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+ a Sa Bh Jira ai mas sae £ 2 AN i © "A Family Tradition for 128 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 14, 1995 - 1 7 Area family is proud to call Canada home By Kelly Lown Farm and Rural Life Becoming Canadian citizens was even more exciting for the Notman family of Nestleton when they were able to take their oaths in their own township. Roy and Kay Notman and their daughters Claire and Jennifer took their oaths of citizenship at Cartwright High School last month during a citizenship court at the school. The couple has also has a son Robert, who was born in Ontario. What made their first day as citizens even more special was that daughter Jennifer, 16, is a student at the local school and was a part of the school band playing at the ceremonies. The Notmans, who have lived in North Nestleton for 13 years on their "Cedarbrae" farm, have been the owners of Vallance Equipment in Brooklin for the past three years. Mr. Notman ran a sales and service business for Massey Ferguson machinery in Scotland. They came to Canada from Scotland in 1980 in search of a farm. After arriving in Whitby they searched the area for a suitable homestead. According to Mrs. Notman it was a trip to Port Perry for ice skating that made her fall in love with Scugog Township. After that day they began searching for a home in the area. To apply for citizenship, applicants must live in the country for at least three years. The Notmans' busy schedule forbade them from seeking citizenship for several years, but when their oldest child began attending university they decided the time was right. The process took about nine months, she said, and was mostly paperwork and clearance issues. The family was subjected to a test on their knowledge of the country they chose, on which Mr. and Mrs. Notman scored perfect. Since becoming citizens, they are now able to vote, a right Mrs. " Notman feels is very important. The family has returned for a visit to their native homeland, but have no regrets about chosing Canada as their permanent home. They say Canada offers many opportunities that are not available in Scotland. The biggest difference between the culture of the two countries is that you can be whoever you want to be in Canada, Mr. Notman said. While Scotland 1s still ruled heavily by class structure, Canada allowed them the opportunity to achieve what they wanted -- to purchase a farm and be who they wanted to be. For Roy and Kay Notman of Nestleton, becoming Canadian citizens was special, but what made it even more special was being able to take their oath in their own community, ar November 14, 1995 7 with their daughter playing in local school band as part of the ceremonies. (See story) By Stephen Leahy Special to Farm and Rural Life Last summer Marguerite Zairns, a retired farmer who lives near Cannington in Brock Township, said she felt a burning sensation in her eyes and lungs. A neighbor, a "solvent-like chemical smell" which caused watery eyes and headaches. Both agreed the odors started when a neighboring farm cracked open a pile of paper sludge, and started spread- ing it on a nearby field. Controversial in some parts of Durham, some 72,000 tonnes of paper sludge, a byproduct from the manufactur- ing of recycled paper were spread on farms in Scugog, Brock and Uxbridge townships last year. This year, Oshawa agreed to allow spreading on its farms as well. Previously paper sludge went into landfills, but it 1s now part of a ten-year effort by the province to reduce the amount of waste going into those overburdened dumps by 50 per cent by the year 2000. / Heather Robertson, says her family was overwhelmed by Paper was a big part -- nearly 30 per cent -- of all resi- dential garbage until the blue box came along. Now a large portion of the 3.5 million tonnes of paper and card- board Ontarians use each year ends up at recycling mills, where it is converted into paper towels, newsprint and tissue paper. "If we thought it was detrimental to the environment, we'd stop right away." But for every three kilograms of paper that goes into this recycling process, one kilogram of paper sludge is pro- duced. The sludge is made up of short wood fibres and fill- ers like clay and lime, and contains low levels of heavy metals like mercury, chromium, cadmium and lead, as well as dioxins and furans. Paper sludge on fields causes concern Durham's paper sludge comes from Atlantic Packaging's paper recycling mills in Whitby and Scarborough. The mills purchase hundreds of thousands of tonnes of newsprint and other papers collected in the Blue Box program, as well as newspapers from the U.S. The paper is chopped, shredded, and pulped using a mechanical process, says Glen Pearce, Atlantic Packaging's sludge consultant. After bleaching with hydrogen peroxide, recycled paper products such as tissue paper and newsprint are made. The metal and dioxin levels are carefully monitored, says Mrs. Pearce, and are lower than those found in ordi- nary top soil. He says inks used on paper these days aren't that toxic, and Atlantic Packaging does not use any chlo- rine in its paper making. "It's about as environmentally friendly as you can get in the paper mill industry," he says. Todd Dupuis, Atlantic Packaging's assistant general manager, says the company invested nearly $1 million in Turnto Page 18 { Say Merry Christmas to Friends and Relatives With a Gift Subscription to the Port Perry Star you will also receive Farm and Country Life once a month. ___ SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SUBSCRIPTION OFFER § . «#52 lIssues of the Port Perry Star for only....... 25.00 CALLTODAY == 985-7383 0)