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Io Vol. 2, No. 46 Shannon Brown, 16 of 1afo datail \ p§ with her Arabian Horse, Karedin 'Kaviar allot they received ards on Sunday, from the Internati 1 Arabi: Horse A on Sh 's several prestigiou See story loys com Cannington and one: he 2 141409 A More cases of rabies in Scugog area by Susan Tapp More cases of rabies have been reported in Durham Region since April and seven people from Port Perry have said. "And this year we have already had 36 and the season has just begun." Ms. Petra Verhoeven, with Agriculture Canada Health of ls in B ville, said had to receive treatment for precautionary reasons, officials told the Citizen Friday. Durham Region health inspector Roman Malanczyj, said the people from Port Perry had been in contact with , rabid skunks and cows. "Rabid foxes are .mostly found in rural areas," said Mr. Malanczyj. "However, a fox can travel 200 miles a day, and if it's rabid, it will travel further." The eleven new cases of . rabies confirmed since April were found in several areas of Durham including one in Whitby, one in Beverton, three in Uxbridge, one in the Dagmar area, one in in Brooklin. Mr. Malanczyj said 33 people in Durham have received shots for rabies since January of this year. "Last year we had 42 animals in total which were rabid,' he officials expected the increase this year. " "We basically. knew the number of cases would be high this year," said Ms, Verhoeven. "Every seven years there is an out break, and we're in the seven year cycle now. And next year there will be more." Ms. Verhoeven added that people should avoid all contact with wild animals that appear friendly or sick. And all domestic pets should have their rabies vaccine brought up to date. To help make sure people take precautions with their animals, a rabies clinic will be set up at the Prince Albert Community Centre on June 5, from 9 a.m. to noon. On June 12, another clinic will be held at the Blackstock arena from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost is $12 per animalsand only for cats and dogs. heating War of words training school up over Balm, The "war of words" is heating up over a proposal for a heavy equipment trainipg school on Scugog Line 12, west of Greénbank. BS For the tast Gveral weeks, members of SCOPE and regidénts who live in the area of proposed school have fidoded the pages of the Citizen with angry letters to the editor, voicing their strong opposition to the proposal. This week, James Sabiston, the owner of the land in question fired one back, a toughly worded letter that calls members of SCOPE "hypocrites, selfish and self-serving." Mr. Sabiston concludes his letter by saying if this issue | ends up in front of the Ontario Municipal Board, "I will be there supporting the application very tenaciously." He also points out that the 200 acre parcel in question is already zoned for gravel extraction, not farmland, and could be in operation seven days a week, 365 days each year. For the full text of Mr. Sabiston's letter, see letters to the editor in this edition of the Citizen. : N For Shannon, all her dreams came true There is no doubt that for Shannon Brown, "all my dreams came true in the 1992 show season." The Scugog Island teen-ager and her pure-bred Arabian "Karedin Kaviar" enjoyed just a phenomenal season last year in the show ring. And last Sunday afternoon 'at a show at the Zweibrucken Farm north of Toronto, Shannon and Kaviar were presented with numerous plaques and bright blue 'ribbons for her achievements last year. The ribbons from the International Arabian Horse Adsociation recognized the prestigious first overall in the High Point Youth category; a Top Ten Youth Award (6,000 other youths were.in the same JN ey (ali:Xasu (eo) BD VN'G 1 8)i 2 category) Outstanding Youth . Performance ~horse/halter showmanship; 'and three Outstanding Youth Performance Horse Western Pleasure awards. Not bad for this 16-year old who only began riding oJ 24 of bed 2 6) sctionly three years ago and was in just her second season of showing last year. Hard work and the desire to give her absolute best in both showmanship and sportsmanship were the keys Turn to page four 4 »