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best available copy sv tribune may 3 1989 c17 family ci studejhts7at stoite christian school had an open house activity twist last wefek as grand- erits were- invited into classrooms to sea how their grandchildren were doing bi ischooirtntheprioto at ieft grant t turner left is all smiles as he looks atthv accomplishments of kerri didier while his wife betty looks on at right grandparents howard and shirley meredith check the notebook of their grand son grade 5 student david erounsbh ic osprey welcomed home by art briggsjude the speck in the bright blue sky gradually grew to the form of a large bird whose powerful ffingbeats soon brought it over ijie nearby pond t there it hovered kitelike on an invisible string now as if that slrand had suddenly been sfevered the great bird dropped jjuickly and with wings held high hit the water with a resoun- ding splash from the midst of the falling spray the powerful fish hawk emerged a struggling sucker gripped securely in its sharp talons with slow deliberate wing strokes it regained half its former altitude and swinging over the naked trees disappeared the ospreys return to its former haunts was an annual april affair it had left the area yith the first frosts of winter and followed the interior river valleys to the warmer climes of mexico with the deicing of the inland vaterways in its northland home jt had come back and its welcome arrival was not only mirrored on the waters over which it flew but on the faces of the winterweary residents the oldtimers blinked ij the warming sun knowing full j wellajjotherjuishing seasoruhad hsguh tj to all outward apparances the dppreys habitual landscape re gained unchanged the gentle winding river the creekjoined beaver ponds the shallow bays in tfielake i because its mate had not yet arrived the male bird was not in iny hurry to visit the traditional nest site instead it chose to course the familiar waterways ahd sample the spawning fish shocks wherever they gathered j however the morning that he heard the melodious cheep djieep cheep of the female the osprey turned his thoughts j towards his arriving mate and ms course to that bulky structure 6i sticks along the river sjyet even before they met the rhale noted some uneasiness in tje females call swooping over tfie high cedars the incoming olprey saw the reason for his rhates distress the prominent ojd elm and its cradle of woven branches were no more fja rotting base and heavy wind had toppled the centuryold tree during last autumns deer hunt the two raptors landed on a near by snag to rest now the long sfearch for another nesting place ould have to begin i half a concession away near the edge of a pond the ospreys often visited stood a single pole with a sturdy platform on top it bad been erected recently with great difficulty by a group of men and a machine now it stood straight and tall some 30 feet into the valley air waiting to take the place of the fallen nest as an inducement for the big birds human hands had formed a rough nest of sticks on the outside perimeter whether the ospreys will find and use this nest of any of the others put out this spring for their purpose only time will tell but within an hour of the poles erection a single osprey arrived on the scene it flew around and plunged for fish and may even nave noticed the new nest if it did and brings its mate to accept the site it will surely be another chapter in the return from the brink of oblivion for this magnifi cent bird much a part of our canadian wildlife scene the osprey like the eagle had its ranks decimated by toxic chemicals after world war ii now in the midst of recovery it still faces these pesticides in mexico and south america where some of the big birds winter and whose governments do not restrict these persistent killers add to this the loss of the large ancestral nesting trees and the reasons for erecting manmade platforms are at once apparent announcement dr j martin mcdoweix and drcarolagenev are pleased to announce that drsteyenjfrey will be associating in the practice of optometry at 244 main street west stouffville ontario 6402800 city of toronto contract compliance programme effective july 3 1989 firms wishing to conduct business with the city of toronto must supply information on the characteristics of their workforce including occupational groupings and salary the filing of these data is a condition of being eligible for city contracts firms that obtain business from the city are also required to adopt and post nondiscrimination policies where they can be seen by both employees and the public the city is holding a series of information clinics to help suppliers and bidders meet these requirements to obtain copies of related forms and to register for one of these workshops contact the city of toronto equal opportunity division 180 dundas street west suite 301 toronto ontario m5g 1z8 telephone 416 3926822 al stevenson executive director management services department jd 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