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I Z News/A7 Mutton wants to return to council «Cljc Canabian Statesman Sports/13 'Timebomb' is ticking in Cuba CLARINGTON'S AWARD-WINNING NEWSPAPER SINCE 1854 Ihe Canabian Statesman Pressrun 24,150 Be afraid, be very afraid Walk of horror this Saturday CLARINGTON - Dare to be scared by the Osliawa/CIar- ington Association for Community Community Living's walk of horror Saturday. There will be ghosts and goblins to frighten brave participants, participants, as well as horrifying stories that chill. Guided tours leave the Clarington Resource Centre at 132 Church St. every 10 minutes minutes from 6:30 to 9:30 pan. The tours take people to different spots in town where .they hear a spooky story. 1 "It might be a little scary Toi' young kids but it is defi- 'jiitely for older kids," said [Suzanne Nobes, co-ordinator ■of community relations and 'volunteers. • The walk may not be suitable suitable for children under five 'years old. ■ After the tour there will be "hot chocolate, cookies and loot bags at the resource centre - for those who make it through. Tickets are $5 each or $20 per family. All proceeds go towards activities at the Clarington Resource Resource Centre. Reservations are not required but are available available for large groups that want a specific time. For more information, call 905-623-6814 ext. 35. INDEX Editorial Page A6 Sports B1 Classified B6 GIVE US A CALL General 905-579-4400 Distribution 905-579-4407 General FAX 905-579-2238 Newsroom FAX 905-579-1809 durhamregion.com October 22,2003 • 36 Pages • Optional 3 Week Delivery $5/$l Newsstand durhamregion.com ONTARIO'S DRIVE CLEAN •SERVICE • PARTS • NEW & USED SALES & LEASING EXTENDED SERVICE HOURS MON., TUES., THURS., FRI. 7:30 - 6:00 WED.- 7:30-9:00 SAT.-9:00 -1:00 ACCREDITED TEST & REPAIR FACILITY ♦An nllkltil mark uf llic I'rovliuv tif Onlmln used imtliT lIvviKT. Whitby - Oshawa ; Honda 1110 DUNDAS. ST. E. WHITBY , LOCAL (90S) 666-1772 HOJ.VI3/V www.honda1.com M rfl wrrrv r-nrr::' M-it rl> Z Durham gets case of the shakes Small earthquakes felt in the region Monday night BY JEREMY LE PAGE Staff Writer DURHAM - If all the artwork artwork on your walls was hanging crooked Tuesday morning, don't be alarmed. It was just a few "small earthquakes," according to officials at the Ministry of Environment. Environment. "There were three small earthquakes between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. (Monday)," explains Allison Bent, spokesman for the Geological Services of Canada. She says the action was centred centred around Lindsay, but insists all three tremors were less than "two in magnitude. "Residents from across the region region have reported feeling the ground shake," she adds. "They were too small to cause any damage." damage." Ms. Bent says the area experiences experiences about three a year, with the highest ever registered coming in at a magnitude of three. She calls them "very small," and says they haven't been linked to any specific specific fault lines. The earthquakes take place about I0 to 15 feet below the earth's surface, she adds, The quakes gave residents from Lindsay to Whitby the shakes. Tom Whiteway, a Durham Regional Police sergeant, was A. tv40^*' 1 fL ?m, afe. • . Z , if kJ* : 1 fit.. ! • > • A ' - • Jason Liebregts/ This Week Students at Lakcwoods Public School learned plenty about the life cycle in recent weeks, through the Monarch Butterflies in the Classroom program. The children, including Jared Conway, helped nurture the colourful creatures creatures from the creeping caterpillar stage. The 'wonder'ful world of butterflies at Lakewoods "When a butterfly flutters its wings in one part of the world, it can eventually cause a hurricane hurricane in another" -Edward Lorenz's 'Chaos Theory' BY CARLY FOSTER Staff Writer DURHAM - Madame Butterfly Butterfly flutters around the excited excited group of children clad in laminated orange and black wings and pipe cleaner antennae. antennae. "Bye Angel!" "Bye Sparkle!" they chorus, waving furiously. It's a blissful but heartbreaking heartbreaking day as the group releases a dozen or so monarch butterflies in the meadow behind Lake- woods Public School in Oshawa. Oshawa. Blissful because nothing could be more fun than giggling and singing on a bright fall morning, but sad because the delicate winged-crcalures have been with these children since they were creeping caterpillars or little eggs. Madame Butterfly is Patricia Cota in the real, world, a soft- spoken Grade 3 teacher who earned the lofty name from fellow fellow teachers after bringing 'Monarch Butterflies in the Classroom' to Lakewoods. When she talks about mon- archs, her eyes light up and the dainty gold butterfly on a chain that encircles her neck glints in the light. "It's the wonder in their faces watching the butterfly emerge," she said. "I haven't really really seen them as excited as they have been about this." The program weaves the life cycle of a monarch butterfly into activities about science, social social studies, world languages, art, music, math and technology. technology. Mrs. Cota was one of only 25 teachers in Ontario to attend a workshop in Kingston this summer outlining the program, which began in New Jersey. Mrs. Cota and her husband began by scouring the fields and meadows in Bowmanvillc for caterpillars. Three other teachers from Lakewoods joined to learn about the program and build butterfly "homes" out of wooden wooden hoops and netting. Stalks of milkweed nestled inside completed completed the makeshift abodes. And remarkably, the caterpillars caterpillars would inch their way up the netting, attach themselves with silken thread, form a T shape and become a chrysalis (not a cocoon, as some call it). Ten to 14 days later, the butterflies butterflies emerge. Some survived, some died. The effect on students is remarkable. remarkable. At the back of Mrs. Cota's classroom after the monarch release, release, eight-year-olds Jesse Darrach and Jill Tidswell rhyme off butterfly tidbits while gesturing to netting hanging from the ceiling with yarn. "They drink sugar water off your finger. Mrs. Cota does that," Jill said. "Milkweed is poisonous to some birds, but not to butterflies. butterflies. Stick your nail in a leaf and white stuff comes out," Jesse replied, pointing to a stalk perched in a water bottle. "We drew pages in a circle, with a whole bunch of arrows to show the egg, the caterpillar, the pupa and the monarch butterfly," butterfly," explained Jill, waving her hands in circles. "Boys have two black dots on the bottom wings, girls have a big white dot on the bottom wings," Jesse said. "In the middle," Jill finished. "But they nil have different patterns." patterns." Gail Clark has the same results results in lier Grade 2 class. "We'll have made them aware for the rest of their lives," she said, adding kids would even notice butterflies at recess. But the wonders of butterflies butterflies were not restricted to students, students, Mrs. Cota, who took the butterflies butterflies home every weekend and transformed lier living room to a butterfly "sanctuary," See BUTTERFLIES page 5 ' sitting in the kitchen of his Pon- typool home around 8:30 p.m. when lie the tremors started. "All of a sudden my kitchen table and glasses started to shake. It probably only lasted three or four seconds but it felt a lot longer," said Sgt. Whiteway, adding the event caused his two large dogs to take cover under the table. Board offers character references School meeting looks at values BY DANIELLE MILLEY Staff Writer CLARINGTON - Parents, school council members and business leaders can learn about character education this week. The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board's annual parent and school council conference conference is Saturday, Oct. 25 at Bowmanville High School and it is open to anyone in the community community who wants to participate. participate. Keynote speakers focus on home and school partnerships for fostering character education, education, an effort to cultivate positive positive personal attributes, civility and ethical behaviours. "Character education is not something new to our schools but now it's under a concise , title," said trustee Nancy Coffin, who helped organize the event. She said the board participated in a forum in the spring and came up with 10 character attributes. attributes. The conference is just one way to promote character education. The event builds on the board's plan to implement character character education in all area schools by next school year. Character education represents represents a consensus on the qualities qualities desired in KPR school graduates. graduates. members of the larger community, and that employers want in employees. Conference 1 participants have the opportunity to attend workshops on topics such as emotional intelligence, goal setting setting for school councils, dealing with difficult people and how to help your child witlt homework. This is the first conference that has been open to people other than school council members. members. Participants are asked to register register no later than Friday by calling Donna Bested at the board offices at 1-877-741- 4577 ext. 2020. However, if someone wants to participate and fails to call in advance, they will not be turned away. Registration begins Saturday Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and the event should be wrapped up by 2:30 pm. The event is free and lunch is provided. 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