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4fBROOLIN} Whtby Pros Preas, Wed'nesday, June.5. 1996, Page il Paper sludge soon available to Brookllin.f'armers Teaching t, JERRY REED, volunteer, showed of the equipment1 Ooas Guard Auxiliary 1ULndsay Jarvis, 5, some used by the service at * * * * * * * * * * * * .- re Vde e st - e iee 9-0BOAOR VE23 IHALBLD 1 . 1'- I.,' -1- * * - e evtinHtln esrail..otin iem early the Brooklin Optimist Club's Respect for Law dinner held recently in Brooklin. Phiolo by Joromy Drosar. WNithy Free Prou * * * * * * * * * * * * Carson will keep funeral home Bob Carson says the rumours of the passing on of Carson Funeral Home to another owner is exaggerated, to- mangle ta famous Mark Twain saying. Although no longer a resident of Brooklin for the past few years, Bob. says ha stili ow ns and runs Carson and bas no plans other than to do some renovations. Bob lives up in Orillia now where he operates another, much busier funeral home. But he's been hearîng that he'd losed up or sold the Brooklin business but that isn't so. In fact, ha says hel1l b. hiring someone to act as a regular staffer in Brooklin soon and intends to continue to meet local needs. SINGING POLICEM A quick reminder that the Brooklin Day Nuraery is hosting a special guest, Meredith C utting, who used to be The Singing Policeman on the television's Uncle Bobby Show. The fun starts at 9:45 a.m. Friday, June 7 and runs to il a.m. and will b. held at the Brooklin Cornmunity Centre. The coat is $3 per child. ickets are available at the nursery, 14 Church St. Call Rosemary OBrien at 655-3864'or Judy Gregg at 655- 4955 for more information. EUCEIRE AT THE LEGION This Saturday, June 8 is your chance to yak about the fair and play a little progressive euchre at the Brooklin Legion starting at 8 p.m. To be sure to get a table be at the Legion before eight. It's only $4 a person for an evening offun and a chance to win big cash prizes. Food is' also provided. Everyone is welcome. Dr. John H. McKnney inites you to celebrate the 65th anniversary of his comning to Brooklin. An open house wiIl be held. on Sat. June 8th., 2-4'pm:l in the'Oddfellows. Hall on ao iS l n rookilin. By Steve Leahy' oPaperglu.g la coming to the fieldaOf Booln.and 5urrounding are"s. esa ding of this waste product on farmland bas beeri quit. controversial in other Durhama communities over the. past couple of years. Here is some information based on two years of interviews and research: - Paper sludge comes from Atlantic Packaging's paper recycing milse in Whitby and Scarborough. The milse puirchase hundreds ofthousands of tonnes of newspaper and other papers collected in the Blue Box programe as well as newspapers from the US. The paper i. chopped, shredded and pulped using a mechanical proceas. After bleaching with hydrogran peroide, recycled paper producta such as tissue paper and newsprint are made. For every three ilograma of paper that; goes into this recycling process, one kilogram of paper sludge is produced. The sludge is made up of short wood fibres and fillers like dlay and lime and contains low levels of heavy metals like memrcuy, chroniium, cadmium, lead as well as dioins and furans. The metal and dioin levels are carefully monitored according te Glen Pearve, Atlantic Packaging's alude consultant. The. Ministry of the Environment and Energy (MOEE) sets maimum allowable levaIs for these as well as authorizing the use of paper sludge and regulating its use on farina. Each municipality, however, gets te decide whether it will allow spreading on its farmlands. Over 70,000 tonnes -of paper sludge where spread last year in Scugog, Uxbridge and Brock townships. Last summer several rural residents-in Brock Township said they were overwhelmed by a solvent-like chemical sinell" which caused watery eyes and headaches when paper sludge was being spread near their homes on a hot, muggy day. Pearce acknowledged at that time that a pile of sludge which has been sitting for a while will S~roo klin emit some odours when firet icracked open. But he sdths i isnt as bad as the sme of urine i some1 cattle barns. "An MOE rofficial said after the incident that >paperséludge odougr complaints are rareand as aresult 'the MOEEhas 1neyer analyzed thein. 1'The year bofore that fariners were complaining about stunted cropa on sludge fields and "dead zones" where the. material had bee n stored. An Ontario agriculture ministry representative adznitted they weren't sure if there were benefits to its use on faria. Ani independent study wua promised and is now in its second of a f1ive year programn. Paper sludge is considered a, "soil conditioner"' which increases the amount of organic matter in sola. Atlantic Packaging saves on the costs of sending the sludge te landfills, and have contracted Ontario Disposal, a. division of Courtioe Auto Wreckerlis te deliver and. spread the sludge fre of charge te farms. To improve the usefulness of the. aludge, costly nilrogran fertilizer is aIso supplied te farinera free of charge. Pearce bas said some of the probleins early in the program have been corrected and smie furiera who bave been using it for three or four years are very happy with it. And with the high prioe of nitrogen fertilizer, there are many who'd like te get the sludga. - Town Council gave the green light to paper sludge last week. SPRING FAJR FINAL It was a fabulous 86th fair and one of the beat fair-weather weekends sure helped. Sad to se. itfs over; glad te have it gone. Big time thanka te the-fair board and all the volunteers who once again- make Brooklin a' special place te live. VilMlage 8h4 fine ladys'" clothiers oppe Groveside Muni cipal Cemetery Brooklin DECOiRATINDAYI Decoration Day at Grovesid 1e Municipal Cemetery will be - SUNDAY, JUNE 99,1996, A Memoria'l Service hosted.by the Oddfellows and Reb ekahs wi 1l'commence -at 2., Alare.. wecome toatten* d. îirnJ E, -