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10 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 2, 1999 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" By Chris Hall garage sale we had and I was taking it said. "I grabbed some to throw in and Woman recovering after tumble into metal bin Port Perry Star A Port Perry woman suffered serious ; injuries when she fell into the scrap * metal bin at the waste transfer station. "The incident occurred shortly before noon on Oct. 23, when Terry Fox was tossing some old aluminum shutters . into one of the bins at the dump on Reach St. "We had some stuff left over from a BD DURHAM REGION November 12, 1999. V.A. SILGAILIS, P. ENG. COMMISSIONER OF WORKS DURHAM REGION HOLIDAY CLOSURE OF THE REGION'S WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES The Region's Waste Management Facilities in Oshawa, Port Perry, Blackstock and in Brock Township will be closed Thursday, November 11, 1999 for Remembrance Day. Normal operations will resume Friday, to the dump so we could get rid of it," the Blossom Court resident said last week. Having never visited the local trans- fer station by herself, Mrs. Fox received instructions from a site employee and proceeded to dispose of her garbage. "The last (disposal bin) I came to was for the metal stuff, and I had these shut- ters that we wanted to throw away," she celebrate the future seg \¥ a DURHAM aC LO NL (OY 1 999 1 974 wh the next thing I knew I was at the bot- tom of the bin... I just ended up in there, I don't remember losing my footing or anything like that. "One minute I was at the top, and the next I was at the bottom." Mrs. Fox fell more than 10 feet to the bottom of the bin, striking scrap pieces on the way down and landing amongst an old dishwasher and barbeque. Upon trying to stand up after her fall, she noticed that she had no feeling in her left hand at all and that she was bleeding profusely from her head. "I started yelling for help, and then I heard this guy ask me if I was hurt," said Mrs. Fox. "I said yes, -and the next thing I knew there was a fellow right in the bin with me." Seagrave resident Mike Young had jumped into the bin with her with the intent on helping her out. Once inside, however, they both realized there was no way out. "You can only open the side of the bin from the outside, so neither one of us could get out," said Mrs. Fox. "We start- ed yelling for help and finally Mike got a lady to call the fire department and ambulance on her cell phone." While waiting for emergency crews to arrive, the father of two kept her calm and focussed. "He was really awesome. We just sat there and talked and he asked me my name, and other questions and kept me under control." Even after emergency crews arrived and the pair were rescued, Mrs. Fox's hero stayed by her side, calming her and assuring her everything was going to be alright. "He stayed with me through the WASTE REDUCTION WEEK November 1 - 7, 1999 "Step Lightly Into 2000" and reduce your waste in Scugog Township Visit the WRW website at www.rco.on/wrw.html Port Perry Salvage C oMPOSTING "RECYCLING FOR THE FUTURE * scrap metal © copper * Commercial | * Recycling » brass ° aluminum etc. TOP PRICES PAID IN * Residential * Industrial CASH db 132 Reach Industrial Park Rd. oly Port Perry Working together to achieve 985-6121 50% solid waste diversion by the year 2000. GD LLISHMANS Various recycling programs Lg Township A gallery of functional art c Wosers bide XS Oo1 Scugog HMAN urrently supplying curbs oy 5 ~" oe >| | Blue Box collection services J sed Car & Truck Parts Celebrates Waste wanes | | to over 200,000 households We Buy Scrap Vehicles Reduction Week pari esi ANS hg Contact us how al Certified Scales REDUCE - REUSE | 005-426-4222 in Oshawa (905) 986-4281 RECYCLE 158 Queen Street, Port Perry Member of the Miller Group RR#1 Blackstock, 3 miles east of 181 Perry St, Port Perry 985-7346 (905) 985-0574 Port Perry on Hwy. 7A Terry Fox is recovering at home. whole thing; he was right there to the end looking after me." Taken to Port Perry hospital, Mrs. Fox was treated for two dislocated fin- gers, a shattered wrist, a puncture wound to her left temple, and various other cuts and bruises including, a wound near her jugular vein. She is expected to be re-examined by doctors today. There is a possibility that she may not regain full use of her left hand. "I was really, really lucky," she said. "But, it could have been a lot worse off if it hadn't of been for Mike." As for the transfer site, Mrs. Fox just said that "it shouldnt be left like that" without some sort of protective barrier. SCALA BROS. Ltd. Auto Wrecking & Recycling (EU oT Fel I ¥=1 oTVT] Fo [TEN fe TANT: HOT LINE SERVICE Toll Free: 1-800-263-7709 Port Perry: 1-905-985-9767 Toronto: 1-416-283-2284 Fax: 1-905-985-2223 351 Regional Rd., #21 R.R.#4, Port Perry, Ont. DEMOLITION a RUBBISH . » REMOVAL 14-40 YARD CONTAINERS SAME DAY SERVICE RADIO DISPATCHED