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"Ahumungous bouquet of Christmas poinsettias to the gentlema

Wednesday, December 16, 1998

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undles of bouquets to the
organizers of the best
Santa Claus parade
ever — our grandchildren
from Victoria were thrilled.
The sailpast was another fa-
vorite, viewed from our van
whilst eating hotdogs from
the concession in the park.
A. bouquet’ of . Christmas
poinsettias to Shirley of
Cedarwood Motel for allow-
ing my young granddaughter
to use the motel facilities.
Maybe the washrooms ‘in
the park could be opened
up for this event in the fu-
ture; as there: were other
youngsters in dire need, too.
~ Josie & Malcolm Shrimpton
: Sidney.

and his son who saw my wallet fall off the roof of my car as |

.,.. turned the corner in front of the Prairie Inn. In my rush to get
~~. atree, | nearly Jost all my ID and valuables! ] was
s0 relieved to see you at my door with the wal-
let that 1 don't know if I said Thank You.

There are Christmas angels!
1. Turcotie

Saanichion

Bouquets to the Peninsula News Re-
view for the feature, REMEMBERING A
Hero, the story of Cyrus Peck, of
". Sidney. Review reporter Lee Tor-
galson’s timely and appropriate
_ front page story on Remem-
brance Day, Nov. 11, is a credit to
her professional skill. The story re-
flects the community spirit of the
newspaper. The Sidney & North
Saanich Historical Society com-
~~ mends Lee Torgalson and the Peninsula
- News Review for helping Sidney remember
“a great Canadian who, just a generation ago,
lived here amongst us. Such community work
“ds the backbone of a Canadian culture. ree
pinks —_ Don Robb

North Saanich

Books full of bouquets to the public for its sup-
port during our recent campaign to avert layoffs.
and closures at your local libraries during 1999. Also
on behalf of CUPE Local 401 Regional Library workers
and their families, I would like to thank the members of the Van-
-couver Island Regional Library Board for listening to your con-
cerns and the concerns of CUPE 401 members as well as their ©
suggestions for alternate means to balance the VIRL budget. Clos-
ing our libraries as a means to balance the budget should not be.
considered as.a good solution. Our libraries, their employees and

Was someone gone above and beyond the call of duty todo -
a good deed? Is there an organization, group or individual

_ wish they hadn't? Do you need to let off some steam?

Site Aga Alan Kemp, chair
oy Bolitical Action/Publicity iS si
aoa ce Ses CURE Local 401. - Sidney, B.C. V8L3S5: Or-you can drop them off at 9726 First

penreview@sanati.com

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Tove sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use .:. ) s for
“<0 Sleep is death without the responsibility. Was still up there when she died, 50 years later.
ance oe ees Bran Lebowitz She spent ahalfacenturyinoneroom. =
EES wo years before Hilda put her head on her pillow a Russ-
ian girl, also living in England, came down with a slight case of
the flu. Her doctor told her to stay in bed until he returned to
bare ~ check on her. She dutifully complied and
waited forthe doctortoreturn.
He forgot. She was still in bed 40 years later.
It took another doctor seven months to get the
victim back on her feet... mone!
The alltime Oblomov Syndrome record-
holder? That dubious honor falls to yet another

“W" ll, who doesn't like sleep? Itis Nature's narcotic.

~ A chance to slip the bonds of the work-a-day.
—-worldandnestleinthebosomof-
WW sweet oblivion.

Unfortunately, like most narcotics, it can be
habit:forming. In the case of an unlucky few-—
"extremely habit-forming. There's even a med-
ical name for such a condition. People ad-
dicted to sleep are said to be suffering from _
Oblomov Syndrome.) hoses,

The name comes from Ilya Ilyich Oblomov,
a character in a Russian novel who suddenly
quits his job, says good-bye to his family.
and...goestobed. ©

For the rest of his life.

Oblomov wasa creation of fiction, butthe |. SPE
condition is appallingly real, and no respec- ih \ 7 | |
tor of one’s status in life.

Doctor. Herbert. Sieveking. was a suc-
cessful physician and the founder of the Vic- ;
torian Hospital in Cairo, but he spent the last seven years of his
lifein bed. Why?

Because, he said, he was simply “fed up with buttoning and.
unbuttoning” Oe

‘Oblomov Syndrome can strike without warning. Twenty.
years ago this month, a man by the name of Presley Bishop:
came home from work in Littleton, Colorado, Confessing to.
feeling “a tad depressed” he laid dawn foranapo
He was still here three years later, having lost nearly 40 kilo-
grams, grown a beard down to his navel and worn a hole sight
through his matiress, Bishop got out of bed, but only because:
his sister called the cops— and just long enough to check hint

the weather? Prince Charles?) who took to her
ed after her father refused her permission to
marry alocal bloke. be
‘That would have been in the summer of
1845. The woman died in her bed — with-
out having left it~ near the end of World
"ye \V cd Ce War 1— seventy-two years later,

Sdcdcbid red sti ok The most famous victim of Oblomov Syn-
Basie Black: : 0. drome? Florence Nightingale, believe it or
. not, The Lady Of the Lamp was a fitful suf-

50 years of her life...

‘ofa single reason to get up again,

“native, soT got up.

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B you need to thank? Or has someone done something you. ;
The Revicw 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 PO. Box 2070,

~ Street, Sidney, B.C., or fax ti m to us at (250) 656-5526 or email

an English teenager, went upstairs for a snooze in 1934. She {

Englishwoman (what is it about England —~ of

ferer who, between bouts of feverish activity, hit the sack for
extended periods of time. She did this frequently over the last

- Tknow how she feels. Thad a brush with the syndrome back
in my high school days, During Faster Break one year | was
- so terminally bored 1 simply went to bed — and couldn't think

~ Fortunately for me, two and ahalf days inthe horizontal po-
sition proved to be even more boring than the vertical alter:

“But I suppose Oblomov Syndrome could strike at any time. |
“In the middle of along, Canadian winter, say, with the prospect
of watching and listening to Joe Clark or Jean Chretien or a

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Looking good is an: important factor in how we foal and the Joe
self confidence that we project. It is soid that the eyes ore.Ihe
| window to the soul, so what we put In front of our eyes Is very ‘
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i spectacles, In recent years, have acquired the sfatus.of o |.
1 fashion accessory, The choices and styles in fashionable eye. 5
| wear today reflect this trond. Frames are available to. suit
almost any taste and complement any look, Ae
_ you prefer not to wear eye glasses, your oplormetrist can. 4
discuss the options available In contact lenses. Some of the
-many choices include rigid gas permeable jenses, soft
contacts, tinted contacts, disposable contacts, bifocal contacts. §
1 and forle contacts lenses thot correct astigmatism. Some |
1 poople prefer contact lenses to spectacles and find them more -
1 convenient for some activities,
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