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The vulnerable milk snake April Is perhaps Ihe best time of the year to encounter snakes After I 1 five months of they ad from their winter shelter to bask in the warmth of the spring sun As cold blooded creatures the body temperature of snakes Is regulated by the temperature of the 3B BOOKKEEPING CONFIDENTIAL AFFORDABLE RATES CALL JACKSU1K CLEANING expert cleaning repairs rollnlna onimn screens cap Inspection a 8730673 Save tfite ad HOME IMPROVEMENTS Palm Wallpaper Carpentry Ceramic ilea All work guar 877 fl Free Estimates pi cos MOUHTAHVEW COHLAUNOHY John St Norm The only ant in town steeping buna lungs SAVE MONEY PATIOS DECKS ARBOURS GENERAL LANDSCAPING Free Estimates Lie- Building CUSTOM FIPLACMENT WINDOWS I PATIO DOORS Ma TAYLOR A BOUCHER SON ALUMINUM LTD YEAH lift icemen 1 as environment Unlike mammals have no internal mechanism for maintaining body heat thus they sun themselves to increase their temperature A warm snake is much more vigorous than a cold one and therefore better able to capture prey and evade predators This sun behaviour and the lack of con vegetation in early spring allows snakes to be more readily observed than at times of the Ha I ton Hills and area is to at least six varieties of snakes The barter Sanke he Ribbon Snake the Redbelly Snake the Brown Snake The Milk the Northern Wntir Snake Green is is v although 1 hue not any in north Hilton in ill inthLfield It is to i art found Ontario ind it is questionable whether had a foothold here am reminded of art appeared in total newspapers jours ago reporting the alleged dlscucry of in Con citizens found one of these rattlesnakes a backyard and quickly dLspatchcd it A subsequent search of the area turned up three or four man that unfortunately met the same fale as the first After the snakes were killed it was found that they were i dually specimens of the harmless Milk Snake The Milk Snakes coloration consisting of dark brown blotches on a light grey or tan background gives a superficial resemblance rattlesnake This is often enough to condemn Milk Snake in human eyes But this snake further implicates itself by vibrating the end of Us tail an striking at prospective enemies when alarmed These actions mimic rattlesnake behaviour and probably have real survival value in the wild Displayed In front of nervous people however they invite destruction Milk Snakes dwelling In populated areas then are a very vulnerable species They are still reasonably common In north Hal ton but may become increasingly rare as populations increase And that would indeed be unfortunate Milk Snakes are efficient predators They help keep rodent populations in check and unlike other such as the Red Fox the Great Homed Owl and the Red Tailed Hawk they can pursue mice their sibsurface hiding places The Milk value as predator is of course not the only nasi it should tie allowed to exist Tod often wi attempt to justify tin continued existence of an on purely economic grounds in that how a benefits mankind 1 ike mil however the Mill snake has an intrinsic to luc should not appoint ilsex mure about creatures tan sot of and help dispel myths thai Jeopardize its existence Hit Milk Snakr subitum prey the pythons Contrary i popular belief a docs nut crush it Itather it wraps Is body around a animal and tightens its grip with each exhaled breath of the animal eventually suffocating it Milk Snakes frequent wooded and agricultural areas and sometimes search in bams for mice It Is this presence in barns that led to ab surd belief that they actually milked cows hence their common name Of interest as well is Ihe apparent of Milk Snakes to the venom of rattlesnakes In parts of its range where rattlers arc found they arc included In its diet Lets hope that we will allow this Rights for AIDS victim Against the odds PAT On Saturday April CBC on the radio show Quirks and Quarks ran an update on AIDS It outlined just how fast this virus Is spreading In February of this year was estimated that one out of over 158 people In the USA was a carrier Conservative estimates now put it at one in 118 In it Is one In IS At least BO per cent of those who have It now are expected to die in the next 10 yean Some condoms offer no protection from the Infection The most effective condom in lion with a spermicide will protect you per cent of the time over a year period obvious from the data isolate Go Cold Turkey Lung Association will i a free Cold Turkey Smoking Cessation Clinic at Harrison Public school Rex way Drive Georgetown each May I9B7 Pre registration required call who carries Tiny are now part of our unit has been a in Ontario As such those have it cannot leg illy be discriminated against While physt must report It it does nor pre sent a in the workplace Under the Human Rights Code an employee may sue if heshe fired because he had AIDS was in with AIDS or was suspected of having AIDS Internal company policies of how matters relating to may state as part of the work Ing conditions that employees do not have the right to refuse to work with someone who has the virus Anyone who conies the AIDS virus cannot be refused health care or personal service Complaints can be filed with the Ontario Human Tin Commission employer can only request medical Information from an employee that Is relevant to his or her job An employer can only con firm this Information with a clan with the employee expressed consent Employers do not have the right to insist on mandatory blood testing Voluntary testing may be considered for health care workers who through an injury in the workplace have been exposed to In fected blood or body fluids Back a Fighter Easter Seals Associate Tax Consultants INCOME TAX RETURNS DONE ST GEORGETOWN 8772217 IIAITONHHlSOirrLOOK Thursday April 1G IBBl Page IB Photo Tips by Peter Moss As the last of the great river rafts drift over the we can once again turn our attention back to portraits We left off waiting to attempt portraits with our subjects standing rather than seated So without further del ay hei The first consideration standing shots is to remember that a ma of your camera work will be done in the vertical plane rather than in the horizontal You will find that single andor two person shots will appear much more balanced this way and that you will have vir tuolly no wasted space In your frame Also as you need to create a feeling of height In your finished work this Is the most prat leal way to achieve this If you are going to shoot a large standing group of people on the horizontal view takes precedence One of the most challenging problems you will encounter Is the lion of two subjects of very different heights As a rule Ihe safest way to remedy this dilemma Is to scat the toller party and then bring the shorter of the two in close to the sealed subject II is most important to create a feeling of togetherness and by keeping your subjects tight together you achieve this desired effect Because have your subjects standing you by no means must make your rat a full view in other words you can still mike your shot a head and shoulders viewpoint although your subjects are ding Another technique that makes a big difference in rills is to have your look at other rather than at the mien this technique gives the rsultin photograph a feeling of plied action Hat docs not if Hit subjects face the If you an to indotrv please renumber to avoid corner in rm to look or indilicrs that ippcar most important do jour subject too close nearby v li convenience wall it serves is your will rcsponsiblt for casting horrible sin do us that creep up in your photo and give you two extra people that you did not sec when you composed your shot Your new found friends are brought yi courtesy of jour flash and your subjects closeness to wall Try and keep your subjects feet from the wall or any similar surface With standing shots you must always be on the lookout for per gremlins that continually pop up these include hands in the pockets fig leaves these are for statues only forflamingosonly Get the Idea If at this early stage of doing portraits you do NOT know what to do with hands there is an old rule Keep them out of the shot You will be able later on to work Into including hands in your shuts but for now worry or rather concentrate on faces A standing subject requires a solid foundation therefore Fig leaves occur as a direct result of not knowing what to do with hands and they are easily avoided by simply having your subject keep their arms down at their sides There is no hard and fast rule on getting people to smile and look and fed relaxed when being photographed II usually comes down to your I the photographer si technique For example if a subject does not like to show their teeth when they smile YOU must work around It Get them to smile without showing their teeth But above all moke them feel and comfortable about being photographed it will most certainly show in the finished As you have by now noticed each week we hue added just a lillle bit tichnique for you to build on next week I will add one or two more ideas then for you to basic portrait guideline Peter Moss Photography WEDDINGS PORTRAITS TEAMS AND COMMERCIAL LYNDENCinCLE GEORGETOWN MOSS MOSS lnerWord word to most people We can t change word but we can make certain you paying more than Call II are word to you we may have to talk about Call Goebelte Alexander Chartered Accountants 37 Main St S Georgetown 8775155 4535532