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8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, August 16, 1988 Howard Hall jumps into race for Mayor's seat (From page 1) fund raising committee when the new Scugog Arena was construct- ed in 1976. Prior to Regional govern- ment, he was a member of the old Port Perry Village council and the local school board. On specific issues, he feels the Township council must get more input from the planning consultants before decisions on de- velopments are made. recognizing that there will conunued development pressures on Scugog over the next few years, councillor Hall said he be- lieves that some of the hamlet boundaries should be expanded to allow new homes to be built. The Port Perry sewage lagoon treatment facility is near capacity at this time, and he said he is pre- pared to pursue at the Regional level the possibility of adding to that capacity so that more new homes can be developed on full sevices in Port Perry. He would be in favour of the Township hiring a full time direc- tor or co-ordinator for recreation facilities, which was the first rec- ommendation in the Recreation Needs Study completed for Scu- £0g two years ago. As for expanding and increas- ing the recreation facilities in Scu- gog, he said "we have to get start- ed and hiring a full time director would be a start in that direction." He also feels that over the years, salaries paid to municipal '6ROWING UP de NSP REY = SO -~ \G J 7 // A \ , fh £300! o 7 / [/ - 2 PoP! Ng WN Af QO \l \ 5 TURN DOWN THE QUICK! ELECTRIC BLANKET! BlASTiNGS employees have lagged behind what other municipalities are pay- ing, and like it or not, this will have to be addressed by the coun- cil in the future. He's been in business in Port Perry for 30 years with a furniture store on Queen Street. However, if elected mayor, he promised to spend much of this working time on municipal af- fairs, and said he is prepared to hire an additional employee for his store to give him the time to do this. If elected, he plans to spend designated hours cach week at the Township office dealing strictly with public business. Three hurt in head-on collision Three people were injured in a head-on collision on Regional Road 2, just south of Port Perry on Thursday. Durham Regional Police say it was raining heavily when a north- bound car driven by Susan Orde, 61, of Port Perry, lost control and struck a southbound vehicle driven by Robin Kitchen, 68, of Oshawa. A passenger in one of thc vehi- cles was also hurt in the crash, and all three were rushed via am- bulance to Community Memorial Hospital for treatment. Both vehicles are write-offs. Po- lice are still investigating the acci- dent and charges may be pending. Liberals to host annual Barbeque The Durham East Liberal Asso- ciation is hosting its annual Bar- becue at the Ransberry Farm (Hwy 115/35 junction) on Wed- nesday, August 24th from 4-8 p.m. Food, refreshments, pony rides for children, live entertain- ment and a few short speeches will be featured. Special guests include The Hon- ourable Murray Elston, MPP for Bruce and currently Chairman of the Management Board of Cabi- net. Mr. Elston was the former Mininster of Health until being promoted to his new cabinet post. Other guests at the Picnic '88 include the Honourable John Ea- kins, Minister of Municipal Af- fairs and MPP for Victoria- Haliburton, Allan Furlong, MPP for Durham Centre, and Joan Faw- cett, MPP for Northumberland as well, Doug Moffatt, the newly elected Liberal candidate for the Federal riding of Durham will be in attendance. Bring your family, friends and lawn chairs and everyone is wel- come to come out and meet some of your Provincial Cabinet Mini- sters and "neighbouring" MPP's. For more information call 983- 9597 or 985-9250. Gobkes, 4th. tion area in Greenbank. Park, Caesarea. farm people. Yesterday's Memories (From page 7) Mrs. John Davis and daughter, Janet, here from Hereford- shire, England and Miss Gladys Davis, Breconshire, Wales, are visiting with the former's sister, Mrs. John Kingstone and Mr. Kingstone, Manchester for a month vacation. . Ann Allan, 16, of Willowdale was chosen Queen at the Caesarea Regatta on Saturday, August 3. Princesses were: Laural Handyside, 1st; Sue Martin, 2nd; Julie White, 3rd; Lorie 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, August 16, 1978 Scugog Township council has given its endorsement to an ambitious project which will develop a multi-use park & recrea- Mr. and Mrs. Bill Harrison accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Keith Clark, Colborne, have returned home after an enjoyable trip touring the Maritimes, Maine, New Hampshire & Vermont. On Sunday, August 13, 1978, sixty-three members were pre- sent for the Annual Van Camp picnic, held at the Community Douglas Larmer, 19, of Blackstock, Ontario has been nam- ed by John Deere Ltd. and the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs to one of the most exclusive clubs available to young Canadian by J. Peter Hvidsten Random Jottings THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT Have you started to be "even a little bit con- cerned" about the "Greenhouse Effect?" For that foam used in food and other packaging. You know, the kind you get your "Big Mac" packaged in at Mac- Donald's; or the syrofoam cups used to hold your Not to say that just because we have had a long hot summer this is the start of the greenhouse ef- fect, which will become a trend for future years. But EE A rd TI ERT pw. wih fu morning coffee; or the neat containers used for packaging salads in deli's, and now even worms are packged in these "dangerous" containers. Well maybe its time for consumers to start being it might just be a good warning of what we can ex- \ pect in following years if we don't do something soon to rid our atmosphere of the deadly gases. Fortunately, industries are aware of the crises, | matter, do you even know what it is? Well, I'm no expert, but from what | have read and heard, | am starting to get concerned about our future on this planet; not particularly for my genera- tion, but for future genrations. In a recent article, an American scientist painted a very bleak picture for our future if something is not done now to stop the depletion of the ozone layer surrounding the earth. It is this thin protective layer of ozone that prevents the sun's ultraviolet rays breaking through the earths atmosphere. And it's the ultraviolet rays which we have to fear! Here are some of the things being predicted for the future, unless steps are not taken soon to re- duce the emissions of "chlorofluorocarbons" (CFCs), "halons®, and "carbon tetrachloride": less food for the world; spread of insect-borne infec- tious diseases; weakened immune systems incapa- ble of resisiting infections; more respiratory diseas- es; damage to the eye's retina, and problems in the marine world as food sources dwindle. These are just a few of the consequences of a continuing shrinking of the ozone layer according to the article. All of the gases are made right here on Earth, and these products of modern society are now back to haunt us. For instance, did you know that "fluorocarbons" are produced from blown coming more aware of the problems caused by these prod- ucts and start asking the establishments we fre- quest to stop using these products. For example: most places that serve take-out coffee use the styrofoam cups; but there are some that use paper cups. I'm going to start looking for places that use the paper cups, or take in my own cup to have filled-up when | want a coffee. . Thankfully, the fast food packaging industry is aware of the problem, and have pledged to stop making hamburg cartons and foam cups by the end of this year. If this happens, it won't be too long be- fore we see different materials being used in fast- food outlets and coffee shops at any rate. But it is not just foam products that are causing this dangerous situation. Did you know that freon leaking out of old refrigerators, coolants coming from air conditioners, gases emitted from fossil fuels automobiles burn, all atribute the the warming "greenhouse effect" which could eventually turn ~ our Earth into a baking hothouse? I've heard about the "greenhouse effect" a hun- dred times, but | guess until this summer | really was not too concerned about it happening. save the world. In both cases govenments were aware of the problem, long before it was serious; but in both cas- es they have waited until the last minute to make a serious attempt to solve the problem. Let's just hope it's not too late! and have begun to look for alternatives to some of | the heavy uses of fluorocarbons. Aerosols, (e.g. hair spray) previously the producer of close to 60% of the fluorocarbons in Canada's atmosphere, now account for only about 10 percent thanks to indus- tries move to pump spray dispensing. Ottawa has moved to ban all "non essential" uses of chemicals that destroy the ozone layer. The National Research Council along with other in- dustry and departments are now searching for safe alternatives to fluorocarbon-loaded coolants used in heating and cooling systems. The question is, now that government and in- dustry is aware of the problem, can they tum the sit- uation around in time to clean up the atmosphere? Just take a look at how long it took local and region- al governments to act on a small thing like garbage disposal, and it makes you wonder if there is time to