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wp 10-- Scugog Citizen -- Tu day, 5 % 90 73 Farming "Green Plan" announced $64m cost to be shared by federal and provincial governements The Ontario and federal governments will be pumping $64 million into a "Green Plan" to encourage environmental sustainability in the province's farming and food industry. a Details of the five year agreement were announced last week by Ontario Food minister Elmer Buchanan and hig-federal counter-part Bill McKnight. The $64.2 million cost will be shared equally by the two levels of government. The "Green" initiatives in Ontario will focus on four main issues: soil "quality, water quality, waste management and wildlife compatibilty with farming. And ten specific program areas have been identified that include nutrient management, farm planning and technology transfer. Ontario's contribution of matching funds will be through the Land Stewardship 2 program already underway. ~"Both the Land Stewardship program which helps farmers conserve soil resources and the sustainable agriculture initiatives of the federal Green Plan are important steps in securing the future of agriculture production in Ontario," said Mr. Buchanan. "We must work together to insure the the agri-food industry in Ontario and throughout the country is a partner in securing a healthy environment and an economically viable industry," said Mr. McKnight. More information on these initiatives is available by calling local offices of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. In Port Perry, the number is 985-2003. THE REWARD IS YOURS! llegal dumping is spoiling the environment around Durham Region. Last year, Durham taxpayers paid more than $1 million in clean-up costs. These costs are a direct result of illegal dumping of materials along roadsides, and around Igloo recycling depots. We need your help to stop illegal dumping! If you witness illegal dumping, report it to the Local Municipal Works Department, during working hours. By reporting and helping to cqpyict those guilty of illegal dumping, you could be eligible for a eward of up to $1,000. Old tires, scrap metal, wood, concrete, bricks, shingles and appliances belong at recycling centres, Transfer Stations or landfill sites. Glass, newspapers, cans and plastic pop bottles go inside Igloos. Local Municipalities are enforcing fines of up to $5,000 for illegal dumping. If you witness an incident, call your Local Municipality at the number listed below. Help us keep Durham Redion clean and safe. PNY . B "Ne -- Pickering Ajax - SP : i 420-4630 683-2951 = SAL Nope i; "rms" = 4 623-3379 852-9181 985-7393 (705) 426-7723 649-1938 asover, . A Waste Management Program of the Region of Durham \s, and the Municipalities of Pickering. Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa. $ puma Newcastle, Uxbridge. Scugog and Brock DURHAM: Letter to the editor Ecological lessons from bible To the Editor: On Tuesday, Sept. 22, together with our 15 year old grandson, I attended the P.E.S.T. meeting in Blackstock. let's call it waste and garbage meeting. It was calm, may be too much so, according to my grandson. Hardly any emotions displayed. You know, sometimes we get the feeling that people who are in the forefront of Greenpeace, protecting nature and animals, are a bit lunatic and not "down to Earth." Or that they consider creation (things, matter) more infportant than the Creator. And now they have a new cause to get hot about and rally around, the issue of dump-sites. Don't dump on us! Well, nothing of that on the Blackstock meeting. I knew emotionally and by common sense that we are a wasteful society. As "developed" countries we use a high percentage of the Earth's goodies and return a high percentage of the Earth's wasties. But how does the Creator think about these things? The best way to come to a closer understanding about what God thinks about this, is to go to the Bible Difficult to understand! Still perplexed! Well, that may be true. But now, recently I came across a book that helped me a lot. The title is: The Environment and the Christian (Baker Bookhouse, Grand Rapids). It's six contributors are all from different denominations of Reformed and Evangelical background. They accept the bible as inspired by God and confess that God's Son, Jesus, came to Earth to teach us and to lay down His life for the salvation from sin, for all who believe in Him. But then the writers add, that for sure the Old Testament speaks about our responsibility to keep the Earth, the garden, in Gen. 2:15. The Israelites later on were told to let the Jand rest every seventh year; also to keep it from exhaustion, (which they hardly ever did). On top of it every fiftieth year was added for even more rest. Even the animals were to be protected, i.e. in gathering eggs froth birds in the field. Not following these prescriptions, but showing dissatisfaction with god's gifts and good creation, is described as sinful rebellion against the Creator too. This resulted in severe judgement (Gen. 3:16-19 and Deut. 11:8-21) where the ground was cursed and not yielding its fruit or harvest. We sometime talk about erosion. This line of thought continues through the whole Old Testament, right into the New Testament. The writers of the N.T., being nearly all Jewish Christians, knew this well and assumed this without spelling it out for the readers, including us. Like Paul in Rom 8:18-27 speaks about the expectations and groanings of the creation. And in €ol. 1:15-20 that in Christ the church and "all created things" are reconciled in Christ. Peter, in his second letter 3:13 writes about a new heaven and a new (or renewed) earth. This is mentioned again in Rev. 21. As Christians, of all kinds of shades and variations, we can be quite confident that practising good stewardship of creation is the right thing to do. That's my layman's opipion. Let's not be wasteful and let's try to produce less garbage. John Den Boer Scugog Township A thought for Waste Reduction Week: Have a Real Tree for Christmas, as they are recyclable and bio degradable. Cut your own at Spademan Tree Farm, Utica. THIS IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT RRNERNE gph & Smith BIG V Drug Store is celebrating its 30th BIRTHDAY Dally Birthday Specials! CITIZEN CLASSIFIEDS Tasks 985-NEWS Tues., Sept. 29 to Saturday, Oct. 3, 1992. PORT PERRY PLAZA Cornish CRAFT SHOW SATURDAY & SUNDAY OCTOBER 17th & 18th 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM R.H. Cornish Public School 494 Queen Street Children 6 to 11 Years : Make & Take Craft Admission : $200 Under 12 Years : Free