DEAN PARK — with
SUPERB OCEAN VIEWS
8833 Pender Pk. Rd.

Custom built in 1980, so you can live entirely on the level entry, main
floor and use the lower level with its family room, 2 bedrooms,
bathroom ete., for relatives or guests OR enjoy the whole house
which is suitable for a larger family. There are many special features
in this home which make for quality living style. ML 11830 Listed for

$297,000

PAT COLLETT

656-0911

PEMBERTON.
HOLMES Se

THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED.

SORRY!

IN LAST WEEK’S AD WE REPORTED DOUGLAS AS BEING THE
1989 PLATINUM AWARD WINNER. THIS WAS
AN ERROR. DOUG DID WIN THIS
COVETED AWARD IN 1988 HOWEVER.
SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE

THE REVIEW

PEMBERTON
HOLMES"?

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DAYLIGHT BASEMENT SUITE 1
bdrm, living room, bathroom, hall, pri-
vate entrance, undercover parking,
includes hydro & cable. Suit single
mature lady, N/S, no children or pets.
$450. 652-0406 after 6 pm.

NEW ZEALAND ANYONE? Home
exchange on Van. Island wanted by
couple in Dunedin, N.Z., beautiful 3
bdrm., 2 bath, modern, well-kept with
excellent views of the city and hills
behind. For 3 weeks for August or Sept.
1990. For details contact: Golden Era
International, Ken Burke, 734-2729,
2046 W 14th Ave. Vancouver, V6J 2K4.

FURNISHED 1 BDRM upper half of
house, Own entrance, across from
ocean, $550 per month including utili-
ties. Short term or long term. 655-1584.

EXECUTIVE WATERFRONT unfur-
nished 3 bdrm home $1,400. Lochside
Drive. Walking distance from Sidney.
Days 656-3621 after 5:30. 655-1656.
Ask for Chris.

SIDNEY SXS DUPLEX bright, 2 large
bdrms, 1 1/2 baths, N/S preferred. Alex
Fischer, 652-5171 or 655-1340. $725/
mth. Available now.

SMALL SHOP & yard, rear of 9813 -
8rd St. for rent. Phone 656-2945.

RESTHAVEN ISLAND. To rent. Water-
front townhouse. Spacious 3 bdrm 2 1/2
bath. Magnificent location. $1295. 656-
7841.

SIDNEY WATERFRONT furnished
room on water's edge. Private entrance
and balcony. Suitable for N/S female.
Available Feb. 1, $325 inclusive. 656-
2702.

STORAGE, 3000 sq: ft. barn loft availa-
ble, suitable for hay or other. 1st class
building, very secure. Some available
on main floor for approx. 2 vehicles or
similar size. No junk. 655-4596.

PENINSULA HOUSE under $100,000.
656-1789

WANTED - QUIET MATURE European
couple returning from Queen Charlotte
for employment transfer. In dier need of
2 bdrm accomodation, Feb. 15 or Mar.
1, small house or clean apt. with
prospect of future purchase. Workshop
if available for woodworking tools.
Please leave message with friends at
656-2959.

WANTED ONE BEDROOM for senior,
prefer Central Sidney, basement suite
or apartment. Phone 656-2235.

SIDNEY, UPPER PARK of house, 2
bdrm., f/p, sundeck, $695 /month plus
utilities, share laundry. One child OK,
references a must. No pets. Available
Feb 1/90. Joe Starke, Castle Properties,
656-0747

DAYLIGHT BASEMENT SUITE 1
bdrm, bathroom, large living room with
stove. Share kitchen and utilities, suit
professional lady. $325/month. 652-
4759.

BRENTWOOD BAY furnished 2 bdrm
bungalo near water available immedi-
ately, N/S, N/P, lease required. Prefer
mature couple, $975/mth. 652-5897.

SELF-CONTAINED basement suite,
rural Sidney for ONE person, non
smoker, retired gentleman preferred.
$300/month. 656-1730.

MATURE CHRISTIAN COUPLE work-
ing temporarily in Sidney will housesit
May 1-Sept. 10 in return for reasonable
rent. References available. 574-9924.
Fred/Hester Hutton No. 304-17719-58A
Ave. Cloverdale, B.C., V3S 1N4 or
General Delivery, Postal Stn. A, Surrey,
B.C. V3S 4P2.

FULLY EMPLOYED RESPONSIBLE
adult available to housesit, excellent
references, message 477-0752.

WANTED 1 ACRE building lot in North
Saanich preferably Ardmore, private.
727-2757.

The Classifieds!

656-1151

Private medicine is ¢
if you’ve got the bucks, that is

VICTORIA — Now I know why
some U.S. hospitals are listed on
the stock exchange. The bill for
eight days at Honolulu’s Straub
Hospital came to a cool $18,400 in
U.S. funds. And that doesn’t
include the doctor’s bill.

Of course, you get unsurpassed
service for your money. Every
TOOM 1S a private room: the staff is
better paid and less over-worked
that in B.C; the doctors are top-
notch and get paid what they’re
worth.

There are no waiting lists. The
day after my heart condition had
stabilized, Dr David Furgusson
proposed that he do an angiogram
to find out what artery might be
blocked. Less than 24 hours after
that, I underwent angioplasty sur-
gery.

For the latter procedure, there is
often a waiting period of four to
six weeks in B.C., because it is
necessary to have a team of open-
heart specialists on stand-by, just
in case the old balloon trick
doesn’t work.

Nothing a patient uses at Straub,
including the mattress, is ever used
again. You pay for it, you can take
it home after, or it gets thrown out.

All of which is great if you are
properly insured. Unfortunately,
millions of Americans have no
coverage at all. I asked what they
do with such patients at the Straub
Hospital. The answer was, ‘‘we
stabilize them and send them to
another hospital.”

The way my source made it

sound, I had no particular desire to
ever end up at one of “the other”
hospitals, where poor people
receive less than the state-of-the-
art medical care they get at the
Straub, ’'m also sure they don’t
have too many Dr Fergussons at
“the other” hospitals.

Which brings me to a point I
would like to make. Don’t even go
actoss the border to buy groceries
without insuring yourself to the
teeth. At the hospital rates I men-
tioned, it wouldn’t take long to
make suicide look like a desirable
alternative. The cost of additional
travel insurance is reasonable: it
works out to about $8 a day.

To wind up my account of this
certainly interesting experience, I
would like to thank some people
for the good wishes they sent my
way. To Premier Vander Zalm,
thanks for your kind message,
which reached me via the wonders
of Fax. To friends and colleagues

656-1151

great —*

at the press gallery, also thanks for
the fax message which had hotel
Staff scratching their heads.

One of the nicest gestures was
offered by the Sheraton Moana
Surfrider, a beautifull and historic
and expensive hotel on Waikiki §
Beach. Since we only intended to. §
Stay for a week, we thought we’
go first-class, which the Moana
certainly is, but the prospect of
having to pay the rather Steep daily
hotel rate for whatever length of
time I might have to stay in the
hospital had my wife slightly
scared.

When she attempted to check
out and move to a cheaper hotel,
however, the Manager said, no
need. We are valued guests and for
the duration of my hospitalization,
the rate would be reduced to $50 a
night. That, I would say, is a class
act. co
To my editors, publishers, and,
of course, my readers, I’m afraid
you'll still have Hubert to kick
around. I hope you guys appreci-
ated that I never missed a bloody
deadline. The hospital staff
thought I had gone bonkers when
Started tuming my room into an
office.

I suppose they thought it was a
little strange, seeing me hacking
away at a rented computer, shuf-
fling paper, receiving fax transmis-
sions, printing out columns, while
all sorts of tubes and wires were
sucking out of my body. Anyway,
it’s great to be back at my familiar
desk, and all things considered,
life ain’t too bad af all.

arson.

THE BANK machine at Bank of Montreal looked like this
not long ago. Today, it’s back in business after the