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R PRESS ÀÀ Wednesday, August 21, 1985 another national cbamn- which Whitby pionship lacrosse teans. was really toi Last Friday morning, the champiom 17 weary youngsters, against Sca their coaches and few The teams fou parents returned to altie in the fi Whitby after securing but Whitby n the Canadian B Flight get things mci national championship second earnin, on Victoria, B.C. last 10-7. week. The final sc( The Whitby Garrard 10. Road Minor Lacrosse Whitby g( Association squad didf't Brett Agnew2 lose a single gamne Paddick wei during the national the local ail-s tournament that began end of the gai Aug. 5. Prior to tr, They opened their bid B.C., the to the titie with a 23-2 GardRo trouncing of Nanaimo, also won the1 B.C. before going on to championshil overwhelm Port The teami Coquitlam 12-4. yCukL In their third gamne abyiChuck L they completely asanteis dominated the îî-year man the s old Surrey 6A squad 20-6 manaed b before outperforming Thsite Edmonton 17-8 in the his is the quaret-finals. Wlb a Whitby coastecl to a national 13-3 victory of Surrey 5B lacrosse tit (the 12 year olds) in the earlier victoË semi-finals. 1975 and 1978. No cause for alarm, )y's mettie %ted was in nship game .arborough. mght to a 5- first period managed to oving in the ig a lead of core was 13- goalkeepers and Wayne ere named -stars at the ime. traveling to Wliitby id peewees All-Ontario p. is coached ,epine. The 1Bill Eyre squad was yErie Pit- ethird time swon the peewee tle. Their )ries were in Next-door neighbours Julia Brackenbury, 8 and Erin Shaughnessy, 8, both went to the Whitby Public Library to do some Clowning Around. It was the f irst time ether of them had ever had their faces palnted, they said. Here Erin gets the finlshing touches on her face from Karen Hewson, librarian assistant in the children's department. JoAnne Alexander, assistant children's librarian, was chief clown for the afternoon. She said after the children got their faces painted they were going to have some balloon sports, foilowed by the film, "Behind the Scenes at the Circus." Julia saidshie came because she thought it wouid be fun --and it was. Free Press Staff Photo mayor says.... Rabid fox captured on Cochrane St. fox on Cochrane St. last Thursday .afternoon should not be cause for alarm, Mayor Bob At- tersley says. However, the mayor is urging local residents to instruct the children to stay away from any wild animaIs they should encounter in the fields and woocled areas tbroughout the town. Attersley said that the fox was captured on the south end of the Cochrane St. bridge about 4 p.m. last Thur- sday by Ontario Humnane Society of- ficials and members of the Durham Regional Police Force. The mayor added that the fox was seen wan- dering around his Hanover St. neigh- bourhood earlier that day and probably lived in the wooded are north of the subdivision. "lt wandered in the neighbourhood that morning ... right on my street," he said adding that one o! theYneigh- bours came across the animal in her backyard but avoided contact with the animal. Attersley said that any local resident who sees any suspcious animal should im- mediateiy cail the town's emergency number (668-9111) and help wiIl be dispatched. local veterinarian, notes that last Thursday's in- cident is "not an unusual happening. I'Rabies is in southern Ontario - especialiy in the fox and skunk population," the doctor said. More often than not, rabid animais are found dead, be said adding that there are two precautions that paren- ts can take. 'Young cbiidren should be kept out of the area," MacKay said. "And children over 6 sbould be told to avoid these situations." Parents sbould stress- to their chiidren that they sbouid stay away from animais in the wild. MacKay said tbat rabies is transmitted by bite and since the virus that causes the disease isn't stable, it requires Ilfairly solid contact" before it is transmitted. MacKay also said that animais sucb as the fox and skunk wili not nor- maiiy attack a buman being. "They don't bang around with man," he said, "They avoid humans." When they come across a man, they wil choose another direc- tion. 'So you should choose another direc- tion as wel," MacKay said. w *I. Vol 15., No. 34 24 Pages Clowning a round at the li*b ra r y For the third tim e.... WGR peewees win national 'B' fliglit lac ross e titie 1