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LOOK ILI FOR Z\ Seite Celebrating 12years) signs ~ vehicle graphics digital imaging Reach & Northport Rd., Port Perry 905-985-0802 Taylor Forder Insurance Brokers Lid. RELAY FOR LIFE Sunderland Fair Grounds Saks June 25th through to the 26th The event is an annual fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society and beings together survivors and others that have been uched by cai Steve Gajewski_ You do i have to go very far to experience someone that has been touched by cancer directly or by family members We are all effected pee disease in one Weyer Taylor Ford ateam to pene in nthe 12 hour relay raising funds er cancer ey year I Tost my mother to cancer. Our office is ley a eek fair to book while raising funds. | urge everyone to either sponsor someone in the Relay As part of a small community let's all do our part to “FIND A CURE”. TAYLOR FORDER INSURANCE BROKERS LTD. 169 North Street, Port Perry ¢ 905-985-8416 www.taylorforder.com 10 FOCUS - JUNE 2010 Continued from page 7 exist and there are still good people in the world,” Mari- lyn said last month. “When Focus on Scugog did a ‘thumbs down’ about my missing dog (May 2010), a very kind Scugog Island resident called to say she had a litter of shih-tzu’s and wanted to give me one of the pups from the litter.” The woman (we'll call her Kari), who Marilyn is talking about was so troubled after reading about the incident she immediately picked up the phone and contacted Focus to offer her help. “When things like this happen it makes me vet angry. I just can’t imagine how it would feel. It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it,” she said in a brief interview. Kari informed Focus she had three female pups left from a recent litter and that she wanted to offer one of them to the family, all the time realizing it would never “It was a gift from my heart to a woman who replace the dog . she lost. has suffered greatly and it The two makes me feel good.” strangers ar- ranged to meet and immediately Marilyn ran into a problem. All three of the pups were so cute she had a hard time deciding on which one to accept. “I would have taken all three, but I knew that wasn’t possible, so I ended up bringing home one, which I named ‘Allie,’ she said. Ironically, ‘Allie’ was born the very same day - February 28 - that her dear pet, ‘Mrs. Murphy’ went missing. For Kari, who is a self-proclaimed animal lover, giving a pup to Marilyn was no big deal. “It was a gift from my heart to a woman who has suffered a great tragedy,” she said. “It was a pleasure for me to help and it just makes me feel good. And in an ironic twist to this story, less than a week after bringing Allie into her home, Marilyn’s daughter Tracy and son-in-law Paul delivered a three month-old shih-tzu pup, “Ollie,” to her for Mother’s Day. So while this story has a happy ending, Marilyn wants to warn residents of Scugog that there are predators out there and to keep an eye on their pets when left outside. While she was searching for Mrs. Murphy, she discov- ered that there been an alarming number of small dogs gone missing recently, most taken from their properties. Pet owners should be aware that there are people target- ing pets and are bold enough to come on to your property and remove them with no thought for the devastation it causes the family. For Marilyn, despite her heartbreak of losing her good friend Mrs. Murphy, there is a silver lining. “My faith in humanity has been restored. Kari is a truly special person,” she says, as she hugs her fluffy new friend. By J. Peter Hvidsten Focus on Scugog