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8 economist suntribune the environment saturday sept 21 2002 compost giveaway event sat sept 28 2002 9 am to 2 pm while supplies last milliken mills park parking lot 14th avenue between kennedy and warden markham residents only please 6 bushel limit per car bring your own shovel and container markham email wastemgtcitymarkhamonca customer service line 90541 57535 p03 the living room is a place in markham for people ages 1 6 and up to meet friends use a computer or the internet see movies listen to music play games learn to cook participate in aware ness nights receive supportive coun selling and find out about local serv ices the living room is a program of the canadian mental health association york region a safe open and fun environment a member agency of united way of york region canadian mental health association lassociation canadienne pour la sant6 mentale for more information call 9052010432 or visit us at 12 wilson street markham this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune bereaved families of ontario founded in 1978 under the auspices of the hospital for sick children bereaved families is a selfhelp organization staffed by bereaved persons specialists in the area of grief and bereavement from the professional community serve as a resource both in the development of ongoing programmes and in the supervision and training of selfhelp group leaders this cooperation between lay and professionals has enabled bereaved families to better respond to the needs of the bereaved and has helped guarantee that the best support is provided 1 8009696904 this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune york region an association of families who have lost a child through death staff photosjoerd witteve5n gloria marsh of the oak ridges moraine land trust shows a saponaria officionalis or bouncing bat flower to woodbridge college students while on a tour of the porritt tract of the york regional forest in whitchurchstouffville the trusts annual walk for the moraine will be held in king on sept 29 moraine stars in teens movie by mike adler staff writer what if you had something impor tant to say but thought no one would lis ten some york region teenagers say thats a familiar feeling especially when it comes to complicated things like pro tecting the environment you go to the movies you watch tel evision you dont really have a voice explained sundeep virdi 17 a woodbridge college student often media doesnt cover the envi ronment in ways that appeal to teens but its teens who will pay a heavy price for environmental mistakes made today she said theres no real focus on how devel opment is affecting our future but miss virdi and dozens of other students from her secondary school in vaughan found a way to tell people about the oak ridges moraine a movie their 15to30minute video is a fea ture presentation at walk for the moraine a fundraiser this month for the oak ridges moraine land trust the sept 29 event sponsored in part by the york region newspaper group offers hikers a choice of 3 5 or 10kilo metre trails at the scenic king campus of seneca college on dufferin street just north of the 15th sideroad the moraine is a ridge of sand and gravel that stretches across york region it filters and supplies water for thou sands of residents and produces rivers that flow south to lake ontario and north to lake simcoe in a forest in whitchurchstouffville ormlt representative gloria marsh showed the teens one of the many start ing points of the holland river this is where the right use for an area is so important this is what we try to pre serve she said ms marsh explained the forest called the porritt tract was planted on land which farmers had abandoned because without trees the sandy soil was blown away they couldnt eke out a living the land trust which opened its aurora office a year ago is working at securing 28 properties on the moraine five of them in york its hoping this months event will raise 30000 in pledges enough to cover legal and appraisal costs for secur ing two properties landowners who agree to keep their ecologically sensitive lands in a natu ral state receive a tax incentive from the federal government the agreement is good for 999 years ms marsh said if laws change and governments change that is there in perpetuity for many teens environmental issues can be boring said melissa petriglia 17 it has to be a crisis for peo ple to know theres something going on but miss petriglia was one of several students who formed an environment club at woodbridge college last year the whole environment thing is not cool so were trying to make it cool she said for more on the land trust and its mission go to wwwoakridges- moraineorg if youd like a walk for the moraine pledge form or to make- a pledge call 19058413678 or email landtrustbellnetca quit i smoking s 2002 contest m is winning a car a good enough reason for more information call york region health services health connection 18003615653 or visit wwwquitsmokingonlarioca eojjss council ft a tobaccofree york region 0vtvvvy h i