in our summer life on Thormanby Island as important as the com- mon wiener. Um talking the good old fashioned ball park frank kind of wiener here, the kind vou put inte a hor dog bun, crisp and black- ened trom a slightly too close encounter with a campfire. We truly appreciate the value of a wiener on Thormanby, we mothers especially, because the kids cook them themselves over evening bontires, and there is no cleanup that 4 sandy wet black lab can’t handle. We gaze lovingly at our little boys and girls, who stare intently at their bub. bling, spitting v skewered with f arp ened alder sticks just prior to dinner. You'll hear the occasional mournfi wail asa child's roasting stick alights with fire and the wiener is lost to the flames forever, but the disconsolate child eventually comes around as a new wiener is skewered and low- ered, ever so carefully, to a place in the fire just barely nurture our Lord knows what kind of animal parts (Pye heard they include toe- nails and rectums, but I haven’t shared this with the children as yer), and our hearts with memories, like —Shannon Humphreys seomany vem ina treasured jewel bo. But the value of wien: does not rest done in che jov with which we stab them and roast thers for dinner. Oh no, the wieners we bring across the water by boat trom the clasest gre cory store (that being in the Sunshiac Coast town of “Wieners nurture our tummies with Lord knows what kind of animal parts aad our hearts with memories.” Sechelt) carry with them something far greater than the promise of a full rummy. For w an Thormandy Island, and no doubr all up and down the coastlines of this continent, carry with them another, much richer promise: the promise of a catch from the sea The discussion begir early at our Hittle shack. 2 XTLPalts “e * Marzocchi 22'Bam 5 Sale 21 88 reg, $2799 EEP COVE BIKE SHO IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN DEEP COVE WHERE ASTRONOMICALLY LOW PRICES ARE THE LAW WORLD'S HAR,GEST KON DEALER (929-1918 : “4310, Galant Ave., North Van ~ ae “Wi. covebike. CONT Week \ Same 7pm { gang of children with sun bleached hair speculate In serious tones about what the tish wall be bitmy on that parceular morning, as they are planning to fish. Davs of experimentanion Ihave proven that wieners are the most appealing lure tor the litde fish that inhabit the cook, shady waters under the government dock. Sure, therve tried other baits, like bacon, mussels, even the occasional worm, but it appears thar wiencers are a kind of fish deticacy. They look te me, hopetul that we have a cou s lettover from roast fast night, and, happily, [tind tour tired looking tubes in the reare seven kids in this fishing party today Three seem familiar, Fchink they may be mine bat they are so grubby and unkempt that Ecan't be sure. Tsct about chopping up the last of our wieners for the week, warning the wee aughers that this will be the fast day fos ering wievers as bait unul we ga toi che big shopping tip ta Sechelt. hear me, so tied with fishing lines to sticks. The youngest of this group of children is still only four years old. He is mine, and he wants so badly Tg Ss = = [=] ars e tn = nae i = an a) ts] 4 u " rs Weekdays 9am-4pm GTINCIE ATVNOVE SAUL a La 0G 40 5 i and fet bin. FE strap a taded read lite packet around his tubbe hide tarsa, soliciting a promuve trom his older brother and sister ta watch out for him The litte guy is tee young for his own fishing equipment, so the other kids assign him the ude of bait bow. His job is te carey the eutup wicners to the dock, ar assignment he rakes up with great pride and impor tance. When all are satisfied that thew preparations are com: diete, the group tiles off down the path to the beach, full of hope. Within a halfan hour the litle bait boy is back, hig crocodile tears seaming down his smvadued cheeks. “What happened to vou?” [ ask, undoing the straps on his tite jacket and siding him on me lap tera cuddle. Gasping now with real soby, he tells me the sad Stary, Seems he couldn't resist the temptation of those cut up wieners as they were marching down to the dock He tasted 4 tiny ddbit or peo, and continued tucking back the wicner morsels, picee by delicious piece, all the way down the bill. By the time the fishing troop got to the dock, the bait was all bur gone, devoured with great but - LOSE WEIGHT Ge HUNGER { Get Slim + Stay Slim . works through the skin and helps you lose as much weight as you waat! 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Wiping away his tears I assure the lirde bait bow that y Thormanby summers: fish or eat bait THERE are few things one dav he will laugh about the wicner incident, and that for now, perhaps he atight tee better i he helps me bake some chocolate chip cookies. Which, although vou cayt roast them over a camptire and they make lousy Aishbait, are the nest best thing to wieners, here on Thormanby Island. Oil, Lube & Fitter warterty 21 pt Safety cneck, 15 munutes - FAST! Inctudes up to 5 itres of 10w30 Quakerstate 1362 Marine Drive 980-9715 8.0Cam-6.00em, Sun9:00am-5:00pm Expires Aug 21, QUALITY GAS FIREPT VCE S PROBE NSTON AT INST ATT VATIONS VISEE OUR SHO ROOM 2g MI MUNE She ar Vane yit INRINT Ay i R OS7- 1293 «Tins . sae wcnnaneea HE. 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