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he has 70 birds budgies more than hobby economist suntribune august 5 1987 b9 by deb bodine champion with 70 budgies in hues of blue grey yellow and green currently abiding in his aviary louis lavalette might aptly be titled the bird man of abercorn the distinguished semiretired resident of abercorn road in markham is the president of the budgerigar and foreign bird bociety of canada at an exhibition of baby birds jfhis spring called the nest feath er show mr lavalette demons trated the calibre of his stock but of approximately 100 budgies iiis three entries placed first second and third mr lavalettes birds dont al ways win all of the awards some times the budgie breeder is in cited to judge shows such as the fcanary club show in mississauga br shows with the hamilton budgerigar society as a judge he is not permitted to enter any birds but thats all right with him z i have enough trophies he quips having a healthy strong bird in good condition is not enough to win awards at the shows it can be a beautiful bird but if its not trained ill just put it aside says mr lavalette of his duties as a judge the budgie must sit erect on its perch to be show material if the bird does not do it naturally it is coaxed into perfect posture with a stick resembling a chopstick the bird has to be a bit of a showman if he perches there as if so say look at me the judge will jlook t louis lavalettes love of bud dies is an acquired taste after the war before certain antibiotics jjwcre discovered as a cure for tuberculosis he was confined to jthe hospital for a period of three syears i his brother a minister had a huge aviary and would bring jbooks and magazines to him to fill jhis long days as time wore on he became more and more in terested in the feathered crea tures and the rest is history mr lavalette imports his inceding stock from scotland and england he still buys from the same man who sold him his first fsudgie 30 years ago jim moffatt jthe former partner of sir freddy jlaker i am probably the biggest im- jporter ofjexhibitionbirds in canaj da he said j since moving to markham from scarborough one year ago mr ilavalette founder of lavalette business forms has imported 12 birds at approximately 500 each s wellington street west markham ontario up 1a2 guaranteed investment certificates 10 5 year term 30 days to 5 year rates available on request 2941372 ext 317 or 318 rates subject to change member canada deposit insurance corporation tv and ring taken in theft a television set and a mans ring were stolen from a clen- denen ct home thursday night police said the stolen goods are valued at 2000 moving sale many items including fridge stove sat aug 8 94 6 sir gawaine place wooten way 7 that does not include the flight cost with air canada veterinary fees or the 45day quarantine period required when each bird arrives budgies can be purchased in pet stores for 5 or 10 those are pet stock he explains com paring them with these birds is like comparing a thoroughbred with a cart horse although he keeps the imports as breeding stock he will sell the offspring that do not have show potential the culls are still good birds but they just arent up to par markham resident louis lavalette has more than 70 budgies but his arent for pets he breeds them to be champions at shows throughout the area people want the english bloodline says mr lavalette he has had people wait four months to purchase one of his baby birds as a- pet chuckling he relates the story of a woman who came to choose a pet budgie upon discovering that her husband had died a month earlier mr lavalette was ex pressing his sympathy when the distraught woman interjected that the final straw had occurred just that week and her whole world had collapsed her budgie had died before you pay v foryour traffic tkftbt u village clothing inc how to bring out the classroom whiz thars hiding in your child guaranteed we guarantee success in just a short time your child will be reading at a full grade 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