By Bryan Dredict Special to. The Review He's been putting words to paper: for aslong — _as he can remember, and at 79, Lee Heideis get- - | - ting a taste of literary success. 1.’ The Central Saanich retiree has just had his | third book—The Avro Arrow Affair—published ~~ by Toronto-based Lugus Publications , and is in the process of wrapping up the . rough draft of his latest work, The Land God Forgot. ‘And after a good many years spent writing fic- tion and non-fiction, Heide himself-says he’s pleased with his latest literary offering. “Ws the best book I’ve ever written,” he said " = Thursday from his home. in Brentwood Bay, : 14" sv GA Coior ‘28DPI Monitor — then points to the three books he’s written that i ) have never been published. - SOS INTEL P2 CE _Intei Pentium i Celeron 266MMX .__ 32MB SDRAM: 3.2GB Hard Drive “4MB 3D SVGA Video - 3.5" Mepey 32X CD-ROM - 16BIT Sound Card ~ §6K FLEX VOICE/FAX/DATA Modem } 50W Speakers - Microphone His latest novel, a quick’ read of 116 pages, - dives into the destruction of Canada’s mult+-mil - Jion-dollar commitment to- the highly-touted 2 4 Avr o Arrow planes in the 1950's by Prime Mir- =i ister John Diefenbaker.. .-: -. >: Five Arrows were manufactured i in 1957. be ~ fore‘the termi -nation’ of~ the» - “Avro Project in 1858. . stroyed — hauled away to aperiencine. difficulty i in n filling two vacancies in. vent: A awe later this summer at the SPH. Some residents. “and. a the Air Force that one of the Arrows had sur-, - vived, “and that gave me the idea for the story.” : cd Helde Heide, who was a member of the Royal Cana- tirement in 1970. ~ dian Air Force (RCAF) from 1940 until his re “We were all very’ disappointed because we _ looked & orward to this r new fighter, and then the oat pesutts, ea that’ went with the denn to. - what was then the best fighter in the world.” Heide says there was a persistent rumor in . ‘For years, he says hé packed | around his 4 many ‘notes. he hoped would one day be the ba- ‘sis of a story, a project that was. ~ finally, fueled by CBC’s mini-se- “ries the Avro Arrows last year. ; boc Be Hoes ial ae as tt who. highjacks the Arro and ‘point out “it took me about 20 years to learn how to write books.” in the first place.” * - Turning his attention | to his ° oe if ; latest work, The Land God For- A Ensign: Travel ‘is pleased to § 4s welcome: SUSAN MORRISON, f H Senior Travel Consultant, to our. ¥ team. Susan Is:fooking forward j to: assisting’ clients at her new 8 focation.: Susan, a cruise E specialist, has also travelled § q extensively throughout Europe | y and the British Isles. a Why doesn’t the Capital Health Region provide coverage efor anaesthesia services to SPH from other Victoria hospitals? — ospital ‘doctors practice » medicine i is a matter of personal zHbice: Anaesthetists ervice doctors and é are se They are not employed: by the Ca ital Health Region. oe | Q? Why not just hire more anaesthetists? _ Az There is a shortage c of anaesthetists i in Canada making it more difficult to attract qualed * ‘candidates. - The Capital Health Region is s working with the Department of Anaesthesia lo attract “anaesthetists to practice at the Saanich Peninsula Hospital as soon as possible. . a To date, the department has arranged for one anaesthetist to fill-in beginning in Aug: _ and other doctors are being interviewed to work full-time... rs ‘Brantwood Bay TRAFALGAR SQUARE 11652-3981 | “BC. Rag. No, 2389-2 AQ: ¥: Why are some expectant mothers currently being referred to. Victoria General, . Hospital on weekends? | A: TG, anaesthetists at Saanich Peninsula Hospital are required to have a certain amount of |... time off and-cannot provide services @ days a week, 24 hours a day. Even for mothers who choose to experience: childbirth without an anaesthetic, anges anaesthetist must always be available in the event of an emergency for the safety of both. _mother and child. Expectant mothers may be referred to Victoria General Hospital: if ans ty _ anaesthetist | is not available at Saanich penintts Hospital, : 5 | | | a Is, the Capital Health Region planning a on phasing c out services sat ‘SPH? iL A, Now T he Saanich Peninsula Hospital provides important health services to Peninsula and : ! Gulf Island residents. The CHR. is committed to providing an appropriate range of | services through u the hospital as part of a regional network of services, ae Jac’Kreut ae ~ Chait, Board of Directors. enor oes 1B: o:naransume mien peutenenane mean anna ncn r it > Ht ciated | , eg tafe EAT aC! Dee itnaiiciaide ata vt mila pk it nner imate lid et itt iit . Hi rete oie mirareiy sy i pinnae Lnir vi ia FREE 1-800-409-1711} got, Heide says his fictitious yarn» about.the creation -of ‘an’: oil » | pipeline down the’ Mackenzie’ “Valley in Alberta isn't that much. “ofastretch, “I think it will actually be built | one day,”:he said, pointing toa north of Edmonton. Heide's books are available at. y; Tanner's book store in Sidne ¢ @ ByBtOM ; Ep prerpiiteda sant your: a commercial warranty, : | map spread out ona table in his | } basement, tracing the route of / his imaginary pipeline which 1 starts near the city of Inuvikand © | ends near Norman Wells, just