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sa4 wednesday may 25 1983 editors mau f extra ice dear jim i may i add my voice to the out- cries over the proposed new recrea tion complex i i agree with those who say that the initial stage should include two ice surfaces i believe that a complex with two ice surfaces could break even whereas a single ice surface would cost the taxpayers annual mainte- nance fees infactifeelthatadoubleicerink could exist along with the existing arena until such time as it is conde- mned whatever decision is made may i suggest that the parties responsible have a close look at the magnificent new malvern complex near shep- pard avenue and neilson road the layout and appointments are excep tional gordon c ness obrien avenue stouffville censors dear editor while many see the police and the courts as guardians of our morality where does this leave the businessman whos involved in the sale of films of all kinds must he act as a censor and reject everything thats questionable or accept everything and give the peo ple what they obviously want theres a grey area here that requires clearing up it boils down to the issue of whats obscene and what isnt in my opinion adults 18 years and over should be able to purch ase what they like but an extremely close check should be kept on per sons under eighteen acquiring this material this is the way the movie theatre industry works and it seems to be working very well fred sallinger rr 2 uxbridge thats fine just fine but nexttime ease ur on your delivery v a v t y a n aakkx- a w jp f aaa aaa s lawn buwlinqi cujbrso mz s a aaaajaa x vv vaaaaaa a xxvvv w a ra a aa a aaaaov xaav a n a aaaa a a a j afaji x ai a av aks vxvvv a x v at a axaaa a a k wnvw a a avvvv 5 a a yaaaaaa a ftffa a a a aa a a a vx a a a a a fla aaa a a itvfe a a a avsv a aaaa vi2 aaaaa vjaxavaaaaaaa vvc aa ax a m sds5 57udemt3 receive instruction in lawn bowling whz lrihum james thomas editor established 1888 bruce annan publisher joe anderson advertising manager edftorial mpt jim holt jim irving display advertising dept bryan armstrong classified advertlslngctftculaton joan marshman ofhce manager doreen deacon national sales repflesentattve metroland corporate sales 4931300 published every wednesday at 54 main sl stouffville ont tel 6402100 single copies 35c subscrip tions s15 00 per year in canada 45 00 elsewhere member of canadian community newspapers associa tion ontario weekly newspapers association ontario press council and suburban newspaper of america second class mad registration number 0896 trie stouffville tribune is one of the mmroland printing publishing ltd group of suburban newspapers which includes acton free press awhitbypsckenng news advertiser aurora bannor the bolton enterpnse brampton guardian the burlington post tho burlington weekend post the etobtooke advertiser guardian the georgetown independent the hamilton wentworth pmtthe markhamthomhill economist and sun the milton champion tho mississauga news the newmarket era the north york mirror oakvtlle beaver oakvrlle frtday beaver oshawa this week oshawa this weekend the richmond hillthomhilt liberal the scarborough mirror the woodbndge vaughan news 6402100 window on wildlife- the littlest hunter editorials rap film distributors what is obscene the debate rages on only now video store operators find themselves involved theyre caught in the middle with distributors on one side customers on the other and the courts serving as referees although york regional police are supposedly acting only on complaints one begins to wonder at this following a statement attributed to commissioner james erskine of the opp in a news release received by this newspaper commissioner erskine is reported as saying ontario provincial police and metropolitan police have joined forces to fight pornography in the areas under their jurisdiction this attempt at guarding the morality of we ontarians will be lauded by most we suppose however in doing so they are placing the onus of responsibility on the individual video merchant forcing him to comply with canadian contem porary community standards remembers home town hockeystar keith actons donation of 1100 to the whitchurchstouffville re creation centre fund represents an ex tremely generous gesture while mayor eldred king had adv ance warning the presentation caught us by surprise we could easily have missed giving it the photo publicity it deserved certainly we publish pic tures of lesser importance however knowing the modest manner of this super athlete we readily appreci- ate the fact hes not prone to a big splash when it comes to media recogni tion f be this as it may its nice to know that this towns hockey hero whos made it to the top can still recall those years not so long ago when he was just a lear- ner like dozens of other lads hopeful- ly in years to come whitchurch stouffville willgraduate other keith actons to the big leagues from an im proved facility he helped make a reality whatwe ask is the contemporary community standard in whitchurch stouffville and is this standard com- pareable to markham newmarket and sutton whos to say whos to know if these are the only established guide- lines then they are to say the least ex tremely loose if the province intends to enforce a morals code on audio and video films let it do so at the source rather than force the lowly businessman to censor pro ducts he buys in good faith its not unusual for the small things in life to attract a good deal of our interest wildlife offspring minature dog breeds dwarf trees anckmidget vegetables to name a few quite often craftsmen and designers realizing this mild magnetism have in turn created a wide variety of items ranging all the way from minute figurines to diminutive chocolats yet though remarkable as their efforts may be they cant really hold a candle to some of the marvellous midgets that na- ture has in her larder unfortunately she often keeps these pygmys well hidden from our view so that frequently its only by some unusual set of circumstances that we get to see them at all such a turn of events occured the other day actually the over ture to this little drama began the even- ing before and was brought to an abrupt halt early the next morning after supper that particular eve we noticed a little shadow dart across the hall doorway thus it was decided that if we both saw it then there really must be something to it so being the great white hunter i sized up the hairraising situa tion immediately and set the mouse trap accordingly however upon check ing my trapline before breakfast the next morning i found what appeared to be a very small mouse had triggered the set then when i held it up and realized how small it really was and saw its pointed snout i knew indeed it was not a mouse but rather a shrew shrews are among the smallest living mammals in the world and this speci men was smaller than any one we had ever seeriin fact its body lengthalone only measured two inches while its tail was just slightly under this size the short velvetlike fur was an olive brown above and a smokey gray beneath to describe the diameter and size of this creatures eyes one only has to look at the period mark at the end of this sent ence to get some idea how minute this shrews optic organs are and if you werea bioligist and wanted to study its tiny teeth as an aid to identification you would have to use a magnifying glass the feet as can be expected are very small and delicate and look to be no lar ger than the widest end of a toothpick in weight it compares to that of a canadian dime this then was a specimen of a pygmy shrew the smallest of the six members of the shrew family found in southern ontario only the least shrew rivals its small size and this latter mammal has a very short tail and while the least shrew is found only in the most southern parts of the province roughly south ofa line drawn between hamilton and windsor the pygmy shrew mayin fact be ontarios rarest mammal for though its range covers most of the area inside our pro vincial boundries right up to the near arctic due to its diminutive size retir- byartbriggsjude ing nature or maybe its down right scarcity it is seldom ever seen vs i whenyoulqokicloselyttliis dwarf mouselike creatureitsharafd belieye that its one of a family of fearless fero- cious animals possessing tremendous capabilities for example while not their usual fare they have been observed subdueing a mediumsized frog by severing the knee tendons much in the manner of a wolf hamstringing a deer large hardshelled insects like crickets and grasshoppers are also attacked the same way and shrews are not adverse to taking on a much larger than themselves whitefooted mouse meadow vole or even a snake but while the pygmy shrew may lay claim to being the smallest mammal the shorttailed shrew packs the biggest punch for it has a secret weapon in that its salivary glands produce a neurotoxic poison similar to that found in the venom of both coral and cobra snakes so potent is this substance that several bites from this species of shrew can kill an animal the size of a rabbit its bite too has caused great pain and short term semi- paralysis in the human hand little won der the folklore about the poisonous bite of the shrew grew in notoriety among the early european farmers little wonder too that i quietly reset the mouse trap for awhile i didnt relish taking a rare animal i didnt want one of its near rela tives coming around this year marksthe 25th anniversary of the opening of orchard park public school in stouffville to celebrate the occa- sion a- reunion of former teachers and students is planned for this fall pictured here is the graduating class of 196465 members are front row left to right kathryn hambly margaret phoenix josephine vis- cardi sue jones melodce mole gale goudie willelmina van beest evangeline adams megan gurney gayle plaskittbrenda johnston middle row left to right wm kingsley teacher rick ferguson robert brown tom wedseltoft alan vague bob garnet bob gallamore jim connell stephen boyd bob couse wk sutherland principal rear row left to right bonnie bangay beverley aiken vicki roberts peter mumford jim wll- kins bill oneill peter sanderson lois farthing lynda heise and lee turner