The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

t 4-Oroho Weekly Times, Wednesday, July 6, 1988 Present Key Board to Orono Public School The Orono Home and School accepted by Michael Dreslinski on Association last week presented a behalf of the school, key board to the Orono Public Above during the presentation School at the closing ceremonies for were: (left to right) Carol Francey, the school year. The key board was Carol Hendry, Gillian Stubbs, Pam Worry, Wendy Roy, Carol Francis, Ursula Fletcher, Linda Tovey, Lina Shetler and Michael Dreslinski. In an effort to block an attempt by Metro Toronto to locate a landfill landfill site in the area, two residents of Clarke-Hope Bountary Road North have sent a letter of protest to the Minister of the Environment. The letter, which is reprinted in this paper, is written out of concern for the environment and however admirable admirable the authors' motive, their efforts are misdirected. Rather than address 0ie real problem, the letter reflects an attitude that all of us have concerning garbage - not in my backyard. In this battle of the trash can, Toronto is seen as the big bully and the Town of Newcastle is its victim; but each of us, whether we know it or not, contributes to the accumulation of waste. Pollution is a crime of which we are all guilty. Admittedly, every Mondày and Thursday night I place two or three bags of garbage on the curb, go into the house and sleep peacefully. I, like most people anywhere, do not give excessive thought to the final destination of my soup cans and plastic containers as long as they don't rot in my garbage box. Every household in Orono pays $9.28 per month to have its garbage taken away and I do not hear very many people complaining; but when someone's someone's else's garbage is'dumped near the town, everyone is up in arms. It is not fair to call anti-dumping groups cdmplainers because they have to live with what no one wants, but the problem remains what to do with waste. The reasôn Toronto is looking for a nèw dumping dumping site in the first place is because the Commissioner Street incinerator incinerator was closed due to environmental environmental concerns. It released carbon-dioxide which contributes to the "greenhouse effect" and it emitted other pollutants which break down the ozone layer. Now the plan is to, make productive farmland into a dump site which will discharge pollution into Lake Ontario. Fighting garbage disposal is not an attack on a problem, rather it is an attempt to pass the buck. It is true that garbage must be disposed because otherwise there will be all kinds of health risks, but by disposing disposing garbage we create even more health risks. The solution to the garbage problem is to arrest the problem at its source - the general public- As a consumer oriented society we generally buy various, neatly packaged products and when we get home, out goes the wrapper. When we finish with plastic shopping bags we throw them out' not realizing that they will still be around in 500 years. When we buy meat which rests on a styrofoam pad, few people people stop to think that styrofoam causes the ozone layer to deteriorate. These are just a few examples examples of how we cause our own problems. People who create their own problems problems can also help to solve them. By demanding paper bags instead of plastic, by recycling old newspapers, glass containers, and tin cans and by avoiding styrofoam food containers, we can create less garbage that has to be dumped. Also, by banding together and persuading persuading the'government and corporations corporations to institute recycling programmes, programmes, even less garbage will be produced. People dumping garbage into their neighbour's backyard is certainly certainly nothing new and has probably probably been the cause of more than a few disputes. As a society, there has been very little progress from the time when garbage was poured out the window and onto t-he streets. Instead Instead of pointing a finger, we must take responsibility for our own actions. actions. The way to fight garbage is to attack it at the source and this means a little self-criticism. To consider control by-law for beach prea The planning staff of the Town of Newcastle is to submit to council an. interim control by-law affecting additions and improvements to properties properties in the West Beach and Cove area at the lakefront in in Bowman- ville. Counc. Marie Hubbard said that the issue of additions to homes in the area was certainly one of concern concern for the municipality. She spoke of the problem of water and sewage in the area and said the blight could not be allowed to continue. The proposed by-law will be considered considered in the near future by council.'" council.'" Asks Town for moratorium on sale of old arena property "If we strike gold all rural residents will benefit," stated Counc. Cowman on Monday when Larry Kotseff, Chief Administrative Administrative Officer gave a brief verbal report on rural hydro rates. He pointed out that any answer at this time was difficult for such an involved problem. He also spoke of the need for legal opinions and the cost of any review. Rural hydro rates have come under attack at council as being too high and some 20 to 25 percent higher than those in the areas of Orono, Newcastle and Bowman- ville. States all rural residents would benefit Jack Locke of Bowmanville briefly approached the Town of Newcastle General Purpose Committee Committee on Monday asking that they place a moratorium on the sale of the old Bowmanville arena for a one year period. Without giving any details he said a group was seeking a church group or service club that could be interested interested in a senior citizens' project for the property. ' When asked if he couldn't give more details he said he would rather not at this time; Administration is to meet with Locke concerning his request. Counc. Cowman said she had some difficulty with the proposed selling price of $175',000 for the pro- .* perty when it was located in'a prime area in Bowmanville. She also noted that such monies from the sale were to be used to assist in the cost of the new arena and community community centre complex. in Orono Estates 1 The General Purpose, committee on Monday, recommended to council council that the Town sell to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Abramoff of 1 Peter's Pike in the Orono Estates an abutting abutting piece of Town property at an agreed purchase price of $6,000.00. The parcel of land is one of a number of pieces .within the subdivision subdivision that has been held iri the ownership of the municipality since the development of the sub-division almost twenty years ago. Counc. Stapleton said that Roy Forrester had asked that the sale be considered by the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority before final approval. Counc. Hâmre said the matter had been considered by the Ganaraska and they were not interested interested in maintaining the proper^ ty and would not sent out staff for maintenance. She said under private ownership it would be maintained maintained and cleaned up. She also said that the Ganaraska would still maintain control over future use of the lands. Counc. Stapleton agreed that any possible future residential development development would be controlled through the Conservation Authority. SHERUJin ujiijjams Warm up to the Hottest Savings of the year, at our CEILING WHITE *18 INTERIOR LATEX ' 8ËMI-GLOSS 99 $ 24 99 INTERIOR LATEX FLÂT *23" INTERIOR ALKYD SEMI-GLOSS ROLPH hardware DOWNTOWN ORONO ■ PHONE 983-5207