The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

OAKVILLE BEAVER Saturday, March 28, 2009 · 4 The happy endings give staff hope Continued from page 3 fed and sheltered, the animal has also been spayed or neutered, microchipped and vaccinated. The story is similar for an animal that is being surrendered. The $50 fee will only cover a fraction of what it will cost to look after that animal. "It's to make people realize we are taking on their responsibility. It's such a small amount of money, but people will balk at it," said Golder. To look after so many animals, the staff at the humane society are assisted by 120 volunteers, from office workers, event planners and dog walkers to a group that prepares cats for adoption by socializing them. The cats are socialized in specially designated rooms where the volunteers play with them and get them used to interacting with humans. It can be a source of huge frustration for shelter workers if they find out an adopted animal was not cared for properly. "I've raised a lot of motherless infant kittens and you get up for the first month or so every two hours, 24 hours a day, to feed these little guys. You care for them and nurse them along and then they get adopted and a year later, we get a call that they're missing because the family let them outside," said Golder. "It's so hard to make people understand that they need to keep their cats inside. People will argue with us that cats are meant to be outside, but if they could only see the cats that come in here with a broken pelvis because they've been hit by a car or they're DAVID LEA / OAKVILLE BEAVER NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Monday April 27, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Council Chambers Official Plan Review File 42.15.31 Please be advised that a public meeting will be held pursuant to S. 26(3) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, at a special meeting of Council on Monday, April 27, 2009 commencing at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville. The purpose of this meeting is to provide the public with an opportunity to identify revisions that may be required to the current Official Plan to conform with provincial plans, have regard to matters of provincial interest and be consistent with provincial policy statements. This meeting supplements previous meetings held in 2005 at the outset of the Livable Oakville Program to consider a recommended work plan for a new Official Plan, and is occurring to ensure that there has been compliance with revised legislative requirements. Details of areas of the current Official Plan which have already been identified for review or change are available in the Livable Oakville section of the Town's website. Draft Policies for the new Official Plan and planning studies forming part of the Livable Oakville Program will not be considered at this meeting. There are a number of meetings scheduled in May at which draft policies and the new Official Plan will be considered. Further notice of these meetings will be provided. A copy of the staff report will be available for review in the Clerk's department as of Monday, April 20, 2009 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and will also be available online at www.oakville.ca. You may direct any questions to Diane Childs, Planning Services department, Town of Oakville, P.O. Box 310, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6J 5A6. Tel: 905-845-6601, ext. 3986, or dchilds@oakville.ca. Any written submission to Council, either in hard copy or in electronic format, must be forwarded to the Clerk's Department for receipt no later than 12 noon on the day of the meeting to ensure its availability to the Members of Council at the meeting. Individuals making oral submissions at the public meeting are requested to submit a written outline of the submission to the Town Clerk. All submissions should include the full name and address of the presenter. Dated on the 21st day of March, 2009 at the Town of Oakville. For more information visit www.oakville.ca or call 905-845-6601 MAKING THE BEST OF IT: Johanne Golder, executive director of the Oakville and District Humane Society, visits with the animals that are temporarily calling the shelter home as staff members do their best to help the animals find health, happiness and someone to call their family. pregnant or they have pieces missing." Foxes, coyotes, hawks and turkey vultures are all local predators that can make an outdoor cat's life very short. While sad stories have a great Up to impact on the staff, uplifting stories Purchase a Hi Efficiency Furnace and Receive a also happen, which, for Golder, make $3300 in Tax Credit the job worthwhile. (Installation Extra) & Government Some high points include when difRebate Plus: NO Payment NO Interest For 6 Months O.A.C. ficult-to-place animals finally find a Reserve now and you will receive a central air absolutely free. home. This is a great opportunity to replace your old inefficient furnace and air conditioner with high-efficiency and greatly reduce your utility bill. "We had a Rottweiler named Carla, Call today to book an appointment with our Professional Home Comfort Advisors. who was here for a long time, around LIMITED TIME OFFER. LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE. two years. She really didn't like other as low animals that much, which was a probas $ OVER 60,000 3995 lem because most people who come to SATISFIED adopt usually have other animals and CUSTOMERS so she sat there and sat there and sat 9 Locations To Serve You Better! there," said Golder. *Free central air Financing Available "Then, finally, this guy came in, who www.aireone.com 1-888-827-2665 * Call For Details * had had a Rotti before and didn't have any other animals. The night that dog went home...the tears, everyone was so happy. Then the animals come back to Primary Campus - JK to Grade 4 visit and you can see how they're thriving, that's just so rewarding." Another rewarding part of life at the humane society, Golder noted, are the amazing people who come in determined to help in anyway they can. Bryan Baeumler, of the home improvement show Disaster DIY, has recently helped by converting an overcrowded storage room at the shelter into an education room where groups Full-Day Kindergarten Programme of children now gather to learn about animals and the shelter. Specialty Teachers for French, Music, Golder hopes to bring more educaComputers, Science, and Phys Ed starting in JK tion programs to the shelter for youths and adults with the idea being that if Fully Equipped with Indoor Pool, Gymnasium, more people learn about proper animal and Outdoor Education Centre care, the shelter may start seeing more and more empty cages. ENTRANCE Busing available throughout Mississauga ASSESSMENT Visit the shelter's website at www.oakvillehumane.ca, call 905-8451551 or stop by at 445 Cornwall Rd. THE A E BIGGEST SEVLR! E FREE CENTRAL AIR per m onth o.a.c. 905-849-4998 Mentor College BOOK AN DURING YOUR VISIT