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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-11-14, Page 22Page 6—Crossroads—Nov. 14, 1984 HE MYSTERY OF THE GREET{ ICON( By Mary Tyson Pickering. Dodd, Mead and Company (Canada) Ltd., Toronto. 160 pp. Reviewed by PERCY MADDUX Modern "Gothic" novels lack castles and super- natural things but generally have a young woman, very likely orphaned or half or- phaned, with plenty of money, who deliberately goes into dangerous situations but manages to come out alive. "The Mystery of the Greek Icon" by Mary Tyson Pick- ering falls into this category. In this case the girl, Martha Barton Mickelson, is 18 and in some, school at late high school or early college level. Her father, a banker, is ill in a hospital in Portugal. His telegram for help brings her from the United States, only to find he has left the hospital for some unknown destina- tion. The trail leads her to Greece and to the finding of her father, also a prospec- tive husband. 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These things were runnh'g through my mind recently as I was getting a TV news it together about the dama e beavers have done this ye r in Simcoe County. Beat/ r dams have flooded a num r of farmers' fields and at ogle point on Highway 11, just north of Barrie a beaver dam almost caused a small flood on the highway. Along the line, I renewed my acquaintance with Joey. Richard Toth of the Ministry of Natural Resources Avon Ligh ting entre Assorted ceiling fixtures reduced by 20% or more * Large selection of floor & table lamps von LIGHTING CENTRE an ,X.�e company® 133 Regent St., 192 lOth Street, Stratford, Ont. Hanover, Ont. 273-0650 364-3121 Hours: 8 am - 5 pm Monday - Friday 9 am - 4 pm Saturday Ontario St: Regent St. O Frederick g st. arranged it. Joey is one of the few tame beavers in the province. He was an orphan until rescued in infancy and turned over to Lloyd and Helen Cook of Barrie. They're highly qualified and were given a special license to keep the little beaver as a pet. Joey is what you might call a public relations beaver. He's now an adult, and for some time has been travelling the classroom circuit and the wildlife shows. Consequently he's a very busy beaver. We wanted to show a beaver building a dam. Or- dinarily, beavers work at night and we wouldn't have had much of a chance. But guided by Lloyd and Helen, our pal Joey swam a stream with a branch in his mouth and we got some good pic- tures. Then we cut to a near- by dam. It had alodge where the beaver stores food. So thank to Joey we were able to show something about , the lifestyle of the beaver, and some of the problems that result. I learned a lot about the beaver that day and • how he fits into the balance of nature. Of course, we Canadians think so much of the Industrious rodent that his picture is on our five -cent coins. But there's another side to the coin. Although the • beaver is undoubtedly a valuable asset, at times he can be a dam nuisance. $3500 Free Draw! 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