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Page 10, WhNtby Fros Pms, Weeeosday, April 19. 1M9 Making cothes CIt more affordable By Usa Gardner Consigninent stores are bocom- ing a popular item in Durham Rogi*on. They provide an affordable selection of used clothos for the shopper, while offoring a service for.others who want te solthe clothes they don't need. Matorials which are brougiht i are hold for approimatoly 60 days (on consignment) and whon they are sold, the provider roceives 40 to 70 -per cent. <It may be a now fad," savs Bonnie isey, owner of the Earth Day recognied with trees About 1.000 trees will bo plan- ted at Tickson's Point an lEarth Day SatudayApri122. Iti e tiaed that more than 500 people may turn out te help plantU to tadozen varieties of trees onroporties owned by the Town 0f Whitby and Co-Steel Lasco. About $13,000, inclutn $250 from each of Làascoan Canada Trust, has been spent to purhase trees. Tho remaini« una are firom the Tre. Plan Canada fouftdation, and the Town in spending $1,400 on signsI washrooms and overtime costs for staff attending. The Thickson's Wood Group will have a dispiay on native wildlife as weii as telescopes te viow wiidlife. Those wishing te take part i pianting, whichUbgmns at 9 a.m., can park at the south end of the Whitby Mail wh ere a bus will shuttie passengers ta the Point and back. 'Robert 0. Eckel Serving You For 39 Years *.Geraninns : (Many Colours) *.Fulchsias : w:. Bedding Plants . Toro Lawn Sprinder Systems Installation and repair to any make of system. Wardrobe Exchango, a Whitby store that solls maternity clothes, childron's clothes dresses, toys, baby furniture and collectibles. "The way the oconomy ifs right now, it's great if you. can save money whéevor vau can." savs Sue Ann Reid of It's Worth Repeating, a Whitby store that seils childrcn's and ladies" clothing, baby equipment, Children's toys and country crafis. Laurie Griffin of the Ahnost New Shoppe i Oshawa says "good priées and excellent qua- lity» attraet shoppers. «People from other countries shop here for their relatives ... the postage expense on clothing is very high» says Griflm Who offers cFotÉes, for men, womon and childron," gadgets, toys, jewelry and even car seats at R'er Competitive in this business, but ýualitis first on my list," says riffin. "You can save 50 te 75 per cent beiow whoiesale prices for name brand clothing,» says Steve Bevis of the items in his Whitby store, Rugged Replays, as ho emphas- izes .affordabty as thekey to consignment store success. Bevis went into business because there were very few monts consignment stores avail- able. "There were piony of womon's consignment stores but none for men...Ifoît a mon s store was needed.» Bevis rotails «everything from HugoBosssuits ta Guoss jeans," as ellasshoes, boîte and sea- sonal sports oquipment. As for his ciothing, "Evory- thing muot be dlean, pressed m stylo and on hangers ...iY I wouldn't wear it I wouldn't soul it,» says Bevis. "People love these stores because they're getting good ciothes at a good price,'" says Anne Gerrard of the Children's Exchange li Bowmanville, a store that souls children's and maternity ciothing, equipment Landscape Contractors and Designers since 1986 (905) 985-9875 1-800-251-LEAF MANY WHITBY REFERENCES AVAILABLE 'Interlocking &Flagstone Retaining Walls & Steps Shrub & Rock Gardens Fencing & Decks FREE ESTIMATES mm - .......... l ... Open 7 days a wcek 8 arn to 9 Pm and toys. Barbara Horton, owner of Two Gais Nearly New Fashions in Oshawa, feels it is also impor- tant to understand and assist customers. "I feol customer service is oxtremeiy important ... ladies come te me and ask me if some- thing looks okay and I can tel them the truth,» says Horton, whose aIl-ladies store, in its 14th year of business, camres «mostly classy stuif that you can wear forev7er.» .Horton has shopped at con- signment stores for over 17 years and explains qI Mut 1k. te get a S bàrgan, thaWsthe bottom 5h. doesn't soul too mu<,h for tenagers: "I don't get into the funky- things for teen-agers ... who knows what thoy're woaring7' "Btter prices for the 'sanie quality" attract shoppers te con- signment stores, says Carol Campbell of Closet Classics in Oshawa, a nmne-year-old store which solls womenlésclothing and acceors for thoe aed 18t .g68. t just makes a lot of economi- cal sense » says Lucy Reynolds of Clothes Ë'rionds Fashions Bouti- Waterfowl vieingat Lynde Shores CCI A i olig an Earth Day aterfw veing event on Sudy, Aril 23 at Lynde Shores Cnevton Area. Members cf the public can gather between 1 and 4 p.m. on the northeast viewing platform cf Cranberry Marsh (reached by foot travel ely aiong the road extending south froni the parking. lot). CLOCA staff will be on hand te assst nature watchers in identiyig a variety cf waterfowl species. A telescope will aIse be availabie for those people interestod in a dloser view cf individual birds. The event is free te, the public. For more informnation contact the authority office at (905) 579-0411. †hidtii1 Document Shreddîng # High volume equipment wfll reduce your shredding cost # Secure locked containers at no extra cost + Bonded drivers +*100% of paper is recycled + Certif icate of destruction * Volume discounts available year-end, clean-outs (AI ifOf' (905) 427-3605 (Derrick) ff~ff~7ff WASTE SYSTEMS que, 'Kids Closet ' in Whitby, which has childrens ciothes, toys and accessories, wodding dresses, casuai wear for women and accessories. Diskey says that in addition to rovidn an affordablo alterna- tLive i clothing, "I take pride i helping the enironment im overy way I can,» while Griffin says the rouse of ciothing amounts to recycling whîch is «important to Duirham Region wins award for recycin The Region of Durham works department recently received two awards for waste reduction promotional matorials produced in 1994. The awards included à first pzo in the category of best adetsementjbest poster for Durharn's grassycing poster, 'Zero te Green in 30 Minutes,' and a second prizo in the category- of best event promotion for then, nowspaper advetisment, 'The' Garage Sale te, End AUl Garage Sles,' an event oramzedand prmoted jityby the Region of Drham and Town of Clarxngton. «Leus clothes are going i the garbageo and being wastod," says Some stores, aftor consigninent items are not sold after a certain period of tume, donate them to charities. For example, It's Worth 'Repeating has donated items te, Whi*tby>s Innushare projoct that makes sluipments to Davis Inlet Labrador, where childron have Bath pieces of promotion include graphic work by local artist Randy flmms, the creator of the Region's logo character. Tnim's artwork has been used in numerous waste reduction campaigns, including composting and recyching, since 1990. The awards, presented by- the Association Of Municipal Recycling Coordinators- (AMRC), were presented in Brampton at the AMRC's genoral meeting. Te AMRC's awarcâs program received hundreds of entries from regions, municipalities and counties acroas Ontario and Canada. .April 22 marks the celebration' of Earth Day~s 25th anmiversary. Recognized worid-wide, Earth' Dayparticipants gather for activities ranging anywhere from te-planting te' litter pick-ups. Greenwood Conservation Area park duperintendent Mark Hillis has chosen this day te kxck off a new oight-week program. 'Kids' Fun with Nature Clu, tbe held ove yaud from 10 a.m. te noon at the par. The cst wili be $5 per chIXd per day (parent participation optionai). This allows parents with atoddler tojoin in for pétofthe fun. Geared for children aged 5 te, 12.,the staff plan trail hikes, gamosl, crafts, sangs as weli as natUre studios of birds, insecte and wildlife. Aiso, Pee Wee, the litti. compost wo, has been invited te, perform the ?P.W. Worman at Castie Compost' Puppet show.1 The first 'Kids' Fun with Néture Club' will b. offéed free as an Earth Day activit*. Ki f canthenilook at the ]program outline and decidýeïeiher tecme on any chosen weekend or sign up for the entire eight weeks. Admission te the pakwill be fr-ee te families with chiidren attending the club. ~e park's location is off Westney Road just north of Taunton Road. This year Earth Da Canada promoted CAN Kits. These kits feature the 'Ibetoi Earth Day activities for each type of organization, and <nlude pointers on how te, plan, stage and pmoto successful and rewarding environmentai projects for ErhDay and/the entire year. For information*, cail 41"-99- 1991. y lI Oshawa, the Durham Region works department and Norsem~an Plastics; manufactuier cf the Earth Machine composter, are presenting a 'Truckload Composter Sale and How-to Worlcshop' at two locations. Prom 7 a.m. to 3 pan., on Earth Day, you can visit the Holland Building Center and the Oshawa Centre (in the parking lot nearest King and Stevenson) to learn the basics of composting and purchase a unit for $1 5. Other local Earth Day activities include Scugo Green Team 'Dear Neighbour' letter campag sigeplto stop using lawn sprays; the buildingnadblu'ebird boe by the Uxbridge Conservation Association; %rends of Second Marsh (Oshawa) hosting a waterfowl viewing, Durham Regi*on Field Naturalios doing shrub and bree-pjanting alonq theIlakeshore west of Thickson's Woods in Wtby ,Project AWARE's watorfront dlean-ups at Duffln's Cre.k and Ajax wvaterfirot; '10,000 Trees for te RougeVlY' being Ilated on Aprl 23, just north of Finch off the Plckornp'&mrborogh townline; ltter pick-up by memibers of the Pickering Waste ]Reducti'on Commiitte. E A RTH DAY