Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 15, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Peg free january museums bats exhibit sex Appeal researchers attracted to Little known species John Lyons in the aftermath of last Summers Batman the newest exhibit at the museum of Man and nature could be considered downright while denying the movie has anything to do with its new Bat Jack curator of mammals at the Manitoba museum of Man and does admit that bats hold a certain Appeal for there one of the sexy things to study these Dubois in a lot of areas of the the study of bats is in a fairly rudimentary while that of other animals is quite there Are probably still lots of species to be discovered in the Bat Detector and possibly in Manitoba he Hes taking a Bat Detector its a real device along during his annual summer Bat banding in the Hope of locating a new the Bat Detector slows the bats ultrasonic frequencies to allow people to hear species can be identified through their and Dubois Hopes to discover that Haven been found Here the province is Home to six species of one of the Little Brown hibernates during Winter i caves throughout the its Dens reach North of grand Likely making it the northernmost hibernating Bat in Dubois has studied Manitoba bats for More than two he banded 400 in and last yet he says it will be several More years before he is Able to team much new information about the Light some of what is known about the worlds 850 Bat species is being shown at the museum from now until a Celebration of bats consists of a series of stunning with accompanying texts that carry provocative titles such As sex and the single some such As the sword nosed Bat or the wrinkle lipped carry somewhat exotic Many do not in addition to the Little Brown Manitoba is Home to the big Brown Dubois studies in the province Centre on wintering Sites of the which must maintain a temperature throughout they need a certain shaped Entrance and a certain we found 200 suitable caves this past year near but Only two to three per cent have it will be a Long time before we know with any certainty How Many caves we mammal curator Dubois displays hoary Bat at the Manitoba museum of Man and natures newest exhibit it will also be a Long time before it is known How Many bats live in about All that is known is that five of the six species travel South for the you will find bats everywhere in the probably right up to the from the top to the Bottom of the they often live to the Ripe old age of most mice and Dubois live no longer than three and most Are dead before their first its a fallacy that bats belong to the same order As mice and a bats longevity is partly due to a Lack of hibernation and deep sleeps during the the deep or Are actually a mixed Blessing for the Dubois they can out manoeuvre Birds in the so the torpor is the Only time they Are vulnerable to in the largest natural Bat killer is the says Are a helpful and harmless with the exception of the blood eating Vampire other species share a More mundane most eat other tropical through their diets of fruit and wind up being important pollinators and seed bats in Manitoba Only weigh about 10 there pretty but they eat a lot of several Hundred per night they play an important role in the Dubois up photo students polled on condom use native inmates Barbecue hamburgers in Guelph sweat Lodge ceremony practice in cooler up some students in Albert will be asked a series of sexually explicit questions to help Settle a controversy Over installing Condo dispensing machines in High school protestant school Board trustees in the on the Northwestern outskirts of want to know if making condoms More available promotes sex among the intention is to find out the level of knowledge and How much sexual activity they Are having said Board chairman Shirley the same measurement will be used about a year with the intention to find out if there is an students in Junior High and High school will be asked to participate in the it is not yet known when the Survey will be installing condom machines in Alberts two High schools would be a schools study Impact of allowing contraceptive ending machines first in the decision is due at the end of included in the Short Survey Are questions asking students As Young As 14 How Many people they have had sexual Intercourse with and if they have experienced Oral if someone said wed be talking about this five years i have believed Munro but my understanding is these topics Are openly and frankly discussed in human sexuality classes so its Noth ing new to these if results Are similar to those from similar surveys in about 20 per cent of 14yearold Grade 9 Stu dents will indicate they have had sexual she that number would Rise to More than half of 17yearold Grade 11 the parents of the 250 students in grades 9 through 12 who will take the Survey will not be Given special but students can opt out of the Survey and it will be anon Connie the University of Alberta psychology professor who approached the school Board with the eight question called Albert trustees extremely Brave for agreeing to Varnhagen Hopes to convince Edmonton Public school Board to agree to the Survey As so the two results can be compared and used by other districts considering installing condom machines in school some older trustees got awfully giggly about she but the problem the Survey addresses is deadly especially in the rates of Many sexually transmitted diseases in Alberta Are among the highest in the country and such As Are double the National she there Are incredible rates of sexually transmitted diseases in people have a High rate of knowledge about disease but there not acting As if they it has not been decided if the results of the Albert Survey will be made Munro theres some feeling we need to know the information because were making the but other people dont up Hal naked and shivering in the Winter 15 men walk Barefoot Over the then Kneel and kiss the Earth next to a Small crawling they huddle in a watching silently As rocks glowing with heat Are reverently passed into a Small pit in the Frozen in the someone pours a Gourd Ful of water on stones that Hiss and radiate a wave of heat and the smell of incense hangs in the a voice prays to a Grandfather the creator for forgiveness and the men slap sweating chests and arms to Welcome the enveloping mysterious the Indian sweat Lodge Cere Mony intimate and mysterious has but what makes this ceremony unusual is the surrounding High Hainlink and barbed wire Fence at the Guelph correctional ten of the sweating men Are prisoners doing time for armed Rob drug offences and other they have failed in a White sys Wlinich they say has failed and Are searching for guidance in the native sons they Are returning to the old for the strength and Wisdom to keep them on a straight they find those ways in the sweat Lodge smoking sacred the a tells them the Lodge is a sacred place like their mothers womb warm and this can make me look at some thing else other thai shoving Needles in my said Aaron a prisoner from Parry serving time for assault and a drug indians constitute less than two per cent of Canadas population but 11 per cent of inmates in Federal prisons Are statistics Canada a recent which listed numerous recommendations for improving treatment of native offend ers and integrating them into stressed the value of spirit Ual and cultural programs in Stop Ping repeat Tona Mason started the native sons program at the Guelph correctional one of few institutions to accommodate the sweat Lodge while serving an 18 month sentence for theft 12 years i was trying to be a White in Mason i got into drugs and alcohol and Petty crime to maintain my but i had to Leam my own culture to put me on the straight path in it reinforced my need to stay inmates in the program have a special room in the prison where they can visit three times a make Burn sweetgrass and Sage tobacco or merely talk to their jail workers have had to adjust to the for a some guards mistook the Aroma of Burn ing sweetgrass for no one is expecting a 100percent Success rate for the but jail authorities say traditional in Dian values and spirituality Are making a Wilson a native counsellor at the says he tries to teach those values to the jails 35 native inmates in the same Subtle Way that his father taught them to my father never today were having a Medicine wheel Les Plain i just watched the Way he worked in the Woods and talked with something fishy is coming Down smoked cod fillets g Whitefish g cod fillets g the real fish not available in or Al fish items we weather january ;