A “same :

~ Children -

but
= “neighbors. which did’ not. endear:
“4 him. to anyone: 2205 :
. Some dog owners assume the 4
attitude”
towards. their. neighbors. After:
“several ‘decades of quiet obser-"
“vation of dog and ‘cat owners I>.
“have come to ‘the conclusion
. that. they subconsciously. do not.
~ like their. fellow.humans. Or else”
why do.they inflict. their right to*:
leave:
. ‘everyone else’s‘property and on

. drinking.

Wednesday, August 26, 1987

THE REVIEW 9781-2nd St.,

Sidney B.C.

A child's garden of understanding

A friend of mine collects poems, sayings and short prose in

a special diary.

The other day she shared a few of them with me — the ones
which pertained to children. As summer ends and children
prepare to once again trade some of their home time for
school time, I asked her permission to share some of her col-

lection with a wider audience.

* *

Albert Camus wrote:

**Don’t walk in front of me -

I may not follow.
Don’t walk behind me -
_ I may not lead.
_ Walk beside me - -

and just be my friend.”’
. *

*

The way some people find fault you’d think there was a

reward.
*

How does it feel?

*

To be so much like a lady, so much like a girl,

So much Mum’s and Dad’s, so much to the world.
So much like an adult, so much like a child,

So settled down, so restless, so wild.

| Too old for Dad’s knee, too young for his ways,

i Too old for his stories, too young to toss him astray.’
Too young for Mum’s knowledge, too old for her advice,
Too young to wear her styles, too old for thinking twice.
Old enough to comprehend, old enough to accept a'‘no’,
So many places I’ve gone; so many places I can’t go.

Old enough to know what’s wrong,

: Editor:

,; I like animals but some of

‘their owners I: can easily hate.

_ They remind me. of-a neighbor’
who once toid me he had found -

a quick way to get rid of his gar-
_bage. “‘You-simply throw. it on
; your .neighbors’’ property.

_créated “one. for

‘irresponsible: -

dog excrement
public: byways: to.the detriment
“of everyone’s health.’
*. Amebic~ dysentery
spread - through
water’
‘especially. where human: excre-
ment is employed as fertilizer.
What-makes us think we are im-

‘mune to the diseases spread by:
dog excrement, Dogs also: har-

bor vermin-such as lice and fleas
and their © stool
which infect food humans eat.
Cat scratch fever, listed in
any good medical book: (from

apparently hei thy cats) has put.

‘many people in. the hospital,
The disease may Jast fora few
weeks’ ore for many years,
offen. run oa high
temperature. und have an une
diagnosed) illness with a fever
for which there is no exphina-

tion:

Two decades

approximately © one, dag.

10 houses. Tone house lacks: a
_ dog, the house next. to-it may
~ house two? dogs or. in.

- this consuy people who live on
boats and: try. to house animals

under the most impossible. cane:
ditions where. there is no. BOIS.
tor
: i, a hole to bury its: stool, a

OS ay earth: for: the Sanimal

cen teen tmaet 10 mabe ie tammvaner mate edeneereren ee enema

@ fe:
.,Solved his immediate problem
his. -

“Sroduet

‘in. parts of. southern”
States _is a serious health pro-
. blem™. “where

on:

is often
contaminated .

larvae lives on
and occurs

attracts flies:

“geo. there was’.
“fore
every: 10 homies. Now the ratio -
is closer to nine dogs per every.

‘some
Gases, three, You can include in laws: in

Saanich.

There ‘is.
disconcerting than to find some
strange cat has wormed its way

through an open vent:in your
‘boat-to deposit its feces. in your
aluminum sink.. Obviously | its.
owner does not provide cat litter. |

for iton their own boat.

“Worms: are. another by-

of. dogs’. S.
= Hookworm, a disease. prevalent

sanitary ~ toi
facilities. are inadequate. It’ is

“contracted by -children going.

barefoot in the ‘soil where the
the surface.
Worm infections and diseases
are caused by parasites that. live

_and multiply in the. bodies. of

human . beings and.
animals. ;
We wouldn’ t dream of taking

a child outside to defecate on

SOME.

the grass verges of the road, nor“ 4
‘to a park or soccer field on the
“pretext that we were: exercising

the-child, But dog lovers with all
the arrogance : in. the. world

- assume they have the right to.

Mess Up an are’.
- Common sense would tell me

to.take my dog well away. from,

peopled areas such as sidewalks,

r- public. parks and school. yards |

~~~ places’ where. people, con-
gregate oor children’ run,

clean
Other
laws

or- else.
animal.
have

pp cafters my
municipalities
compelling ©

that, .”

We have strict ‘anni contrail
Sidney. and North
that “domestic.

farms contain:

animals, Dogs. must be. ona

leash at all times. off. their own
property.

PENINSULA LIFE

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d)d

Yes

| “well, it looks like this is tinally iv It's been nice knowe

; | iy yuu, biaitye

a We Aalto ee A ieemnnenniaeiinne ten

nothing “more

up.

‘and -. cats: :
United |

toilet.

Old enough to know what’s right.

Too young to forget home,

Too young to go out at night.
So confused, so understanding,
So content, so demanding.

Old enough to have problems, too young to cope,
Too young to understand. Old enough to hope.

So mature you can see a guy’s eyes,
So childish you still wish on stars.

So childish you don’t know much pain,

So mature you see other’s scars.

You are what you act, or that’s how it seems

When you’ re so old, so young
And so in between.

* Ox

Donna Link

I can’t wait to grow up — but I love now.
g p ;

a

Life is a. party, and | am an honored guest.

* *

A PARENT'S PRAYER

I pray that | may let. my child live his own life

and not.the |

one I wish | had lived. Therefore, guard me against burdening

him with what I failed to do.

Help me to see his missteps today in perspective against the
long road. he must travel and grant-me the grace to be patient

with his slow pace.

Give me the wisdom to know when 10 smile at the small
mischiefs of his age and when to show firmness against the
impulses which he fears and cannot handle.

Help me to hear the anguish in his heart through the din of
angry words or cross the gulf of brooding silence.

' And having heard, grant me the ability to bridge the gap

between us with understanding.

I] pray that I may raise my voice more in joy at. what he is,
than vexation at what he is not, so that. each day he may grow

in sureness of himself.

Help me to regard him with g genuine affection so he w ill fecl
affection for others. Then give me the strength 10 free him so

he can move strongly on his way.

Amen

ning wild and attacking farm

_ animals, which they frequently

do, and to. mae it obvious: to +”
the person on -the other end of .

the leash when their dog: stops
to evacuate its bowels that they
are leaving: something behind
that. no one else wants to clean

It is “also a fact. of life:

war lord was:a sight to inflame

“There. Are..No. Dogs ins:
- China’’ is. the name ofa book.
The
pampered :Pekinese’ lap dog ‘sit-.
ting well .fed.and indulged: on ~
the lap of-a wife of a Mandarin

despot to the starving people.
A’ pet dog is a carnivor. It.

produces: nothing. It. consumes
at least 20. times its weight: in

» meat-in one year. It is treated by
Veterinarians

with... the. same
Vitamins.and medications used

-for humans: One. has ‘only ‘to_
= look. -at the “space on: grocers’.
: shelves to'see- how-much food: is” }
. diverted to the use of dogs and’-
cats. A’.billion dollar. industry
has® grown: soul of. what many -
foreign’ countries: see as - our“
western

; ‘wastefulness: “and

western:

decadence. Aan, ; this” i.
vmodern world. :

ob considered Guying an “auack:2
“dog recently for .a. very” good:
‘reason but felt. 1, could: not. af-.
-ford the. luxury of “feeding” it.
“And even if IL.could.-afford:it,. |
“think: prefer to:send the $18 a
month or more it would cost me.

dog’:
- Owners. 10 be prepared to do just

These. laws, “apply {oO

This: serves wiwofold °
purpose = to prevent. dogs runs

prea tninenramen vata uma ”

_ Regional Traffic Safety Commission,”

charac a st ti aR Pt Gee IRA OH eae |

the hungry populace of a coun- ©
try unable. to grow sufficient :
food for its billions. of people.
Protein is. protein no’ matter
where you find it. A. pet dog
became indicative of an opulent

‘to feed one starving child living
off garbage dumps in Chili. .1

“-feed.a dog .in preference, toa
fellow human..

FROM THE
TOP OF THE PILE

SEEN TE Ae oe
= A © ih I EO >

TWO PRIZES have yet to be claimed. for draws during C ‘ontral
Saanich Days. Central Saanich Lions Club members would like ta
contact Dave Peck who won second place cash prize. and: the
unknown winner of the 50/ $0 draw ticket number: 363109, Winners

— should phone 682-4130,
sometimes barefoot. Either. that.

+ 4 +

WEL Le DESER VED PRAISE went to local artists Sheena Lott

~and. Timothy Hume who, garnered. the interest af judges Si the res:

“cent Fine Arts:87 show in Sooke. Lott placed second in the Peaple’s
Choice Award catepory for a watercolor painting of-her daughter,
Hume, a well known Peis’ dryer, received honorable mention.
tor his entry, . ee ee: Pa ya
Cr a)

SPEC IAL.

a] ae *

“OPEN WIDE and it won't port a bit, “Nays Sidney" 'S Barbara.
Janice Jaroch who wassrecently awarded a certificate tie dental..
assisting: devel ane), from te Open I earning. pEStItite ( angratulit

AION, : :

a ora

suitable to hold-a three to four-kny CTO COMTI COUTSO

our: BCL Olympic hopetuts Nick Holme- sn

and
» Wilding: Davies have trained."

David
AND TO OUR READERS ‘with

Don Munro asa former

MIL. A,
member of parliament,

Pe ee ee aa

THERE'S NO TRUTIL tothe rinor dit Sidney Ma Wey, Nevina:
. Sealey injured her foot recently asa result of well: aimed high VW
Wed bape ede ay &
ay cael i aie c pita”

some errant coumedb member's beeing,
besome neeident prone vine being

JA HEARTY VW ANK. you rm Revie a elise Gil wat ters “Sarah
‘Thompson, Peter Smith and Anna D'Angelo who went thoes tra:
Srile during dhe: past wwe months covery for digi wacadioniny:

editor, Wher is nen back in biness and wimnderine why, “ eH done,

CTEW, You dene did good,

‘can’t in all conscience choose to ©.

_ Mary Tudor Owen

THANKS With eal hed by same Sidney aud Contra
Saanich parentsind children invelved with the local Boys:and € iirls |
Club, Summer project manager: Kevin C leaver wrote in EXPENSE
- appreciation: for help received for the many t reeredtional (rips and -
: cultural ae tivities: for kids involved i mthy summer Prev a .

THE HORSE y SE T placed Gordon Mosvold, Rita Mettler andl 1: .
the CRD parks: department nthe Winner's civele for allowing the

VictoriasSaanich Horse Trial on their Island: View propertics dpain.,
this year. There are so few greas defi abac arg hinge enough and
mEEVA
show secretary Brenda May, {11 ison this cand simidar courses thar

aplogyves thanks for correching..’
| an errercin aa opanton Piece We Tas Wath os Review Which eredited: -
He. Watn. aft COUT SC. a fedlgral

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ATTENTION

DOG OWNERS

Municipal By-Law NO. 145, Sec. 5.2.1.

Any person who owns, possesses or harbours any dog over the
age of six months shall obtain a 1987 licence.

Municipal By-Law No. 145, Sec. 19.12

Any person violating any provision of this By-law whail be liable
to a penalty of not more than $200.00.

September 15, 1987 Deadline — Failure to comply with above
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