4 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, November 17, 2010 FOSTER Continued from front Council to delay making a decision on incineration to give them more time to consider emerging thermal waste treatments, is inaccurate, Foster told the Times. In the article, reporter Ian Merringer lists a number of technologies Foster suggested could be explored further, like waste pelletization, gasification plasma arc and thermal recycling, all processes which burn garbage at a higher temperature to reduce the amount of emissions and waste produced. Foster said he never discussed these alternatives with the reporter, and furthermore, they are all forms of incineration, and in his mind, not a preferred option for waste management. "Gasification is better than straight incineration," Foster stated, "but it is sort of, would you rather have three teeth filled or a root canal? If you can avoid it all together, I would just as soon do so." For now, Foster is dealing with his regular Ward 1 issues, and waiting until December 1st, when he assumes the role of Mayor of Clarington. Places I've Done Time by Clifford Francis The walk It sure has been some kind of a nice fall. The middle of November and warm. Saturday I took a walk along Station Street to the Crown Lands that are part of the old forestry lands that I spent so many years working on. Through the red gates at the end of Station Street, I walked along the old railway track, through the curve in the road. There I went south into a small clearing. Maybe an acre or so that was what was called the wood lot. Each year any trees that had died or fallen over roadways or fields were stored there. In September all this wood was cut up to supply the winter wood for the stoves. A tractor with a circular saw was used to cut the wood. I spent a lot of time working there with Ab Mitchell and Raymond MacDonald. They tried their best to instill some wisdom into me but they failed. From there I walked north past the place where the gravel pit was and the picnic tables sit for the annual corn roast. On the right you will see Sherwin's pond and the sluiceway -- the hand-dug canal that used to flow under the road there. It stretches from Taunton Road to the Senior's Complex on Station Street and dumps into the Orono Creek. The boards at the pond regulate how much water went through, the rest spilled back into the Wilmot Creek a quarter mile away. From there I walked west along the edge of some seed plantations. These trees were planted in the 1950s and `60s. The seed was picked and the seedlings were shipped all over Ontario. From there I walked north to the next road along the Barrie farm fenceline and west again. At the bottom of the hill, snuggled in the cedars is where the saw mill was. That is what we did in the month of December -cut lumber. Thin half-inch lumber that was used to build crates to ship the trees in. Planks were cut and 2 x 2s for holding the burlap around the bales of trees that were shipped. Jim Buckley ran the saw and Don Gordon loaded the logs on the carriage. Frank Reader (Ginger) took the slab wood away and kept the fires going in the shacks where we ate our lunch. And I don't recall doing a hell of a lot, but I was there. The mill was sold to Roy Barrie and I believe he has recently sold it to Mr. Walter Stapleton back Leskard way. Rest assured it will not get worn out. From there I walked over the Wilmot and up the spring hill. Half way up the hill is a spring where everyone quenched their thirst. I walked back and lay in a pile of leaves and closed my eyes. I could hear the saws humming and men laughing. What a wonderful day in a fine fall.