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8 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, January 14, 1992 Back Talk | "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Information booklet on blue box pick up 3 | } : ---- ER a | | | | PARI ANS 3 perme J a ¥ | went to an accident scene recently and | was astonished by something | saw. The OPP who were on duty let sight-seers have free reign to investigate all angles "of the accident. It left me wondering" why they were even there. The local fire departments, OPP and ambulance were called to the accident as people were trapped in the automobiles. Firefighters were directing traffic around the accident, but no one was directing pe- Jesiians to a safe distance from the acci- ent. In the centre of all the activity was two cars smashed beyond recognition with two . by Kelly Lown : EE a a standing there, but that's not much conso- lation if they are badly injured. If someone with some authority had asked them to move aside, the consequences would nev- er surface. The third reason and probably the rea- son this whole scenario bothered me is What about the person trapped in the vehi- cle' As a reporter on duly, | wait until the per- son is extracted from the car and in the am- bulance before moving in for a close-up shot of the vehicles. If the accident is not traumatizing enough for the person who is trapped, allowing pe- delivered in Durham Every household in the Re- gion of Durham will be receiv- ing anew schedule and informa- tion booklet concerning blue box collection, John Aker, chairman of the Durham Works Commit- tee said. This is in conjunction with the region's decision to switch to bi-weekly collection in Febru- ary. "Everyone will have their own schedule telling them ex- actly when the recycling vehicle will be at their curb and what to put in the blue box for collec- to pack the blue box and what items are included. When the new collection schedule begins in February two new materials will be in- cluded in the program. Card- board and telephone books will be included in the collection. "We are pleased to be able to expand the blue box program to include these new materials at this time," said Ken Donnelly, Durham's waste reduction manager. He added they hope to be able to include more materi- alsin the future. people trapped. What | couldn't believe is destrians to watch is ridiculous. tion," Mr. Aker said in a press Last fall regional council vot- at while t ese people were trap ed and The person was obviously in pain, no volease. ed to change collection from the firemen were trying to extricate them, doubt scared. | am sure it is errifying weekly to bi-weekly collection, and the ambulance drivers were tending to the victims, directly behind them were peo- ple watching them work. There were a lot of people standing near- by, and sure some ot them were watching the firemen, impressed by how they tear apart cars, | see no problem with that. Most of these people were watching from across the road or in the nearby field, out of harms way. But there is no way that some of these people should be allowed to have their chins almost resting on the top of the shoulders of the emergency crews while they work. Someone should be removing these peo- le from such close proximity. In my opinon at should have been the OPP on duty. It shouldn't be up to the firemen or ambu- lance attendants to ask them to move, they are busy doing the job at hand. The police should have been moving these people back out of the crew's way. The main reason of course is so they do not get in the way of the crews at work, but for other reasons as well. The firemen were lossing parts of the car aside as they came apart from the vehicle. These firemen had no idea these people were standing directly behind them, be- cause normally at accidents police keep people at a safe distance. What if they were hit by a piece of flying metal? Sure it would be their own fault for Sogn to see 20 firemen and ambulance attendants hovering over them while metal is being cut away from around your body. At that moment these people don't know what is happening or what is going to hap- pen to them. They do not need the extra pairs of curious eyes starring at them as hey are fighting for their life. Keep the people away until the people are on ules Bndin the ambulance and 5 - ing attended to, then if people want to take - a closer look when they will not be imped- ing the work and endangering the lives of the people involved. And to the people who have their noses stuck in that close to the accident, think about how terrified you would be.if you were in the car. | don't think you would ap- preciate people pointing at you and dis- cussing how badly smashed the car is. The scary part of this is that this scenario would ever have to be mentioned. Normally at an accident | encounter police who won't allow people anywhere near the scene until the people are taken away, and even then they tend to be wary of letting people very close. Someone should know enough and keep the people at arms length before they get in the way and there is more people in dan- er or in need of medical attention then Jee was when the emergency crews ar- rived. The schedules will be deliv- ered to households who are in- cluded in the blue box collection at the present time. The booklet will provide information on how as well as to switch contractors. Mr. Aker says the new arrange- ment will result in a savings of approximately $3.25 million over a five-year period. returned home after a holiday with their daughter Mr. and Mrs. Hammell and family of Montreal. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 12, 1967 Hon. Wm. A. Stewart, Minister of Agriculture and Food, announced that the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Jarvis, R. R. 2, Seagrave, has been judged the winner in the province-wide Farm Improvement Centennial competition. Mr. Ed Mulholland has been returned by acclamation for his third term as President of Branch 419, Port Perry, of the Royal Canadian Legion. Ontario County Junior Farmers choir received top honors at the Toronto Conference held at the King Edward Sheraton Hotel in Toronto. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, January 12, 1972 . After a 16-week Nursing Aide course at Durham College, Oshawa, the following ladies received their diplomas: Joan Kane, Mary Pipher, Kay Young, Jean Armstrong, Mary Van Ham, Hazel Burgess. Also receiving diplomas were: Marilyn Bajema, Sarah Bursey, Joy ORT PERRY auto glass & trim id Boat Tops, Seats & Complete Upholstery Sun Roofs, Tonneau Covers, Vinyl Tops Carpets, Cellular Telephones INSURANCE WORK - MOBILE SERVICE mmm WRITTEN GUARANTEE wesw PORT PERRY W% 985-8507 Two Locations 139 Queen 6 High (at Water) (at 7A) SAVE :; $50. HIELD INSURANCE CLAIM WINDS Ost £ LANDLORDS Free Listing Service Landlords with affordable accommodations to rent can call HOUSING HELP every Monday at the Social Services offices. If you want to list, call: 852-5864 al ABR | Smith, Ruth Bonnell, Alice Olliffe, Marian Gray and Neta Smith, Students at Port Perry High School held a brief memorial service for the late Col. R. S. McLaughlin. Rev. Reg Rose led in prayer and the service was concluded with the High School Band playing O Canada. Mr. N. J. Brodie will commence his duties as Port Perry's new clerk-treasurer as of January 31, 1972 after being chosen from 18 applicants. 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, January 13, 1982 Amber Jewell Heayn was the first baby to be born at the Community Memorial Hospital in 1982. Amber made her entrance into the world at 4:32 a.m. on Wednesday, January, 6. New Democrat provincial leadership hopefuls Bob Rae, Richard Johnston and Jim Foulds visited Scugog Township to meet party supporters at the home of Marg Wilbur. A leader will be chosen next month and will replace Mike Cassidy who is stepping down. Mr. Don Jones, who has worked at Port Perry High School as an exchange teacher, has returned to his native home, Australia. Mr. Jones was on the exchange with PPHS teacher John Rodway who has now returned to Port Perry. Many Manchester residents are unable to drink the water from their wells due to salt and other contaminations. Residents are to find out at the end of this month what action, if any, will be taken by the Ministry of the Environment to correct the problem. Scugog Township school buses were cancelled for a second Monday in a row due to weather conditions. 52 Water Street, Port Perry 985-2225 The Home of Custom Made Pizza! Large 16" Pizzas from °'S 80 Offer Expires February 29, 1992 * PICK UP or DELIVERY -e We always deliver. 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