Wednesday, November 18, 1970

THE REVIEW

IMARSHAWOREDE

Angus Shortt
Ducks Untimited

Sam ees ae

‘ Long
white chicken-like bill and dig clumsy flocking
feet, is called the “marsh clown’. A poor flier,
if runs over water flapping. frantically, staggers
into the air and more often than ner ot flops back
into the water. irs toes are lobed, suited to

ao walking among reeds and rangied marsh wege-:
ation. Well ouilt mest, sometimes floats, 8 70 15
10.2°79 speckled eggs are laid.

THE
JACK SCOTT
COLUMN

A loyal friend tells me he heard
My name taken in vain in a
locker-room last. week. “‘Sentt?”"
he overheard one man sav to
another in tones of mingled seorn
and incredulity. “Oh, yes. vou
mean the man who plays goli
with his wife.”

Since the secret is out I suppose
IT might as well make @ clean
breast of it and perhaps even let
you glance at the preliminary
notes of my inspirational book to
be titled ‘How to Develop
Strength of Character With Tee

For Two’ or. “The Roval and
Ancient Way to Positive
Thinking. (Royal and ‘‘an-
cient’ refer to the. game. of

course. and not the little lady in
question .?

All this began when we moved
not long ago to Vancouver Island.

organizations are

“What is there to do?’’. How
often have you heard someone
ask this question? In view. of the

«fact that approximately
functioning. in
this area, perhaps what is needed
is a centre for dispensing in-
formation, to educate people as to
what is going on in their com-

munity.
~The Sidney Recreation Com-
“mission is. attempting to

catalogue information about
groups functioning in the area,

WHAT'S DOING IN P.T.A.

BY NORMA SEALEY

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activities
place. By doing so, it hopes to
unnecessary.
duplication of. services, and
channel efforts into expansion of
services not yet available. It also
hopes to take advantage of any
special assistance available from
‘outside ‘the community,
often requires little or no local”
outlay of resources.
In an effort to bring further

information before the public, -
is presenting a.

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“Town Hall. Sidney.:B.C oon MONDAY TRE 30TH. DAY OF
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Candidates shall be nominated | in wir} iris hy. twa diy ‘qualified
7 wleetars ofthe TOWN: The nomination-paper shall be delivered

iy the Returning Officer at any time berwedn the'date of this’
notice and noon of the day of nomination. The nomin atlon: PAPEY
may be i the form preseribod inthe Municipal Agh
“state the name.
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program on “Community
Recreation,” featuring as guest
speakers: Mrs... Eleanor
Sowerby, secretary, Sidney
Recreation Commission: and Art
Burgess, . physical | fitness
director, YM-YMCA.. This
program will take place on
Monday, Nov. -16 in Sidney

Elementary School. Program
time is 8:30, following the regular
meeting at 8:00'p.m. |

THE P.T.A. wishes to. stress
the fact that it is not necessary.to
have children in the school to
participate in the organization or

its programmes. They do invite:

and welcome the interest of the
; at large,
suggest. that this particular
program is-a good example, ‘as

community recreation is: by no.

means limited to children. .

and.

“ DEER.KILLED ..
A collision with a deer on the
West Saanich Road. caused, $800

‘damage to the car ‘driven by

Robert. Douglas MacMillan and

far from my regular partners on
the links. and discovered that the
area is rich in. small. nine-hole
courses. Once or twice a week
through the summer we carried
togetherness to its most
ridiculous extreme.

The fact that | began to look
forward to these sorties with
anticipation would not be
surprising except for. one
thing. It is this: Evervthing
my wife does on a golf course
infuriates me to the point of
running amok. 1. mean
eversthing.

The way she abeeesses th

@ pr rocedure which ta
hree minutes of pre _ ration,
adjustment, organization and

m

knee-locking infuriates me.
Her slow. exaggerated.
dreamy back-swing infuriates

me as. indeed, does her entire
swing which looks exactly like an
instant replay done in  siow
motion.

Her merry laughter when,
against all the laws of nature,
she sends them flying straight
down the middie infuriates
me. Until then I loved her
laugh. Now it chills me toe the
bone.

Playing golf with her, in short.
is... well... it’s infuriating.

- Lused to arrive back trom our
expeditions in a state of nervous
exhaustion, bled emotionally, my
throat raw from bellowing advice
_and threats, .my little. psyche ali
“warped and bent from resisting
the perfectly. natural impulse to
homicide.
must admit, when I wondered
hysterically what Kind of sound it
would make if I used my “ping”
putter with murderous intent.)
. What was worse, my own game
had fallen to pieces under the
strain.’..On one awful day

intelligence - which.

: my "game.

(There were days. 1

in

August she had taken me, three |
up, in nine. short holes, a piece of:
swiftly
reached the’entire, outside world »
-and instantly added. 10 strokes t a

ft was after that particular’
day, as recall. that [knew I had
to come to grips with my problem
and resolved to play the next
round with her in complete
Silence.

I did. in fact. manage seven
holes only to spoil it all when [
Was unable to contain the
Single, bloed-chilling scream
that had been gathering inside
ine. Even so, it was something
of a triumph.

ff vou could see us now you'd
hardly believe it is the same man.

You would see a man whose
countenance affects a mien oi
aimost Gandhi-like serenity. .3
face of such © stoic © im-
perturbability that only the oc-
casional fleeting wince of rage
reveals the seething conflict. on
the inside.

As my wife steps up to address
the ball. going through the
moving-day preliminaries that
once had me drumming my fists
against my temples, I now’ in-
tently study blades of grass or the
herizon, my lips sealed to dam
the flow of ugly comments that
burble up from below.

.l think I can say that. it's
made anew man of me. Such
control, such sheer strength of
character... instantly’ opened
new. vistas of self-discipline.

In a world full of irritations and
invitations to temper tantrums I

now make my Way with a. thick

outer hide of magnificent in-
sulation.

Tama man who has learned to
play tranquil golf with his wife.

perhaps the only’man who can
make that statement, and now all.
of life's fairways stretch ahead.

_ wide. sunny: and. free mayhem.

| Metchosin. and Happy
area. Toys for. pick-up. in the.
Victoria area, phone 384-8831, or |

“VIOLATION |
Sandra Joan Pratt was issued a

‘the vehicle. belonging to Mrs.

traffic violation report- after)
‘backing her car on Nov. ‘10 into:

Gordon Hulme, in ing of 24 29.
jAmelia,.

Christmas Bureau
Already At Work

To Assist Needy

Plans are being made already
to bring Santa Claus into the
homes of families in need by the
Greater. Victoria . Christmas
Bureau which covers the lower
end of Vancouver Island.

The Bureau is being sponsored
this vear by the Greater Victoria
Council of Churches, and an
office has been set up at Room 113
of First United Church, 932
Balmoral Street, Victoria. The
phone number is 388-6995

Organizations and individuals
planning to help the bureau are
asked to register there as soon as
possible.

The Bureau-is adopting the use
of gift certificates instead of
hampers. this year to allow
recipients maximum freedom of
choice. in) planning «jor. their
Christmas. Should a donor wish
to provide a- hamper, the Bureau
will provide the name of a family
in need.

Requests for Christmas
Hampers. must’ be referred
through a Social Service Agency,
Public Health, Victorian Order of
Nurses, Clergyman, Doctor,
Hospital...

The Saanich Kiwanis Club is
again. collecting TOYS for
distribution. to Children. at
Christmas. .The newly
Goldstream Club is working in
conjunction «with . the © Saanich
Club ‘collecting -and “repairing
TOYS for.the Colwood, Langford,

leave them at Clark and Pattison,

530. Craigflower,

vices. Smith Enterprises,
Family. Shoe. Centre :

sustained

formed”

‘Snow White
Large Heads.

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