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WIIIBYFIREE PRESS, WEflNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1M9, PAGE 5 News flash from Ottawa: Lucien Bouchard is toying with the concept of a 'green' tax to cover the cost of fighting pollution. Great idea, 'that. If people want pollution brought under control, then let them pay the cost. 'Only natural, don't.you think? But while Lucien is at it, let us mix a few facts into the brew,, so to speak. Each of us adds his or ber own bit to the' environmentel mess around us. Some people emoke, some drive cars, almost everyone eats, and each of these activities cause some pollution. Or strain on the environment. Whatever., But before Lucien sterta taing us one more time,. perbaps he should pause. First of ail, give e veryone time toý digest Michael, Wilson's GSI'. That may tae a cou le of dozen montha for us to swallow, digest the 01,and - remember you read it flrst bers- eventuaIly to excrete the Tory government at the next élection. * But a pollution tax ein't gonna do nothing but delay the inevitable. Pollution won't be brought under contrai until we change our. thinlIdng. A turund of 180 degrees miightjustdo it. Bfore we start a 'green' tax, let's do some of, the obvious things: *ban styrofoam, in cups, ini meat trays, anywbere. Wash glsssforgoodnesd sake. *add a disposai tai on items wbich need disposai, and that includes just about everything. Robert Nixoni started the -trend with bis $5 tire tai - one I personally loathe since tbis ye the Swan bousebold bas te shel out for a conpleteset of tires. But the principle is great: extend it to automobiles, plastic children's toys, automobiles. Surely unemployment economists could calculate the approximiate disposai cost of eyerything. flien add that to the purchase price WITH OUR FEET UP by Bill Swan Start with the. obvious and make sure the money gt etelvlc government that does the diposing. heleelo * ban automobiles fromn the core cf every city. Allow only electric cars and public transit. * outlaw the cutting down cf natural *ferests. If this means tbe benning cf newspapers and bocks because they use paper, then se be it. The WItby Free Prss, for exemple, exists electronically before it is a produet y ou now hold in ycur hands. Why neot make its delivery by-electrcnic means mandatery? S.Okay, okay. You've heard most cf these before. The point being, pollution will -continue until we alter our thought process.*1 And for mosc f this century, our thougbt process bas been: bigger is better. Bigger cities are better. Bigger industries are better. Growth is necessary ta sustain our standard of living. It is the lest point on whicb the rescue of planet Eartb rests. Because, yes, indeed, growtb is necessery to sustain our standard of living. That is wby industrielists, and politiciens, now taik about sustaineble growtb. But the brutal fact remains: we will have ta lower our standard of living, as now measured, and be satisfied witb simpler things. Maybe we bave ta retire ta, a village and grow our own vegea1es. Maybe we give up our sacred automobiles. Maybe we give up huge, wide-screen television and read bocksfor goodness sake. Maybe we have zero tolerance for industries whicb spew poison into aur' air, diacharge death inta our water. webv Maybew ae ta no longer allow disposble products cf any kInd. Maybe we must once agein inuiet on poducts that last, that cmnb repaired. Sudfamilier? It should. It sounds very much like the year 1890. Perbaps we bavent come ail that 'fer, efter ail. In fact, if we add al sides cof the equation: the convenience, the- poisons, the alienatioýn cfycuth, the mess violence and hatred, the mcney, the canned laugh tracks, the money, the. greed - add tbat al together and I, think we've failed. Ironic, when yau think cf it, that the beet chance we bave' of solving the whole problem may, lie. in the inevitaibilityr of an econoniic disaster. That ls, a mqjor depression cornes along, shuts down most cf our main inidustries ",And gives us one. last chance ta bufid a s.tial society. Murder suspect to stand trial An Oshawa man cbarged witb murdering a 78-year-old Wbitby resident last year bas been faund fit ta stand trial. Douglas James Whittle," 28 will appear in Oshawa proviiiciai court ýApril 13 ta set a date for a prelimina ry heering. Results of a psycbatric assess- ment report preseuted in court last Friday indicate that Whittle is fit ta stand trial. . The report was ordered follow- ing Whittle's first appearance in court in February. A former natient cf Wbitby Psycbiatric }tospital, Whittle les c hergdiu connection with the Dec. 22, 1989 death. cf Frank Dowson of 915 Green St. Dowson's'death was oriially ruled an accidentafe a patholo- gist's report indicatd that he died following a faîl at his home. However, a follow-up police in- vestigation revealed that the ori- *ia findings were'in -errer and that Dowson died after beigý struck with an axe. Durhamn Regional Police act- ing on informattion from kîero Toronta Police, errested Whittle in early er ay and cberged him thmurderingDowson. Whittle was living in Dowson's home àt the time of-the incident. .Only a few weeks earlier Whit- tle had-been released froni the psychiatrie hospital where he was a patient for several years. Deffice counsel Robert Nuttal reviously told tbe court Whittle bas . ;been diagnosed as a paranoid schizopbrenic.'-. Judge Donald- Dodds ordered Whtte remauded in custady' until April 13. New Museiun is top p-riority DI. CAM ANDERSON, Wbitby trs, was one of the speakers, at Antonys for a March 21 lu». cheon meeting of the Whithy chapter of the Hea rt ind. Stroke Foundation. The chapter's 400 volun- teers raise about $125,O00each year. Ple ecce this Newsa!M 111 innuunnnnîinîuu muinnuui îîîîiiiiiîîiîîîîîniiiuiniiiniMOiIiiniiii 11111 Cops warn against Durham Regional Police are warning sbopkeepers te be alert after a counterfeit American $100 bill exchanged bauds iu Oshawa last week. Police say the bogus bill was tendered at a nortb Oshawa record stare last Wednesday; but was net discovered until the fol- lowing day by the store's bank. Ironicaliy, the bill is believed te bave been printed in Montreal last year, prier te police1 ing-up a ceunterfeiting based in that province. Constable Steve Bell, tl vestigating officer, said according ta Royal Car Mouuted Police the bill printed on hig tli makdng it diliult te 8 Belnl said the best way cf mzing a bad bill la ta ex By Nicole Lylyk- A uew museum heads the aigenda for the newly-elected pre- sident cf the Wbitby H-isteical Society, Murray Miskin. "T'he top priority,» Miskin pro- mises,» "%ste see that Whitby get a proper museuxn as soon as Possible.' A tempoary museum was set up in the Kendalwood Plaza but it bas since closed and is new used for sterage purposes.' Miskin plans te «work with the Whitby council te see that the p ronuse concerning the availabi- lity of the Centeunial Building fer the jurpese cf a museum SURI stands. If it's a go, te establishment will be operated jeintlyv by a Town represeutative and Society representative. 'We (Society) are working te become a maore *professional orgenization in terms cf respen- The executive, elected lest 'phony bitls' break- the serial number. If the letters ring and numerals are not perfectly aligned, then tbe bill is counter- he iu-, feit. 1that' The serial number cf this par- riadian ticular bill is B22522691A. Is are Bell said RCMP oflîcials have paper, nep idea how menýy bis may be pot a circulating in Caukida. This was the, first reported deter- case cf one turning up i Dur- :amine hem Region. week, includes. past president Bcd Angevaare, first vice pre- sident Jean Pilniuk, second vice president Steve Meek and trea- surer Joe Henein, and secretary Dr. Marg Boyce. IDirectaors are Nancy Miskin, Cathy Rowell,, Tony Martin, Allan Brayford, Deunis Lem- mick, Eleanor Rycroft dr. Nick Baker, Nancy Hogan, kick Worr and Jean Mclabb;. <Wcrr is chairman cf the Local Architectural Conservation Adyl- soiy Ccmmittee ( LACAC). Other upcoming goals for the Society iclude attempts ta in- crease, memb3ership. The mem- bership fee, is now at a nominal charge cf $5 ($3 for seniors). 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