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PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1992 Copy 65¢ ©1e+4¢GsD 44 Pages PTC ey Drug and Alcohol treatment centre opens in By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star A drug and alcohol treatment centre has quietly opened in downtown Port Perry. A satellite office of the Pine- wood Centre for drug and alco- hol problems, opened at 180 Mary Street Monday. Located on the third floor of the Maple Lane building, this 2,000 square feet office, will treat individuals of all ages with drug and alcohol problems. In- dividual, group and family ther- apy will be available on an out- patient basis. According to Steve Chaisson, a social worker at the centre, the office will handle both court mandated as well as volunteer cases. "The programs are individu- ally designed to meet the needs of the person," he says. The statt will also be availa- ble to go out into the community to speak to groups such as schools, on related issues," says social worker Lynn Jaglall. The establishment of a per- manent office in Port Perry was Scugog the result of pressure from vari- ous community agencies, says Gwenna Campbell, a substance abuse councillor. Mrs. Campbell says there was a need to provide treatment facilities for the northern por- tion of Durham Region. It is hoped people will be more will- ing to participate in the pro- gram if they aren't required to commute to Oshawa or Bow- manville for treatment. "There was a real concern in the community that people who needed help had to come south," said Ms. Jaglall, adding it is now more convenient for those who may not be able to drive. Despite the focus of the treat- ment, the centre's representa- tives stress it is an outpatient centre dealing people who are not using substances. "We're not going to detoxicate people here," says Mrs. Camp- bell. "The patients here will not be actively using." There are similar offices in Oshawa and Bowmanville. There is also one planned for the Ajax/Pickering area in the fu- ture. Burned out cars, tires, furniture being dumped on township sideroads By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star Bill Henshall is constantly amazed at what he finds on his regular tours of Scugog Town- ship. As the township's Bylaw En- forcement Officer, Mr. Henshall makes regular tours of the area in his attempt to stop illegal dumping. But each trip he makes he is amazed at what he finds. : Take last Friday for example, on a trip down around the Oshawa/Scugog Boundary Road he found two stolen cars, one which had been badly gut- ted and burned. Further along he found a large quantity of roof- ing shingles dumped in the mid- dle of the road. Although he is amazed by what he finds, he is not sur- prised. In the past few years there have been many instances of illegal dumping taking place in the community. The items dumped run the gamut from furniture and other or NO for Canada - October 26 household appliances to clothes and tires. "I really don't understand why these people dump this stuff," Mr Henshall told the Star last week. "Half the stuff could be taken to the dump." It's a frustrating battle for Mr. Henshall and the township in the fight against the dump- ers. As quickly as they can get an area cleaned up, the dump- ers are back again with more. It's estimated that more than $1 million was spent by the Re- gion of Durham in 1991 to clean up after the illegal dumpers. Mr. Henshall says the township spent $20,000 alone to pick up the discarded items. And in response to this enor- mous price tag, the region is of- fering rewards of up to $1,000 for information leading to the conviction of people dumping. Mr. Henshall says it is easy tc report these dumpers, by just jotting down their license plates Turn to Page 4