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b a A ! | ) (1 -- 4897 10 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, May 30, 1989 VL VEM vahveenyt -- 9871 YLUARG TanY Wall, it's that wonderful time of year again. The time for flowers to bloom, blackflies to bite and people to begin readying their trailers and cottages for summer enjoyment. Last weekend, (happy birthday Queen Vic) | thought | would do my filial duties and head home for a day or two to assist my parents with our usual rite of spring - putting in the docks. Yes, docks in the plural. Not only do we have a fancy three piece job, but when my family and | are doing the deed, we are usually obliged to assist our neighbors with their dock as well. Minutes after | arrived at home on that fateful, rainy Sun- day, parents casually dr the bombshell on me - "Hi dear. How was the drive, and work? Oh and get some warm clothes on, you're putting in the docks this afternoon." Well ,we piled into the station wagon and trundled off to our cottage, 30 minutes away. It was of course pouring when we ar- rived, but there was no question of going back - or none voiced. First to be tackled was our neighbor's dock, a 14 foot, straight-out pler style construction that stands on six metal legs. My father had, as was his want in the past, laid claim to the full-length waders. This of course made him eligible for the cov- eted task of delivering the .dock legs to their moorings, three feet under the sea, with a risk of getting soaked by a large wave. Since this also involves moving awkward, 3 by 3 sections of decking about until you get the fit just so, he invited me to don the hip waders and help him, my brothers feet being too large to fit - a likely excuse! Hesitantly | agreed to the request. Let me explain the history of my reluctance. Last year, | as- sisted my father naively wearing the 'ole hip waders. In about three feet of ice blue liquid, | was surprised when the water pres- sure pushed open several small holes and flooded the boots. "But Rob," my deceitful father assured me, "lve carefully patched up those holes. The waders are safe to wear now." I still had misgivings, especially since the ice had only just come off the lake days before, but not wanting to leave all the work for my father, | acquiesced and put on the tortuous boots - closely examining them to see if there were any obvious flaws. Like a fool, | entered the water, one toe at a time. Nothing untoward h ned after the first few inches so | bravely pushed in a little farther, up to my ankles. No problem. | geared up my courage and with faith in my father | took the plunge. | was in almost to my knees when it happened. That first lit- tle cold trickle nudging against my right leg and twisting down to settle at my toes, and a mind-numbing pulse flying to my skull. With an outraged bellow which would have made a bull ele- phant proud, | burst out of the frigid water and onto the shore. "Mayday, mayday my rubbers are breached. She's going down with all hands." My boot was full of liquid below 35 de- grees F. (+1 Celsius for those of you into metric) and sinking. _ | ripped off my boot and rang out my sock to the sound of guffaws from my brother and totally ineffectual apologies from my father. That's what you get for trying to help - miserable! That afternoon my family worked very quietly. They knew | that to smirk or chuckle meant | would have put a sock in it. Cpunsored by A & C Travel, W.B. White Ins., Oshawa Chamber of Commerce. Lovell Drugs, MAGIC CAR @™®DINNER THEATRE Every Thurs.-Fri.-Sat. May 12 to June 17 Buffet Dinner.......... 6:30 p.m. Sw. 7 RY 8:15 p.m. SHOW ooo 2595 Reservations ... ........ S111 Reid Studios, Whodunnil Inc., Sauna ic, Nevada Bobs, Suzanne Desautel-Cabel 'Don't Wait for Your Friends to tell you how good it is" CENTRAL VAC NOW AVAILABLE SAVE UP TO 88280. SALES & SERVICE on our complete line of QUALITY PRODUCTS. 1908 SIMCOE, STREET NORTH, OSHAWA (Just south of Durham College) 4£133-8 0 i" ¢ MON. to FRI. 10 to 6; SAT. 10 to 3 Letters rio Disappointed by column opinion (From page 7) we ask visitors to snowmobile in the areas set aside for recrea- tional pursuits. I doubt most visitors would even go into the residential areas as this is not a common practice in the towns they live in. But even so, as residents, we have more or less given our lakefront over to the "visitors" for snowmobiling, motorcycle racing and'picnics so I don't feel we are being unreasonable asking that they not tear around our neighbourhoods. Your comment regarding our "freakish" winters is also one I found interesting. Port Perry could very well receive more snow next year (unlikely as the trend is to a warming of the earth's atmosphere) but still the roads and sidewalks (hopefully) will be cleared down to the bare pavement leaving only lawns or ditches with the snow needed to ride on. A great number of com- plaints last year came as a result of many snowmobilers travelling across lawns that residents had worked very hard on and spént a great deal of their time and money in landscaping. Most snowmobilers do not make 90 degrees at corners but rather cut across lawns. Snowmobilers are also forced by a lack of snow on the pavement to ride in the dit- ches or on sidewalks - areas where children have been taught it is safe, the road is dangerous. We must not wait until a tragedy happens to address this problem. The Police when asked to enforce our By-Law felt it was unenforceable because they couldn't catch the snowmobilers and prove they were on a sidewalk and that is why a com- plete ban in the highly built-up area was suggested. The rural areas remain just as they were for snowmobilers and since the majority of people snowmobile on the lake or in the rural areas it was felt this By-Law would only disadvantage a few while at the same time make our neighbourhoods safe once more. Like yourself, I feel this issue can be discussed at length on June 5th during th public meeting. To be objective to the problem and to what the By-Law is attempting to do must be the focus that evening. The safety of pedestrians on our sidewalks and the right of residents not to be awakened at all hours of the night by snowmobilers tearing around COUNTRY GROWN CEDARS For Hedging All Sizes Pickup -- Delivery Planted 655-4498 WATERCRAFT Sy. MARK WARBURTON Expert boat repairs, refinishing, installations, restoration and new construction «Wood and fiberglass + Mobile service res. (705) 328-2465 shop (416) 985-0349 neighbourhoods are also VERY important considerations we must ALL take into account. Laws have always been created to protect the majority of people from those who don't want to play by the unwritten rules. The meeting on June 5th is about working together to solve this pro- blem not denying that there is a problem or worrying about being perceived as '"'unfriendly." We must reach a compromise on June 5th and come up with con- structive answers to this problem, Your '"Viewpoint" by presenting both sides of this issue could help in making this meeting har- monious and not confrontational. Yours truly, Marilyn Pearce Councillor Ward 2 Durham Recycling! To the Editor: The Region of Durham recent- ly chose to exercise the option of terminating the contract for recycling services with Durham Recycling Centre Inc. (D.R.C.1.) by issuing a twelve month notice to end May 12, 1990. It is our understanding that this notice period will allow a review of ex- isting services and various possi- ble alternative systems designed - to meet the Region's goal of 25 per cent waste reduction by 1993. Durham Recycling has grown out of the efforts of area residents who, as much as fifteen years ago, were concerned about tradi- tional methods of 'disposal and wanted to provide for themselves environmentally friendly alter- natives to landfill and incinera- tion. Volunteers led the way with drop off depots for the collection of waste materials for recycling. After years of education and pro- motion of these controversial ideas, drop off depots led to curb- side collection as a convenient alternative to garbage pickup. With traditional methods of waste disposal becoming increas- ingly controversial, Durham Recycling began to work co- opertively with the Region to establish recycling as an effective alternative to landfill by pro- viding this essential service to all residents for an increasing number of materials. Currently D.R.C.I.' collects, processes and markets over 1300 tonnes of newspaper, glass, cans, plastics, cardboard and fine papers each month through col- lection from 90,000 blue recycling boxes, twenty drop off depots and 400 schools and offices. More than forty drivers, equipment operators and material handlers work to pick up, sort, bale and ship those materials to end use markets. Durham Recycling Centre Inc. is working actively to reach the 25 per cent waste reduction goal established by the Region of Durham through pilot projects in corrugated cardboard collection, multi family dwelling collection and mixed plastics collection and processing, as well as expanding drop off depot services and collec- tions from commercial industrial waste generators. With expanded processing capacity through an addition to the recycling facility now approved, these pilot pro- jects will lead to full scale pro- grams within the notice period moving the Region closer to its waste reduction goal. Durham Recycling has a long history of concern and involve- ment with the development of waste reduction and recycling services and is well respected throughout the industry for its ef- forts. Representatives from municipalities across Ontario, other Provinces and many States have visited our operation or call- ed to request information to learn from our experience in the field. Durham Recycling has worked hard to develop waste reduction and recycling for the residents of the Region of Durham from the 1970's when this concept was un- popular to the present when it is one of the few disposal alter- natives that is supported by all levels of government and residents. Should the Region decide, as the conclusion of their review pro- cess, to renegotiate our contract, we look forward to continuing to work with the Region to bring ex- panded recycling services to all its residents. . Yours truly. Glenda Gies General Manager Durham Recycling Centre Inc. Certificates D.J. TAYLOR INSURANCE BROKERS LTD. 169 North Street, Port Perry Guaranteed Investment (Rates Subject to Change without Notice) 985-8416 Selection, Price and Good Old Fashioned Service is what brings people to Uxbridge. Let us make your drive worthwhile. 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