aggressive,
even, They don't take “no” for an answer .., even when
it’s pronounced nien, nyet, non or geddoudda here ya
bums! — _

The pigeons are a pesky tradition of St. Mark's —

Square, but perhaps not for too much longer. The mayor
of Venice has declared war on the airborne squatters,

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ran prereogent

“Their droppings are damaging the ancient, fragile build-

“ings around the square,
~ “Moreover many of the pigeons are diseased. More
‘aught ing recent health ine

spection roundup were found to be carrying salmonella:

-or chlamydion bacteria, which can he transmitted to: hu-

« them off at 9726 First Street, Sidn

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and the Peninsula Community Services, who
give their time and cars to take
us to and from the Hospitals.
And a big thank you to Jim
Cummings and the PCS vol-
unteer office for arrang-
ing the transportation
for us. You are all very
special people. It has
made everything a lot
easier to cope with.
The

7 as some-
zone gone
&.above and

duty - to -do..a* good

vidual you ‘need to
thank? Has someone
- done something you wish
they hadn’t? Do you need to
let off some steam? The Penin-

- views. Ifyou have something to say,
5: please send your Beefs and Bouquets submis-
sions to us at PO. Box 2070, Sidney, B.C. V8L 3S5, drop

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killed — they should be cured, sterilized and set free

- tourists. ok ay
‘Let us take pity on the good folk of . .
Venice. It’s not enough that their city is
sinking into the Adriatic. Z
. They also get to have a pigeon prob-
lem. “ey _ os

It wouldn’t have been a problem in the —

old days of course — just send a squad of.
paysans armed with double-barreled
four-tens down to the square for a couple
of hours some Tuesday afternoon — but
+ that's not about to happen in these
Bambified, politically correct times.

Not in Italy, not on this side of the
water cither. —

In New York City, a flock of Canada
Geese 200 strong has taken overa
meadow in Central Park. The birds are
-. systematically cating the grass and re-

placing it with their droppings — about two pounds
worth each day,

~ Mayor Giuliani is promising action - a brace of border

collies maybe, to scare the birds. There's even talk of
sending in a battery-operated scarecrow which comes.
with a tape deck that emits: screeches and squawks de-
signed to frighten the Geese, ns vet

~ Mayor Giuliani is willi
~ sures that might hari a feather on those little bird: -

rained marauders’ heads. After all — one photo of an
injured bird in The New York Post could cost him his job,
Ah, well. New York will survive and so will Venice,
In fact, Venetians should count their manifold bless-
“ings, After all, if they moved the pigeons out, that would
“ereate a Vacuum... ; ee an
And we all know that nature abhors vacuums ~ even
feathered ones. : ag me
Get rid of the pigeons and something would take |
their place — like maybe a raucous, feisty band of big,
scrappy Canadians, 9&0 SSRs
THEN Venice would have a problem.

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Big bouquets to the Cancer Society's Volunteer drivers

Sidney

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