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PAGE 12, WRITY MRE PRESS wEDNEsDAY, FEBiRUAy 7,1990 65 attend meeting about waste mana"gement 1By Scott Laurie A public meeting te, discuss the master plan for waste manage- ment 'hiîDurhami Regon* held at* Henry Street, High School, last Wednesday. The meeting was one of a series beng hed around the re on te dscua thejplan and te obtai residents' views about waste disposaI. There were approxi.mately 65 peple present at the meeting at QH l The consultmng r, Macaren Eýngineers -Inc., is forming the plan te seek a Durham-only solu- tion for waste disposai for the period 1996 te 2016. Ted Taylor of MacLjaren's sta- ted at the meeting that the ReM. on of Durham s. ultimate ai is te reach a 25-per cent reduction in waste te landfill by 1992 and a 50-per cent reduction by the year 2000. Local resident and publisher of the* Whitby Free Press, Doug Anderson,, suggested - that the gal be upgraded te 35-per cent y 1992, stating that the Wýhitby First Class ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - - PATIENT SERVICES Frorn admitting to emergency, from staff ing needs to patient questions, Gloria Tuck's responsibilities at Whitby General Hospital extend to ail ar-eas of patient care. Tuck is the Hospital's Assistant Executive Director - Patient Services. On any given day she can wear a number of hats. wI arn ultimateîy responsible for ail of the departments which offer or affect patient care," Tuck explains. That involves a lot of departments and a lot of people. "I arn here to offer support and facilitate care," she ecds. That support rnay be given to a patient's family, a nurse, a member of the medical staff, or the Hospta's Executive Director. 1I operate on a open door policy. If someone has a concern which affects patient care, l'm here to listen and help themn work toward a resolut ion," says Tuck. Tuck's primary responsibilities faîl out of her role as the Director of Nursing. The structure of the nursing department a t Whitby General Hospital is f airîy decentralized. Three Nurse Managers plan and direct the activities of their particular units. One Nurse Manager oversees the Emergency Department (which includes Outpatient Services) and the Operating Room, a second is responsible for ail of the medicaV/surgicaî units, and a third manages the Continuing Care Units. The Nurse Managers and their staff report to Tuck, but day-to-day responsibilities and Unes of authority are quite clear. "It is not rny role to interfere, rat her 1 arn available as a resource person. If someone feels that they aren't getting resuts from their immediate supervisor, then I arn here to listen and help work things through," Tuck comments. As the Hospital's primary spokesperson for nursing services, Tuck speaks for nursing in aIl public forums. For instance, statements issued from the Ministry of Heath which affect nursing would be addressed to Tuck after consultation with nursing staff. Tuck works with the Executive Director of the Hospital in shapiÀ1g policies which affect patient care. In addition, her role requires that she act as a trouble-shooter to resolve conflicts or problems if they arise in any of the patient care areas. Because the Hospital plays a vital role in the community, Tuck naturally gets involved in community organizations which affect patient care such as the Victorian Order of Nurses and the District Health Council. .for a first class communityl!i ,--This space provided as a public service by the Whitby Free Press- CORPORATION 0F THE TOWN 0F'WHITBY 1990 INTERIM TAX NOTICE The f irst instalment of taxes for 1990 is due and payable February 15, 1990. If payment is flot received by the due date, penalty will be added on the first day of default and the first day of each calendar month so long as non-payment continues, at the rate of I11/4% per month or part thereof. Hf you have not received responsible for payment, Departrnent at 668-5803i information. a tax bill and y ou are please cont aq the Tax to obtain the necessary Taxes may be paid at anry Whitby bank without bank collection charges, or at. the' Municpal Office, 575 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario. R. A. Claringbold Treasurer, TOWN 0F WHITBY public %i far more ready to recycle than some tealjze." Alternatives under conside- ration for the remaining 50 per cent are landflll energy frm waste, refuse- Aerived fuel, urban-centred transfer stations or some combination of the above, according te Taylor. Steve Linley, also representing MacLare's, listed the criteria established by the Environinen- tal Assessment Ac t te represent the various components of the environnient. The criteria will be used as factors te measure the potential environniental effeets each alter- native will have. Results from a public survey in which the participants were asked te, rank these seven cata- gories in order of concern were presented by Linley. The catagories were as follows: public he&àth asnd safety; the social environment; thej natural environment- the cultural environment; f inancial costs; the economic environment; and tech- nical considerations., The survey found that the natural environment was the biggest concern te the public wiThna33-per cent rankig. Pub- lic health ând safety was hot far behind with a 28-per cent rank- éi ing and aIl other catagoriffl regisitered lO-per cent or less i X É thIe presentation, the panel fielded questions from the audience. SER PAGE 21 Region votes'.t.oday on temporary landfi Durhami regional council votes toay (Wednesday) on the Pl site in Whitevale as the temporary landfil site for Metro and Dur- bain garbagel. 9GOWDEN GAIE iRESTAURANT _ HTNESE FOOD BUFFET c cax, orDuiL .LruneiVu.z (more than 50 items to choose from for dinner) Dine in anid Take-out service. 107 BROCK ST. S., WHITBY On- Tuesday sat week, Dur- ham!s waste management com- mittee said- that ît's time to formally put the proposed White- vale dump on the table as the contingency site, and that al necessary applications for appro- vals or exemptions be made., Committee members called it a telymotoapstv frrd Iea. tat oud put Dur- ham in a position te, handle its own waste., ,Ajax mayor Jim Witty oTposed the motion aig that e han fairly stated bis objection. Coun-. cillor Doug Dickerson from Pick- ering pchoed bis objection. But Most igreed that the wheels were ini motion and that there' no turning back. "Couj I ady made a deci- sion on Pi " said Whithy regional councillor idarcel Brunelle. "Now it's a housekeeping matter, tidy- in-Lyup.Iles ludicrous te consider takng noher action now." Metro bas already completed the agreement that would have it duznp is arap e tý4IePl site from1992to §76 *hile long- term sýstems are developed. Lasco dum FROM PAGE * said Deeth. uWe have te godn with something' else." He à aid that if 'hearings are neèessg"Y, then Lasco cannot -proceed until the resuits of those hea -s r known. Laterý Deeth told, The Free Press that the Region was cor- rect in its action and that Lasco still had some room *te dunip."* "We stili have enough room te continue until the ministry prôç- cess. We have enough room tio keep going. I think you can rest assuredi that the ministry won't have heàrings re the stockpile.» The official plan aniendinent process is estimated te take at least four weeks. *Coming events COMPUTER CLUB MEINeG The néxt meeting of the Dur- bain Pc'Users Club will be held Thursday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. at St. John House, 64 Coîborne St. E., Oshawa., The meeting is open te all interested computer owners. A «bugr session is a regulair feature 'and it allows you te, discuss your problema ini an open forum with others who also use the MS-DOS systern. A disk- of-the-month is available te al members and the library is upda- ted on a» regular basis. For further inormation caîl Bernie at 655-4156. COMPTER GROUP MEETS The next meeting of the Dur- hami Region Apple User Group (DRAUG) for owners of Apple Wl Liu.ix~c~h $5.175 E~irixioe, $8 E~9 cJATT.. 668-22~22 NOTICE Durham. Laser Clinie men. Has moved to a new location. Our new office ià located ini the Ritson, Taunton Rd. Plaza, Unit #6, Oshawa, Ontario (at Feliée's). We hope we have not caused our clients (both past & present) any mnconvemienoe. Remember, house oeils can be grranged. For more information oeil: 725-1927 or 433-0640 m