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12- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, December 5, 1995 "Scugog"s Community Newspaper of Choice" . New Years Eve Campaign tops $2 Mil More than $2.2 million has been raised through the annual Durham Region United Way campaign. To date the amount raised is 70 per cent of the $3.2 mil- lion goal for 1996. From Page 1 inappropriate material is heading north to Coppins Corners. He said he has . Director of Development Robert Howard is pleased detected ash and petro- A full evening with community support for the United Way cam- chemical traces in a fill, of festivities paign, but cautioned that "total community support and worries it will result is needed to ensure that our goal is attained. In addi- in contamination of the INCLUDES tion, we would like to remind all residents of Scugog water table here. and Brock that although we congratulate the Toronto United Way for reaching their goal, all money which is raised in Toronto stays in Toronto. Our local cam- 5 COURSE DINING DANCING - DJ] But an MOEE official, who did a walk-about ex- amination of the site Fri- PARTY FAVOURS paign still has over $900,000 to go to ensure that day after inquiries from CHAMPAGNE TOAST agencies that provide services for one in three of our the Star, said the fill ap- (midnight) friends, family and co-workers will receive the fund- pears to meet standards. ing they need." Donations received through the Annual Workplace campaign benefit more than 80,000 in our communi- ty by supporting over 40 member agencies which pro- vide over 200 programs and services. Some of the agencies which provide direct service in Scugog and Brock are Durham Region Family Y.M.C.A., St. John Ambulance, CNIB, Durham Deaf Services, Distress Centre of Durham Region, and Vic- torian Order of Nurses. Call 436-7377 to make a do- "I didn't notice anything I would consider to be out of order for that site," said Rod Adams, who spent about 45 minutes walking the site, and took a small sample of the recently- dumped fill. He noted, though, that some of the fill has a "very, very slight Foon $5 095 RESTAURANT 2130 Shirley Rd., nation. petroleum-type odor." Port Perry He said in an earlier in- 985-1598 For Reservations A DLs Ylealth Care Service CHRISTMAS GIFT SPECIAL Give them something they will love PRIVATE, IN HOME FOOTCARE ------------ "1 EOL R GEN LR. Receive $2.00 OFF Your First Visit! Serving all of the Durham Region since 1978 2 SIMCOE ST. S. OSHAWA A RPI OOBES VY spams WAP VV VA VSIA Fill out a ballot form available at these participating local merchants to win FABULOUS PRIZES. Contest runs until December 18/95. Winners will be announced in the December 22 issue of the Weekend Star. No purchase necessary. Enter as many times as you like. Winners receive a gift from the merchant below that drew their ballot. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older. Store owners, employees and their immediate families may not particpate in this promotion. terview that fill coming north must be examined on site by specialists, and cleared for disposal. The pit in question has been cleared to accept fill grad- ed industrial, which is not acceptable for residential use, but also not contami- nated enough to be sent to a waste disposal facility. He added he had done another check several weeks ago, when more than 40 truckloads of the material was sent to Cop- pins Corners: "At that time, the material looked fine, in my opinion." And after Friday's in- spection, Mr. Adams still feels the fill is acceptable: "Bells and whistles didn't go off or anything," he said. But the fact that the ma- terial is being dumped in the area at all is cause for concern for Uxbridge Township, according to Mayor Gerri-Lynn O'Connor. 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Township Chief Admin- istrative Officer Alex Grant said he's been in contact with ministry offi- cials in an attempt to find out the exact nature of what's being dumped at the pit. "It's a pit regulated by the province of Ontario," he said. "we've been as- sured that all materials have been tested. "There is a serious con- cern with this," Mr. Grant added. "Whether it's a val- id one or not, I'm not sure." Cathy Douglas, an aggre- gate resources official with MNR, said material going into the pit has prov- en to meet standards im- posed by MOEE. "The onus is on (the pit owner) to meet the MOEE guidelines," she said 'last week. "So far every time he's brought in material, he's prodvced documentation that he meets their stan- dards." Pit owner Larry Her- man did not respond to a call from The Star last week. RRR OSINOONTR RR Paulmac's Pet Food Plus Port Perry Plaza (A. 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