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-- et 12 - "WEEKEND STAR" RTT RRR TART IR BRONTE VV TE ~~ FT Ty Av TRE TIN a FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2000 Family horrified as pet By Chris Hall Weekend Star A Saintfield family is looking for answers after their cat was shot with an arrow earlier this week, and eventually died. Monica Petronijevic says she didn't think anything was wrong last Tuesday afternoon when she heard Kitty, the fam- ily cat, meowing outside the door. But when she opened the patio door, she discovered the six-year-old female feline had been shot. "She usually sits on a fence post in a vacant lot next to our home," Ms Petronijevic told The Weekend Star. Sometime. between 4:15 and 4:40 Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 31), the cat was struck by an arrow, which passed through her stomach and into a hind leg. "I heard her meowing at the door and when | opened it, there she was... she had about 20 inches of the arrow sticking out of her," said Ms Petronijevic. cat is shot with arrow Without a car, she called a neighbour who agreed to take her to the Uxbridge Vet Clinic. "The vet was waiting for us when we got there, even though it was after hours," she said. While there was an outside chance that Kitty could be saved if the arrow had only struck muscle tissue, x-rays showed extensive internal damage. "It had gone right through her stom- ach and intestines... we had to put her down," said Ms Petronijevic. Upon returning home, Ms Petronijevic said that her daughter took the arrow around to all the homes in the area, looking for answers. The arrow is made of fiberglass with a steel tip. "We called the police and they came over; they've got the arrow and they're going to investigate." Ms Petronijevic believes the incident may have been a Halloween prank. 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It costs $200,000 a year to maintain the current sys- tem, he said. Board vice-chair Bobbie Drew made a motion to hold off on spending the $2.4 million for the pro- grams from |). D. Edwards Canada. The company was = INSURANCE ASSIGNMENT ACCEPTED RT PERRY DENTAL OFFI * m EVENING APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE (WE COLLECT FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES) = DENTISTRY WHILE YOU SLEEP *. ® PAYMENT PLANS ARRANGED ® SENIOR CITIZENS DISCOUNT the lowest of three bidders for the contract to supply a new program. "I hesitate to spend this large amount on any one area," said Mrs. Drew. "We are at the end of this board's term, and I think the incoming board should deal with an amount this large." Board staff explained that newer programs are needed in order to bring down maintenance costs and meet new and tougher financial reporting require- ments imposed by the Ministry of Education. The software programs are used to track spending on every item at the board, as well as for employee matters and funding. Under new provincial guidelines, boards will have to submit report cards on every area of their spending and cur- riculum in much more detail than in previous years. ® GENERAL ANAESTHESIA AVAILABLE Mrs. Drew made a motion that would see the plan stay alive by banking the money for now. "I would like to move that we place the funds into reserves until the new board can revisit this matter after the elections," said Mrs. Drew. She will not sit on the new board, as she has decided to seek elec- tion to regional council in the Nov. 13 election. Pickering trustee Ruth Anne Schedlich agreed with the move. "l would ask that we put a timeframe on the matter, though," Mrs. Schedlich said. "That way the matter will be looked at before we reach a crisis with the older system." Mr. Trbovich said a crisis has not yet occurred, but stressed the need to address the issue. 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