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st weekender january 2 1993 p3 every cat has a story at animal aid shelter julie caspersen staff reporter the older occupants live downstairs and the younger residents reside on the upper floor on the main floor lives landlady joan jessop founder of animal aid and adoption aaa and keeper of the dozens of cats that are tenants at her thornhill rescue shelter aaa is movinginto its 16th year and the emphasis is still on adoption never is a cat sentenced to death jessop said there are ones that are rescued tossed out and dropped off jessop said sitting in the kitchen of her home among eight or nine of the oldest felines who will probably never leave their current address all tenants have a story and the vol unteer care givers are more than willing to tell every one pauline vignola leads a tour through the maze of rooms each containing con tented cats and kittens some still peo pleshy and caged others preening on a windowsill in the winter sunshine and still others sleeping soundly in boxes and on beds theres a pure white cat with ragged ears snoozing in a basket she was dis covered halffrozen in a snowbank an assertive tabby winds its way around table legs mooching a treat he has a sinus condition and part of his nose is missing mrs cat lives upstairs her former owner was an alcoholic who kicked her photosjoerd witteveen joan jessop of the animal aid and adoption cat shelter in thornhill takes a phone call while a number of the cats who live at the home lounge in the winter sun the shelter takes in abandoned or lost cats and tries to find new homes for them around a black and white kitten alone in a crib now that his two siblings were adopted would be blind if not for an operation to remove ulcers from his eyes a big gray cat that appeared on the television show seeing things sits regal ly in a doorway two wildeyed ginger- colored kittens are in the process of being socialized so they too can go to new homes vignola lives in king city and works in toronto but makes the visits to aaa a priority i wish i could quit my job and do this full time she said nuzzling one of the many felines she grooms and monitors for illness every saturday no cats entering the shelter leave without being neutered or spayed if a kitten is adopted when too young to be fixed jessop follows up with the family and arranges for a visit to the vet were very fussy about adoptions she said all adopted cats are given a trial peri od with their now owners and can be returned to the shelter instead of being dumped on the street interviews both over the phone and in person are con ducted to weed out unacceptable cat owners if parents want to adopt a cat for the kids thats not good enough for jessop the entire family mom and dad included must want the cat wholeheart edly some cats that live in the wild are given the best care possible through the feral cat project where volunteers set up feeding stations and insulated card board shelters behind plazas and apart ment building where packs of cats are known to live the aaa accepts donations that are strictly for this cause volunteers especially in the markhamthornhill area are always needed to set up feral feeding programs assist at the shelter or sew and knit crafts to sell the shelter is a registered charity that depends on donations if you would like to donate volunteer or adopt call jes sop at 8896089 markham hydro boosts rates for 1993 the markham hydro electric commission has approved an average 65 per cent rate increase as part of its 1993 budget which will take effect on jan 1 1993 the 1993 budget includes an 80 per cent increase in the wholesale cost of power from ontario hydro the cost of power represents 836 per cent of markham hydros operating budget the remaining 164 per cent is used to cover the cost of capital works operation and mainte nance of the distribution system and administra tion by reducing its combined 1993 operating and capital budget by 78 per cent and continued strict financial controls the utility has been able to absorb 15 per cent of this increase this is the 11th consecutive year that the com mission has been able to absorb a portion of the ontario hydro increase over the last three years the utility has absorbed a total of 39 per cent of ontario hydros increase a typical increase for a residential customer will be 515 per month based on a monthly con sumption of loookwh as in previous years any consumption used prior to jan 1 1993 will be pro rated using the 1992 rate schedule markham hydro is aware of its customers con cerns over the increasing costs of electricity the commission has become very active in providing and supporting energy management information and programs to help our customers save energy and will continue to do so if you have any quesitons regarding the 1993 rates contact ed benvenuto consumer services manager at 4773810 region hires traffic consultants to study coordination of signals a study by traffic engineering consultants may point the way to smoother more efficient traffic movement throughout york region in adopting a report of its transportation and environmen tal services committee regional council authorized the investigation into how best to coordinate the 225 regional 100 provincial and 50 local traffic control signals now operat ing in the region although signals along major roadways are now synchro nized in groups there is no overall coordination since the region itself expects to add more than 100 traffic signals in the next 10 years and since the technology exists for total coordination council feels the timing is right for the study delcan corporation won the sixmonth study assignment worth up to 85000 police nab robbery suspects after robbing a scarborough convenience shop two suspects were nabbed breaking into a markham variety store burglars set off the alarm at markham convenience store at 4 am wednesday york regional police nabbed one suspect still inside the wootten way n vari ety store as he walked outside 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