Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), March 9, 1991, p. 1

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mb yoljnolo t v may result from landfill ban alles stouffville will need an alternative method of collection for the v baffhed materials whitehousesaid there heeds to be other alternatives and new technology that will take and recycle all materials council received a letter from york regions engineering commissioner outlining which materials will be banned from keele valley this year whitchurchstouffville will now have to find a method of collection for the banned mate- tracy kibble staff reporter pwkalles the xiemand on companies to recycle is creating aroblem- for materials that have nowhere to go one local offi cial said last weee 7 ward 5 councillor doug h rkjjreg ifiii fevfepor t twitkeele valv ley landfill site in vaugh- an is now baii nirig certain materials such as corrugated cardboard from the site f pti e y r e rejecting mate- nalslthat can be recycled but if the cardboard is soiled it cant be rhpycied and it cant be dumped alles said alles concerned town public works director paul- wli i t e h o u s e s a i dj he hates to say it but spoiled materials will probably end up inthe landfill v and alles is concerned strict regula tion s- on the acceptance of spoiled mate- rials- will encoiir agje illegal dump- ing v what will wsmmmm materials will end up getting dumped in the countryside alles said f the governments are miss ing the boat by not encourag ing manufacturers to take all- materials he added webs reaction action pholosjoerd wiiteveen joe cherkas 11 and armen jamjeklari 11 tions the two are students at stmarks rvwnkoirrajoniiio nriort purporting to catholic school in stouffville and attended the chemical reac- area east science fair thun rials said whitehouse v ail banned other wastes being banned from keele valley are white goods including kitchen appli ances banned as of march 1 leaves and organic yard waste already -in- effect tires march 1 dry wall from com mercial or industrial sources already in effect and scrap metal revision imillewastejbfficials said the ban will mean a revision of the local garbage collection contract to provide a fourday collection tuesday to friday for garbage and recyclables with monday being reserved for the special collection to enable the collection of recyclables over four days would require an additional rejcyelihg truck either town- owned or rented- a report shows whitehouse said he will dis- cuss the matter with the waste management committee before raccepting the miller waste proposal a recommendation will then besubmitted to council ilfmkmm for easter drive york region food network is entering its fourth year and is gearing up for its spring fppdi drive from march 26april 2f stated ann ostler public rela- tipns representatiy for the regions fogdfnetworkl m in a release week ostler said hunger is becoming a crisis which the food banks are having difficulty meeting in fact by december 1990 105000 people every month 50 per cent of which are children sought- food aid in the greater toronto area in york region more than 13300 people turned to food banks for assistance a common characteristic of these people is the lack of afford- able housing which forces them to pay 5585 per cent of their total income on shelter costs ostler announcedthiswek york regions weifare roles increased by 90 per cent in 1990 and about 7700 people are on welfare throughout the growing region- of those 36 per cent use local food banks she added they are made up of single parents the disabled refugees and the unemployed their problem is that social assistance rates plscea ceil ing on shelter cots ostler said a common question asked is why cant those people who are employable and on welfare go out and get jobs there are sev- era issues facing these people which need to be addressed to help them becomeempioyable in todays job market since 3 3 per cent of them never finished public school and 90 per cent never finished high school they need support for upgrading and retraining to miake theih competitive and selfsup portive ostler said york region has six food banks serving the hungry including the whitchurchstduffville food bank which recently openedout of the churchill baptist church they have- 24 volunteers arid are supported bythe progress giub and local businesses wmtchurchrstouffviile food bank served 70 people in its first 1 12 months of operation the york region network is seeking donations for its annual easter food drive set for tues day march 26 donations can be dropped off at bins situated in local grocery storey or at the whitchurchstouffyille volunteer fire department tribune exclusive seventh store leaves stouffville mall directory v comment p 4 i hrc l p l 5 letters a g ientertainment p 121 ypons u nalirilnh p classifieds yp 25- whitchurch only record and entertain ment store closed its doors at stouffville place mall wednesday march 6 the move marks the seventh closure at the mall and leaves eight stores remaining in business wheels owned by uxbridge res iderit julie wood closed this week due to a number of reasons one of which was bad timing wood told the tribune in an exclusive interview yesterday she said wheels closure is no ones fault but admitted the mall is having some difficulties right now wood said the combination of economic bad times lack of traffic intp the store and difficulties with the mall getting new tenants are all partly to blariie for the business closure wood said the mall is having a hard time finding strong tenants arid added the traffic just wasnt there to cairy wheels through the rough times iknow its hard to find new tenants but im just not willing to work seven days a week for nothing ill work iseyeri days a week for something though woodsaid sh added wheels had mariy loyal custpmers while at stouffville place mall but said it wasnt enough generally there was not a lot of loyalty in town itsv just human nature to go to the bigger places i guess in a small town like stouffville ypu carit expect ciis- toriier loyalty but who else are our customers wood said- v although she doubts stouffvillewill be the home for her next business venture wood said she will be look ing for a new location to operate her new entertain ment business in the mearitiriie stpuffvillie should decide whether it wants to bea small town or a big town i think its af little naive right how to open a business in a smali town wood concluded weekender cares

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