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12 N E W S

Galway Advertiser

August 5 2004

PAWS 4 THOUGHT
in association with Galway SPCA
If you can make one of these lads' lives happier, please phone the sanctuary at: 09096-76397 (Opening hours 10am to 12.30 and 2pm to 4.30pm) or the GSPCA office 091563631 568572: Check the website: www.galwayspca.com to view all the animals. And remember that homechecks are always carried out for all the animals and a donation is required. If you cannot give a home at the moment to one of the animals, why not buy an adoption certificate instead? For only 25 you get your own certificate with full details of the animal you are helping to care for at Heathlawn Animal Sanctuary. Perfect for a birthday, examination, or anniversary gift! Call the GSPCA office for full details. help you spay the mother cats and find homes for the kittens. It takes time, patience and money - but it can be done successfully. Stray cats and kittens are not the problem - uncaring people are. Be part of the solution - help our feline friends to live the life they deserve.
Jackie

Summer

One rule for the clampers and another for the rest of us... this unoccupied clamper van pictured parked on a double yellow line at Victoria Place for a while last Thursday morning, without hazard lights on and without any sign of clamping activity in the locality.

Galway volunteers needed for Daisy Days
BY SINEAD MCGOVERN Aware in Galway is appealing for volunteers for its Daisy Days which this year will be held on September 9, 10, and 11. During the three days daisy bulbs will be on sale at permitted outlets for 2 per pack, and volunteers will also be collecting on the streets. A day or even a spare hour would help the cause greatly. Aware is a voluntary organisation set up in 1985 to support those suffering from depression and their families. It depends on the Daisy Days to fund its support groups nationwide and to keep the locall helpline service operating. It also operates a nationwide secondary schools programme called `Beat the Blues' to educate teenagers about the illness, and provides a vital information service. Aware meetings are held in Galway city every Wednesday at 8.30pm at Danesfield House, 23 Sea Road, opposite the Jesuit church, and in Tuam parish centre on the Dublin Road at 8.30pm on the second and fourth Mondays of the month. By volunteering for Daisy Days, you can help Aware defeat depression and prevent suicide. For more information or to volunteer your time call Louise or Dermot on (01) 6617211.

PET TIP OF THE WEEK
In seven years one female cat and her offspring can theoretically

Jezebel

produce 420,000 cats. The GSPCA sees the unfortunate results of this every week. Every second telephone call this year has been from people reporting sick cats and kittens in their gardens. Many of these cats were not born wild. They were domestic casualties - the first to be tipped out when their owners moved house or simply lost interest in them. In turn, these unfortunate cats get pregnant, have kittens that have no human contact, and then cannot be homed. These kittens in turn get pregnant, and so the awful cycle goes on. The GSPCA see poor little kittens suffering from cat flu and other diseases that leave them dying alone in back yards. Many uncaring people simply phone the GSPCA wanting rid of them, treating them as vermin. If you have a stray cat and kittens in your garden, treat them with the love and respect they deserve. Work with the GSPCA towards a solution that benefits everyone. It will

CATS:
Jezabel: A brown/black striped tabby cat of around two years of age is spayed, very friendly, and ready to take up residence in a good home who recognises her wonderful qualities. She is very adaptable, loves being lifted and cuddled, and will make an ideal feline companion. Just look at those big green eyes - how can you resist? Summer: We're into autumn now, but our Summer puss is only dying to get out and sunbathe in your back garden. Summer is every colour black, tan and white - and she glows like the evening sun. This 18-month-old lady is also spayed and is just as playful as a summer's day. Why not take Summer home and enjoy her during our Indian summer? RENO: is a male labrador cross of around three years old. Like lots of labs he is strong and boisterous, needing lots of exercise. Reno will make a

great family pet, but would be more suited to a family with older children. Reno has a lovely shiny black coat, chocolate eyes, a white bib, and is very handsome. If you can show Reno the kind of life he needs, give him a call now - he's waiting to hear from you. JACKIE: is a little black terrier cross of about two years old. She is a very friendly, lively little dog who enjoys playing with her big and small friends in the kennels. Jackie is looking for a new home where she will be the centre of attention and get lots of love and affection.

Reno

Creative skills encouraged in new Loughrea workshop for disabled people
BY SINEAD MCGOVERN A community workshop providing services for people with disabilities, particularly in mental health, has opened off St Bride Street in Loughrea. A Western Health Board workshop, Meitheal is a sheltered work retail unit with links to organisations that provide services to people with disabilities. It focuses on the promotion of health and wellbeing, assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and aftercare with support. It will draw on the traditional Irish approach of people getting together to help each other while socially interacting. Goods produced in Meitheal will include a variety of craft items based on knitting, sewing, leatherwork, wrought iron, candles, pottery, and a range of furniture, plants, and shrubs. It is open from 9.30am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday, and members of the public are welcome to call in and see the range of products and the work in progress.

Candidate to open children's casting agency in Galway
BY KERNAN ANDREWS Tokie Laotan, the Nigerian model who ran in the recent local elections, is setting up a casting/modelling agency for children in Galway. To-Kid's Casting Agency will cater for children aged between six months and 12 years. Ms Laotan has many years of modelling experience and she will be able to assess the potential of children interested in modelling able to recommend children to the Peggy Carty School of Deportment, Catwalk Modelling Agency, and put them in line for photographic and modelling work. For more information contact Tokie Laotan on 086 - 1922825. Those interested in pursuing modelling should bring recent photos with them including one headshot and one full length picture.

Tokie Laotan.

and be able to offer advice to them. She will also be

Jeanette Haynes, Tom Hogan, Salthill, and Lorraine Skelton of Castlegar at the Galway Races on Thursday. Photo:- Mike Shaughnessy