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1 PW ê - O*~o W~ek1~ TImes~ W.dnssday~ 8eptember 21~ 1004 Regal Ruekus inflight at the Equestrian Competition This photo of Regal Ruckus, jumps at the Fair's Equestrian taken timidly, and froni a safe as he flics over one of the last Competition. This photo was also distance. Thoughts From The Top: Have you ever thought how much work goes imb arranging a dance? Student Council kept up their busy trend on Friday with the first school dance of the year. One student who attended the dance said, "The dance hail good lighting, good music, though flot enough slow songs." The number of people at tie dance showcd that school spirit is alive. The next dance will bc at Halloween. The Student Council is currently planning 10 gel the secondary schools from Bowmanville and Courtice involvcd. In Other News': The kids of Frontenac went on a trip to Much Music on September 14 . .. Yearbooks went on sale Iast week . . . School picture day was on Fniday. fIn the Future: On September 27th, Student Council will be having a special assembly on "Sex and the Radioactive Family". On September 22nd there will be a Fundraising Assembly; September 26th United Way visits Clarke. In October the Student Council1 will begin having Spirit Days. How about some Spirit Assemblies? It will gel Clarke's spirit going ... bottom lime. Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly Judging from the number of monarch butterflics Roy Forrester and 1 have seen on our birding expeditions tbis summer, their migration te Mexico last fail and their subsequent leisurely rcturn to their usual sumamer haunts, must have been very successful. Unlike last year when we bemoaned the fact we had not seen a monarch until fali migration lime, Ibis ycar they have been prominent from early summer. The Monarch is not only interesting from the standpoint of its long migration, but also from ils unique life history. The most interesting part of Uis life history is the species' dependence on members of Uic milkweed farnily. This dependence is so absolute that-wherc there is no milkweed there are no monarch butterflies. Life begins for the monarch when an adult lay s an egg on Uic undersurface of a milkweed leaf (there are a dozen milkweed species in Canada, dozens more in Uic U.S. and 2,000 worldwide). She usually lays only one egg per milkwced plant. Tt is pin-bead sized and whitish in colour, and hatches in three to five days inte a minute caterpillar which immediatcly consumes ils own egg case and Uien begins 10 fe-ed on the milkwed leaves. It consumes Uie wholc leaf woring froni Uic tip te Uic base and will co nsume any oticr eggs or larvac it cornes across. No doubt Uis is Uic reason Uie adult usually lays only one cgg per plant. The larva feeds for about two weeks, shedding ils skin four times, and grows froin a minute caterpillar to a fingcr-sized boldly striped black, yellow and white caterpillar somne 3,000 limes as heavy as il was at birth. At Uic end of ils feeding cycle it leaves Uic mlkweed and sccks a sheltered place, on a twig, on the underside of a leaf or under a windowsill etc., bo pupate. Tt attaches itself 10 ils new home with a button of silk it spins and to which it hangs like a "J" from its hind endl. It sheds ils skin for the fifth and final time and turns mbt a pupa or chrysalis. The chrysalis is sofî and jade green with black, silver and gold dots. TI ten to twclve days, through Uic miracle of metamorphosis, the buuterfly emerges as a full grown orange and black adult monarch.e I summer Uic adult butterflics, feed on the nectar of flowers. Golden rod, asters and zinnias are favourites. They live for about a month sipping nectar through their long proboscises, mating, Iaying eggs and Uien dying. In Uic fail this cycle is changed and Uic late emcrging adults do flot mature scxually but instead turfi Uieir eyes souUi and begin their long migration, some 2,000 km, 10 their wintcr home on a few mountain peaks ini Mexico. That Uic larvae feed only on milkweed species is not without reason. The milkweeds contain a chemical known as "cardiac glycosides", simlai to Uic heart drug digîtoxin, which makes Uic plant poisonous or at least distasteful to most animais. These gly cosides are taken in by the feeding caterpillar and are passed unchanged te Uic buttcrfly. Birds soon learn that Uic monarvh is one butterfly 10 avoid. Thcy make them sick! Tlius Uic monarch bas a built-in protection against being caten and this no doubt is one reason the species 15 50 numerous. Not ail large black and orange butterflics are nccessarily monarchs. The viceroy butterfly looks almost exactly like a monarch. Tt differs only in ils hind wing. The monarch's hind wing has black bands radiating from the body to Uic black and white-spotted wing edges. The viceroy bas these marks as well but in addition il has a horizontal Objections holdup hospital, plan The multi-million dollar redevelopment plan at Oshawa Hospital is flot expected to start until next year which is a disappointment to many. Construction is stalled due to thc fact neighbours object to thc use of some park lands at Alexandra Park. A date to hear the concerns have been set for January 4th. The opposed group would have the hospital expand within the Parkwood property 10 Uic souUi of-the present hospital. Cost of expansion $106 million. Linda Dionne seeks mayorship Linda Dionne an Oshawa veteran councillor is seeking Uic elected mayor of Oshawa at Uic coming electives. She will be facing Nancy Diarnond who now holds the position of mayor. Dionne said she will be an active mayor. Artfest '94 opens in Oshawa, Durham Artfest '94 has opened and runs to October lst. This series of artist profiles celebrate the talents of festival participants. The works of 44 area artists will be featured in the Alger Building and at 14 Celina St., 40 King St. W. and there will be an outdoor sculpture at Uic corner of Bond and Mary Smtres. BE3A LLS RADIO & T.V. REPAIR REPAIRS TO MOSI MAKES STEREOS, COLOUR AND B&W T.V.s AND V.C.R.s P.O. Box 27 R.R. 2, Orono, Ont. (905) 983-5721 NNorthcutt Elliott fEFuneral Home THOUGHTFULNESS, SERVICE & CONCERN A Family Owned Business, Offering: Traditional Funeral Services Prearranged & Prepaid Servi ces - Cremnation Arrangements Alternatives to Traditional Funerals - Out of Town Shipping Cory Kuipers - Prestdent 53 Division Street 623-5668 Bowmanville, Ontario LiC MZ OFF STREET PARKING [d yP0mrbnmg, L A H R R F Ad. 35 GAIT RIZ» STJRKO 401 Phone ahaad or by chance 401)98-94 3847 WIIcox Rd., Orono LOB 1iMO black band Irunning across the wing. -The viceroy doesn't laste bad to bids since it does not feed on milkweed.* 'Howcver, it is advantageous for the viceroy t0 look like a monarch since birds who have learncd that the monarch is "bad, medicine"' cannot distinguish betwcen the two species and so do not pursue the viceroy. This look alike feature of the viccroy is known as "ýmimicry"' and shows Uic diverse ways nature has in ber bag of tricks to help certain species avoid being caten. by Bill Bunting ............... ........... 'AM