44 PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW From mouth watering classics to turkey with a twist. It’s great tasting oven-roasted turkey at the Pantry! .~ ‘Turkey Gobbier » Turkey Pot Pie Dinner ‘Turkey Fiesta Salad ° Monterey Turkey Burger ¢ Turkey Dinner Hot Turkey Sandwich ° Turkey a la King ¢ Turkey Penne Alfredo RESTACRANTS ‘elon Real aie. Real ate” ... to give our readers a chance to learn about you and your business. Book you space in this supplement before September 15th and receive a substantial discount, Published Oct. 29th, 2 2001 Contact nee Bruce or Lori and book now! ; "PHONE: 656- 1151 FAX: 656-5526 e 5) | dg PANO PERS = Judy Reimche Peninsula News Review omewhere ‘an English _ teacher is mF clutching her chest, gasping for breath, having heard that her worstest student has won this award.” These were Dr. Dave Hepburn’s first words on hearing he’d won the presti- gious George Cadogan Memorial Award from the Canadian Community Newspapers Association in June. The award is for the most outstanding columnist in Canada, not the ‘most handsome columnist’, as Dr. Dave believes. In his acceptance speech (made to no one in particu- lar) he continued: “ For a doctor who commits seri- ous gramaterical errors spelling his own name, I am genuinely honored and touched (so I’ve been told). to receive this award. The money goes to my daughter/editor who has a much better grasp of writ- ‘jing than-I ever hope to achieve. She takes a red pen to my column and turns into a Valentines Day massacre, all the time wondering if she needs: paternity DNA test: ing. She is six.” ‘His’ daughter/editér, is no longer six. To Dr: Dave’ s Surprise: and chagrin, he in fact grown and in her first -year of university (on a four- year scholarship). He said it wasn’t as though he had been ignoring his daughter, he had simply ignored the fact she was growing up. To be honest, he realized he was losing his editor, and it terrified him. “You think I’m kidding,” he said to the PENINSUIA News Review. editor, who had entered his columns to the awards program, “Wait until .you: have to edit my stuff.” Dr. Dave has been writ- ing his column for the PENINSULA NEWS since 1998. His tongue-in- PENIN PHONE 652-3182 “call or fax for order | FAK 652-5139. Specials (a, Oct 17 « 30,2001 “einal penwhote dishand. wet has recently realized she is. REVIEW Aircammamaas TTY tae Pavarian smoklos Chocolate chips N20 ar CET Rees Pe omananialll 39 ve oo N and 0 Food 720 44 fa C Laut ______ Wednesday, October 17, 2003. LAURA LAVIN PHOTO Dr. Dave (Hepburn) felt he couldn't be careful enough when accepting his award from News Review editor Judy Reimche. He wore rubber gloves for the occa- sion, on the premise that ‘you can never tell where these news people have been’. cheek approach to medical mysteries gained him grow- ing numbers of fans. A few, ~ early on, were immune to his charms (or at least his humour), but even some of — those have, been won. over. as.the number of columns has increased. It didn’t-take long, for. dis. dis- cerning News GRouP.papers ‘across the southern. Island to pick him up, and. his fame. began to spread further afield. Like random sparks — from a fire, blowing on the wind and hitting unsuspect- ing targets, Dr. Dave (or at least his writing) has popped up in print from _ coast to coast. His column is now carried by about 70 newspapers, from northern Vancouver Island to the state of Florida. A reader sent the somewhat unflat- tering column Dr. Dave ’ wrote about shopping at Costco to the large Ameri- can company — they loved it, and asked to be able to carry his column in their newsletter, SULA WHOLESALE PILI us WAREHOUSE DIRECT Case Lot Foods, Groceries, Meats, Pet Foods act FREE DELIVERY renee TOOO'S Of Braned Name Products « Institutional & Ratail Packs Many items are available in 1/2 cases, Pease coll Dean-or Tracy for-mare information & Catalagues Sn cen an NO GLUOS TO IGEN 5.00 MINIMUM DELIVERY 2 oy Cann nites ON Ocoan's : Watae = Bokers: 2 (3, Fen Orange ule le en Alpo dD