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-------------------- 10 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, August 11, 1992 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Letters to the editor Alternatives to the long haul From Page 8 trucks hauling the garbage. Se- lecting a site remote from the source of the garbage requires a long haulage distance over hilly terrain. This creates excessive environmental impact over the entire life of the landfill. The environmental impact is in the form of excessive CO2 green- house gas emissions, acid preci- pate (nitous oxide) and ozone production. It is inexcusable to unnecessarily pollute. As mentioned earlier, these norther sites, being twice the distance as southern sites, will require twice as many trucks. There will be twice the noise pollution affecting communi- ties of Brooklin, Myrtle, Man- chester, Port Perry and the my- riad of homes that are part of the highway sprawl along Highway 12/7A and Regional Road 57. The Alternative: From a safety and traffic op- "eration perspective the pre- ferred route must be as short as possible, least polluting, most safe and least socially damag- ing to the people affected by truck traffic. Limited access highways are preferred. The ~ site with the shortest highway route is the least offensive, saf- est and least costly. Garbage should be dumped as close as possible to it's place of origin. The best location is as close as possible to the demo- graphic centre of the region. Durham Region's proposed Of- ficial Plan allocated 55 square miles of present open space and farmland south of Highway 7 to urban uses. These 55 square miles are mostly owned by spec- ulator / developers who should be delighted to help solve one of the problems arising from ug- banization of the region and to assist Durham to find an eco- nomic solution to its garbage problem. A one per cent in- crease in planned housing den- sity would free up over one square mile for a landfill site within the planned urban area. For example there is ample speculator owned land along the Taunton Road corridor that 1s already planned for urban / industrial uses. This would put the site in the real urban shad- ow while saving millions of dol- lars and many lives. It is desirable to locate Dur- ham"s landfill the people. The Together we're making good things happen. [] \N1 174 MITES urban majority should not merely hide their refuse in a black plastic bag and be done with their problem. "Out of sight out of mind" does not en- courage environmentally ac- ceptable solutions. The ulti- mate goals has to be reduction. Reduction will be fostered by citizens who are aware of the problems they create. Solutions are not encouraged by allowing the urban majority to transport their waste long distances and dump it on farm communities. Conclusion: Road hazards should not be increased, unnecessary air pol- lution produced, further public debt incurred nor expensive transportation accepted. Land- fill sites must be located in the real urban shadow close to the 'urban majority in order to raise their level of consciousness and thereby encourage reduction. The author feels this letter applies equally to the "L" sites in Manchester. Yours truly, R.G. (Bob) Almack, Transportation committee Zero Garbage things happen. Since 1975, over $4.4 billion in lottery proceeds have been used to support worthwhile social services organizations through the Trillium Foundation, cultural and recreational programs and the operation of Ontario hospitals. So get into the act. Every time you play your favourite Ontario lottery game, it makes winners of us all. Here's where lottery profits are working in your region. East Central Ori. ino: Barric - feasibilic rudy for YMCA expansion CFB Borden - fir hase recreation equipment Huntsville Mine Baseball - purchase equipment Port Hope = agi ileural planning study + All across Ontarig,winning is catching on. Each Ontario Lottery ticket you buy helps make good Ontario Lottery Corporation Société des loteries de I'Ontario Organizers raise $500 for PEST by having bake sale From Page 7 site" to see if she had the same isofings as I did. She quickly agreed that it was a great fund- raising idea. We thought that people would feel good contrib- uting their baked goods to a very worthy cause. She was very encouraging and made me feel really good about the task that I was about to undertake. She was a tremendous help, making 30 or more telephone calls from a very long list of peo- ple. She also worked very hard at the tables. Her daughter sat Just south of us waving a "Don't Dump On Us" sign. This one person protest received hun- dreds of encouraging "honks" from passing motorists. My friend, Terry Louvelle, who resides in town, very quick- ly offered to help me when she heard my idea. My neighbors and friends are fantastic peo- ple, therefore everything fell into place so easily. Pat Spar- ling was extremely encouraging and helpful. Fred Christie came 7 to my rescue by putting up and taking down the signs. My good friend and neighbor, Laura Watson, was very supportive right from the beginning and really made me feel good about myself and what I was doing. Murray Holtby helped drive baked goods to our sale location. Steve Braisie was kind enough to let us use his proper- ty at the corner of Highway 12 and Concession 3 which was an \ ideal spot to publicize our con- cerns. Thank you to all of the people who so kindly donated the bak- ing. I was thrilled with the huge assortment that arrived. These people worked very hard to make this bake sale a great suc- cess. A special thanks to all those people who, due to their sweet tooth, were big support- ers of our cause. We could not have done this alone. I would like to take this op- portunity to thank everyone for making this project the huge success that it was and to let my friends, neighbors and every- one who helped out know that I very proudly handed in $500 and feel really great! Lynn Loughlin, R,R. 4, Port Perry, Ont. Myles G. O'Riordan Owner/Manager Probably the most ditlicult funcral arrangements I've had to make over the years have been tor vouny children Sudden Intant Death Syndrome (SIDS which v olen called Crib Death) reters to the sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy baby. usually under one year of age. The cause of death remains unexplained. cven after a complete Post Mortem examination, which includes an examination of the scene of death, an autopsy and a review of the case history Ihere arc certain things known about SIDS and they are a) nt cannot be predicted nor prevented. b) 11s not caused by suffocation in the baby's bedding, ¢) 1t 1s not caused by neglect or abuse. d) its not caused by the design ol the baby's cnb. ¢) 1t 1s not contagious, infectious or hereditary, 1) it 1s not a new medical problem and yp) 1 usually occurs rapidly and silently during penod of sleep Free information pamphlets about SIDS are available from the Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths. Wagg Funeral Home PANABARERMODERMOTT lL 216 Queen Street, Port Perry 985-2171 Please recycle this newspaper