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6 - The Canadian Champion, Tuesday JuIy 15, 2003 SCOMMENT Be arfu, ilonPROMISE To HE KJLIS THE (&bTe it's a jungle out there PND CHILD TEAR$ UP FRATRAGE.* Beware of bats! pvEwrLE N P ARNAE, That's the message from Haiton heaith officiais and one Mitoniaîm ____IA KESOV RNE NT should listen close to since there's a high bat population in these parts. A c IN A I. é As reported elsewhere in this newspaper, a rabid bat was found in a Burlington bouse and that can mean only one thing - there are prob- ably others with the virus, and that poses a threat to humans. Rabies is fatal in people and animais if flot treated. lnfected animais carry the virus in their saliva and spread it to other animais and people through bites and contaminated wounds. It's no longer just mosquitoes we have to look out for this summer. O The key message from the Halton Region Health Department is that anyone who finds a bat in their home shouid cali the department imme- diately. The number is (905) 825-6000. Health department staff wiil then determnine the next course of action. Animal-proofing their homes is a good idea. It's aiso wise to warn children in the famiiy to stay away from aggressive animais. And don't forget the pets, which shouid be vaccinated every year. *O UR READERS WRITE Dear Editor: I'm saddened, albeit amused, by the recent sequence of letters in wbich Peter Berry criticized Lynn Shire, Wendy Schau took Mr. Berry te task for getting personal, and then Richard Hodgins jumped in with the presumptuous sug- gestion that he's happy to assist by eaU- ing Mr. Berry an ignorant Conservative. When we're finished regressing with the assistance of a selection from the 18 recognized philosophical failacies, 1 hope that we can ail ho ftiends again. There are currently 48 people namned Martin in the Milton telephone dircctory and, although there arc not yet any McCoys in residence, with Milton's rapid residential expansion now in progress you neyer know when some might arrive. The philosophical falacy that I've always thought warranted more serious examination goes: "Some dogs have fuzzy ears. My dog bas fuzzy cars. Therefore, my dog is some dog!" Ron Beznt Hanisen Road THE CtANADv NCHAM'PION B3ox 248, 191 Main St. E. Milton, Ont. L9T 4N9 (905) 878-2341 Editorial Fax: 905-878-4943 Advcrtising Fax: 905-876-2364 Ciassified: 905-875-3300 Circulation: 905-878-5947 Ian Oliver Publisher Neil Oliver Assocîate Pîeblishet .ilI Davis Editorîn-Chief Karen Smith Editor Wendy McNab Adi-erosing Manager Steve Crozier Circulation Manage, Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager Thie Canadian Champion, pubished eveny Tuesday and Friday ai 191 Main St. t., Milon, Onit,,L5T 4N9 (Box 248), is one ni Tire Metroisnd Priniing, Publiîsinig & istributiog LUI.igroup of sutorbani companies wict incudes. Siaîut'ickerinig News Adertiser, Aiton Herad/Courier, aine Adoance, toles Enierprise, Brampton Guardian, torfington Post, turlington Shopping News, Ciy Parent. 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Adonritsing is accepred on the condition ihai, in the nueni of a typo- gnapticai nnor, tirai portion or the adertîslng space occopîed by tire ero- neous item, togetirer murh a reasonairie atoance fot signature, mil ot be ciianged to, but rthe baance ofthtie adveetisement wii ire paîd tor at the appli- cabte rate.Tire pubitsier reserues trinit tro categonîte aduertîsements or dectine. Thre Mitron Caeadian Champion is a Reepetebie Peductqi Bronte Meadows Park valuable to neîghbourîng area and should be sustaîned, stresses reader (T/ie following letter was addressed to the Town of Milton's Planning and Public Works Deparinient and a copy n'as filed with The Champion.) Dear Editor: This letter is in response to a let- ter 1 recently received from Colin Best, a candidate for Ward 2 in Milton. Mr. Best writes that the potential school site on Bronte Meadows Park, Iocated northwest of the inter- section of Laurier Avenue and Farmstead Drive, is being consid- ered for a change in zoning. The zoning change proposed by Town staff is fromn institutional to residen- tial. 1 have a concern in this matter, since 1 live on Laurier Avenue. My house faces this 3.3-acre parcel of land across Laurier Avenue. My tamîily and 1 have lived in this house for 19 years, and t have becomne well acquainted with the various uses made of the park by my family, my neighbours and oth- ers in Milton. On a weekly basis in the summer, people use the park to play soccer, fly kites, play touch football, throw Frisbees, walk dogs, jog, walk, sit and talk. There's a thriving minor soccer program that utilizes thie mini soccer fields ail summer. Minor basebail teams use the field for warrn-ups and calisthenics. In the wintertime, we sec snow- men being made there, as well as the field being used for cross-coun- try skiing and snow soccer. 'his land, although technically designated as a future school site, has been used as a neighbourhood park for more than two decades. The aiea isn't well scrved by actual parks. 'Me Bronte Meadows Park is dominated by a softball field, tennis courts and a parking lot. T1here's not a lot of green space that can be utilized if a hall game is underway. David Thompson Park is 50 nar- row and secluded that it isn't very inviting. Brian Best Park is domi- nated by a hardball field, softball field and a full-sized soccer field. Again, there's little open space ta be had when games are in session. 1 ask that Town of Milton staff and/or the planning department rec- ommend to counicil that the land in question be purchased by the Town in order to ensure that its use as a park be sustained. 1 remind Town of Milton staff of its belated attempts to block the developmcnt on former institution land at E.C. Drury High Sehool, and implore them not to make the saine mistake again. ln-filling this bit of parkland at Bronte Meadows with houses would do the neighbourhood and the entire town a grave injustice. Ted Hamili Laurier Avenue Pud by Steve Nease Rleader says hels both saddened and amused by sequence of letters