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Residents of Scugog Town- ship's Ward 4 (Cartwright are gearing up for a major fight against garbage. But they have been warned the battle will be a long, bitter, and expensive one. For the second time in two weeks, Ward 4 residents crowd- ed their way into the Blackstock Recreation Hall Tuesday night to discuss the issue that hit the community like a thunder-bolt September 22: garbage. On September 22, MacLar- en Engineers, a consulting firm working the Region of Durham, identified five potential sites in the Region for a 20-year Dur- ham dump. Two of the five sites are lo- catedin Ward 4. The latest public meeting, held October 9, was called to Ward 4 gears up for long, bitter fight bring people together ina collec- tive Hight to keep the garbage outof Ward 4. In marked contrast to the first meeting two weeks ago at which the crowd vented its an- ger at local politicians and engi- neers for MacLarens, the one Tuesday evening was low keyed, though the message was just as strong. "We don't want a dump here (in Ward 4) in Scugog Township or in Durham Re- gion," said meeting chairman Turn to Page 4 Volume 124 Number 46 PERRY, ONTARIO - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1990 Copy 60¢ 56 Pages Recycling staff "3 «i Peter Hill of Blackstock show i sie s off the de Havilland Chipmunk radio-controlled model airplane he took to Poland last month for the International Aero Model competitions. He sald he enjoyed the chance to represent Canada at this International meet. And he came home with some lasting memories of the Polish capital. (see story) Blood Donor clinic today The Kinsmen and Kinettes of Port Perry are encouraging eve- ryone to give the gift of life to- day. The Kinsmen Club of Port Perry is sponsoring a blood do- nor clinic today, October 10, at the Immaculate Conception Church from 2p.m. until 8p.m. The Club sponsors two clinics each year, and is hoping for an- other successful turnout. The clinic usually raises about 180-200 pints, but the last clinic held in April resulted in116 pints. The location has changed this year, to the Church, be- cause it is a little larger, and has less stairs. Realistically the Kinsmen, and Kinettes are looking for 120 donors, but hope to see nore. The clinic will be run strictly by volunteers from the Kins- men and Kinettes, along with official workers from Red Cross. For every pint given, the Kinsmen and Kinettes will do- nate $1 to the Port Perry Com- munity Memorial Hospital. Durham Recycling employ- ees received notice Wedneaday that their jobs would be termi- nated at the end of their shift on' November 31. The permanent layoff affects about 100 employees -- includ- ing 85 unionized members, The employees received the notice -- in the form of a letter -- from Durham Recycling chair- Jan ofthe board Gerry Emm at a.m. At the beginning of Durham Region council's 10 a.m. meet- ing that same day, councillors expressed shock at how the em- ployees were treated. "This is an outrageous let- ter," Whitby councillor Tom Ed- wards stated. lose their jobs "This is the worst possible timing for a (volunteer) board to lay workers off -- one month before Christmas," Oshawa councillor Brian Nicholson said. "They say (in the letter) that they tried to negotiate protec- tion," Councillor Nicholson con- tinued. "What protection do they have when they're out of work on December 1." One year ago, Durham Re- gion -- which owns the Durham Recycling building and its equipment -- told the centre its contract would be terminated. Five recycling centre board of directors and five members of Durham's waste management (Turn to page 3) Represents Canada in World competition Peter Hill was both pleased and honoured to represent Can- ada at the recent International Aero Model World Competi- tions in Warsaw, Poland. But after 16 days in the Polish capital city, the Black- stock resident was delighted to get his feet back on the ground in Canada. Not only did the trip give him a chance to compete against the best aero model dev- otees in the world, it was a real eye opener of life in that strug- gling city. "We Canadians just take so much for granted here," he told the Starin a recent interview. Peter was in Warsaw from August 27 to September 13, a member of the three-man Cana- dian team competing against some 200 others from 21 coun- tries, including the host nation- al Poland. He returned home with a lot of memories and hundreds of colour photos, many of them of Warsaw itself, a city of 1.5 mil- lion that he found fascinating and troubling. Of all cities in Europe, none suffered as much during World War 2 as Warsaw. What little was left stand- ing after the Nazis were fin- ished, was levelled by the So- viets who "liberated" the capital inJanuary 1946. The city literally had to ge re-built from the ground up, and although efforts were made to maintain some of the histori- cal architecture in the city cen- tre, most of the buildings are dull, slate-gray, box like struc- tures. Peter said he was surprised at what he called the flourish- ing sidewalk economy. "It's like a giant flea mar- ket everywhere. Sidewalk ven- dors offer anything and every- thing for sale." And the currency of choice is the American dollar, over the inflated Polish zlotny. He was pleasantly sur- prised to find some items selling very cheap, like a bottle of Coke for about 23 cents; and public transportation for five cents a Turn to Page 13