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Editorial 0 Comment d Page from !fi§§ the Past O prvxnrvxr-x rrx llWJUJUyUllS BOUNCES BACK-Mandy Dunn's doctors warned her three years igo her leukemia could kill her. But the sports-minded Courtice teen nanaged to pull through after a revolutionary bone marrow transplant. transplant. Now, she is being honored with a "Courage to Come Back Award" from the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry. by Lorraine Manfredo Three years ago, it looked like cancer just might beat Mandy Dunn. Before she even turned 12, the Courtice girl was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia usually only found in adults. Doctors gave her a 25% chance of survival. By her 12th birthday, her parents were warned "it could be a matter of weeks." But Mandy had been up against tough opponents before due to her involvement in the junior soccer league. Now, facing her cancer, she knew she could come out on top with a little faith. Through determination, support from family and friends, as well as a new transplant procedure, Mandy was able to beat her disease into remission. remission. Today, the 15-year-old Courtice Secondary School student is back in action as a member of the junior basketball team. Last summer, she was a swimming coach at Camp Oo- cheigas, a camp for kids who have had some form of cancer. Mandy has also been a hard-working fundraiser fundraiser for Leukemia Research. Her inspirational ability to bounce back and provide example for others facing similar challenges has earned her a "Courage to Come Back Award" from the Clarke Institute Institute of Psychiatry. The award will be presented at a ceremony November 22, at the Inn on the Park in Toronto. The award in the youth category is presented annually to a special person under age 18 who has overcome overcome tremendous odds and has become become a role model for others. Mandy is pleased with the honor and is thrilled to be in the good company of other noteworthy recipients. recipients. Silken Lauman, Canada's Olympic gold medal rower, received received the Courage to Come Back Award because she won her Olympic Olympic medal despite a bone fracture. Mandy's battle with cancer was not easy. "I was out of school for all of grade 7 and half of grade 8. But 1 managed to keep all my grades up to an 80 average at least," she says without a trace of boasting. Her mother took time off work to be with Mandy. Her father and twin brother and many friends supported her through dangerously high fevers, fevers, chemotherapy and the fear. "On my 12th birthday, my entire soccer team came to the hospital and sang 'Happy Birthday'. And my dad sent his whole hockey team and they brought their wives," she says. Mandy underwent a revolutionary revolutionary bone marrow transplant two years ago. "It was a new procedure, in fact, I think I was about the 19th person in Canada to have it done," she recalls. "They used my own bone marrow instead of a donor's. They purify it and inject it intravenously." intravenously." The chance of rejection is reduced reduced with the new treatment, but the patient has to undergo more chemotherapy. "I don't have as much energy as I used to," she admits. "It won't ever totally come back because the chemo was toxic to my heart. But, now I take one day at a time. I appreciate appreciate the little things like being able to go to school and do stuff," she says. "Not too many kids play sports after having cancer because their parents are afraid they'll break a bone or something. My parents are still cautious, but gradually they let me get back into sports." She looks forward to receiving her award and hopes to be a positive role model for other young people with special challenges. by Laura J. Richards Industry, commercial and institutional institutional representatives gathered for an exchange of ideas, research and learning experiences during a one- day waste-reduction seminar on Wednesday, Nov. 2. The seminar held at LaGala in Whitby, focused on how companies can do simple things like waste audits, audits, how to put a waste reduction plan into action. Diverting waste from landfills was the topic of discussion Cathrine Simpson from the Ministry Ministry of the Environment and Energy noted with the year 2000 coming up the provincial goal of reducing garbage garbage is looming on the horizon. "The provincial goal of 50 per cent diverted waste by 2000 is based on a 1987 target," Simpson said. The province was able to meet the 25 per cent reduction goal for ! 992. Diverting waste from landfills at the source is what Simpson discussed. discussed. All businesses should be diverting diverting as much as possible through in- house programs to ensure that their "waste/resource" products can be used by some other company. The benefits for reducing waste come in many different forms: personal, personal, environmental, financial, and technical, she said. As more places become environmentally environmentally friendly, markets for products products that are environmentally friendly friendly will open up. Roman Osinchuk of the Green Workplace, Management Board Secretariat said that is what the government government of Canada is working towards. towards. The Enviro Choice program of the government is part of that. "The government is notorious for consuming thousands of tonnes of paper each year," Osinchuk noted. Now the government is using 100 per cent post-consumer and chlorine free paper. Also, instead of buying new and improved photocopier machines, it has dictated that the purchasing dc- Continued on Page 9 HANDS- ON EXPERIENCE -- This group of happy sorters was part of a larger group who attended the Industrial, Commercial & Institutional Waste Reduction Workshop held at La Gala in Whitby on Nov. 2, 1994, The hands-on audit helped those involved find out what types of resources arc thrown out under the category of garbage.