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See boats now at SNUG HARBOR MARINA, San Juan Island, Call Dick at 378-4762 or Clay at 378-2138 for in- formation/demonstration, E-Z Loader Trailers and Tolleyeralt boats also available at good discounts, ” \W i DNEY HOTELS: WEDNESDAY Talent Night FRIDAY & SATURDAY Featuring Sour Grapes, Country Rock & Rock & Roll, in the Cabaret FREE 9:30 P.M. to 10:30 P.M. SUNDAY Evening Smorgashord 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. (6° Por Parson DAILY — Salad Bar ae [/ Cr Me 2 ) ‘idea Reserve Now for Boxing Day Dimer! c,, 3 We Now Have A New Waterfront Entrance. 656-1131 THE REVIEW DR. DOUG ROSS and solar heating panel. By BRENDA DALGLISH Homemade _ energy seems like the answer to the rising cost and decreasing supply of fossil fuels. For several peninsula residents solar heating is proving to be an alternative form of energy. Victoria and the peninsula record the third highest amount of sunshine per year in Canada. Each year we receive an average of 2,022.2 hours of sunlight, or more than five hours of sunshine a day. The Reg Davis Column My knowledge of the theater has been limited to the viewing of only a couple of amateur productions during my life of which | was not too overly impressed. My own actual Participation in a play of any kind was my first and last ata very carly age when | played the rear end of an ass in a nativity. play (no smart comments, please). The role suited me to a tee as not only could the audience not see me, | thankfully could not see them, The idea of actually standing up in front of an audience to sing, dance, or act was to me the most terrifying thing that could happen and — have always envied those who can do it without passing out from fright on the stage. So it was with some lack of interest that } was convinced to pay a visit to last) week’s production of ‘Oliver’ by the Grassroots Theater Company at Parkland school. Pve thumbed through the dictionary since in search for the appropriate words to describe the two hours spent last Monday night) at the Parkland theater without suceess, but that night J watched a cast of young men and women perform the best acted, most elegantly costimmed, amateur rendering of ‘Oliver? that 1 doubt many professional groups could have equalled, Their performance was flawless, Not a word faltered, PRIME IB ROAS § 16 LB. GRADE A BARON BEEF $ 1° LB. GROUND BEEF aeaee Ls, $6 TURKEYS OVER 20 LB, 95° FROZEN LB. HAMS OUR OWN BONELESS $449 broad Ln, According to Dr. Doug Ross, a former Sidney physician that much sunlight is more than enough to allow him to partially heat his home using the solar heating system he _ designed himself. “Solar heating is based on a very simple principle and the technicalities of implementing it are not too difficult.’’ said Ross. Quite simply solar heating is. the process of exposing a substance, usually water, to the sun’s rays which will then heat it toa high temperature. not a misplaced step in the dance routines, nota flat note in their singing. The transition ol scenes was smooth and silent, the lighting and props excellent, and everything on- that stage and behind it) in-*f* cluding the costumes was made by the company themselves. It was without a doubt the most enjoyable evening | have spent for a long time. The whole cast played their roles to perfection with such exuberance and obvious en- jJoyment that at times it spilled over into the audience who clapped to the beat of the music and lyrics. The amazing part of the whole play though was that although apparently only one of the cast was born with a natural accent, all of them played their parts with a ‘cockney’ accent that would have put many born and bred Londoners to shame, I wouldn't be fair to single out any one member of the cast for special merits, as cach suited their roles perfectly which no doubt was due to the excellent casting and direction by Doug Bambrough, The hours of work and rehearsing both he, his helpers and the cast put into ‘Oliver’ must have been many and hard, but it resulted ina flawless production by young actors and actresses whase talents will surely spread) far beyond the boundries of this peninsula, ‘Oliver’ is the most recent Of several Grassroots productions of which Pam eo rs eccum tar ate 7 JACK MACAULAY! FREEZER BEEF GRADE A-1 FRONTS SIDES HINDS in. 99° wo L' PRICES EFFECTIVE: THURS., FRE, & SAT, ISLAND VIEW FREEZER LTD. “7005 E. SAANICH RD. 652-2411 ‘Towner Park home where it -Ross’s system is made up of three parts: the heat collecting panels situated on his roof, the Storage tank area and the circulating system, in this case the hot water furnace already installed in his home. Water from the system is pumped up to the roof, of his sits in a carefully constructed and insulated panel until it heats to the desired level. It then goes back down to the Storage tanks, a series of large drums, in a well insulated storage room, to be pumped into the hot water system of the furnace. A HOBBY The solar heating ex- periment is a hobby for the retired doctor. He is building the system into his existing house, a method which is less convenient than designing and building a house with the equipment built in. He has been working on his system for over a year and hopes to have it completely built and in operation by next summer. Presently, on a average. winter day, Ross estimates his furnace runs, burning oil, about five hours a day and one hour a night with the tem- perature of the water cir- culating in the system at about 160 to 200 degrees. When the solar heating system is com- plete the furnace will circulate water, with no oil being used, for 12 hours a day because the water temperature will be considerably lower, 110 to 120 degrees. This means the furnace pump, powered by electricity runs longer but no oil is used to heat the water being pumped through. pao = 4. sorry to say [ missed. never miss another, As a collecter of books of every kind, old and new, 1 spend a lot of time browsing around librarys, book stores, 1 will Wrap it up with loving care! Preparing this year’s Christmas presents to friends and relatives means giving attention to proper packaging as well as complete mailing addresses, The deadline for sending our local mail is December 17th pink “Ge AONE “CAHSANLAN “MAINWATING TNC IWAYS TO SWARTZNAY Ross says he will always need some type of heating system to operate during the winter. The sun just doesn’t shine enough especially on the cloudiest days. But he hopes to shut’ the furnace off in February and not use it again until November. He has also experimented with preheating the hot water used in his home with the improvised system and has noticed a drop in the heating cost. Donald Thompson has recently received a grant to include a solar heating system in the construction of his home at 9191 Ardmore Drive. The grant for $9,983 covers the heating system in the home including the furnace which will be required in winter months, the forced air ducts and the solar heating pancls which will be installed in a section of the roof facing south. The grants were given by the National Research Council to various home builders across the country. Various types of solar heating methods have been funded. The other British Columbia project to receive funding got about $19,000. Thompson’s heating system will be monitored by the Research Council for a year after it is built. Thompson has little ex- perience with solar heating systems but he has studied architecture and_ interior design. The advantages of building a house with solar heating in mind are that a furnace suitable for adapting to solar heating can be chosen and that the solar heating panels which’ ‘are mounted on a roof facing south can either be built right in or else easily attached. A DIFFICULT PART The solar heating panels are the most difficult part of the system. Basically they are shallow rectangular boxes _insulated on all sides except the top. In the box pipe runs back and forth. It is in this pipe that the water to be heated cir- culates. The top is then covered by double layers of clear insulation, either glass or plyofilm. The best com- bination to allow as amny of the suns rays to enter the box and to retain as much of the heat as possible. The storage area of a solar heating system is not difficult but it may be awkward to build and fit into a space. Ross uses a small room in his garage. It is filled with large drums and the walls are covered with thick insulation. Although Thompson will have a large storage tank in his basement for the system and this is the ideal method it would be too expensive for Ross to have one built and installed. Either method should work equally well, Peter Burchett, 903 Bradley John & Helga extend seasons greetings to all our customers. Closed Dec. 25th & 26th, Jan. 1st, 2nd & 3rd. YR RU HUEEAN NSD RO KORO NOLS ACER A RRS A Oa Cut out this advertisement and bring it to Deckers Greenhouses, 2036 Bazan Bay Road and each time you give us.a copy of this ad we will give you a 10% discount on purchases. Offer good from now until 12 noon, December 24 or while stock lasts, Items you will get the discount on consist of Mexican, Halian, German and Brazilian ceramics & pottery, fancy baskets, soil testers, plant care kits, fancy watering cans, planted indoor hanging baskets, tropicals and other items valued from $1 to $25, ‘A real buy — Poinsettias Beautiful big plants, Average 8-12 flowers per plant, $5.50, We have a nice selection of Chrysanthemums from $1.75 to $6.00, Also choice Cyclamen, All items in the greenhouse are priced and this ad entitles you to 10% off marked prices, Another real buy ~living Christmas trees, 48-60" tall, very symetrical — plant in your garden after Xmas Cedrus Deadora & Norway Spruce $15.00 each, Exceptional value, 2 & 3°’ pots piggy back plants, spider plant, baby tears, nine kinds of Wandering Jew (Inch Plant) & others $.35 cach, A real gift item — hanging strawberrics in 10” hanging baskets. They produce large sweet berries all summer, Not a novelty, We tested them last year, We ate them fresh and Helga made jam from them. Short quantity $10.00 basket. Winter blooming heather, large plant, white and $1.50 A gift of a plant or shrub or useful gardening item is a lasting and worthwhile gift, PAST GAANIOCTIRDY Our most sincere best wishes to all our friends and customers not only at Christmas time but always, DECKERS GREENHOUSES 2036 BAZAN BAY RD. Page 9 Dyne, has solved the problem of a storage area. He has devised a solar heating system which heats the water for his outdoor swimming pool. The pool acts as the storage area with the water running from the pool to the roof heating panels and then back to the pool He estimates the cost of his _system to be about $700. Ross thinks when his system is completed it will have cost pointed out that he was able to do all the work, from welding to the plumbing himself and he often used second hand materials, Solar heating is not viable in Canada as the sole means of heating year round but as a means of considerably reducing our use of limited types of energy it is very feasible. Two men from the peninsula have proved it and a third has convinced the him less than $1,000. He |. government it is possible. % Brentwood ¢ Ix 7172 Brentwood Drive Brentwood Bay Vancouver Island NEXT TO MILL BAY FERRY Reservations 652-2413 Hours 9 a.m. - 12. a.m. daily DECEMBER SPECIAL SOUP DU JOUR SALAD BAR T-BONE STEAK with FRESH MUSHROOMS FRESH VEGETABLES AND SMALL ROAST POTATOES OVEN BAKED SCONE BREAD APPLE PIE AND CHEDDAR CHEESE BEVERAGE 'g $ 10” A . . 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