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calendar. free of charge, space permitting.
Preference will be given to local, non-
profit clubs and organizations. Upcoming
event notices are printed in the edition
prior to the event; continuing announce-
ments run no longer than four weeks.
Please submit written information by 5
p.m. Thursday. 5

CHRISTMAS SERVICE
A Ghristmas Eve service will be held at
St. Paul’s United Church, 2410 Malaview,
Sidney, starting at 7 pm. All welcome.

Dec. 25

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Christmas festivities in various homes
throughout the Peninsula.

Dec. 26

BOXING DAY.
Happy Holiday!

an.

CARE GIVERS

Sidney Care Givers aftemoon support
group meet from noon to 2:30 pm in the
Peninsula. Community Association build-
ing, 9751 3rd Street, Sidney. Open to all
care givers.at home or in a facility. Brung a
bag lunch, tea and coffee provided. Spon-
sored by the Victoria Health Project, Minis-
try of Health. Info, 655-1947 or 656-4859.

: AUTHOR READS

Author Marilyn Bowering will give a
free reading at the Sidney-North Saanich
Regional Library, 10091 Resthaven Drive,
Sidney, starting at 7:30 pm. Bowening is the
author of eight collections of poetry and a
historical novel, To All Appearances a
Lady, set in Victoria’s Chinatown at the
tum of the century. Info, 656-0944.

SAVE THOSE BOTTLES

Save your bottles and telephone books
for a Girl Guide and Boy Scout bottle and
telephone book drive Jan. 12, from 10 am
to 1 pm. Profits from the drive will help
maintain the Guide and Scout Hall.

SAVE AND SOUND

The free Safe and Sound Wildemess
Survival program will be offered starting
Jan. 7 at St. Elizabeth Parish Hall on Third
Street in Sidney. The six-week program
meets for an hour every Monday and
Wednesday and is open to children aged
three to eight years. The program is
designed to teach children how to survive if
they are lost in the wildemess. Twelve
hours of role playing is followed by over-
night tp in the weods. Each child taking
the program must be accompanied by a
parent. The program is sponsored by the
Knights of Columbus. For information, call
656-9200.

SAANICH PIONEERS

The Saanich Pioneers Society meets
every Monday from 9 am to 2 pm at 7910
East Saanich Road. Coffee is always on.
Volunteers welcome to help the group
record the history, of the Saanich Peninsula.
Info, 652-1775 or 656-5714.

MUSEUM HELP

The Sidney Museum is looking for
volunteers to man the front desk. Anyone
willing to help is asked to call 656-1322.

SPINNERS

Sidney Spinning Circle meets from 7:30
pm to 10 pm Wednesdays at Honeysuckle
Fann, 10127 Tsaykum Road. All fiber
spinners welcome. Info, 656-4201.(39)

TAKE IT OFF

TOPS., Take Off Pounds Sensibly, Sid-
ney group now meets Wednesday momings,
9:45 to 10:45 am. Info, 656-1984 or
656-2654. ~

TREE IN

Plant your live Christmas tree in your
yard or in a designated park. Trees may be
dropped off to the Victoria Parks Mainte-
nance Yard, Beacon Hill (Cook and Park
Blvd), at the CRD Parks Maintenance Yard,
728 Beaver Lake Road or at Colwood City
Hall; 3300 Wishart Road on Jan. 2, 3, and 4
from 9 a.m. to 4 pm. A community tree
planting celebration will be held in Copley
Park Jan. 6 from 1 to 4 p.m. Pick-up service
for trees is available by calling 386-3880.

LIGHTS TOUR

The B.C. Lions Society for Crippled
Children will hold its annual Firetruck Tour
of Victorias decorated homes until Dec.
30. No tours are held Dec. 24 and 25.
Tickets for the twice-nightly tours will be
$6 for adults and $4 for seniors and
children. Reservations can be made by.
calling 382-3171. All proceeds to benefit
the work of the B.C Lions Society for
Crippled Children.

TheReview Monday, December 24,1990 — A23

Author and poet Marilyn Bow-
ering will give a free reading at the
Sidney-North Saanich branch of
the Vancouver Island Regional
Library next Wednesday, Jan. 2.

The reading will start in the
library, 10091 Resthaven Drive, at
7:30 p.m.

Bowering is the author of eight
collections of poetry, one of fiction
plus radio plays for the BBC and
CBC.

Her first novel, To All Appear-
ances a Lady, is an epic centered in
the Chinatown of turn-of-the-
century Victoria.

The book was published by
Random House of Canada in the
fall of 1989; by Viking in the U.S.
in the spring of 1990 and will be
published by Hamish Hamilton/
Penguin in the United Kingdom in
1991.

The New York Times Book

Calendar forms

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ney Review Community Calendar
are available at the Review office,
9781 Second Street, Sidney, 656-
1151.

Preference for publication will
be given to submissions using the
form.

ten Class Dec. 14.

HEART SOCIETY

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of B:C
and the Yukon has an office at 1008
Blanshard St., Victoria. Free brochures
available. Heart sweat shirts, the Light-
hearted Cookbook, Seafood Cookbook and
information on cholesterol available. Vol-
unteers needed for special events, door to
door canvassing. Call George Douglas,
regional coordinator, at 382-4035 for infor-
mation.

COLLEGE CATALOGUE

Camosun College’s winter ’91 credit free
community course calendar is available
starting Jan. 3 at any Camosun Campus,
public library or major shopping mall.
Tn-person registration starts Jan. 5, 9 am to
2 pm, at the Isabel Dawson Building,
Lansdowne Campus, 3100 Foul Bay Road.
Free parking. Register early.

PARENT RESOURCE

A parent resource group for parents to
share information, support, guest speakers
and more meets weekly, sponsored by the
Capital Families Association. Info, 474-
7181.

CHRISTMAS SHOW

Kaleidoscope Theatre presents Hans
Christian Andersen: Paper, Pins, Strings
and Things, a puppet show of fairy tales, in
the former Marks and Spencer Store, 1212
Douglas St. on Dec. 24. The show contin-
ues Dec. 26 through 30 and Jan. 2 through
5. The 45 minute shows are at 10 am, 11:15
am, 1:30 pm and 3 pm. Admission is $5 for
adults, $4 for children or $3.50 for groups
of five or more. Tickets at Hillside,
McPherson, Harbour Square and Kaleidos-
cope, 714 Yates, Info, 383-8124.

A TASTE OF CHRISTMAS is sought by six-year-old Michelle
Braun as she reaches for a sweet piece of her ginger-
bread house. Michelle and classmate Matthew Sparkes,
9, made the houses in their Sansbury-McTavish Kindergar-

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WORKS IN WOOD

A show of fine woodwork by Westem
Canadian crafts people continues at the
Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, Univ-
ersity of Victoria, until Jan. 13. Gallery
hours are Monday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm,
and Sunday, noon to 4 pm. Free admission.
Info, 721-8298.

Novelist reads ai library

Review listed the work as an
editors’ choice. A review of the
book noted: “Those who think of
Canada as a staid and proper place
will have their misconceptions
Swept away by Marilyn Bower-
ing’s historical novel.”

The reading is sponsored by the
library and the Canada Council
with organizing assistance from
Susan Musgrave.

Bowering recently moved to
Barcelona with her husband and
daughter and will be returning
there soon.

For more information call the
library at 656-0944.

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for
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The Islands

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Committed to equality,
choice an opportunities for
women.

658-1232

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CELTIC TREE SERVICE

¢ DANGEROUS TREE REMOVAL - TOPPING FOR SAFETY
¢ SELECTIVE LOT CLEARING - COMPLETE TREE SERVICE
MALCOLM RICHARDS

656-9312

FREE ESTIMATES

HOLIDAY HOURS

The Peninsula Community Association
office will be closed on Christmas Day,
Boxing Day and New Year’s Day ONLY.
Call 656-0134 for information on the many
services available at P.C. A. throughout the
year.

THRIFT SHOP HOURS

The P.CA. Thrift Shop will be closed
Chnisumas week, re-opening January 2 with
many in-store specials. The shop is located
at 9783 3rd Street and is open Monday to
Saturday, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Se

FOUR WHEELERS

PCA. volunteer driving service has had
offers in the past from four-wheel drive
owners willing to assist with diving when
road conditions are less than perfect. If you
could help out at this time until the roads

clear, please call volunteer services at

656-0134.
XMAS CARDS

Save your old Christmas Cards for the
PCA Thrift Shop please. Volunteers have
many uses for them. Drop off the cards to

the shop any time after Christmas.

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