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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" 22 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, August 25, 1992 - by Michelle Bull The environmental hot topic at the moment seems to be the dump. We in Scugog are afraid that we are going to end up getting the dump, not just for our own garbage, but for the whole region. We don't want the dump. We do not want Metro's garbage in our back- yard. We do not want the region's garbage, or even the township's garbage in our backyard. In fact, we do not want even our own personal gar- bage in our backyards. The problem is, if we all go on producing gar- bage at the rate we do at present, we are going to need to put that garbage in someone's back- yard. And there is no really good reason why it shouldn't be in ours. Don't get me wrong. I don't want the dump ei- ther. But as far as | can make out, there aren't a lot of people out there who do want it. Maybe we'll be lucky and miss out. But then someone else will have to live with it. They'll have our garbage in their backyard. Seems to me that if we want to be able to speak on this issue without appearing selfish and hypocritical, we need to start cutting down on garbage altogether. Let me put that even more strongly: Unless we are willing to cut down on the garbage coming out of our own homes and places of business, we have no right to oppose having the dump in Scugog. The truth of the matter is that we should not need a new dump anywhere. Our society pro- duces more garbage than some third world countries have to live on. Until we stop being so incredibly wasteful, we are going to have these long bitter arguments about where to put dumps. So what do we do about it? We start reducing our own garbage, both at home and at work. If Scugog can show that our own garbage has been decreasing, then we will have legitimate grounds for asking that we not get saddled with a dump. In fact, I would like to propose a competition: the township which produces the most garbage per capita gets the dump. Any township which reduces its garbage production below a certain limit, and keeps on reducing it, is guaranteed to stay dump free. So how do we do this? To start with, we recy- cle absolutely everything that can be recycled. That means blue box items, plastic bags, fine that we can't presently recycle, like plastic bot- § tles, box board, etc. Next, we reuse anything that can be reused. If : we can't reuse it, we give it to our neighbors. . What about a place where we can all take stuff which is useable and trade it for other people's | stuff? Here's a service some group could per- form for the community. Most important of all, we stop buying garbage. § What | mean fis, if the thing you are buying is §& encased in excess packaging (garbage), or if it & looks like it is poorly made or disposable (gar- Ei bage), we qust don't buy it. That's right. Don't & buy it. No one is forcing us to buy garbage, and | if we don't buy it, we won't have to dispose of it. Tell the government to implement strict pack- aging laws. All packaging must be kept to a min- imum and it must all be recyclable. That means § really recyclable, not just theoretically. One reason that our family puts out so little garbage is that we do not buy things that are § overpackaged or disposable. And since we don't § buy garbage, we don't have to dispose of it. We & don't even work very hard at it: It's just a habit. There is absolutely no reason why everyone in Scugog - in Canada actually - couldn't have the § same habits. If we could harness the energy ¢§ that has gone into opposing the dump, and redi- § rect it into cutting down on garbage, we'd be do- ing just fine. Unfortupately, most people are still § dhe the deck chairs on the § Titanic. It's time we realized that the whole ship } is sinking and we are going to have to do some- § thing about it. And that is going to mean chang- §& ing our habits. Why not start today? It's not so working at rearran difficult, and every little bit you can do will help. 2000990000002 09% Kudos to the Lake Scugog Anglers Assoc., who : are working at getting rid of, or at least curbing, # the infestation of purple loosestrife in our lake. This lovely pest is taking over because it has no natural predators. Soon it will have crowded out native species and everything that lives on them, like fish and wildfowl. To get rid of any on your property, carefully place a bag over the § flower stalk so as not to spread seeds. Snip the § stalk off into the bag, and then uproot the plant, Burn the seeds. 9000000000090 000 Organic corn is now available at the farmer's market. under beautiful, sunny skies On a beautiful summery day a capacity attendance at the an- nual United Church Decoration Day Service on Sunday, Aug. 23 at 2:30 p.m. with Norman and Bernice Mairs - the friendly greeters at the door. Many folks were present from a distance and local people had the pleas- ure of greeting friends of long standing and catching up on news of families. Rev. Dale Davis conducted' the service and presented a very impressive message for re- membrance day; a tribute to our loved ones who have gone be- fore. The Scripture lessons were read by Robert Mairs. The well-known "The Snow- birds Quartet" from Courtice, composed of Murray Osborne, Wendell Grant, Merv Scott and Bob Lean sang three delightful numbers "Nearer to Thee", "How Great Thou Art", and a lively number "Ride The Chari- ot" which were very much en- joyed by all! They sang unac- companied. Offering was received by Rob- ert Mairs and Richard MacKen- zie. Chairman Ralph Sadler ex- tended appreciation to Rev. Davies, The Snowbirds, Gwen- dolyn Malcolm, organist, and Arnold Williams, our fine care- 5 SH ST i Nestleton, \ Caesarea by Mabel Cawker taker of the cemetery and the committee on cemetery board. The service closed with hymn "As Comes The Breath Of Spring", Benediction, and Three Fold Amen. Family News Mrs. Neta Fish, Cadmus Road, took some time off from her busy schedule this week and enjoyed two lovely dinners - she was guest of daughter Mar- lene Bannister of Peterborough, and they enjoyed a tempting dinner at the Gate Restaurant, Port Perry. Then, daughter Au- drey Leishman of Reaboro, treated Neta to another deli- cious meal at Five Points in Oshawa. So good to have son Alan Cawker of Oshawa, attend the Decoration Service at the Nes- tleton Church, and later came to the farmstead for dinner and AEN EEE ETE DES IE I tary oe FI ~, EEE EEE EEE EE Ir I I EE I EE NEE EEN iniscing before heading home. Sympathy Extended Our deepest sympathy goes out to Robert and Kay Notman and the family of Nestleton. Robert's mother Jean Notman of Willowdale, passed away just recently. She had a courageous battle against cancer. Many rel- atives attended the funeral from Scotland. Keep in mind the Blackstock Fair this coming weekend on Aug. 29. "Where all the action takes place in the one day." Comment: The following is what I wish for each one of us - written by Thos Dreier. To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face; to greet the day with rev- erence for the opportunities it contains; to approach my work with a clean mind; to hold ever before me, even in the doing of little things, the ultimate pur- pose toward which I am work- ing; to meet men and women with laughter on my lips and love in my heart; to be gentle, kind and courteous through all the hours; to approach the night with the weariness that ever woos sleep and the joy that comes from work well done. This is how I desire to waste tC AV o + 4% 8 8 Weekly euchres restarting on Thursday, September 3 By Ilean Pugh Frank and Edith Gibson of Coboconk were dinner guests with Les and Grace Beacock re- cently. The Gibsons will be cele- brating their 50th wedding an- niversary early in September. Best wishes are sent from your Prince Albert friends. Beth Pereman has been spending some of the summer at White Lake with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Dennison. Better health is wished forher father who has spent most of the sum- mer in hospital. This week Mrs. Dennison is with Beth and Lloyd and on Wednesday will be going to Toronto to see Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat. Granddaughter Melisa sings in the choir from Port Perry area who have been performing in the musical all summer. What a beautiful weekend for everyone as school and other fall activities start. A number of couples spent the weekend at Campbellford with Terry and Eileen Hodgins. Rev. LePage has returned from holidays and Prince Albert Church is now open for Sunday morning services at 11:30 a.m. The weekly euchres will be starting on Thursday, Sept. 3 at 8 p.m. in the Community Cen- tre. All ages are welcome if you like playing cards. Priceis $1.50 each, light lunch is served. By Peggy Bredin What a beautiful weekend! It was the best of the summer. We spent Sunday packing up the cottage instead of lying in the sun. Oh, well!! Mr. and Mrs. F. Gibson for- merly of Prince Albert were din- ner guests of Les and Grace Beacock. On Sunday Les and Grace Beacock were supper guests at their son Don's at Sea- grave. Later they called on Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland of Sunder- land. Two weeks left of holidays, students. Enjoy them while you can. It will be hard for me to get up early and stay up. It has been a sad summer for us. Too many of our friends have been sick. We can put up with any sort of weather as long as we are healthy. I sit here watching my son cut grass but I must go and make sure his sister is still doing the laundry. Potluck supper Aug. 26 by Flo a EE RR oO EE EE EO Wo Oe rr rr Rr Err ed Ashburn News rence Ahn A ht A TR Se i SR SS AL Ee I BE Rs Ashton I'm sure everyone was out en- Joying barbecues and the great outdoors over this past week- end. Fantastic weather we had, wasn't it? Rev. Shirley Gale returned to the pulpit at Burns Church on Sunday, following her vacation. The upcoming event in the church this week is the potluck supper on Wednesday evening to be held at the residence of Grant and Sheila Parrott, Townline Rd. Supper to begin at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to come and bring a friend, as well as your favorite dish, and your chair. The Golden Slippers will be on hand to entertain with their music. There will be door prizes, pie auction, and a surprise auction. Following the program, for those of you who enjoy dancing, there will be an old fashioned barn dance. Sounds like a full evening of fun for everyone. Come out and en- Joy a fun time together with neighbors and friends. Now all we need 1s the weather to co- operate. Wednesday evening surely is a busy one, as Brooklin Horti- cultural Society meet at the United Church, Brooklin. This will be the Annuals Show, the big show of the season, with a total of 65 classes for both flow- ers and vegetables. So folks, se- lect your best and bring to the show. Barb McKeen from Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton will be the special speaker for the evening. She addresses the subject "Sex and the Single Plant." All entries for the show are to be in place before 7:45 p.m. A Jack and Jill shower was held at the church hall on Fri- day evening, in honor of Ronald Ashton and Patricia May, waa AY | whose marriage takes place in September. They were the re- cipients of many beautiful gifts. A newlywed game was conduct- ed which provided a lot of fun and laughs. Bernice Gardner read selected poems from her scrapbook. Margaret Davis was the chairperson, with Muriel Fisher and Shirley May, sister of the bride-to-be assisting with the gifts. Lovely refreshements were served. Theo and Joan Knight at- tended a birthday party on Sun- day for their granddaughter Shelly Knight at the home of Kevin and Susan Knight of Oshawa. Visitors with Joan and Theo over the weekend were Jim and Elaine Ewing and son Eric of Orangeville. Amy Trebble of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England is enjoying a three week vacation with Mel and Mary Briscoe. Dinner guests with Doug and Florence Ashton recently were Mrs. Anne May, John May, Shirley and Patricia May, all of Oshawa. Ruth Purdy from Orangeville visited at the Ashton's for a few days last week. Margaret Davis, Doug and Florence Ashton, and Irene Moore of Prince Albert attend- ed the Canadian Iris Society auction at Civic Garden Centre recently. We are sorry that Bruce and Jackie Andrews and son Mark (and their family dog Otus) moved from our community last week. Bruce has accepted a new position in Guelph. Our good wishes go with them, as they take up residence in Fergus. | know we are looking forward to visiting them sometime, when we visit in the area.. Enjoy your week! IC DR -- LSet Sa EES A . i I A ar PNR I pT RS