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the tribune thursday august c 1s81 15 robbed contd from page 14 surprised myself by firmly declaring there sure are some miserable bastards in the world thank god for all the good guys during the fifty- three years of bis banking career i was confident that sandy stewart was one of the good guys yet it was with some trepidation that i married him a few years after the tmstletown incident our wedding day was july 10th 1s37 and wouldnt you know it wis the hottest day on record every bankers wife knows that there is always a risk of holdups just as every policemans wife knows the risk she is taking when she marries a cop fortunately sandy and i were two of the hicky ones who were spared to live a long happy life together gas projectile subdues man york region for a first time york regional police have introduced what is known as a non penetrating tear gas dust projectile with satisfactory results the need for such a measure occurred jury 30 at 655 pm when officers from no 28 division answered a call to a residence on sussex avenue richmond hill there they were con fronted by a man brandishing two knives when the party refused to put away the weapons and threatened to kill the constables the tear gas dust projectile was discharged from a shotgun the distraught man was immediately arrested and taken to york central hospital for treatment although used by police in metro toronto the gas projectile is new to the force in york region deputychief bob hood described the result as very satisfactory kingbirds image hurt by art briggsjude although its a good many years since we first were shown a bee- martin by an elderly farmer near vineland this local name often comes to mind whenever i see a kingbird ac tually to the owner of an apiary myself included the presence of a kingbird would indeed seem just cause for alarm the birds deadly pursuit of flying in sects and its hovering habit over the hives were reasons enough to make it somewhat of a suspicious character just how far some of these beliefs have gone though is hard to imagine one favourite folklore tale still persists even to this day it concerns the kingbirds hidden crest which when flashed in the sun is supposed to lure the bees to their doom on the mistaken identity of a bright red flower by and large kingbirds do devour some bees in fact a biological survey was conducted some years ago in the united states department of agriculture for this very reason sur prisingly enough after examining the stomach contents of more than 600 kingbirds only 22 were found to contain honey bees again this 22bird total yielded k 61 bees all told which worked out to less than three bees per kingbird an even closer look at these findings shows that 51 of the bees found were in fact drones whose loss in such small numbers would in no way affect the nearby hive thus it would seem the name bee- martin is in most cases detrimental to the good image that should prevail about the kingbird from a high perch that commands an unobstructed view of the surrounding territory it plays the kingly role that its name suggests putting all intruders to bay whether they be hawk crow or greedy grackle there are even cases on record of kingbirds attacking some of the smaller types of low flying aircraft while eagles are set upon with the same vigor used in driving away egghunting jays but while the predator species of birds are put to route with almost reckless abandon the smaller songbirds by contrast are quick to discover the protection this aerial fighter affords these tiny creatures readily build their nests within the boundaries of the kingbirds territory without fear of conflict from the aggressive ruler for its own nest the kingbird builds a shallow cup made of rootlets and small twigs in an orchard roadside tree or grown up fencerow the three to five white eggs blotched with brown take about two weeks to hatch after which the young remain in the nest another week or so and despite the stories sometimes heard these birds are in reality highly beneficial capturing almost all their insect food on the wing scores of beetles flying grasshoppers and moths were among the many species of harmful insects found in their stomachs during the survey mentioned though most paintings depict the bird with a red crown patch this is not a good field mark to look for when trying to identify the eastern kingbird most of the time this patch lies well concealed and only is visible when the bird is ex cited or aroused a much better sign is the white band across the tip of the tail which by tfje way no other ontario bird can duly match add to this its dark back and white breast and you quickly see the striking picture it presents striking too are the aerial manoeuvres it performs as it deftly snatches an insect from the air or sends a hawk to cover with its persistent and varied attacks sinclair stevens via loss inflated stouffvtlle sinclair stevens up yorkpeel says he hopes the provincial government will step in and help subs the via commuter lines which operates to stouffville barrie and havelock but he added im not satisfied the federal government has any right stepping out stevens disagreed with what be called the federal governments confrontation tactics saying that the government is very wrong fa its approach because the province should have been consulted before any ultimatum was issued while the mp said he thought the 11 million projected loss on the stouffville line was an inflated figure be found the governments action further un justified because of the heavy financing it provides for air travel services stevens cited the 500 million cost of mirabel north of montreal as an example of federal preference for air travel stevens said that rail service is important right now because the majority of people use it as a less expensive alternative to flying last weeks an nouncement by federal transport minister jeanluc pepin that ontario would suffer drastic cuts in its commuter rail service was followed by a promise to grant the stouffville barrie and havelock lines a years period of grace until it can be decided if the provincial government will take over sub sidization of the line about three weeks ago it was announced that quebec would receive 40 million in federal funds to improve its montreal commuter trains which have become old and run down stevens added also that gotransit might be considered an alternative agricrew a summer work project bygregcoates the ministry of agriculture and foods maf agricrew summer works project is now in its fourth year the eight week program offers employment and valuable farm ex perience to youths ages 1521 it is organized through experience 81 the program is made up of 54 crews which serve eight counties across ontario each crew is made up of four members these crews can be hired at 9000 per day to work on farms or with agricultural societies each crew is only allowed to work a maximum of five days in one particular place this aids in the ex perience by ensuring a variety of jobs the agricrew employed for york county is made up of charlie warriner 19 foreman steve harvey 15 mike belling 16 and denise duggan 18 speaking about his crew charlie warriner said its very good for them to get out on the farms and get some experience and its also fun for them this particular crew which is already booked until the end of july has done such jobs as hoeing strawberries and peppers painted fences trained and led cattle and loaded and unloaded hay we get the jobs in vegetable gardens said charlie warriner n charlie who lives on a farm says that the job is also very good experience for him it gives me experience at keeping books and by working on different farms we learn different techniques of farming he said all crews start the program off with an orientation day here they get to meet the other crews learn some first aid from st johns ambulance learn some farm safety and how to drive a tractor anyone interested in hiring a crew can contact diane jenson at the agricultural office in uxbridge radios hamper radar whitchurch trucks equipped with cb radios are making it tough for police to nab drivers on speed violation charges in the area of the bloomington road between warden and woodbine avenues replying to critics who claim officers arent paying enough attention to speeding truckers and motorists on this highway chief bruce crawford said everything possible is being done to control the situation chief crawford explained that through the use of radios truck drivers warn one another about radar locations the chief warned however that therell be no letup in a campaign to slow drivers down even if it means providing constables with stopwatches 300 attend cober reunion stouffville if the late john cober was present in spirit at a family reunion in the stouffville park and latlcham hall monday he was undoubtedly proud for close to 300 attended many from a distance mr cober sr farmed on the altons road north of cberrywood following retirement he took up residence at gormley he was the father of six sons and seven daughters five children by his first wife and eight by his second travelling the farthest distance for mondays gathering were mr and mrs william bowen from campbell river vancouver island also from bc were mr and mrs gary cober of victoria the most senior in years was mrs elizabeth byer from wroxeter ont 99 next month the youngest was 514 month old ryan mcquade of whitby a sketch of the cober homestead completed by paul burkholder of ma rkham was engraved on a com memorative plate and made available to reunion guests an eightpage history of the cober clan was delivered by mary cober of gormley the reunions master of ceremonies was bruce steckley gormley rr 2 its nice to see so many relatives together other than at a funeral be said ballantrae beavers stoim up to cubs at ceremony at a ceremony held in the ballantrae community centre members of 1st ballantrae beavers swam up to cubs promoted were rear row left to right michael peruschek trevor wawryk todd wawryk david turner and paul woodward front row left to right danny gladman leslie hartai scott given philip voight and clint griffen jim holt critical of police response two markham residents who wrote to the york regional police commission deploring a lack of response to their call for help last may 22 will receive a full report from police chief bruce crawford toe chief has been requested by the police commission to fully investigate the com plaints of mr and mrs cw shortis of markham who claim police didnt react as they should have to their calls and those of other residents in the lakevista avenue area of markham the couple phoned about a party in progress involving more than 100 teens which they stated was getting out of hand in a letter to the board mr and mrs shortis said teenagers were screeching cars around the block for two hours driving the vehicles onto lawns drinking using offensive language jumping 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