The Chilliwack Progress from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada • Page 7

THE CHILLIWACK PROGRESS, Wednesday, November 21, 1979 7A Players' NOTICE! During the month of December Our Abbotsford Flea Market will be open additional days Saturdays: Dec. 1 8, 1 5 22 as well as Sundays: Dec. 2, 9, 16 23 DRIVE IN TO THE 859-7540-Jim 530-0612 -Sam Abbotsford Airport 1 1 si 1 mimSk 1: Thank you for the support in electing me to the new Chilliwack District council. I will endeavour to continue to work for the benefit of the entire community. I Seal your car In Never put vlsx on it agalni I PUSS I BOOTS DOES A TRICK Puss (Astrid Beugeling) smiles proudly as the King (John Plowman) inspects a feathered dinner which she snared for him.

It was given to him by the Princess (Laura Hames), right. The play continues this weekend at Centennial Theatre. Edenbank bird 40 years ago anctuary Guild tale The story follows the pet cat of a lad in days of yore who dons a pair of boots and then proceeds to work events like a heroic wheeler-dealer. The story ends happily ever after, just as the Puss had planned. Best performance is turned in by Mike Coleman as the wicked Ogre, complete with wild hair-doo, colorful costume and makeup.

Coleman this week wanted to give credit to the behind the scenes stage crew, but this recent arrival from Lindsay, Ontario deserves full marks for keeping the kids in the front row awake. Not far behind on the rating scale is Astrid Beugeling, a familiar face in local little theatre who brings energy and a cheerful exuberance to the stage. As the Puss, she must carry much of the story to the public and she manages to carry it off while entertaining children and adults alike. Dave Menzies turns in his usual good performance as the timid woodcutter who adds some humor on stage with his antics. John Plowman, as the affable King, is humorous as well, playing the role of the gullible but good natured ruler.

Ken Hockin has the double role of the King's and the Ogre's servant, a piece of dual casting which is questionable but which he carries off well. Other cast members include Mel Stewart (Ratzel), Laura Hames (Princess), Rita Plowman (Aunt), Paul Beugeling (Jack), Marianne Trevorrow (Lady) and Michael Sharkey (Lord). All are capable in the roles, though Beugeling tends to overact at times. Good effort has gone into set designs, costumes, makeup and lighting and with worthy results. One would not go to "Puss In Boots" expecting to study an intricate plot.

The story is ideal for families with young children, or for adults who sometimes find themselves wishing they were still kids. It continues this weekend with performances on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Centennial Theatre on the west side of Vedder Road just south of the CFB Chilliwack cenotaph. Maybe the guild should have told us the production started the week before last.

By last weekend they might have enjoyed full houses, which is often the case during the second week of a production. HOUSE EXCLUSIVE DINING AT ITS BEST! i 4 4 tells Chilllwack Players Guild opened their fall production, "Puss In last Friday evening to a CFB Chilliwack Centennial Theatre audience that filled slightly more than one quarter of the seats. That is one way of saying there were only about 90 people in the 325-seat theatre. Subsequent audiences picked up on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon to about 120 and 150 people, still far below the mark for which the guild was aiming. A review by Bill Lillicrap You see the local amateur theatre company has this problem whereby the public stays away the first weekend and, once the human telegraph has told them what they want to know, then things pick up.

More on that later. "Puss In Boots" is your regular, everyday fairy tale told with plenty of enthusiasm, imagination and skill in a couple of particular areas. Residents locally are taking an increasing interest in the sanctuary and sportsmen have cooperated almost 100 per. cent in refraining from shooting near the area. In every way the prospects are good for the sanctuary on the Luck-a-kuck to become a really valuable asset for both the birds and the surrounding districts.

Editor's note Sanctuary A word and place made necessary by man's wanton brutality, avariciousness and lack of foresight. A refuge for the harried and the hunted; for those over whom hovers the dreaded spectre of extinction. No more is heard the soft cooing of the passenger pigeon, countless millions of which once swept the sun from the earth, and never again will the dome of the sky resound to the clarion call of the trumpeter swan, whose myriad legions now haunt the air lanes they loved only in ghostly phalanx. Where are the vast colonies of the great auk that once filled the Arctic wastes with life? What became of the endless herds of bison whose cloven hoofs shook the earth but a few decades ago? With the exception of a pitiful remnant of the latter, all are gone, and it is safe to state that not much more than one lifetime was required to encompass those needless tragedies, which constitute one of the bloodiest and most shameful pages in the hisotry of man's rapid but ruthless rise toward an unknown goal. Not long ago the skies were feather-stitched in every direction.

Ducks were plentiful as the sands of the desert, while on starlit nights the wild, urgent cries and the lapping pulsebeat of the hurrying wings of countless spearheads of gease on their migratory flights, drove sleep from the eyes and minds of our grandparents. "Thou shalt not waste" is one (Continued on page 9) fairy About this article The Edenbank Farm bird sanctuary was established by farmer-historian-writer Oliver Wells almost 42 years ago on property he owned that is now adjacent to Vedder Road and Eden Drive in Sardis. This written account by him was published 40 years ago this month in Game Trails in Canada Magazine. The sanctuary continues to flourish today as a living symbol of its creator. Hew, miracle Polymer "Car Finish" Sealant! NOW AVAILABLE IN STORES FOR THE FIRST TIME! The Original Polymer Sealant'" by Starshine actually seals your car finish in synthetic oo glass locking in new-car luster and sealing By Oliver N.

Wells When the old Chilliwack River left the Luck-a-kuck in 1894 and again turned west to flow down into Sumas Lake by way of the Vedder, it left behind it many deep dry channels, most of which were deeply cut through fertile lands and partly filled with vast stretches of gravel bars. Numerous springs, boiling up in the old river bed, supplied sufficient water to form the Luck-a-kuck creek. The barren gravel wastes were soon covered with vegetation and before many years the creek ran through a green river bed. Residential homes grew up along the creek, and these now form the area known as the Luck-a-kuck Bird Sanctuary. Developing a bird sanctuary is not only a very worthwhile undertaking but it also provides many hours pleasantly spent studying nature.

The pleasure of planning and accomplishing certain objectives; the satisfaction of seeing how quickly the wild birds recognize your efforts to attract them, and the interesting study of the birds at close range in their natural surroundings are among the numerous pleasures which make even a small sanctuary well worthwhile. At this time of year one naturally thinks of game birds when sanctuary is mentioned, for they are meeting a barrage wherever they go and few spots can they find where they can feed and rest in safety. Prior to the establishment of. the sanctuary in January, 1938, the native birds along the Luck-a-kuck had been reduced to a very small number. Ducks were seldom seen, and any odd birds that did come in seldom got away.

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In March and April the Mallards are nesting, and although some of the visitors nest some distance from the sanctuary, last spring at least three pairs of wild Mallards nested in the protected area. When the downy little fellows hatched late in April and May they were quickly escorted downstream to less public rearing grounds. To watch a flock of these animated fluff-balls run the rapids, like a bunch of corks bobbing up and down, is a real treat. Late in April the Buffle-Heads and Golden Eyes leave, no doubt for nesting grounds further north. Soon their place is taken by the beautiful Wood ducks.

Their arrival brings a real thrill into the sanctuary. Heralding their coming is generally their weird cry coming down from the sky as the first pair streaks 7 ymer Sealant Polymer Sealant Attend the 3 CAR VAN Prevents removes Easier Can be weather sun or Seals wind, ice, tar, etc. Guaranteed and outlast or your charge Over 100,000 529.95! 139 Yale Rd.E. Chilliwack 792-4667 open. However, with added protection and increased flooding of grassy areas, the snipe are now plentiful and are coming in flocks of from 20 to 25.

Dredging out several deep gravel-bottom pools proved to provide a great attraction to the kill-deer plover, which flocked to the gravel areas and would simple disappear in the gravel. So complete is their camouflage one is sometimes truly surprised when a flock of perhaps 40 birds rise with protesting cries just in front of him. To watch from behind a blind when a flock of Widgeons is coming in to land gives one a great deal of satisfaction if he has the birds come close enough to be able to study their habits after -they are assured they are safe. They are very graceful and beautiful birds and when they walk out onto a grassy knoll and start grazing like geese, they seem to be in a class by themselves. Canada Geese donated by Mr.

Warneboldt of Bridal Falls Lodge and Allyn Johnson of Chilliwack are already bringing down their wild brothers from the skies. It is a beautiful sight to see a small flock of geese circle down and alight where geese have feared to tread for years. Wild birds have a good deal of confidence in the judgement of their kin. Pheasants are again returning to their former abundance as cover and protection is being provided. A new strain of pheasants was imported this year, and they are very beautiful, hardy birds.

Their offspring will bring new blood into the district. Evergreen trees and weeping willows have been transplanted into the sanctuary by the hundreds to provide protection and shelter and screens to hide roadways, etc. Fruiting trees and shrubs, berried bushes and thorn hedges are being developed for future food supplies and shelter Accessories Ltd. ''Wil 1 JESSSSSSST' Canadian Premiere of LOVER BOY" across overhead in the morning. Then after a few days of only distant sight and call, one may suddenly come upon a duck just leaving a tree from which it has been startled.

For several days the females are seen looking for suitable nesting sites, quite unconcerned about observers nearby. Nesting boxes failed to attract Mrs; Wood Duck, who finally decided she'd try the trees in a distant grove. However, during May, three pairs of Wood ducks were regular visitors every evening and morning they came to feed. Early in April a pair of Hooded Mergansers started visiting the sanctuary, and soon a second pair joined them. These beautiful little birds keep out of sight as much as possible in the spring and if one catches a glimpse of a pair slipping quietly around an islet in order to avoid detection, he is well repaid for the time and patience required to get a close-up view of a male bird with his flashy black-and-white hood held erect.

Although the beautiful male bird remained only during the mating season, there have been several females feeding in the stream this fall. They resemble a miniature hydroplane as they skim over the surface with their bills seldom out of the water. Two flocks of baby Wood ducks travelled about half a mile to reach the stream, where they found an ideal spot with water weeds and willows giving plenty of cover and food. During the summer months there is no more interesting hobby than raising a few broods of Mallards. This fall, about 40 hand-reared birds are doing excellent work as decoys to bring newcomers into the sanctuary.

Next spring these 20 pairs of ducks nesting in the locality, will bring the duck population of the neighborhood to an interesting number when they start flying in the fall. One never tires of studying the flight of birds especially waterfowl; their formation flights high overhead, the cautious circling of the Mallards before coming down into a strange place, the bold dive, or the speedy zig-zag down to a familiar pond. The Wood duck provides a sensation as it streaks downstream in the early morning at a height of possibly 200 feet. Almost as your attention is drawn by its weird call peeling out, it suddenly starts a power dive, then a steep banking sweep across under an alder grove, to land at a terrific speed on favorite pond. The flight and habits of the snipe and plover are very interesting.

In early days, snipe-hunting was enjoyed by enthusiasts of quick shooting and good guns and dogs. Environmental conditions in later years depleted the stock of Wilson snipe along the creek to a point where only severe winter storms would bring flocks in the shelter under the steep banks near the spring water which is always CHANGE YOUR THINKING! CHANGE YOUR LIFE! NEW THOUGHTDISCUSSION GROUP 7:30 p.m. Mondays (except holidays) in the SHAMROCK ROOM (Rear of Evergreen Hall) GUEST SPEAKER Bruce Allen's newest band Recently signed by Capitol Records Coming Nov. 26 for 1 WEEK ONLY "The finest new group in North America today! I VALLEV COLLEGE NOW PLAYING "RAGE" NOVEMBER 22, 23 24 HOMEIMKERS: CAREERS CARING FOR PEOPLE Remember, every nite is gold chain nite at the Answer Last week's winner: PAT NEALS 10046 Williams Rd. N.

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