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By Lee Torgaison

Peninsula News Review

The Emperor has new
clothes.

Or at least Sidney Town
Crier Bert Stevens will have

some new duds. when the -

Deep Cove: Weavers and
Spinners are through.

On the suggestion of local

artisan Kerri McGaw, mem-
bers of the group are ‘putting

their spinning and weaving
prowess to work in making a.

new cane for the town’s crying
ambassador.

And a recent visit to the

home studio of North Saanich

weaver Diane Thorp proved...

the diverse talents of local:
weavers are hardly going to
Waste.

hand — $600 towards materi-
als — about 10 ladies from the

‘group are working on the pro- -
ject, which ‘Thorp estimates”.
will have taken hundreds of

volunteer hours to produce by

the time they're: finished some 7

time this-fall.’.

- With funding from the Sid-
ney and North Saanich .
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_ silk. While. the cape. itself. i is.
“royal blue i in color, represen’ .
_ing the ocean, weaver Helen:

- colored. (Kumihimo): braid

“using a Marudai— - that will be ©
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as punch with the project to.

~ date and can’ t wait for it to be :

” finished.”

‘T's awesome,” Seren told
“The Review. last. week. “To

~ think of the amount of work
_ they're putting into it, the te-
dious detail. It will really be the
community’s cape. I’m speech-
less, and I know I'll wear that

one with pride.”
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Farrant is the author of five
collections: of short. fiction,
some of which have been dra-
matized for. television. She
makes regular appearances in

. various magazines, including

Adibuster’s and Giest, where
she is a correspondent, and
has been nominated for nu-
merous national and interna
tional awards.
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Sidney’s Town Crier Bert

Stevens gave his last honorary

: _ ery for Anacortes, Washing-

ton recently,

Sidney’s sister city recently

posted the position for their
very own town crier, and
elected one during their July 4
celebrations.

After much fun - and

pageantry, Judith Jewell was |

‘selected.as Anacortes’ first of-
ficial ‘crier,. winning on. the

“strength of her. address which
extolled the’ friendliness. of:
- Anacortes’ residents...
~~ One of Jewell’s first duties —
-will-be hosting the eighth.
“World Town Criers’ Compe-
ae tition in the year 2001 which .
Anacortes
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host another invitational com-

‘petition, either before or after”
‘the next championships ‘So. is
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festival’ appearances, two Visit-.
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‘Macquarie. ‘University, and
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With Heart bike ride from
Campbell River to Victoria.

The ride is being held to
raise HDL (good) cholesterol
and awareness about the rela-
tionship between HDL and
physical activity.

The ride takes place Aug. 15
and 16, and will feature doc-
tors, pharmacists and support-
ers from across the Island.

if you would like more in-

‘formation about participating

or pledging, call the Victoria of-

- fice at 382-4035 for more in-

formation.
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Enthusiastic young people
interested in accepting a chal-
lenge are being asked to step
up to the podium and .make
their mark in the 1998 Young
Speakers for Agriculture
competitions.

The event takes place at the
‘Royal Agricultural. Winter
Fair ‘in Toronto, Ontario on

Saturday, November 7.

Sponsored by the Ontario

‘Ministry of Agriculture and —
Food and Rural Affairs since
“#1985, and
.. poration since 1987, cash

Farm Credit Cor-

prizes are awarded to the top
six “speakers, ranging | from

$150 to $1,00°.
This year’s students a are ine e255.

“ Vited to speak on. one of many

2 topics, and ‘interested. youth ore

should send their applications’ ’.

‘to Young Speakers’ for Agri-
culture, ‘PO. Box 2 21005.C Cam-

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