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scrap metal and some brush for Keren Adderley Chronicle Staff One person‘s junk is another person‘s treasure, so this year, the Region of Waterloo will be holding a Goods Exchange Day to encourage people to recycle their unwanted furniture and clothing. On Saturday, May 4, residents are encouraged to clean out their garages, basements, attics and back rooms and put everything they don‘t want, and someone else may be able to _use, out at the curb. Susan Sauve, Recycling Coordinator for the City of Waterloo, says the exchange is a way to reroute reusable items that would normally end up in the landfill sites into the hands of people who may want them. "What we‘re hoping is residents will take advantage of Goods Exchange Day to put out those items they would normally put out for the spring rubbish collection to be taken to landfill sites." Sauve says local charities have been invited to participate by scanning the streets for any items they may be able to use and local residents are also invited to attend. "It will be like a big garage sale without any money exchanging hands." says Sauve, "There will be all kinds of treasures available." The annual Spring Rubbish Collection will take place the next week after the goods exchange day, so anything left can be put back on the curb. Sauve says this year‘s spring rubbish collection will also take tires, but only if they‘re off the rims belcause of thcle_ extra cost factor, and may also take knvan matal aud sns t o t RSLCZ Don‘t throw out that old chair â€" exchange it The kits include simulated canâ€" nabis products (marijuana, hash and hash oil), and cannabis paraâ€" phernalia such as rolling papers, "The kits are good and they are explicit," Pisarchuk said. "Obviâ€" ously, it‘s not the real thing, but it‘s very close to what you‘d actually see on the street.‘" The police department uses the kits extensively in area schools and at community group meetâ€" ings when discussing drug educaâ€" tion and prevention. The kits, manufactured by a Mississauga company, display several different types of illicit drugs that may be encountered in the community. And although the drugs are simulations, they apâ€" pear quite real, said Waterloo Regional police service Const. Pete Pisarchuk. The local Lions Club has purâ€" chased new drug identification kits for the police department to replace older (previously donated by the Lions Club) drug identifiâ€" cation kits previously used. The Waterloo Region police service will be better equipped to carry out its drug education and prevention program this week, thanks to the Waterloo Chapter of the Lions Club. Deborah Crandal! Chronicle Staff Police receive gift of new drug 1.D. kits chipping. In the schools, the kits are used in conjuction with other drug education tools such as films and lectures. C1 Conneesaisiae occurs. We try to show them what these drugs look like, should they ever run into them on the street in a peerâ€"pressure situation." Pisarchuk said the old drug identification kits were enclosed by a plastic covering, but the new drug identification kits are earier to view, and children can actually touch some of the products on display. ‘"We use the kits in schools usually for students in Grade 6," Pisarchuk said. ‘"That‘s when the decissio‘r‘);making process usually (knives heated on a stove to burn hash â€" they appear burnt at the tips) cocaine and crack cocaine; opiates, including heroin and some cough medicines, and pharâ€" maceutical drugs; hallucinogen, including plotter LSD, microdot LSD, and magic mushrooms; stiâ€" mulants, _ including amphetaâ€" mines, a hypodermic needle, and pharmaceutical drugs; inhalants, such as aerosol sprays, depressâ€" ant drugs, such as alcohol and quaaludes; and tobacco. New to the kits are examples of steroid Deep Clean Any 4 Rooms Any Couch and Chair a {-oac}_n clip and hot knives $4500 moo it o uon onl h Thompson, who pushed for the service in a letter writing campaign, says he is pleased the new service is finally on the road. The United Taxi Service recently put the newest addition to their fleet on the road â€" a wheelchair accessible taxi. The taxi, a converted miniâ€"van, will soon be joined by two others and the company has licenses for two more that will be put on the road once the service is up and running. Sol "oC SE 0E 820 PUM Until now, that is. Now, Thompson, and hundreds of others who use wheelchairs can pick up the nearest phone and call a cab just like thousands of ot’}'i‘er residents in Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo. But the 30â€"yearâ€"old resident of Shamrock C oopera tive didn‘t have many options when it came to getting around town. His wheelchair makes public transporation impossible and car travel difficult. so he had to leave when the Project Lift van left, or he didn‘t have a ride home. Something as simple as calling a cab wasn‘t an option for Thompson. Keren Adderley Chronicle Staff Jeff Thompson wants to be more independent. He wants to go where he wants, when he wants and he doesn‘t want to depend on others or have to come home at midnight because that‘s when his ride is leaving. "Now I can come and go at my convenience Katherine Barthel (left) and Mark Rechsteiner were among Waterioo Collegiate institute students this week rehearsing for the school‘s upâ€"coming production of the hit musical "Anything Goes." The play is presented at the WCI auditorium April 24 through 27, 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for students, and $3 for children. The school‘s box office is open weekdays from 8:15 to 8:45 a.m., 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., and 3:15 to 3:45 p.m. omm eeemmmmmmmmmemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmemmmemmmememe......_.____"_t00 2 000C Wheelchairâ€"accessible taxi hits the streets We offer 4 cleaning methods ANYTHING GoEs , Just The new taxis will also be used to supplement the Project Lift service when there is an overflow of passengers, "Project Lift is limited by its schedule because it serves a lot of people at the same time It is also limited by the boundaries of Kâ€"W. but the cab can take a passenger virtually anywhere." [e DOWRe‘ 10. SavS Moser, to ensure that passen gers will receive the highest level of service Another benefit of the taxi service, says Moser, is the convenience of having a ride available when ever it is needed, that will go wherever it is requested. "The new taxi has a ramp and can carry up to tw passengers, in their chairs. and four ambulatory passengers. The passengers in the wheelcharrs are left in the chair and the chair is strapped down to the floor so it‘s a lot faster and safer than the old method." The drivers of the new taxis have all by Project Lift, says Moser, to ensure gers will receive the highest level of s In the past, calling a cab for someone in a wheelchair meant the usual car and a driver who had to lift the person from the chair to the car, store the chair in the trunk and repeat the procedure at the destination. United Taxi president Jim Moser says the new service will offer a safer. more dignified service. like anyone else freedom." Offer expires May 1/91 It will give s have all been "iy mm lot trained passen more