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There's only a few days left, but people visiting the CNE this year, will have an opportunity to im- prove the quality of life of children with cancer. A major fund raising programme will be taking place to help Camp Oochigeas. In conjunction with the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Camp Oochigeas is for any child 7 or older, who had cancer or is being treated for cancer. A Pediatric Oncologist and On- cology Nurses are available at all times: to administer routine chemotherapy, perform necessary blood counts and han- dle all emergencies at the camp. While at Camp Oochigeas, the campers learn to live with other children who have or have had cancer and can share common experiences. The name Oochigeas was carefully selected to relate to the children at Camp Oochigeas. Oochigeas is an Indian legend in which a young girl showed great courage and determination in overcoming some physical hard- ships. The inner courage and gentleness proved that A BRAVE SPIRIT MAKES ALL THINGS POSSIBLE. During the CNE, Golden Grid- dle has traditionally run a pan- cake restaurant outlet in the Food Building. This year, Golden Grid- dle will be giving 100% of all revenue to Camp Oochigeas to help kids with cancer. With the help of their suppliers, .including Quaker Foods, Gourmet The Environment by Janet Banting Last week's column outlined the down side of plastics. This week's is about the closely-related topic of packaging, and how it contributes to our garbage problem. Canadians are world champions as producers of garbage, piling up around 30 million tonnes every year. The average Norwegian, to draw an interesting comparison, produces about 1.8 pounds a day, while the average Canadian is responsible for about 4! Packaging makes up a large percentage of the total, around one-half. Since 1960 the amount of packaging in our gar- bage has increased by 80 percentage, and estimates are that by the year 2000 it will have increased by another 44 percentage. It is dismaying to learn that food packaging in the U.S. costs more than the combined net income of farmers, and also that consumers often pay as much as 50 percent of the purchase price for an item just for the packaging! Besides helping to fill up our landfill sites and thereby ad- ding to disposal costs, packaging uses up vast amounts of resources in its production and contributes to pollution and en- vironmental damage. Some packaging materials are toxic and/or produce toxic air emissions when incinerated. The litter problems caused by careless disposal of packaging are aiso con- siderable. Polystyrene packaging (often called styrofoam) is disposed of at the rate of 6 million tonnes per day in North America! Contrary to what the public has been told, some polystyrene foam products (such as hamburger 'clam shells") are still blown with CFC's, though with one that has less ozone- depleting potential than the one formerly used. At a time when the need for recycling of packaging has become obvious to almost everyone, the packaging industry has increased its production of composites and laminates. These are packaging made of layers of different materials (plastics, paper, metals, and inks) that are not recyclable. Drink boxes are a good example of this kind of material, and 4 billion of these are thrown our every year in the U.S. These convenient little boxes are useful for carrying and storing drinks in, but become garbage within minutes of being opened and can be expected to take 300 - 400 years to decompose in a landfill. What is being done about overpackaging? A 27 member na- tional task force, formed by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, has recommended that packaging waste be reduced 50 percent by the year 2000. The plan is to encourage industry to comply voluntarily at first, and to enact federal legislation to enforce guidelines only if it becomes necessary. Two groups I'm aware of that are committed to fighting the problems associated with excessive packaging are Environmen- tal Action Ontario and the Environmentally Sound Packaging Coalition from B.C. The Scugog Memorial Library has copies of a news flier from the E.A.O. group and fact sheets from the E.S.P. Coalition, as well as a copy of a May/June 1990 Garbage magazine article called "Packaging." What can you do in the battle against excessive packaging? Always shop with the 3 R's (Reduce-Reuse-Recycle) in mind. Try to avoid buying items that are overly packaged and ones like aerosol cans that claim to be "ozone friendly' but still create a lot of garbage. Buy things "loose" when possible, whether it's pens or produce. Individually-wrapped items and convenient microwave products can be avoided, and you can also choose to stay away from fast food restaurants that create too much garbage. Buy in bulk when possible - choosing the large package rather than a succession of small ones - and also by taking your own containers to refill at bulk stores. Don't buy drink boxes - thermoses may be "old-fashioned," but they work well and besides being better for the environment, save you money! Buy a car coffee cup or a cup for use at work and never use a styrofoam one again. Your good example will help to get other people involved. Be a smart consumer. If a certain package claims to be "recyclable," but you live in an area where it will not be recycled, and you'll have to throw it out, don't bother buy- ing it. Return the packaging from really excessively-packaged items to the manufacturer with a letter expressing your con- cerns, and talk to store owners about them as well. Be sure to give praise where it's due too - drawing attention to positive steps will surely lead to more of them! Here again is an area where the consumer has enormous power. If we really dig in our heels on this issue, change is bound to happen! Waffle, Neilson Dairy, Pepsi, W.T. Lynch Foods, Nestle Food Service and Jim Vos Eggs, Golden Griddle will be serving pancakes with syrup and butter, ice cream waffle sandwiches, Pepsi and Golden Griddle PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, August 28, 1990 -- 35 Gourmet Coffee. All gross revenue from all these products will be going to charity. The goal fo this fund raising' campaign is to raise $75,000.00 - $100,000.00 to support this camp which has changed: the lives of CNE visitors can help children with cancer children with cancer. The Golden Griddle restaurant will be open during all hours of the CNE which is fom 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. every day. The CNE Golden Griddle will feature murals and art done by the children from Camp Oochigeas. For those with less than Grade 12 education Job Development meeting a need Fourteen social assistancereci- pients from the north part of the Durham Region will get 16 weeks of job development training and working experience through the federal government's Canadian Jobs Strategy. "This $171,084. Job Develop- ment project will help people with less than a Grade 12 education to prepare for entry into training programs, apprenticeships, or on- the-job training in technical and skilled occupations," said Durham M.P., Ross Stevenson, making the announcement on behalf of Employment and Im- migration Minister Barbara McDougall. "It again demonstrates our federal government's commit- ment to ensuring as many Cana- dians as possible have gainful and satisfying jobs," Mr. Stevenson added. Durham College, in Uxbridge, is the project sponsor and will in- dividually assess every partici- pant's career interest and ap- titude, and develop a specialized training plan for each person and occupation. The 16-week training course will begin with life skills, employ- ment skills, mathematics, com- munication and computer literacy. Participants will then train with local employers. The majority of participants Colour the skies Big Brothers/Big Sisters of North Durham invite the public to help Colour the Skies with Friend- ship in their opening kickoff to Big Brothers/Big Sisters Month. The event will be held on Saturday, September 8, 1990 (raindate Sun- day, September 9) from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Port Perry High School Track area. Members of the public are in- vited to construct a homemade kite and enter them in the follow- ing Competitions: largest; most colourful; most unique; funniest; best theme (Big Brother/Big Sister) or in the Kite Race. Gold, silver and bronze prizes will be awarded. Prizes, refreshments and displays will set the tone for a fun- filled afternoon to help celebrate the kick-off of Big Brothers/Big Sisters Month. For more information, contact Big Brothers/Big Sisters of North Durham at 985-3733. Hospital Report August 17-23 Admissions.........c...ccceevvvnnnnnn. 18 BIrthS coors var viinsmnuinanssnrnvnsriassos 2 Deaths............orvvviviiiieeeninennne. 1 Emergencies..............c......... 239 Operations................ccceeeeennnn. 19 DISCharges...... cousins 22 Remaining.............ccoeevvinnnnnn. 32 will be from Uxbridge, with others coming also from Port Perry, Sunderland, Beaverton, and Cannington. 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