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whitchurchstouffville public library thursday aug 12 2004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville u 24 pages1 including gst 3 spirit graduates auditioning y for pro team in germany opinion 6 calendar 11 re classified 20 leisure guide in todays paper what really scares you actor a series i snakes youre notalone by linda johnson staff writer they were the unlucky ones in the animal kingdom no floppy tails button noses or appealing demeanours here but is that any reason to scream chase them down with a can of insec ticide or drop telephone books on them especially in canada where snakes spiders bats and other crawl ing slithering creatures are absolutely harmless and are a tiny portion of our size c youbetcha insects are wiggly slimy and basi cally creepy its the legginess that seems to bother people and the hairiness but ifs the length of the legs that is most important when legs show theres an undeniable aspect of buggi- ness said david sugarman a resear cher at the ontario science centre who admits he has liked insects since he was a child ladybugs are like pins or jewels something out of a storybook theyre cute you dont see their little legs psychologist dr carol heusser who specializes in phobias said many people who develop severe fears relat ing to animals and insects have either suffered a traumatic event associated with the object of fear been bitten by a dog or taunted with a snake or see tv page 9 york staff photosteve somerville oh so close andrew horrocks 14 of toronto reacts after just missing a putt during a canadian junior golf association tournament at rolling hills golf club in gormley tuesday at the games trussell spoljaric have stouffville connections ians ready to go in athens byjohncudmore staff writer olympic dreams not every athlete grows up dream ing of being an olympic athlete sometimes stuff just happens like your chosen sport is suddenly included on the olympic roster and presto the next thing you know there you are participating before millions of onlookers worldwide part of a 17- day orgy of sporting activities some of which ancient greeks may have heard but many they could never have envii sioned new sports take for instance sports such as baseball 1988 and beach volleyball 1996 which have brief histories at the olympic levels same with synchro nized swimming it would be a stretch to think athletes in these sports grew up aiming to competeat olympic games simply because the games did not include their sports nevertheless we are home to par ticipants in each of these relative new comers to the olympic landscape but once i knew baseball was in thepiympics it was a goal of mine to do it said peter orr who will repre sent canada on the diamond at the xxviii olympiad which opens tomor row in athens greece teammate paul spoljaric played six see exblue jay page 8 luffxl j 36a- mm r ihoustonj houston ford ltd 578b main st stouffville 9056404541 www billhoustonf ord com the new os fogus is here car s driver 10 best 5 years in a row various models and colours to choose from one carat diamonds paiihau jewellers 6312 main st stouffvffle 9056