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ruck-loads of bouquets to

the Town of Sidney En-

gineering. Depart-
ment for extending the yel-
low ‘no. parking’ line
around the corner at the
intersection of.. Second
Street and Mt. Baker Av-
enue to prevent parked
cars and pedestrians from
being hit by approaching
traffic. I think not only the
speed with which they
acted on a resident’s sugges-
tion, but for taking the time to
listen to a concerned citizen
is marvellous and they de-
serve high rewards.
Borry Young

Sidney

Bouquets of thanks to the clergy
and parishioners of St. Andrew’s
Anglican Church who so kindly ac-
cepted my husband, Robert, and me as part of
their Parish family. Heartfelt bouquets, too to the
welcoming warmth of Sidney residents (particularly
our nearby neighbors), for making two transplanted.
Nova:Scotians very much at home and a part of the local.
community...

_ Receiving invitations to Thanksgiving Dinners on both‘ Sunday’ and Sa
- Monday evening, where we had the best of times with the very best
~ of people — we have so much to be thankful for this year and feel :

“$0 prileged| to: call I Sidney our new home. °

<All dayT face
The barren waste

‘And crave the taste
Of water

As I settle into my seat aboard Canadian flight 1773, Van-

clutching a copy of this week’s Macleans, a
Tommy Hilfiger sports bag, her boarding
pass, and a large clear plastic bottle of Evian:
Water.

Designer water. Don't leave anita without’
it. The flight from Vancouver to Victoria takes
24 minutes, but this woman is prepared For
Any Eventuality.

Consider the humble water molecule, A
straightforward blend of two gases —~ two.
parts hydrogen to one part oxygen, Fifteen
hundred passengers on the Titanic died
from too much of it, Many desert crossers
would have traded their souls for a spoon-
ful. The Dutch spent millions of guilders
and man-hours trying to keep the stuff
“away from their homes, Ancient Romans
put equivalent amounts of sweat, and,
money into building splendid aqueducts to.
pipe water from the mountains to their
cities,

Itis everywhere, It literally falls from the ,
sky, It winds up in tumbling streams; in.
100,000 unnamed lakes, On endless wheat
fields and. pinging :off the. pavement of
“dingy parking lots, You find it in spotty Gum:
hlers on restaurant tables; you find it min-
geling and subtly enhancing molecules: of
“scotch ina Bay, Street lawyers: whiskey
glass,

Americans can choose from more than 700 brand, There's

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Ann Totney-Brown -
~ Sidney-by-the-Sea

- Song irc |

couver to Victoria, a woman sits down across the aisle. Shei is

.. chances are the:
stuff you're drinking
out of plastic bottles |

— might be nothing —
more than tap water,” |
Arthur Black

Given all that — could someone please explain the concajite?

of bottled water? Bottled water is the fastest-growing segment.

-| of the North American beverage industry, It's expi anding: at:
‘double the pace of drinks like Pepsi and Seven-Up. North

rege 9 emit vamens ti at

- Bouquets to all the people who stopped to provide aid to me af-
ter I was involved in a head-on car acci-
dent on the Patricia Bay Highway on Au-
gust 23. Bouquets, too, to the Emer-
gency Personnel at the scene and the
Saanich Peninsula Hospital staff.
Bundles of bouquets in particular,
to the gentleman who tried to
warn drivers of the oncoming
car, the two off duty EMT's, and
the couple who helped me imme-
diately after the accident.

To Constable’ Michelle
Onysko,. Karen L. and
mother, and Susan S. and

mother. These wonderful
people went beyond help-
ful, they opened the hearts to

help a stranger. Sidney, B.C.

these are your. friends and

neighbors, help. me shower

- them with BOUQUETS!

: Niargaret Stevenson
Reno, Nevada

® as someone gone above and be-
i yond the call of duty to do a good »
a deed? Is there an organization,
) group or itidividual you need to thank? ~*~
» Or has someone done something you wish they hadn’ v Do you
need to let off some steam? &
~The Review realizes its readers need : a place to: air ‘their views.
If you have something to say, please.send your Beefs and Bou-
quets submissions to The Peninsula News Review at RO. Box 2070,

Sidney, B.C. V8L 385, drop them off at v(26 Fir st Street sade =
Be C. ior, fx th m to us at (250) 656-9526, 7 :

e one “bari in Beverly Hills that stocks 17 different brands of wa:
‘ter and encourages patrons to join a mailorder ‘water of the,

month’ Club,’

Customers claim they drink bottled water because they't re.
worried about the quality of the stuff that comes out of their
taps. But the Consumer’s Association of Canada concludes that:
most bottled water is neither healthier nor better tasting than
tap water, In fact, according to the American Dental Associa-
tion, drinking bottled water may actually be
|, bad for you — it doesn’t contain fluoride which

they say is necessary for healthy teeth.

In any case, chances are the stuff you re
drinking out of plastic bottles might he noth- .
ing more than tap water. Last spring, the
Kansas City Water department decided to
climb aboard the Designer Water bandwagon.
It became the first public utility to market its
_-tap water in bottles, You can find. it in
Kansas City supermarkets under the label
‘City of Fountains’.

“The Water Companies Association dis-
misses bottled water as “one of the great
cons of the twentieth century” —~ but that
hasn't stopped thirsty customers from lin-
ing up atthe cash register, One out of every
W $10 we spend on heverages Hoes for hottled

- water, i
Naturally, this has not gone untioticed by
“the tycoons who are already getting rich off
the stuff, They're expanding. College stu-
~ dents are now being offered a water-based -
~ product called Water Joe. Each g glassful of it
contains the same amount of caf feine asa

cup of coffee, |
Athletes are heing encouraged io gulp
dail QO? Water = “super-oxygenated” wae -
ter that claims.to boost alliletic per formance
by “upto” 30 percent. :
Certainly makes you wonder 4
Twas still wondering as] disembarked tr om Mig i 1773 Van:
couver to Victoria, Het the Bottled Water Lady go ahead.

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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY
FOR A DISPOSITION OF CROWN LAND

Take notice that Edward A. Izard of 685 Dalkeith
Avenue, occupation computer programmer,
intends to make application to the BC Lands
regional office in Victoria for a licence of
occupation for private moorage of land generally
situated in. the Cowichan District, being part of
the bed of the Saanich Inlet, fronting on 9376
Ardmore Dr., North Saanich. Commencing at a
-post planted 2.28 metres south of the NW.
property corner, Lot A, Section 7, Range 3 West
North Saanich District, Plan 16507, thence 38 m
west, thence 3.7 m south, and containing .01 L ha
“more or less.
The purpose for which the land is required is to
legalize the existing. improvement and to repair .
marine ways and boat nowse: BS :
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