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Elephant ride The. circus came to the town of Penetanguishene last Sunday and it brought the usual assortment of clowns and large African mammals. The circus was sponsored by the North Simcoe Catholic Family Life Centre and was in town for two shows. Here, Weekly recycling pick-ups to hit most urban areas The trial weekly pick-ups of recyclable garbage in Midland have been such a hit, the service will be ex- tended to most urbanized areas of north Simcoe. Until now, Midland was the only town in the five- .member North Simcoe Waste Management Association to get weekly pick-ups of the blue recycl- ing bins. All other areas had once- a-month service only. But starting September, the NSWMA plans to start once-a-week service for most urbanized areas, in- cluding Penetanguishene, Port MeNicoll, Midland Point, Paradise Point, Sun- nyside, Gilwood Bay, San- dy Bay, Portage Park and Watson's Point. The new weekly service will be on a trial-basis. Recycling manager Liz Downer said the continua- tion of the pick-ups "depends on the numbers. We're looking for an in- crease about the same as Midland gave us."' In Midland, recycling stops more than doubled after weekly service was introduced. Downer says people find it easier to get into the habit of recycling when the pick-ups come weekly. "Tt really does, make things easier," she said. The chairman of the NSWMA recycling com- mittee, Pat Armstrong, said at last Tuesday's monthly NSWMA meeting that "there is no reason the weekly pick-ups wonit work." The expanded service comes as the NSWMA is making big strides in all aspects of the recycling program. On July 16, the association's recycling No opposition raised to new policy There was no discussion and no opposition raised to a once-controversial policy at the North Simcoe Waste Management Association's meeting last Tuesday. The policy will provide monetary compensation for neighbors of a new gar- bage dump. If the NSWMA's Site 41 is accepted as the next gar- bage dump to serve north Simcoe communities, owners of houses within 500 metres of the dump's boundaries will be able to sell out to the NSWMA for "fair market value." However, vacant land or farm land will not get the same treatment, nor will houses more than 500 metres away. At previous meetings, some property-owners complained about the policy, saying only one or two houses would qualify and the rest would be left without anything. However, the policy, revised slightly by the association's lawyers, pass- ed at last Tuesday's meeting unanimously. Page 10, Tuesday, August 11, 1987 contract with a private firm, McLellan Disposal Ltd., expired and the NSWMA took over the job. Since then, the associa- tion has purchased trucks, hired employees (two of whom worked for McLellan and one to fill a newly-created position) and made the decision to expand services The aim of the latest round of weekly pick-ups was initially to extend the service to Penetang. But all other areas serviced during the same recycling week (first full week of each month) reaped the same benefits simply because the NSWMA had to buy the equipment and hire help for the whole week anyway. "Tt was the luck of the draw"' for those com- munities, said Downer. However, Victoria Har- bour, Waubaushene, Perkinsfield and the rural areas were left behind. in the move. But Downer said weekly pick-ups for those centres are in the not too- distant future. Another major develop- ment on the recycling front is the program's planned move from the Peinco in- dustrial mall in Penetang to the New Horizons storage warehouse in Tay Township. The new loca- tion is actually just down the road from Peinco, on Robert Street west of Fuller Avenue. The move will mean dou-_ ble the space for the program. OPEN -- THROUGHOUT YEAR We have a Good Selection of CRAFTS & TROPICAL HANGING BASKETS SHRUBS & TREES A complete line of Cedar Furniture including Picnic Tables WILD BLUEBERRIES CORN Our Fabulous Corn is now Ready Please phone in advance for corn roast orders Holt's Greenhouses _and Garden Centre Hwy. No. 27, 4 miles South of Elmvale 322-2389 an elephant balances on a beam while giv- ing this woman a free ride. Alumni wants lottery cash for hospital The 28-member Nurses Alumni Association of Midland has offered On- tario's top politicians a solution to the problem of hospitals expenses and needs being greater than available government grants. An Ontario version of the Irish Sweepstakes is the answer, Association President Marg Obeirne said last week. Lottery ticket buyers are "suckers right down the line, so they might as well be suckers for something worthwhile," Association treasurer Rena Bell, an oc- casional lottery ticket buyer herself, said. Letters offering the sug- gestion were mailed a month ago to the leader of each of Ontario's three political parties. No answers have' been received. According to Obeirne, Simcoe East MPP Al McLean said the idea was excellent. Huronia District Hospital's empty wing should-have been opened years ago, Obeirne said. have to be, as it is doing, running a fundraising campaign. Profit from some _lot- teries, such as the 649 lot- tery, is spent on medical research and medical specialties, Bell said. Hospitals in Ontario strap- ped for money for equip- ment and other capital ex- penditures don't get money for their particular needs from that source. The Association's posi- tion is that arenas, sporting and cultural groups, have been helped. Hospitals should have their turn. "The timing (of mailing the letters) might not have been that great,"' Bell said, referring to the mail delivery rotating strikes, and the run-up to the pro- vincial election. A $5 or a $10 ticket of- fered twice a year would pay for all the needs of all of Ontario's hospitals in two years, Obeirne said. "We have a terrific health system, but how long will it last with all the demands made on it, and all of the abuse?,"' Bell The hospital should not asked. The Corporation of the Town of Midland PUBLIC NOTICE TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Town of Midland pro- poses to enact a by-law to stop up, close and sell that portion of Ninth Street, lying between Ontario and Victoria Streets, or part thereof, described as follows: Part of Ninth Street as shown on Plan 632, Town of Midland, County of Simcoe, described as follows: COMMENCING at a point in the Easterly boundary of Ninth Street, being also the Northwesterly angle of Lot 14, Plan 632; THENCE Northerly along the Easterly boundary of Ninth Street a distance of 150 feet to the Southerly boundary of Ontario Street as shown on Plan 632, being also the Northwest angle of Lot 8, Plan 632; THENCE Westerly along the Southerly boundary of On- tario Street a distance of 66 feet to the Westerly boun- dary of Ninth Street, being also the Northeasterly angle of Lot 9, Plan 632; THENCE Southerly along the Westerly boundary of Ninth Street a distance of 150 feet to the Southeasterly angle of Lot 9, Plan 632; THENCE Easterly and parallel to the Northerly boundary of Victoria Street as shown on Plan 632 a distance of 66 feet to the point of commencement. The proposed by-law will come before the said Council at its regular meeting at the Municipal offices of the Town of Midland, 575 Dominion Avenue, Midland, Ontario on the 24th day of August, 1987 at the hour of 7:00 o'clock p.m. and at that time Council will hear any person or his council, solicitor or agent who claims that his land will be prejudicially affected and who applies to be heard. DATED at Midland, Ontario, this 16th day of July, 1987. FRED G. FLOOD, Clerk, TOWN OF MIDLAND 575 Dominion Avenue Midland, Ontario L4R 1R2