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p8 the tribune wednesday december 13 1989 mm stouffvilles ogden takes to the stage kate gilderdale correspondent while acting has been an extra curricular interest since he was nine years old stouffvilles jamie ogden didnt consider it as a potential career until he entered queens university where hes now in his fourth year i took a drama course just as a hobby in my first year its taken me a while to determine that was what i wanted to do it all started at a summer camp he attended near bancroft jamie says there was always a lot of em phasis oh skits and theatre there i first when when i was about nine he says the fact that he suffered from chronic asthma was another fac tor which helped to encourage his inclination towards actings he notes j i was a patient for three mon ths in the ontario crippled childrens centre and got involv- ed in theatre there that was when i was in grade 6 he says as a result of his health pro blems he never got involved in the sports side of things it just wasnt possible for me but theatre wasnt a preoc cupation in his family he notes every once in a while wed go to toronto to see the nutcracker but other than that there wasnt a big emphasis on theatre at home when he got to university he found the environment very conservative theres a lot of commerce medicine and politics at queens despite his early misgivings about becoming a drama student in such an environmenthe even tually followed his inclination towards theatre and is now a thirdyear drama major he recently completed his first leading role in a queens univer sity production of fuente ove- juna by lopez de vegas a spanish playwright who was a contemporary of shakespeare itsbased on historical fact explains jamie it was written to espouse some ideas about col lective action and collective will the play was revolutionary for the times in which it was written he adds and contains surprising ly liberal attitudes towards the monarchy and women in it jamie played the evil overlord of a 15th century spanish village who cruelly op- presses the peasants during the reign of king ferdinand according to queens pro fessor tim fort who directed the production jamie is the key villain of the piece hes the com mander and the overlord who delights in his villainy besides oppressing peasants with armed forces he chases all the women jamie describes his own character as sexist misogynist opportunist and fascist it gives me the opportunity to explore a stouffville resident jamie ogden left seen here in a scene from fuente ovejuna showed an interest in theatre when he was a local youngster hes now a drama major at queens university in kingston and plans further study in fuente ovejuna he played an evil overlord in 15th century spain psyche that in the 80s would be frowned upon in the end the commandergets his just desserts and is killed by the peasants who rebel against his cruelty its a complete departure for the actor who until now has tend ed towards comedy i think i have a disposition towards com edy naturally he observes while people may laugh at the things the commander does hes not a funny person and so hes not like the parts ive played jamie was born and raised in stouffville attending whitchurchhighlands public school and st andrews college in aurora hell be returning home for the christmas break on monday ill be seeing some friends and my parents have a christmas treecutting party so ill be there for that he says as for the future jamie hopes to pursue acting as a career and plans to move on to a canadian theatre school once hes com pleted his degree at queens id like to try for the national theatre school and maybe ryer- son and there are also some good schools out west he points out in the meantime hes enjoying the opportunity get some prac tical experience in his chosen profession but cautions people against identifying him with his character in fuente ovejuna thats totally unlike me im just an unassuming guy who likes to go to the fridge to look for a pop he concludes drama unfolds as predator takes sparrow the flock of feeding sparrows stiffened then bolted for the cover of some nearby shrubbery one bird a little tardier than the rest paid the price of hesitating and was immediately pinned against the snow crust by the swiftmoving sparrow hawk i watched this drama unfold from the start with mixed feel ings and now as the little falcon ended its victims struggles i could not help but feel a tinge of sorrow for the unfortunate creature he had rested and reviewed the situation from the top of a hydro pole 100 yards away it was here i first spotted him and with the aid of binoculars was able pick up the black and white facial markings his rusty tail hung straight down as he remained motionless save for the occasional turning of his patterned head glancing back towards the feeding platform i noticed the house sparrows beginning to return in everincreasing numbers three five nine a dozen the hungry accipiter also wat ched the buildup and now even the slightly moving head and neck remained still when the tray was well covered with about three dozen seedeaters the hawk tensed then launched himself silently towards the feeding birds gradually decreasing his wingspan and increasing his speed he plummeted down on an arrowlike course forward and downward he dived with the small birds feeding on unaware of the impending peril i found myself estimating the distance remaining at 40 yards the hawk was tucked in tight a hurtling feathered missile rapid ly nearing the target twenty yards by now the hunter had probably singled out his intended victim it was about this time that the sparrows sensed some danger a cautious look skyward cost them more precious time and as they lifted to evade the clutching talons the sparrow hawk was already amongst them with warning shrieks they wheeled away but the plum meting predator was even then closing his claws on the less alert one both birds hit the snowcovered ground with a dull thud the hawk driving hard and unable to fully brake himself beforehand the sparrow died in a matter of seconds and was lofted almost immediately to the tip of a near by tree to be devoured such acts of predation are com monplace in natures world around us to the casual observer witnessing such hap penings may come a natural resentment towards theocalled villains a formed opinion reasons that the extermination of these predators will somehow make for a better selected bird population realistically however we must look further afield than our own backyard we must somehow realize that while the hawk i was watching destroyed a smaller bird many others of its kind were probably out preying on mice in short man is forever upset ting the wildlife balance and misunderstanding the measures by which nature tries to correct its stupidity the introduction of such aiien and competitive birds as the english house sparrow and the european starling for example contributed in no small degree to the threatened existence of our beautiful native bluebird if the heavy concentrations of house sparrows are kept just a few less by the appearance of a hawk or two im for it the only fly in the ointment is that our more colorful backyard birds may suffer the same fate some undoubtedly will one answer when flying predators such as these kestrels and sharpskinned hawks persist about your feeder try providing some overhead protection with evergreen branches or feed your feathered friends under the safe ty of nearby shrubs or bushes downtown duties photorick madonik the wintry weather didnt slow down work on this stouffville main street renovation last week cameron todd left and ray anthony were bundled up to fight the chill while working on a window frame some 15 feet above the street the two work for a claremont area masonry company and were putting the finishing touches on the main street store n i ft li i jir h f p if ill 1 if 1 4 im 1 m i 1 if m jvtj i ill y m i pi i t a