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The year: 1999. The p lace: the office of Martin Rootcanal, dentist, sailor, businesman Martin waves b'is arms madly as hie talks to a second person. ROOTOANAL: 'mi excited by what you've told me! She sounds perfect. And ber name?" SECOND PERSON: "Jane* Gretzky. And youre right. She's the best first round draft choice I've seen since this business began." ROOTOANAL: "Run down ber qualifications again, 1 want to make sure Pm flot dreaming. Oh, boy, oh boy oh boy oh boy!" SECOND PERSON: "Okay. Early twenties. Lives on raisins, candy bars, eats sugar by the spoonful." ROOTOANAL: "Say it isn't so!" SP: "Hey, but get this. She neyer fiasses, brushes regularly but incorrectly, saws back and forth neyer up and down just as though there were no Murphy the Moar." RO: "And her insurance plan?" SP: "Ahh! Tbat's the best part. She has a Moonlife package prepaid by bier grandfather before she was born. No exclusion, one bundred percent coverage, no limits." RO: "Oh, my Albatross! My lovely, lovely Albatross!" SP: 've neyer seen anyone so nuts over a sailboat." RC: Its been a boyhood dreain. But to business.", SP: "She hasý a pronounced overbite and needs braces. Correctional possibilities almast endless. And ber teeth are thoso soft ldnd that rot nice and quick. I'd say that by the time the ortbodontal work is done, say in bier early forties, she'll be a prime candidate for complote extraction." RC: I love it I love it I love it!" SP: "Hey, do I earn my scouting fee or what? I can tell you, RO, this lass bas ,more ptentia than anytbing I've ever seen. Whatsmoe I don't .think anybody else bas scouted bier, so if you play your cards right you can keep the signing bonus to five thousand, Lmaybe less." WBITBY FflEE PR~ESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1990, PAGE 5 WITH OUR FEET UP by Bill Swan First round draft RO: "I really want ta flnd some wvay te thank you for this." SP: "Yu get xny bill, yau'll flnd a way." SCENE TWO: Time: Two weeks later. Place: Livinig room of a small but comfortabie backsplit in nortbeastern Beaver, Ont. A young woman, pretty, siim, with an infected sniile is sitting between a couple in their late forties. Across the coffee table from them, tilting on a itchen chair, is MARTIN ROOTOANAL. ROOTCANAL: "Sa by signing this contract today, you'll ho guaranteeing yourseif the best of dental treatment for the rest of your life." JANE: "Let's cut the crap, docter. My insurance plan provides the best dental care. What's in it for me?" RO: 'Maybe we couid add a little inducement. Say two thousand . .." .JANE: "Mother. father! Did I hear right? Two thousand this shmuck is offering. Here I amn the best first round draft of the century and be's offering me two thousand." MOTHER: "'min ure he was only kidding. You were only kidding, weren't yau, Mr. Rootcana?" :RC: "Dr. Rootcanal. Oh, yes, kidding, yes, indeed, kidding I was." MOTHER: "There, see, daugbter. He was anly kidding. Why that orthodontist last week started at five thousand. We had our littie iaugh aver that, too, didn't we?" FATHER: "Weil, we didn't feed Jane ail those candy bars and toffee for years for nothing, tbat's for sure. I niean, there's a lot of sacrifices, ..."l RC: "I amn sure it wasn't easy. Well, perhaps ten." JANE: "Ten tbousand. Wby it took the orthodontist four tries to get that liigh. You're coming rigbt along, Mr. Rootcanal*" RC: "Doctor Rootcanal, please. 111l go as high as twenty. That~s final." JANE: "Cut it, doc. The ortbodontal work alone will run to a bundred tbou. Can we liven up or shall we caîl it a day? Either I get the contract IPm after, signing bonus and residuals and ah, or I take ail my fancy teetb and go te the States to get them fixed. Down there Md be wortb a fortune." RC: "The, States? Do I bear right? Can we not appeal te the patriotic heart of young people today?" FATHER: "Patriotic, my foot! You trained in the States, you weekend in Nevada." RC: "Okay. Fifty thousand signing bonus. Ten tbousand a year plus a cut of ail dental work above that, twenty five per cent of referrals. Take it or leave JANE: "That~s a very good offer, Mr. Rootcanal. Tell you wbat. You have your lawyer draw up a document with those figures in it and send it te my lawyer. When we've beard from everyone, we'll make a selection. Thank you very mucb." Market ' stable' for Durham'ls recyclable products By Scott L.aurie Whilo other municipalities may be experiencigcosi thonrecyling system, Durham seoms t MbefI steam ahead. Accordinig ta, Ken Donneily, a s pkesman for the Region works departmont, the market availabi- lity for recyciable products is quite stable m this area. Donneily stated that changes in the market point te, overal improvement witb more players becoming involved in the game. The fundamental problem with recycled material is that of sup- ply and demand; there is a huge supply but very little demand. The onus according ta, Donnelly, is an big business ta take up the mantle of recycled material and relieve some of the weigbt on the shoulders of the Province. Recycled aluminum is cur- rently the biggest seller and sales are not a problem. Alcan is responsible for the majority of this success and it's easy ta see wby wben it costs tbem 55-per cent of the raw inaterial cost if they use recycled aluminum. very well in both Ontario and Quebec, with any surplus sold abroad. According ta Glenda Gies of the Durham Recycling Centre, Loblaws announced Iast week, that tbey will be using 100 per cent recycled paper in aIl of their advertising yes It is this type of initiative by big business that will oase thegèlut in tho markot, ,say les. Oies feels that most of the over flooding of supply cornes with Torontoe entering tho recyclod market and the majority of pr- blemns are restricted ta tat re5cýdngte both les and DonnelUy, the credit goos to the Durba4iRecycingCzâtro for clearin up 1s;1lus material. Thoy ay good staff and good equipment at- the contre bave led ta an excellent product which is not experiencing any probloms in sales. Public meeting on waste management By ScofttLaurie ]Residenits of Whitby will have the qpportunity tha atend public meetings on the Regian's_ master Plan for waste management later this montb.s A consulting firmn hired by Durham Region, McLaren Engineering will ho responsible for putting d10 plan together. AK meeting will be held at Henry Street Higb School on Wednesday Jan. 31 and McLaren is iooking forward ta, some input from the public. The purpose of the meeting is te, recommend a preferable site or sites for the 'acility as well as te choose the' type of waste management systemi used. McLaren plans ta introduce detailed inventery maps sbowing land unsuitable for use because of environmiental concerns or the land's existing use. The areas rema.n» g will be up for public discussion as a pos- sâblvgirbogo'siW.--*«.».et ýïýýý,*Z* RONDEN ART GALLERfly