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saturday may 21 2005 b serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 40 pages1 including gst orchardpark students have j nascar in their dassroom opinion 6 calendar 8 sports 18 classified 23 part 2 of a 4part series spirit has recycling bymikeadler staff writer on a freezing december day almost 30 years ago stouffvilles volunteerrun recycling depot opened in- an old white frame garage just off main street seven or eight volunteers stood ready to collect the news papers- pop bottles cans and plastics brought in by about 10 people recalled john garbutt 74 the depots founder this was six years before the province first tried out its blue box system in kitchenerthere were few recycling depots in ontario uhionyille had one of the first but mr garbutt was then a biology teacher who prid ed himself on being one of die towns first environmentalists in 1972 he wrote to the local newspaperasking for volunteers by 1975 the group had con vinced town council to let it use the garage and held a dance the garbage pickers ball to encour age volunteers it was a big hit actually mr garbutt said but when it comes to waste collection new things can scare people they can scare politi- see green page 3 staff photosjoerd witteveen rev gordon burgess with church members isobel nigh and lillian carr in front of melville united church on kennedy road in north markham the church is closing next month poor attendance dooms country church byhannelorevolpe j staff writer after 160 years melville united church will close its doors for good june 12 the difficult decision to leave a place that has been a part of their lives for decades was made reluctantly bya dwindling aging con gregation only about 20 people come to sunday worship services each week at the countiy church on kennedy road just south of the wwtchurchstouflville border at least half of them are stouflville residents because people are getting older and find ing if more- difficult to travel there are fewer people each year said rev gordon burgess who has been the minister for 11 years there are no active members under 65 although members of the congregation sometimes worship with their children and grandchildren rib hew families have joined die church in years when two other churches in the vicinity peaches united and bethesda united closed their doors in the- 1960s- many of their- mem bers came to worship at melville the fate of melville united isnt known yet it could be purchased by another united church congregation by another denomina tion or be decommissioned seey0upagell 27 heritage rd markham 2948030 beachcomber not iuii sll flt rf a x- vv v rxitiyaimtimiiiiiiiii itiiiiiiioitai