PAGE 24, Wl-ITBY FREE ,PRESS, EDNESDAY,,FEBRUARY 3, 1988 r ROXANNE REVELER News & Feotures Editor e ifl I Pr 4 Phone 655-3637 It al sartd lst wek.Oneof ur fmou failyIt appears cruel when you first hear it, but bear with discussions., We have them quite often, particularly me. ocument at f in hasop,érvý pepleinctdore that the kidà (they'll hate me for using that termû) are fnwworfrom ail wa l0flife...docrs, lawý*yersu witc' ola of the age to read thenewspapers, listen to the news.orers leclrwrersfo...soà whùni y côuntthy work- broadcast and form thèe own point of 'view. ' U l oehe ofomacom>ty- omui ' hr th tpi fconversation AIDS. And the ¶I W t JJ~ eveyone kne the situation for wvhatit wa;îaco nity Anyway, o as te ~ ,where "blinda of afeather flock together" toheip ail ida htfowe dwee -ute interesting. ' o sr vnby -Roxanne Reveler, i ae auggestion: that unused wng f certi no ha are ih oe fth hig ta9 wr pointed hospitais, such as we hâvel at1 Wh ityGnerail, could be ou, r hesggestions, made to solve the terrible situation usdfrtesm'upsbut that would nodt work. That the world isfacingthrougl the spread of the disease, but I ___ would oniy be good for those ho ieen theiris as0 noehèes ondtethulisno ny ners9nbt hldsas.Te question is about those who are HIV provocative., positive. The stats, as mentioned before, are from tlree to It was decided riglitoff the bat .that the world as we A -v1w 1v-ufTfi-.' r1.ya five years. But where is, that. cut-off point? And'can know it is in crisis'because of the wanton *spread of the. ALom niy fA rVILCU MSLI mankind take the risk of letting those who -are HIV disease. There is no cure, and there is e4en a great deal of positive continue with a normai- life situation when they discrepancy as to how it is passed from one individual to I don't think any of you need to lie told of the rampant açe flot in fact "normal?" another.* spread of AIDS. Last week, I spoke to Dr. Jean Gray, A commumity for AIDS victims appears to lie the only The big question looming appears to lie "Wliat are we medical officer of health for this region. At that time, she answer. I bot it is given more consideration as the years going to do with t hose infected to make su re they don't told me there had been five full-fledgod cases of AIDS in progress and more victims fail to the dreaded disease. pass it on to you and I?" Durham and that throe of them had died., Likewise, sho In their own eommunity, they could have ail the am- Here's one theory. said there were 36 known who had tested HIV positive. In menities they have now: hospitals, schools, shopping and Number one son suggests al AIDS carriers, and those the three days between talking to the doctor and the time entertainment districts, but the burden of.cost would have suffering from the disease, lie horded into one communal- we went to press, those figures were outdated. The num- to be put on the governments in charge. That in itself typeatmosphere., bers had risen. Gives you a knot in your insides. could lie the stumnbling block as AIDS stili appears to be Wlien first ýuggested,_I, cringed. It brought back 50 back to sonny boy's idea. What would be wrong with more ofa politicalmatter than-one of health and welfare. recollections of things read in history books, about lepers creating a town for thÜose diagnosed.as ,carrying. AIDS. I would reaily be interested in you r commenta -on this being rounded up, and cast on, some desert. island. Aban- Take one of thoése -"ghost towns"-in Northern Ontario. one. I-have< racked my bramas and cannot think of a-ready doned, yoù might say :,Loft to die alone.« Anyone proving HIV positive goes'ithere, for it has been alternative.- But heaven'knows something lias. to be done, But the more I thouglit about it, the more sense it made. proven they will- corne'down 'with a full-fledged case of and lias to be -d one witliin the next few years -or we're al I1 can gee, that with a littie work,-and aW lot of money, it AIDS within from t.hree to five years. If so confined, tliey going to lie on the liot.seat. could be the only thing that is going to save mankind. would lie unable to pass'the virus to anyone else. At least that's the way ,it looks- to me... Dump reopenin-g now justrumor, Reflections, of a GOolden,,Age e..... .* .. .... . . .:. By MABEL M. McCABE The Age of tlie Gold Years 18 considered old by the young and rniddle- aged, but we do not feel old. We are the teenagers of the thirties and forties. We are the mommies and daddies of the fifties and we are now the grandparents wlio watcli from the sidelines as our progeny go off in ail directions around the globe. Let me set the record straiglit. We enjoy life for the- most part. We have our bouts of sadness, but more often we have those moments of uncontrolled merriment. We're old enougli to see the funny side of life and to take advantage of ail those wlio think we are a bit 1"Feg. " If you don't know tliat word you have not been around too long. It'means just a littie off-centre, sliglitly giddy and fun-loving to the point wliere some very sober and straiglit-laced folks would think we are not riglit in the head. It's a wonderful way to ho, because you can do and say things that others would not dream of saying or doing. You can sit on a bondi in a plaza and laugh with-a friend and not care wlio.looks askance. Many of my own kids wonder about me sometimes, I'm sure. That is the key to growing old with grace and dignity. Be able to laugli at yourself and any situation that arises. Sure, I know there are times wlien tears seemn more appropriate but one can only shied s0 many __ tears. Eventually you have to lift up your liead and decide to make the best of a bad deal. Most of us by this time have liad our share of liard times and disasters so I guess we cape a bit botter than those wlio have always liad things easy. One grows with adversity, Bus depot approved Whitby mayorBob Attersley says lie and council would take a "definite stand against" any proposai which would reopen. the abandoned Hebèr Down dumà p'.* Mayor Bob Attersley told The Free Press there was nothing regarding the revitalization of the old dump before the Town at this time and speculated the entire mat- ter was merely rumor. But lie ad- ded that should the question of reopening the dump corne to liglit somewhere in the future lie would "stand on a chair and figlit it every inch of the way. " Attersley alluded to a report now being made by tlie Region's works department into options available for dumping Durham's refuse. He indîcated the dump, formerlya portion of the old Heber Down farm, would more than likely ho in- cluded as a "remote" possibility, a nd one not worth looking at as it lias' only a two or thr.ee-year capacity left. The oid site, owned by the Region, is iocated in an'abandoned gravel pit on Coronation Rd., just soutli of Winchester Rd. (Hwy 7). It was closed down arou.nd 1979 or 1980 wlien Durham opted to take its garbage to the Metro-owned Brock dump in Pickering. Joo Bugelli, a Whitby councillor and cliairman of the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Autliority (CLOCA), likewise said no ap- plication to reopen the facility had been presented to CLOCA. He in- dicated that should such a proposai corne forth liewould be "Wearing. two bats, " and ho it municipally or,, as a representative of the conser- vation authority, lie would adaman- tly oppose it. The dump site sits atop thébluffs to thehnortho6f HeberEdown Conser- vation area and the Lynde Creek Valley, a'site whicli Bugellil says is not environmentally appropriate for a garbage dump. The question of reopening the old Whitby dump site arose when regional chairman Gary Herrema included the site in the four or five options which lie said Durhiam had for getting rid of its trash in forth- coming years. Altliough he stated ho would, rather not see the, site used, lie left tlie door open to the possibiity, ad- ding that only garbage from the southern area, of the region would lie dumpedthere. A small parcel of land just north of Brooklin lias been approved by the Region to allow for a bus depot and'associa)ed office, repair and parkngues. An application to amend the D h ém Rgional officiai plan and -MI the Town of Whitby officiai plan ~' was made last ' ugust by White Sterling Investmenta Ltd. The 2.5 acres were designated as a special' purpose' commercial area, a designation whicli did not permit.a, bus maintenance and storage, facility. It is now vacant land. The property is located on the east side, ofH4w.y,12 (BaldwiIq St.) South of Columb'Iq Rd. withiri the Brooklin small urban area. The surrounding land consista of a mix- ture of commercial and.industrial proporties with Brooklin Concrete located immediately across the street. SDespite' notices of public meetings, no sulimissions were received fromn neighboring proper- ty owners according to planning commissioner Dr. Mofeed Michael. It was noted that an abutting property owner offered some con- cerns at a Whitby council meeting, but was appeased when White Sterling subsequently revised the iayout of the site to provide greater setback and buffering of the area. MEMBERS of the- Durham Region braneh (Corral 221) of the Al American Horses Ass, distributed hampers to 20 needy familles just: before Christmas. Shown, from left, packing the boxes are Judi Hache of Ajax, president John Ward of Brooklin, vice president Grant Fry of Oshawa and. secretary Fred Thornton of Whit- by. Free Press photo