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M'inni Miltu 'ii Anpîni A ,1 ni.i1în" NevsslSis, Niiinn îo IlilAn iNe. , NP11111Foi Ai. 1h1 Circuilatiion: )5<S 4 i Paiiiil Ni'rliiiiiî AiiiiîL Nousý Nofli 'oit, Mirmi ilinn if o An ýi i s hoppîingii'N"i',iiiiiiosi Uraf' ' ieile 011, Ian Oliver I>ulisher P i ii'Nin iii1o'il "iii'h, iii k liii iînîîîîîîiiîý liii; Vl'iFl PIîCîî1iîAîio tl(lîî"linionîî Hl li hefaiX liAlili Neit Olivier ii î,Iî/îîi I i qiî Mîiir 'Aiîiîlinîinilîlý ice lrifi'i A1àpiil î i , 1101 l pinlin ni the, idvertnîi sin ac i illîlhil Ni the erro Karen Smith NIiî,îî if îiîî loiîî ileii, lîgellier with i îoasîiîabie A1)i,, for loi 'gnic 0 ii nutlie ilirgoîl for. Eit the balanîe Allihe adveriseriîOîî î'îii le il foîr AI lue appii- %Vendy NIcNab 1ui' uSk i,)l :ýh i rat 0îe Sue pîiiiisiîi liserves lue 15111 lii caleqolie uadveiielils orI Tint Cotes Pissiilh liaiîc e AOl Ei iii andS aiinerisinq contlent liof P Ciniuai Uiiilîîîîî ii ptctd Charlene Hall !>îi uiiî,îîu VnIîîîsr hý rnîivilill Liiîîîîlined oîsei's proilii Teri Casas opi, , Aisicu, 1ne Milton Caiiadian C7hamupon us aReryiiabl Prodiist We must neyer forget M4ELL\Wm###11 tON RECALL ANY POLITCAN OVER I4ERE IN'45 EITI4ERt Canada must neyer forget her veterans. Words like bravery, valour and honour have become synonymous with the thou- sands of Canadians who volunteered to stand up against Adoif Hitier's madness during the Second World War. This week, veterans of that proud period. in our nation's history will cross the Atlantic - many for the Iast time - to remtember the 6Oth anntiversary of VE- Day, the end of the war in Europe. Many more of these men and women who left home as teens and witnessed the horror of war thousands of miles away will celebrate the historie day's anniver- sary in communities acroas Canada. They're the primary reason today's Canadians live in a free society where cit- izens can speak out againat their leaders without threat of persecution. Canadian war veterans are also the reason genera- tions of Europeans have enjoyed the samne freedom to come and go as they please, to think and express themselves without fear of imprisonmnent or execution and 10 sim- ply live out their lives in peace. The seltless actions of thousands of Canadian men and women - many of whom were practtcally boys and girls svhen they volunteereil for duty -are remnembereil far beyond Canada's hordiers. It's because of them that Canadians are still so highly regarded by generations of Europeans. In the Netherlands, seniors and sehool- children alike haven't forgotten the sacri- fice made by the people of a country not even 75 years old when war erupted in 1939. The valoir of our soldiers. sailors. and airmen in wartime is legendary. Whiile their legacy lives on in monuments, head- stones, surviving family and our history books, it's not enough. We have aIl benefited fromfi their sacri- fices and each of us owes it to their mem- ory to teach the next generation and new- comners to our country why VE-Day, Vi-, Day, D-Day and Remembrance Day are such important periods. in our country's heritage. With their numbers diminishing with each passing year, few of our surviving Second World War veterans are likely to be with us for the 7Oth anniversary of the war's end. We owe il to themn to keep their heroic deeds with us, always. * Our Readers Write Milton Leisure Centre pool is too crowded wîth swîmmîng tessons Saturday mornîngs Dear Editor: I grew up in Milton and just recently moved back here to raise my children. I've always been pleased at the level of recreational programrs Milton has offered for children. Recently I registered my children, ages two and five, for swimming lessons at the Milton Leisure Centre. What a mistake. 1 expeet the Milton Leisure Centre to be busy Saturday momn- ings with aIl the little unes and their parents. I don't have a problern with that. What I do have a problemn with is the amount of children in one pool. It resembles a sardine can. Children's attention stans to wan- der because they can't hear thetr instructors. They're splashed by other kids and from those in uther classes leaming lu swim. The toddlertots program is fantas- tic, but again it includes aI least 15 babies. Throw in their parents and three or four other classes and you have a cîrcus. I realize that the Town bas lu make money tu keep prugrams like this guing. Huwever. we're still the people who pay the fees, in hupes that our children will leam a life skill. I knuw I cuuld chuose lu go else- where, but having twu children in swinmTing lessons it's financially difficult tu du su. Hopefully the Town wiIl realize that numbers on paper aren't always the best thing lu go by, but that the safety of our children is. Katie Pasquale Bronte Street Be sure ta include your name, address and telephone number when submitting a letter ta the editor for pubication. Guit is really setting in, like I cheated on a diet If*s near the end of Week 4 of traintng and il's getling tougher -nol su much in the sense of physical activity, but if's geîîing harder lu keep ap svith the routine. The rainy. cold svcather coupled with a hectic svork schedule have muade il difficult tu kcep ap and I've missed thrlee cycling sessions. And l'm feeling very guilly about il. Iru. already plutling lu catch up on these mtssed sessions by duubling my training on somne days for fear I wonlt be ready for the big event in September. For those ssho missed my previous colamos on the subject. Ive accepted a media challenge in the 2005 Ontario Women's Triathlon Series and ami cu.'rently training for the Milton race Septemrber Il. Il cunsists of a 375m swim, 10 km bike and 2.5 km run. I haven't found the training tou grueling physi- cally su fair, but il can be difficaît lu put aside thal lime every day, especially if the weather duesn'l co operale. For example. the cycling ivas going vionderful- ly in early April svhen sve had that stretch of beautiful weathcr. I could virtaally go al any lime of the day that suiîed my schedale. Bal then thal miscrable, cold. raîny weather bit Issu Saturdays in a rus' and I couldnît bring myscîf lu venture ouI for nay 5O-mînute bike rides required on those days. I don't have a prohlerm sviîh cycling in lighl rainm if il's wamAi. Running and swirmming on bad iveather days isult a prublemn because obviously righl nos' lmn svtmmn indoors andl I have a tread milI t lumn on. But I dotî't have an exercise bike. and t don*t hame a gym inembership. To me. riding my bike on a culd. rainy day editor's desk Nvould be like swimmning in Kelso Lake ai this tîme of year. Anyway. that's how 1 explain missing some training sessions. The weather's getting better now, and l'Il be getting back on track. One thing I've learned already is that training for a triathlon becomes an everyday pari of your fle like walking your dog or going to work, except in training yoîî only get (onc day off« a week. But the rewards are already evident as t sec changes in my body, nul so mach in my wcighl as l'm gatning muscle. but l'ni losîng inches and really lonîing up. On top oif' that. I tel stronger and healthier overaîl. That mnay also be tn part due tii the tact that ViEn eating healthier which bas comne naturally with the feeling of gencral well bcing. Sugary. ft ty foîîds have hccomc the enenny as 1 ftnd they acta- ally impede roy desire to exercîse. When I attcnded the swim clinî. in March, I met ap ssith local resident Wendy Somerie svho I know.ý throagh Lileracy North I'alimn's annual spelling bec. and vie agrced to becomne runntng huddies. She's training for a triathlon whilc raising small children. volunleering in the commarfnity and who knows what else. Amnazing.