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@Jfibune 905â€"640-2612 Fax: 905-640â€"8778 EDITORIAL ADVERTISING 905,640â€"2612 (Zlassificd: 1-800-743-3353 1 Fax: 905-640â€"8778 The Sun-Tribune welcomes your let- ters. All submissions must be less than 400 words and must Include a daytime telephone number. name and address The Sun-Tribune reserves the t to publish or not publis and to edit for clar« ity and space. Lama to the Editor, the Sun-mm 6290 Main St Wis, 0N MA I67 is comprised of 100 community publications across Ontario. The York Region Newspaper Group also includes The Uberal, serving Rlchmond Hill and momhill. Vaughan Citizen,1he Era-Banner (Newmamet/Aumra). Matkham Economist York Region Media Group community newspapers The Sunâ€"Tribune, published every Thutsday and Saturday, is a division of the Metroland Media Gmup Ltd., a whollyowned subsidiary of Tatstat Corporation. 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GARAGE CLEAN-UP TIME Time for the summer garage clean- out and a trip to the closest regional hazardous waste facility. Not only did my kitchen and bath- room harbour spent batteries, old floor polishes and mostly-empty paint cans, but my garage was absolutely embarrassing. I used a recent day off to go through the shelves in the garage and bath- room cupboards. ands up out there: who has a garage full of haz- ardous chemicals? Or worse, a bathroom cupboard or basement hiding caustic, dangerous products? Up until very recently, I was a guilty homeowner. Evidently, the links are par- ticularly distracting and studies show jumping between digital documents impedes under- standing. Comprehension declines whether or not people actually click on the links. According to the 2010 book by Nicholas Carr, Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, studies find when we go online, we enter an environment that promotes cursory reading, hurried and distracted thinking and super- ficial learning. According to Mr. Carr’s book, the depth of our intelligence hinges on our ability to trans- fer inforrnation from working Please publish more articles on the impact of the digital world on our youth. Our children need digital boundaries Addiction aside, it is literally rewiring their brains. Re: Pulling digital plug hard to do, July 31. There are hazards to recycling and being green LETTERS TO THE EDITOR It's time we set an example by controlling the use of tech- nology rather than allowing it to control us. Then we can start setting boundaries for our chil- dren. You don’t have to be a neu- rologist to know we have a problem. And the solution is with the parents. Not only are we not putting limits on our children’s use of technology, we are setting a bad example. It’s like watering a house plant by continuing to pour on more water without giving it a chance to soak in. But a bottleneck is created since working memory can only hold a relatively small amount at a time. When we are swamped with information, links, images and advertising, the information spills over, so to speak, and doesn't make it into our long- term storage. memory (shortâ€"term memory) to long-term memory. We’d both driven past the House- hold Hazardous Waste Depot in Vaughan on Rutherford Road, so we knew that's where most of our col- lection was destined to be safely dis- posed. Under wva.york.ca/services and the garbage and recyling link, I found information on Vaughan’s McCleary Court Community Racygling Centre. vehicle, it was time to research where we were going. But a quick check of the Region of York’s website showed that the old toilet bowls were certainly not going to be aCcepted as hazardous waste. It was just a shortâ€"drivé .away. It seemedperfect. HAROLD TAYLOR MARKHAM Marney Beck 'SiFH‘LTribune Traffic in? Richmond Hill and Vaughan is always thick, but on this very hot day it was choked beyond Then it was time to head south down Creditstone to the Community Recycling Centre. Did I mention that it was the Friday of a holiday weekend? Did I mention that my husband is one of those guys who is happier being the driver and is not always a happy passenger? Armed with my Google map (first mistake) and instructions from the website â€"â€" McCleary Court, within the industrial area of Hwy. 7 and Credit- stone Road â€" I took the wheel (sec- ond mistake) and we started our Con- scientious Environmental Resident Adventure. It was reassuring, and sad at the same time, to see old televisions in one large container, old computer ter- minals (ours was the only Mac). and a long table loaded with electronic rel- ics from the past (to which we added old telephones and a bag full of bat- teries). Staff waved us through and told us what to put where and helped us unload our paint cans and other small waste items. PUBLISHER Ian Prbudfoot Stoufiin'lle 6290 Main St. Stoufiville, ON. MA 167 www.mgongom SAD RELICS 0F PAST Mamey Beck is a Mark Region Media Group editor There again, staff were welcoming and gave us instructions and helpful- ly handed me a brochure with a map that cleary showed the centre was not accessible off Hwy. 7 (too late). At least the garage looked much cleaner and greener when we returned from our Conscientious Environmental Resident Adventure. Muttering something under his breath (my husband) and mouth- ing cheerful “Oh well, we’ll just turn around" inanities (me), we finally found our way to McCleary Court. We deposited our toilets in the appropriate bin and headed back into traffic for home. I assumed there was access to McCleary Court via Hwy. 7 and nei- ther my Google map nor the regional website had set me straight. NO WAY 10 GEI‘ THERE As we crawled inch by inch along Hwy. 7, it became clear to me and my husband there was no access to the recycling centre, which could be clearly seen on the north side of the clogged highway. belief. Emma m Cuuul Debora Kelly BUSINESS MANAGER Robert Lazurlco DIRECIOR, Opmnous Barry Black Dummn, REGIONAL Plonucrs, Cussu'um, TODAY’S Houns Debra Weller DIIBCIDI, ADVERTISING, DISTRIBUTION Nicole Fletcher