Continued from Page A6 ~ made it his practice to attend meetings of the Saanich South constituency executive. Boweott’s weak attempt to try and inject his “independent” NDP Strategy into the campaign would be better accomplished by him simply saying he really supports Elsie McMurphy. I don’t particularly mind Bow- cott being an NDP supporter but I, for one, resent him attacking Terry Huberts as being some sort of leader in the Fantasy Garden affair. Everyone knows Terry is one of Vander Zalm’s strongest suppor- ters and Bowcolt’s silly claims are hardly a credit even to the NDP. Vic Rouse _ Sidney No aid after lraqi atrocities Editor: I wish to state I am whole- heartedly in favor of building Can- ada first before sending aid to Iraq and the rebuilding of Iraq, as Suggested by External Affairs Minister Joe Clark. I cannot for one moment under- stand how Mr. Clark can support Iraq when the atrocities committed by that country in Kuwait are considered. Those atrocities include the rap- ing of women and their murder, the murder of children, the murder of 50 incubated babies, plus the recent gassing of the Kurds. Surely the so-called intelligent- sia in Ottawa should be taken to task for daring to issue such state- ments? As I am a veteran of the Second World War, I feel sure all ex-servicemen will agree with me in this respect. Hubert de Burgh Sidney - Announcement | NRS PENINSULA PROPERTIES LTD. Ron Kubek #33 INTERNATIONAL SALES ACHIEVEMENT Moral blindness Editor: There seems to be a sort of collective moral blindness afflict- ing some of the Social Credit elite sull holding on to power in this province. From the interim premier on down all we hear is how sorry they are for poor Bill and Lillian in these trying times. Unreal! This should speak.volumes to an intelli- gent electorate. But will it? Here we have a man and his wife sitting at the pinnacle of political power using their position for personal gain — at the same time hypocritically fostering Christian principles in almost every ullerance. We now discover that not only has the former premier been less than honest with the people of this province, he is said to have lied to the inquiry investigating his own conflict of interest guidelines, while under oath. Bear in mind that those people sul in power have supported him right up to the last moment and indeed have elected his most fer- vent Supporter to be interim prem- ier. Nobody, not one single voice has been heard crying for the truth in this truth-barren wilderness. No one says what an incredibly sad and bad example this has been for the people or more particularly for the youth, our future voters of this province. Does not one of them, now scrambling for the deposed prem- ier’s job, want to speak out for the people who have been lied to, cheated and deceived by the for- mer premier and his 12 disciples? Ironic, eh! It would seem, from the events of the last few days, that nothing has really changed, and if the electorate does not make a real change when given the chance in Paul Askew #51 652-5171 the coming months then we can expect more of the same from the same old gang who seem to believe along with their former leader that as long as the public does not know, it isn’t conflict of interest. Derek R. King Sidney Cowichan returns Editor: Cowichan Secondary School in Duncan, B.C. is holding its 40th birthday party during the week of May 27 to June 1. Many of the students and teach- ers who attended Cowichan Secondary have left the Cowichan Valley and moved to different regions of Canada and to different countries. We are hoping to find past students and teachers to help us celebrate. An art exhibit will mark the beginning of a week of home- coming activities which will incorporate various exciting events. Please join us in celebrating 40 years of Cowichan High Memo- ries. For more information, please phone or write to Cowichan Secondary School, 40th Birthday Committee, 2652 James Street, Duncan, B.C. V9L 2X2, 746-4435. 40th Birthday Committee Cowichan Secondary School Duncan, B.C. TheReview Wednesday, April 10,1991 — A8 MEADLAND BINDERY has MOVED to 1192 Dignan Road Brehtwood Bay, B.C. Vos 1A0 652-0231 We look forward to serving]] you in our new location. but Lorraine Butler 35,000 people. Call Display 656-1151. littler than an elephant é this ad performs before more than Wille's b “The MEN’S Shop” Just North of the Landmark Building on 2nd S 656-4443 ® N Where do Y Entertainment Dollars Go? your G Letters to the editor must be signed and contain the writer’s address and telephone number. Letters should not exceed 500 words in length and may be edited for clarity, legality or taste. VSG Go Hh if HOUSE OF RUSSEL Our Reputation is on Your Head HAIRSTYLISTS LTD. UNISEX @ 656-1 522 secs ® Precision Cutting IN SIDNEY CENTRE #102-2367 Bevan Ave., Sidney, B.C. (Next to Safeway) The War Amps : of Canada : Craig Walters #65 The staff and management of NRS Peninsula Properties is pleased to announce our INTERNATIONAL TOP 100 AWARD WINNERS FOR ALL NRS OFFICES WORLDWIDE. For real estate services second to none, Call NRS Peninsula Properties. The Saanich Peninsula’s #1 Real Estate Company (based on VREB dollar volume of property sold, 1990) SAW IT IN THE REVIEW MUSGRAVE ON BOOKS Musgrave 1 Dickens by Peter Ackroyd. Sinclair Stevenson. 1195 pages. Simply picking up this weighty biography of Charles Dickens is enough to give any bookworm a workout. Peter Ackroyd, biographer (T.S. Eliot, 1984) and novelist (First Light, 1989, etc.) covers all the familiar territory fictionalized by Dickens himself: the neglected, overworked child; the industrious youth learning shorthand, law, journalism; the young man starting his literary career and a family; travels to America, a romance (platonic, Ackroyd speculates, but nonetheless passionate) with a young actress; early fame, a premature death. Ackroyd also shows us a Dickens beset with a volatile temper, a perfectionist driven by manic bouts of creativity (he could work on two novels at once while editing a magazine), an intense, overbearing, superstitious, lonely and anxious man, who wrote to exorcize his own ghosts and to “engender” himself. Ackroyd portrays Dickens as unhappily married, with little sympathy for his wife's physical weakness and the depression she suffered at the births of their ten children. As to Dickens’ racism, the biographer attempts no alibi. Dickens believed blacks should be free, but the F him as self-evidently absurd, § = and Ackroyd quotes letters in which Dickens appears to advocate § idea of granting them the vote struck : genocide in India. f/ This book is an invaluable resource for anyone wanting to | separate fact from invention in the novels of Charles Dickens. And i pushing the limits of biography, Ackroyd even interpolates imaginary chapters — he has Dickens entering one of his own novels, conversing with other authors, even with Ackroyd himself — fulfilling Dicken’s ambition — to adapt a phrase from the autobiographical David Copperfield — to be at least the hero of his own life. BEST SELLERS FICTION (2) Druid of Shannara Brooks (1) The Secret Pilgrim Le Carre (5) The Plainsof Passage Auel (4) Heartbeat Steel (7) Rumpole alaCarte Mortimer (3) Lives of the Saints Ricci (8) Disappearing Moon Cafe Lee (6) The Old Contemptibles Grimes -) The Eagle Has Flown Higgins -) Cold Fire Koontz ONO hwWNhM — a oo nn NON FICTION (3) Lighthearted Everyday Cooking Lindsay. (2) Iron John: A Book About Men’ Bly (1) Homecoming Bradshaw (-) Beach of Promise Leslie (4) Bradshaw on Family Bradshaw (7) The Wealthy Barber Chilton (6) From Beirut to Jerusalem Friedman (-) Gretzky: An Autoblography Gretzky (5) Graedon’s Best Medicine Graedon (8) Webster! Mahood & Webster ARNNERS A BOOKSTORE & MORE OPEN 8 AM - 10 PM EVERY DAY e BEACON & FOURTH, SIDNEY ° 656-2345