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PAGE 14, WHMTY PM -.PPM, WEDNESDAY, OUI'OBER 18, 1989 Rgion urges Iess packaging, more reusable materials te, reduce garbage by 25 per cent by 1992 and by 50 per cent by the year 2000. , In an effort te expedite its»4-R OSHAWA WHITBY NEWCASTLE *W Ut d UnhI. Because you.cared .. Mr. Q is a diabetic in his late 70's and suffers from bronichiai asthma. He has used the services of Community Care for years. Mr. Q lives with his wife in their own home and is quite mobile and alert. Their children live outside the area. Three times a week, Commnunity Care provides special diabetic meals for Mr. Q. They also provide transportation to and from medical appointments and the Foot Clinic. Socially, the Q's attend lunch oui programs and Community Care organized bus trips. The couple often drop in to the Community Care offices to rest or-get assistance with certain forms. 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AIR cDITIoNING 428-3231 668-4235 434-7873 373-0014 A UT HOPtZE o CONSUMERS OAS DEALER Ddrhamn Regyion's waste management cemimittee is aim - ing for less packaging and more reuseable materiarIs in its effnrt a Peter Perry FROM PAGE 2 at 8:45 pan.,r guest speaker will beLenr Skok. Skok bas reentl ived te, Canada frem outh Afrca. The Peter Perry Award banquet will be beld on Nov. 29, at Heydenshore Pavilion beginning with cocktails at 6 p.m., and dinner at 7 p.m. concluding by 9:30 p.m. Tickets are available at $30 per persen at tbe same locations as tbe nomination forms. The Whitby Chainber oi Commerce bas presented tbe Peter Perry Award te 30 Citizens of the Year since 1955. The 1988 Peter Perry Award tickets were sold out early, make sure yeu receive your seat by calling 668-4506. glass Glass loads, "If we want te make a dent in garbage, we must do more than bas caused Consumer's te reject "contaminated" sucb as these with cera- 'Use emmiclts," said Breck mayor* Don a en. The committee agreed that deposits on ail glass, and other containers, coul d be a possibility in the effort te implement reuse et c ntanersevrer cycing Raie cii e Saturday prograni (reduction, reuse, rec>r- cling and recovery) the commît- tee fast week recommended that the Regien petitien the federal gevernment to intreduce legisia- tion addressing the issue of excess packaging which accounts for one-third te one-balf of resi- dential garbage. Whitby councillor Marcel Brunelle suggested recognition go te those cemparnes carrying eut good waste management, an that efforts go into helping other cernpanies increase their stan- dards of waste management. Oshawa counci lier Larry Hanna suggested a certificate be issued te those companies achiein effective waste reduc- tion. ArtLeitch, Region director of eperations, suggested the.liai-, son committee bighlight such. cern panies in their newsletters. Aise discussed was a second suggestion that council petition the Minisr of the Environment te develop and maintain, markets for recyced material, due te pro- blems in selling recycled materials. "Unless there- is a market, materials recevered through recycling programs can only be censidered garbage,» said Region works cemmissioner Bill Twelvetrees in bis report te cern- mittee. The report notes that recycled newsprint was the first te, reflect falling prices. The price has dropped te $40! tonne from the initial $60/tonne in 1988. The oversupply of recycled Park expansion approved The best protection frem the disease is the rabies vaccination of pets. For those wbo missed tbe special rabies vaccination chnics wbicb were beld in tbe spring of tbe year, there is anotber low cost clinic on Saturday, Oct. 21, between 1 and 3 p.m. at two locations if Durham Regien. These are at the Courtice Animal Clinic, 1500 King St. W., Courtice, and at the Wilson Road Veterinary Office, 371 Wilson ]Rd. S., Oshawa. The cost is $6 and dogs must be leasbed, wbile- cats must be individually boxed. For information regarding cinics outside of Durham contact tbe Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine at (416) 693-0028, or tbe Department of ~ortedi a plan te expand thïe ubay Trailer Park on Dundas St. E., a decisien that could leaci te an Ontario Municipal Board (0MB) bearing. Twenty-four citizens living near tbe park say tbey oppose tbe expansion unless certain con- cessions can be made. As a resuit of the appeal from residents, council aise supported a recommendation by the Town planning director te bire a lawyer te represent tbe munici- pality at a future 0MB hearing. bnteir appeal, neigbbor'ing residents say tbey are concerned about the increase in parking, volume of trafflo, noise and pollu- tion tbat will result from tbe expansion, affecting Michelle Ct. residents whose homes back ente tbepark. There is aise concern for tbe potential dangers of baving a sin le entrance into tbe park. Th eir petition aIse reads: "«We would strongly like te empbasize tbat we feel tbat a mobile boe park is net in keeping witb tbe future of Whitby but we do net wish te, see tbe residents of the existing park eut of tbeir homes."' Opposing residents say tbere were net intent on filin g a formal complaint witb the 0MB if con- cessions could be made.î Their suggestion was that the Tcwn, in ce-oe ration witb the park ewvner, find a way te, pro- vide subsidized new bousing for park residents. Hewever, states tbe planning department in a report te coun- cil, "The department is ef' the opinion tbat any furtber discus- siens at tbis time witb tbe apel lants would net be productive.' Councillor Marcel Brunelle, commenting on tbe lon g exis- tence of tbe Subway Tailer Park, said, "The park bas played aim rtant rele in the past by poiigaffordable housing in Whty"Brunelle is a fermer reid n of tbe park. Council will request an early bearing date from tbe 0MB te consider tbe appeal te tbe zoning Lake Ontario Steel Company PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE on the Proposeci Automobile Shredcler By-Product Berm LASCO is proposing the development of an on-site berm (landfill> to dispose of by-product produced from it's automobile shredding operat ion in Whitby. The planning and approval of the proposed berm is subject to the provincial Environmentaî Assessment Act. LASCO has recently completed a draft version of the environmentaî assessment document, which has been submitted to the Environmentaî Assessment Branch of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for comment. The public is invited to attend an open house with respect to the proposed berm. LASCO0 staff and consultants will be available t0 provide information and discuss: *the demonstration berm and ongoing monitoring activities the draft environmental assessment (FA) document and the FA process *specific studies relating to hydrogeology, engineering, tho natural and social environments The open house wiil be held: THURSDA Y, OC TOBER 26, 1989 Centennial Community Centre 416 Centre St. South Whitby, Ontario 2p.m. to lOp.m. For furher information on the proposed berm, contact: Ron Deeth, Berm Project Manager, LASCO, Hopkins St. S., Whitby Ontario, LiN 5T1 Whitby: 668- 8811, extension 732, Toronto: 364- 6136, extension 732> à Rabies is on the increase again in Ontario with a 25 per cent rise in animal rahies expected tbis year, or a total of 2,500 cases anticipated before year end cempared te 1,937 in 1988. The disease is costly. Ontarie is spending approimately $25.8-million this year on rabies diagnosis, vaccination (animal and human), compensation te farmers, quarantine and research. The main animal carriers of rabies are red fox, skunks, and bats, which pass the rabies virus on te unvaccinated dogs, cats and cattle. Se far this year in Durbam Region (as of the end of September), 45 animals bave beeÉn positively identified as baving rabies, and 112 people Purchase ICG Home Comfort Pmoducts And we'Il replace any part for the next f ive years. Free. Or we won't ask for a single nickel until March 1990. Honest. Or we'II give you something that'II warm your heart. Cash. Thne comforting choice for Canadiai homes PRO HEKING AND AIR 1380 HOPKfNS STREET, UNIT F, WHITBY LiN 2C3 i 1 Town council last week sup- 1 ýý f. ý a