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Pae16, WhltbyFree'0rees, Wecklesday, Marc 2,1995 *42f BROOKLLN}Ihr TownMlistens to ferret owneir Dy Seove Leahy I think it is fantastic,." said Laurie .Wiliamson after bis presentation te tiie Town's erb n committe. te allow ztbis pot ferret, te b. exempted fom the animal control bylaw. Committe. chair Dennie Fox, wiio is aise the chair < f Picke *ANax-Whitby (PAW) Animal Control Centre, said PAW had turned down a siniilar requeet five or six years before since they did net have the information that Williamson "It is nice te see someone challenge a bylaw by providing detailed and accurate information," h. said. Williamson went ail out on his research sud offered the Town Information frocm ail over Canada' sud the. U.S. te show that ferrets were net onfly dometicated, but did net create any probleme where they were ailowed. According te New York city authorities, said Williarnson, the number <f times people were bitten by other people were far higiier than the nuinher of people bitten b;y ferrets. The ferret fr-acas etarted on Jan. 20 when PAW informed Williamson that h. had 30 daye te, gt nid ofKiait, his ix-month-old ferret. or face a $5,000 fine. Under the Town of Whitby'e animal control bylaws, ferrets are considered wild animais. Completely urprised by thie bylaw, Williamsen began hie campaign te educate officials sud tii. general public about hie "misunderatood pet." He erected a large sigu on tii. garage at hie Baldwin Street home in Broklin, deaIln ferrets! long hietory as dmeic pets. Ferret ewners frm across the country offered their support as Williameon' attempt te, fight the. local bylaw becaine known. He applied for a hearing b.fore the. Town'e operations committe. sud that prompted a review <f the. bylaw by PAW technical advias, veterinarisu, Waiter Ingwersen of MacKay Animai Clinic in Whitby. Dr. Ingwersen recommended ferrets ho exempted as long as they were licensed and vaccinated like other pets. Ferrets are treated in a similar fashion in otiier murucipalities such as -caà * a~ However, Williamson ien't finished yet, H. is te appear before the. fil PAW cornmitteep, comprised <f councillore from al three municipalities, te, asic Pickering and Ajax te amend their hblaws as well. "I will do my beet te mIl it te the. otier councillore," Fox teld Wilhamsen after hie presentation. BREAKAWAY When Broolin newcomer Judy Potter couldn't find a job, se created on. for herself -- sud for several 'othere -- by opening the Breakawgiy Caf. at tiie Giant Cas Bar at Highway 7 and Ferguson Street There are lots <f etatietice shewing ta otpeople Who ottheirjm si the early nineties weuld still b. unemployed if they had not creatod their ewn jobs. On top <f that, these email businesses are responsible for creating meet <f the new jobs in Ontario. T'he Breakaway Caf.e tarted wiien Jud[y' husband, Wayne Potter, stopped at tiie Giant Gao Bar for gas and noticed the repair baye were empty. It appeared te be aperfectestop -with afew renevatione -- fer a coffe.e shop. Although neither had any restaurant experience, Wayne, who works in contruction, and Judy, who had worked in acceunting, decided te, go for it. T'h. Breakaway Caf. opened late aset fàll and business has been picking Up steadily, says Judy. Th.ecafe offers a wide' aasriment of donuts, soupe, muffins, sandwiches, bagelesud chule. But their growing dlaim to fame is the quality of their coffee. Future plans include ice cream delights for the summer and a gril so that hot breakfaists will b. part fth. menu. BROOKUN UNIED CHURCH Monday, March 27 is the. date for the next AOTS meeting. It'à a potluck supper starting at 6:30 Pmn. Morne Morninge etart up again, this Wedneeday, March 22, 9:15 te 11:15 a.m. On Sunday, April 9, Palm Sunday, there will be a epecial Sunday ahool service. TALES, STORYTIE The Tales for Tots (ages 2 and 3) and Storvtime (ages 4 and 5) programe will begmn next week at te Brooklin library branch. Due te an editing'error, incorrect ages for each program were given in last weee edtion. StvLa1rsolm ppemrs evryfwoï ek hnbeNacei Wood to speak at fýederation banquet Members <f the. Durhamn Region Federation of Agriculture (DRFA) will meet Tuesday, BROOKLIN PHARMACY 65 BALDWIN ST.* BROOKLIN LOB iCO 905- 655- 330 IWhat's Good For Acne? Acne begins with a tiny plug release of hydrogen of oils and dead ceils in the peroxide. Less bacteria pores of the skin. These mean Iess inflamation and Ipores sometimes become redness. Benzoyl peroxide swollen and inflamed wiII also reduce the build Up because of the added effect of oil by-products which of bacteria. contribute to this J~Products which contain inflamnation. j"benzoyl peroxide" are Consult your pharmacist for effective in the treatment of help in selecting products acne. Benzoyl peroxide kMis for treatment of acne.JT bacteria because of the GIVE SOMEoNE A SECOND CHANCE. March is Kidney Month. Please give generously. 111E KIDNEY FOUNDATION 0F CND March 28 at the. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food sud Rural Affaire (OMAFRA) office, 60 Vanedward Dr., Port Perry. The meeting etarte at 8 p.m. Bruce Wa]ker, su agent with Cooperaters Insurance, wilI present general information on farm insurance policies. mhe DRFA annuel banquet will b. held on April 1. at the. Nestleten Cemmunity Centre, beginning at 7 p.m. Eleanor Wood, -well-known for ber articulate and humerous delivery <f rural sud farm-related material, will b. the. speaker.' She recently acted as master of ceremeniesi for the Entertainment Shewcase at tiie Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies convention at the. Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Tickets for the. banquet are $15. mhe DRFA is currently investi-gating the. feauibility of eetablishing a bulletin board service for the a-'u.ua community in Durham Ï~gon. l'he neigiibeuring Hstngs County Federation bas speaniieaded a similar type Of venture in connection with the TELOS Network baued eut <f Belleville. For flirtiier information about DRFA activities, contact Karen at Down to earth BROOKE MORGAN, 8, of Brooktin makes a terrarium during the March break art pvogram offered in Ashbumn by the (Uimist Club of Boklin. Jewelry and cia y masks were also made by youth, instructed by Matt Sonchetti who coordinated the program. WhtyF.Pre No defence Clearl, women should b. protected fi-om ail forme of assault. That is why our criminal justice system must sent a clear message to society that Canadians regard sexual assault for what it is: a shameful, denigrating act which will b. puniehed severely. The legal waters -- and Canadiansd view of the crime oif semuai aseault -- became murky recently when a Supreme Court of Canada decision allowed that extreme intSrication oeuld be used as a defence for a case in which a sexual assault occurred. Thie week Parliament will amend the crirninal code disallowing drunkenness as a defence for committing sexual affault. These amendments should act as a wake-up oeil to the judiciary as to-juat how far Canadiane will tolerate bad judgment In the drunkenness as a defence case, the defence argued the degree of intoxication rendered the defendant unconscious of the crime being coniritted. The judges who ruled for the defendant - included were two female justices -- feit it would b. a rare incident in which somneone could argue intoication ma&e thern totaily unconscieus to the point where a person didnt known what they were doing. But in this cae they looked upon the. defence argument in a liiht similar to a plea of insaxnty. Te defendant was not conscious of bis actions, therefore, h. did not commit the crime. The court's ruling ie based in our British coermon-Iaw tradition. A crime is committed when on. not only camres out the act, but aise bas thought up the act.JIn oher words, the person cexnmitting the crime must b. conscio<f what they are doing. But the difference between the drunkennese defence and insanity plea is that we institutionalize the criminally insane. The court, though, saw drunkennees as a temporary state of mind and the person whe, committed the sexual aseault got off. To me it is odd'that someone can be enointoiet to be uncons.clous, yet be capable oif cornxittin sexuel assault. I find it abeurd, as Fim sure you do, L pole can get drunk and commit any act they so desir without being responsible for their actions. The amendments will serve to met a direction for the courts that laws in the area of intoxication and exual assault have been interpreted too liberally. The case showed bad judgmnent on the.part of the judiciary. Although I understand and respect the need for independent judges, I am glad the goverrament 1 am part of can act ewiftly to show Canadians that under no circumestances wil the act of sexuel assault b. tolerated in this society. Alex Shepherd la MF fo~r Durham rkinwg whic& includea Whitby, north of Taunton RoeuL To reach hie oenstituency efice, oeil 721-7570 (Oshau)a).