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10-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 25, 1989 1989 leaf collecting prograi now in place The Metropolitan Toronto Works Department has banned leaves at the Brock West Landfill. Landfill. As a' result, municipalities in the Durham Region can no longer dispose of leaves with the regular garbage a$ they hâve in the past. However, the Durham Region and area municipalities have developed an alternative plan. Residents of the Municipalities of Ajax, Newcastle, Newcastle, Oshawa, Pickering and Whitby will be required to place leaves in normal household garbage garbage bags tied with specially designed and distributed tags. The leaf bags will be picked up from the curb in separate trucks for leaves only. For more information information on collection schedules, residents should contact their local municipality. The collected collected leaves will be taken to a composting site in the Durham region, rather than a landfill. This year, residents of the Municipalities of Brock, Scugog and Uxbridge were required to place leaves, that were for disposal, into biodegradeable plastic bags which were available free of charge from their respective town halls as of Oct. 12. These bags should be taken to the Pedersen or Brock landfill sites or the Scugog Transfer Station where there is a separate container set aside for their collection. The leaves will also be composted. In 1988, the Region of Durham, in conjunction with the Town of Whitby, collected leaves and operated a compost facility at the Durham Recycling Recycling Centre. "The finished compost compost was made available to residents of Whitby on October 21," said Solid Waste Operations Operations Manager, Ken Donnelly. For more information on either of these programs, contact contact the Solid Waste Division of the Durham Region's Works Department at 668-7721. Mainstream Canada A wolf in sheep's clothing By Ann M. Smith There have been very few good days lately for Finance Committee chairman Don Blenkam. The beleaguered Tory MP has spent the last several months desperately trying to defend the seriously flawed' 9 per cent Goods and Services Thx. Almost no one, it seems, is in favor of the federal government's proposal to impose two retail sales tax systems on the country's businesses businesses and consumers. So when Blenkarn's old buddy Roger Douglas, former New Zealand finance minister and architect of that country's goods and services tax, recently appeared before the committee, Blenkarn was visibly relieved. As expected, Douglas painted a very rosy picture of life in New Zealand, post-GST. Throughout this campaign, the Tory government has repeatedly repeatedly pointed to the so-called success experienced in New Zealand and, as the model for its own tax, assured Canadians that what's good for New Zealand is also good for Canada, Canada, This "all is well" message came through strongly during Douglas' appearance. < ft should be pointed out, The Royal Canadian Legion ÉHèfea. .".'• VKv llljjjj r .JÊÈÉÊmk bbpj--, mmm i? ' -Wm ■ "ZsâgfcZ however, that Blenkarn's guest conveniently ignored to mention mention any of the negative aspects associated with the New Zealand experience. Unemployment, for example, example, rose in New Zealand from 7.8 per cent in July, 1984 when Douglas' Labor party took office, to 14 per cent last March, almost two years after the implementation of the GST. The inflation rate rose from 11 per cent to 18 per cent almost overnight. In addition, emigration emigration figures also have many New Zealanders justifiably nervous, as a large chunk of its work force flees to Australia and elsewhere elsewhere to find jobs. Poverty is another major concern: the official official poverty level reached an unprecedented high of 18 per cent of the population in 1975. By mid-1987, however, that figure had nearly doubled to 30 per cent. Based on such evidence, the GST experience in New Zealand has been largély negative and the impact can be seen, for example, on that country's abysmal economic growth, (Following (Following a 4.2 per cent rate in 1984, the economy slowed to 0.2 per cent in 1987 and then further dropped to minus 1 per cent last year.) Mr. Douglas' laudable evaluation evaluation of the Canadian GST is clearly off the mark. The federal federal government is attempting to mislead the Canadian public by not only perpetuating the New Zealand experience in a positive light, but by using it as a basis for comparison at all. Any comparison between the two systems is irrelevant because New Zealand, unlike Canada, has a unitary system of government, with no provinces provinces and no provincial governments. governments. In other words, Canadians are facing an even more complicated, nightmarish, two-tiered tax structure. (Even Douglas conceded that, "if he were in Canadà, he would support merging provincial sales taxes with the GST to reduce complications. ") In short, implementing the New Zealand model is like using a perforated spare to fix a flat tire. CFIB Feature Service Happenings... LIBRARY HOURS CHANGE IN ORONO Library users should make note of a change in hours of operation operation at the Clarke Branch in Orono. Effective October 31, the Orono Branch of the Newcastle Public Library will be open as follows: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - 12:00 Noon to 8:00 p.m.; Friday Friday -12 Noon to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday - 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Sunday Sunday and Monday - Closed. This increases the total number of open hours at the Clarke Branch from 28 to 33 hours per week. This pattern of operating hours was selected because of its consistent weekday afternoon service. It should be much easier for Clarke's users to remember them the choppy service hour format it replaces. A pattern of afternoon/everiing hours similar to the new hours at Clarke has been successful at the Newcastle Memorial Branch of the Library over the past year. - - DULEES - - MAIN STREET ORONO - 983-9291 EAT IN-or-TAKE OUT Coming This Friday • • • c # CHICKEN % c o* X BY THE BOX % 9 -15 - 21 pcs. Golden Brown - Lightly Seasoned 44 NOT JUST FASHIONS We're just One Good Reason To Visit Orono "A Village With A Difference" We're having a "SALE" A "GET-A-JUMP-ON-CHRISTMAS' and ANNIVERSARY SALE tf Up To 50% OFF All FALL and WINTER Merchandise 15% OFF Regular Price UNLESS your receipt has a special discount written on the back - Coats & Jackets, Sweaters, Blouses, Dresses, Leather & Fabric Gloves, Shawls & Scarves, London Fog - Suits, Skirts, Slacks But Wait - There's More ... We also have Super Specials while they last | Designer and Western style Waist size 22" to 36' CARDIGANS ^ Grann/Swa,m $25.00 Res. $35. to $45, 9 Only $15.00 Dressy Dresses Spanish $19.95 Great for parties, Proms and wen Hallowe'en - 7 Only $79.95 Sweater Jackets Outlander Pullovers $65.00 Beautiful. Lambs Wool and Angora, Reg. $82.00 We're just one good reason to shop in ORONO, Take a drive out, come in for coffee, visit our other fine shops, and you'll find more reasons to visit often. NOT JUST FASHIONS Main St., Orono - 983-9466 MON. - CLOSED rues. - Thurs. 9:10 - 5:30 I ri. 9:10 - ti.lX) Sal. 9:10 5,(10 A selection of SKIRTS, SLACKS, DRESSES Kegular up to $100.00 $29.95 2 piece TRACK SUITS Small to size 40 Reg. $41.50 - 62.00 # $35.00 SEQUINED TOPS Great for the Holiday Season (F OQ Û C Reg. $43.95 Now only ' and more Sale Continues Until Sat , Oct. 28 Can't get in to visit? Call about our fun at-home service, get a group together for'an informal, informative evening, A great way to shop. NOT JUST FASHIONS - 983-9466