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Remember When? (From page 7) 20YEARS AGO Thursday, October 2, 1969 A resident of Seagrave for the last 50 years, Mr. Isaiah Ir- win was favored with much attention by friends and relatives on Sunday, the occasion of his 90th birthday. Mrs. T.M. Lowry of Lexington, Kentucky, spent a week with her sister, Mrs. Nodwell, Seagrave, and during that time accompanied the Nodwell family to the wedding of their neph- ew in Toronto on Sept. 20. Cartwright Bantams had a very successful 1969 season, winning both the league pennant and the playoffs. Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Gibson and Mr. Bruce Beare are attend- ing the Good Roads Convention in Vancouver. Forty-eight students from Port Perry High School have gone on to further education this fall -- nine students from Grades 12 and 13 are in nursing school; 11 are attending com- munity colleges; six are at teachers' college; 21 Grade 13 stu- dents are at universities and one student is attending Bible school. Mr. Larry Kendall and Masters John Zoet and Tony Holmes recently attended a Scout Rally in Balsam Lake Pro- vincial Park. 10YEARS AGO Wednesday, September 19, 1979 The expansion of library services in Scugog Township is not a dead issue, despite a series of delays which have set back construction of new facilities. The Scugog Library Board met recently and board chairman Chuck Preston said after the meeting that all members remain totally committed to the ul- timate objective of expanding library services and facilities for this community. An engineer's report and recommendations are expected to be returned to the Arena Board and Scugog Council soon con- cerning the need for possible structural repairs to the old are- na on Water Street. On orders from the Arena Board, tests were carried out for three days last week for possible rotting . in the support beams in the arena, and inspections were made of the concrete piers along the sides of the building which the support beams sit on. A spokesman for Durham Region Police said that about 200 pounds of marijuana found growing wild in the Scugog Island field last week will be burned by the RCMP. The spokesman would not elaborate on how the police discovered the wild grass, but about 10 officers spent more than an hour picking the plants and loading them into cruisers. An impressive ceremony was held Sunday, Sept. 16 to mark the official opening of the Central Seven Association work- shop for the mentally handicapped. AJAX JEEP EAGLE LTD. 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Fay and Don Simmonds unveiled for Scugog Council an attractive four by eight foot carving showing the way to the Epsom Downs subdivision. Council granted Faydon Enterprises Limited approval to install the sign at the south corner of Ashton Lane and Brock Street on township lands. Council added the provi- sion that they should try to mount the signin a manner ap- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, September 19, 1989 -- 15 roved by the tenant of the af- ected lot, if possible. It is an attractive green, gold and red, wooden carved in- vitation to the subdivision, and Council approved of the Sim- monds proposal to keep the sign low to the ground and sur- round it with shrubs to keep maintenance low. The sign may be hung be- tween heavy wooden posts, or mounted on a low wall as was suggested by Council. The Simmonds were open to assuming maintenance for a period of five years, at which time a reevaluation could be undertaken. Window broken at pizza parlor Mischief charges were laid af- ter a fight broke out at Square Boy Pizza at 1:30 a.m. Satur- day. According to Durham Region- al Police, a verbal disagreement environmentalist. Disposable diapers are a classic example of a 20th centu- ry technological advance that is having a disastrous impact on the environment. Western society has become very conven- ience-oriented. It has become easy to loose sight of what lazi- ness may do to the world we leave for those little behinds which are now tenderly encased in these wonderful diapers. What is wrong with disposable diapers? A wide variety of things. Manufacturing the diapers uses up huge quantities of paper which are not recoverable. The plastic outer shell is sturdy and will not decompose at the landfill for centuries. Dis- posable diapers result in tons of garbage yearly and are a ma- jor contributor to the problem of rapidly filling municipal dumps. There are indications that several medical problems are associated with the use of disposable diapers. Intestinal virus- es can stay alive in the diapers for two weeks, and these may leach into the water supply and spread disease. The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has legislation in place which bans the dumping of "nightsoil" in municipal landfills, but no agency appears to desire enforcing this unpopular law. Because disposable diapers encourage infrequent chang- ing, urinary infections are more common in children using them. Many also question the wisdom of having the chemical- ly treated diapers next to a baby's skin for a long period. The plastics industry has jumped onto the environmental bandwagon with the development of biodegradable diapers. Problem is, even if the plastic does break down, it really is only a small percent of the mostly bleached paper diaper. In a san- itary landfill designed to slow decomposition down to a mini- mum, nothing will really biodegrade quickly, not even paper. What is the alternative? Cloth diapers of course. Al- though some people seem to find the prospect almost unthink- able, using cloth diapers is not as big a deal as they may ima- gine. If the idea of cleaning them is not practical for some families, the answer is to use a diaper service. Diaper servic- es are definitely making a comeback, and the cost for using them is often within a dollar or two of the price of disposables. Thanks for much of this column go to Janet Banting, a resident of Greenbank, dedicated mother and long time KARATE turned into a shoving match, and someone was pushed through the front window. Injuries were minimal but damage to the window is esti- mated at $500. 8 week course about police Want to know more about your police force? A new night school course called "Get to Know Your Police Force" is being offered this fall - for the first time at Port Perry High School. The course, which runs eight weeks and starts this com- ing Tuesday (Sept. 26) is de- signed to be of general interest to the public and will answer many of the questions the pub- lic may have about the Durham Police Force. Some of the areas to be cov- ered with include communica- tions (how calls for service are given priority) the breath test, lie detectors, the role of the technical support units. The course if being offered in conjunction with the Durham Board of Education Night School Program. So far, about 20 people have registered for the course and there are openings for an- other ten. Anyone interested in regis- tering before the first session starts on Sept. 26, should con- tact the Night School Division of the Durham Board of Educa- tion. [a PORT PERRY WADO KAI el -- An CLUB DEMONSTRATION & REGISTRATION Sunday, September 24th - 6:30 PM PORT PERRY LATCHAM CENTRE -- REGISTER NOW FOR FALL CLASSES -- BEGINNER CLASSES for ALL AGES START: Tuesday, September 26th - 6:00 PM ADVANCED CLASSES: (Year-round) in Port Perry Sunday and Tuesday 7:00 PM LOCATION (Downtown) Latcham Centre, at the lake, Queen & Water Streets FEES: Children $75.00; Adults $100. for 3 months (Special Family Rates Available.) MORE INFORMATION: For Port Perry Club call at class time 985-7982 or Instructor Sensei Robert Dods, 3rd Dan at 926-5370 or Ron Mollon at 985-7098. f -- FUN, EXERCISE and SELF-DEFENCE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY -- Affiliated with Toronto Wado Kai, under the direction of Chief Instructor Dave Manara, 6th Dan 78,