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Only one-third of town participated Slightly less than one-third of the householders in Port Perry took part in the first week of the curb-side recycling program. Durham Recycling Centre general manager Glenda Gies told the Star that 406 "blue-box" pick ups were made in Port Perry last Tuesday and Thursday. A total of just over 1500 of the blue boxes were distributed to Port Perry households for the re- cycling program. Ms. Gies said she is not un- happy with the participation in the first week of this program, and she expects to have a much more accurate assessment after two or three more weeks. "I think we can assume that this week there will be more of the blue boxes out (for pick up) she stated. The 406 blue boxes that were picked up in Port Perry last week contained a total of 7,300 pounds of recyclable household trash (glass jars, cans and newspapers) Ms. Gies said she -uspects that many householders felt they simply did not have enough mate-- rial to bother putting the blue box out for pick-up in the first week. The town of Uxbridge also went on the recycling program for the first time last week, and had a slightly lower participation rate than Port Perry. However, Ux- bridge residents had even less lead time than those in Port Perry. Durham Recycling is a non- profit company operating out of Whitby, with financial assistance from the Regional Government. Householders are asked to save glass jars, cans and newspapers, and place them in the blue box at curb-side on their regular garbage pick-up days. The program has been operat- ing successfully in Durham com- No fish, but Jeff caught balloons When 12 year old Jeff Hewson 'went fishing with his dad, he ex- pected to bring home some fish, not a boatload of balloons. Jeff and Greg Hewson, of Cae- sarea, headed out on Lake Scugog for a morning of their favourite pursuit May 16 when they spotted something colourful on the west shore¢, by Pine Point on Scugog Island. "Dad thought someone was in trouble at first," Jeff says, so they steered their boat towards the bright object and eventually dis- covered a whole bunch of balloons tangled together with string, bob- bing on the rough water. Fishing forgotten (Greg says they caught a lot more balloons than fish), Jeff scrambled to keep hold of the large bundle of helium : balloons, while his dad headed for home. Attached to the balloons were many, many yellow cards, all with the same message: "Hi! My name is Christina Galy. I am a student in Grade 1 at St. Camillo School in Toronto. The balloon you have just found was launched on May 16, 1988 as part of a Fund Raising Drive at our school. You can help me to MR. PEANUT Be win a prize by returning this card ~ tomy school at the address printed on the reverse side (77 Stanley Road, Downsview, Ontario, M3N 1C2). We will be tracking the path of each balloon on a large map in the school library. Thank you for your support." Christine must-have sent out a lot of baloons, hoping they would spread out and distribute them- selves all over. But Greg figures the high winds of the day immediately tangled the balloons, and eventually dropped the load, heavy with yellow cards, in Lake Scugog. The Hewsons kept the balloons until they de-flated, and will con- tact young Christine to tell her the fate of her tloating messages. Woman hit Regional Police say a Port Perry women suffered minor inju- ries when she was struck by a car. Police say the woman was crossing Queen Street last Friday afternoon when the accident oc- curred. There were no charges against the driver of the vehicle. MR. PEANUT will be at Stedmans THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 18th from 9 to 4 RE ITE STEDOMANS PORT PERRY PLAZA 985-384949 munities south of the Ridges for several years. The program is designed to re- lieve some of the strain on the la- ready burdened land-fill sites oper- ated by Durham Region. The recyclable material is picked up on regular garbage col- lection' days by drivers employed by Durham Recycling. The mate- rial is then taken to a main depot in Whitby, where it is sortcd and shipped out for recycling. The program is voluntary, and once it becomes established in Port Perry, participation rates of about 80 per cent can be expected. . Ms. Gies said the drivers do- ing the collection in Port Perry last week reported no major prob- lems. If householders are leaving non recyclable trash in the blue boxes, they are notified by pamphlet and the drivers simply will lcave that kind of trash in the PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, June 14 1988 -- 3 Blue box use expected to increase weekly blue boxes. The program in Scugog Township does not include house- holds in Prince Albert because there is no municipal garbage col- lection there. When that became known to members of Scugog Township council, they immediately en- dorsed a resolution asking that Prince Albert be included in the pick-up area. Ms. Gies said Monday morn- ing that no decision has bcen made on that request, but she not- ed that there are likely a dozen other areas in the Region similar to Prince Albert. A change in the policy guide- lines for Prince Albert could result in requests for a similar change N TRUFFLE --- of the week -- 20° OFF elsewhere, she stated. > Nap RUM 182 (Queen St., Port Perry OPEN 7 DAYS - 10 to 10 ( FATHER'S DAY is JUNE 19th! GIVE YOUR DAD THE BEST FROM BROCK'S LEATHER SLIPPERS by Nunn Bush. Slip-ons, navy or maroon reg. $35.00 ..... $29.95 Slip-on or Full Assorted Colours KAUFMAN LEATHER SLIPPERS 15% OFF All FLEECE for MEN PANTS: elastic or straight leg TOPS: crew neck, v-neck. HOODED JACKETS: kangaroos, zippered fronts RV =] = [=] =] 14 DEPARTMENT STORE Queen Street - Port Perry Specials in effect to Saturday, June 18th, 1988 Last week's winners of our Daily Draws for $10.00 Gift Certificates redeemable at Queen Street Restaurants were: Margaret Pascoe, Whitby; Brenda Newsome, Port Perry; Leona Tripp, Port Perry; Mrs. N. Southern, Sunderland. VE +F 28