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%D OP IN1IoN1 Heat can harm pets so quickly Don't leave animais in the car - flot even for afew minutes Whiie the summer so far bas been cooler than usuai, it certainly bas been pienty bot enough ta barm pets ie[t in vehicles. Imagine this. You're locked in your car on a bot day. As the minutes siowly pass by, your heart begins ta pump faster and perspiration and generai discomfart frcnm the suflacating surroundings graduaiiy increase. Dehvdration begins ta set in as yotî sit roasting in the enciased vechicie, with nu ideco wvhen relief silcoii c r ReliaI lic't t onc cîîtîc a i iil tif death as your body shuts down. Not exactiy a pleasant scenarta, is t So wby do so many people put their supposedly beioved pets - usualiy dogs - in just sucb a situation every sum- mer? Animai sheiters frequentiy get calis about pets iocked in vehicles, and the ail-toco-common response, "i just ieft 'em out there for a few minutes," simpiy isn't acceptable. Just a few minutes is ail it takes for a car ta, turn inta an aven, even witb the window open. 0f course, most pet owners don't mean ta put their ani- mai in barm's way, but that's pretty mucb what happens when a dog is left car-bound in the summer for any iengtb of time. Canines don't sweat like people do and cant perish quickiy As an alternative ta this negligent exercise, we suggest one family memnber stay behind and waik the dog around the parking lot whiie the other runs in ta the grocery store or shopping mail. Or why not do ail your errands and then go pick up your dog before heading out on that iengtby road trip? That shouidn't be too mucb ta ask for what many dlaim is a member of the famiiy On a related note, dog owners shouid take aiong some extra water on those long summer waiks. After ail, if you start ta, feel iow on fluids, chances are your furry friend's in the same boat. MAKING TRACKS: Xander Ewving stands in front of a waterfai while visiting Grano Cayman. Take your community newspaper on your next vacation and send your Champion Tracks' photos to editorial@mîltoncanadianchampion.com. Be sure to include destination information and everyone's names. Readers Wri"te E-mail letters ta edrtanal@msfltaacaaadianchompran r-arn Lattkers, wh1ich may be WRit Wd must icrlude the' water's narrie, adiss and phone niirarC. Hospital expansion our top priority DEAR EDITOR: Does anyone cisc find il complctely backward that our provincial and fed- eral govcrnments are spending $40 million for sports facilities and a cul- tural centre yet we can't get seem to get adequate funding for our hospital? Which is the prionity? 1 find it ludicrous that we should have to, fundraise and send postcards begging for hinanicial support fromi aur governmienit for such a necessity as a bospital. whilc lunds are rcadily avail- able for secondarv concerns. Let those involved with the sports facilities and cultural centre hold the bake sales and let our tax dollars go to our essential medcical services. KATHERINE SPENCE MILTON Amrudtown Anthony rememrbered for huge- smille, contagiovs laugh This week, Miltonians were given a tragic reminder of just how fleeting life can be. The body of 15-year-old Anthony Marziliano, who bad just finished Grade 10 at Bishop Reding Secondary School, was dis- covered in a lake near the cabin where he was staying with a friend. Many questions remain about what hap- pened leadîng up to his death. As 1 scrambied to write a story that wouid give readers a glimpse of who Anthony was, 1 was privileged to have teens and aduits alike share with me their memories of a boy who no doubt left bis mark in a big way Today Anthony's funeral wiil be held, but in no way will that put an end to the treas- ured memories of which they spoke. Anthony was by ail accounts a dedicated fisherman. One of his ciosest friends, Patrick Swica, e-mailed an old ciipping from the Champion with a photo of a 10-year-oid Anthony and an il -year-oid Patrick proudly holding fish they'd caught ait the Mili Pond. Leo Dal Bello, 15, played on the same soccer and hockey teams as Anthony and said his friend will be remembered for bis huge smile and coutagious laugh. "He had the biggest smiie I've ever seen." Axthony didn't speak badly of anyote and was always ready to heip his mom, Leo said. Cameron Chambers said Anthony was the kind of guy who could walk into, a roorn and make everyone burst into laughter. He was out- going, loyal and knew what it A> was to give something bis ail. "On the basketball court, he was probably the smallest point guard in sehool history, but scored more baskets per game than everyone else combined," Cameron said. Thanks to those who shared their thoughts with me duning this difficuit time. 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