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12-Orumo Weekly Mimes, Wedneuday, Apri 2, 1990 Bill Bramah and his Ontario 1 worked in Timmins as a newsman in the late '40s, and stili' gel up there frequently to do televi- sion stories. 1 thought 1 knew the major points of interest pretty weIl, but late in February 1 came upon something that had escaped me completely. There's a hili in Timmins that's the onily one of it kind on the conti- nent. Not only that, the ski resort built below it is operated bya farni- ly of world class skiers. The hili is called Mount Jamieson. It has a 350 foot vertical drop, s0 il isn't high as ski huis go. But it's cone-shaped, like a volcano. It stands out like a sore thumb because the land for miles around il is relalively fiat. It' seems that during the glacial age, Mother Nature pulled a fast one and Mt. Jamieson became a geological mistake. The only other hill like it is in South Africa, and coincidentally is located in goldfields, as is Timmins. The Timmins Ski Club moved to Mt. Jamieson in 1945 and in more recent years the Kriener family of Timmins, and a group of investors, developed it int what's now known as the Kamiskotia Ski Resort. If you're at aIl interested in ski- ing, you'll remember the Kreiner sisters who were Olympic cham- pions in the '70s. Karen Kreiner was the only Canadian gold medalist in the 1976 Winter Olympics, and her younger sister Laurie, an Olympic finalist, was, at 14, the youngest skier to ever win a national cham- pionship. That record stili stands. Their father, Dr. H. 0. Kreiner, was the National Ski Team's first doctor.- Laurie now runs the resort. She knows a lot about the hili. She described il as a "geological misfit"- and gave me the complex details of its formation. The Kreiner sisters both learned to ski at Mt. Jamieson, and when we were there, about 50 children were out on the slopes with their ski instructors. Il may not be the Rockies or the Alps, -but the old hill bas a style of its own and may become the home of still more great champions. Il's unlikely that you've ever heard of the village of Cherry'Hili, and even more unlikely you've heard of the Reptile Breeding Foun- dation. But zoologists the world over. know of them. Cherry Hill is a little place down on the Bay of Quinte, and the Reptile Breeding Founda- tion is a unique centre dedicated to thepreservation of rare species. I suppose most of us are repelled by such things as snakes and lizards. But Tom Huff, the director of the Founclation, loves the little critters. He's devoted to them. So are his three associates. They pick up big toads, turtles, snakes, lizards and whatnot, and stroke themn with affection, the way we would a dog or a cal. Tom opened the door of one of the larger pens in, the rambling building. I had mixed emotions as a Bengal Monitor Lizard came w d- dling over îoward me, his forked tongue ficking out as he hissed at me. "He's very territorial and the closesî remaining species tÙôý dinosaurs. He looks and acts lought, but he's harmless." Before the tour was over, I had, seen an Angel Island Chuckwalla,«.a Mongoalian frog-eyed sand gecko, a Solomon Island prehensile-lailed skink and several other rare rep- tiles. From a box in one of the rooms Tom pulled ouI what looked like a thick rusty-brown snake. "Legless lizard"!, le said and pointed to the eyelids and ear slits which snakes don't have. Il was these harmless' lizards that were used for the snake- pit scene in the film "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Along the way, Tom explained that ail of the reptiles had a place in the balance of nature. "They're more than just an pretty face," chuckled Tom as he patted a par- ticularly nasty-looking python. 16. Church Street E. Newtonvihle, Ontario 2. il retains the original eaves returns and cornice mouldings 3. the original steeple, with hand- - some brackets at the base, is still in place In Agnes Burley's account of the Il remnained empty for a -number of 4. the original interlacing gla: eastern section of Clarke Township,, years,, but was laler converted to a maninheupratsoi 16 Church St. E., Newtonville single famnily dwelling. Il is a good dw (formerly the Presbyterian Church) example of the vernacular, Gothic dates from 1864. Il was consîrucîed Revival style of church building and JOB 10 replace a small frame church, is recommended for designation believed 10 have been siuated a lit- under the Ontario Heritage Act forPR N TN dle farther 10 the east. A burying the following architectural reasons: P I T N ground is behind the church, where 1. the original deep, cul granit e mnany of the first families connecîed foundation and the brick work, in OR O NO ,uv with the church are buried. The the running bond pattern, remain church was closed and sold 10 Mr. intact 983-5307ý Hugh Stapleton in 1956. the win- #ES' -~Ixu ICI' 104 king' itreëý.éasj ý'bow;'rýanvifle, ontprio LlC IN5 (416) 62 loranta line: 428-1206 1: