WiITBY FRýEIi I>RZESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1985, PAGE 1 7 Region to continue using Metro dum1p By SUSAN LESJAK Free Press Staff Despite an im- passioned appeal fromn Pickering to iearn from past mistakes, Durham Regional Council voted 17-10 last week to enter into yet another joint waste disposai venture with Metro T oronto. The pan, recommen- ded by regionai coun- cil's works committee, wilî allow Durham to dump its garbage in a Metro landfill site to be located on Durham land. The new agreement will replace a similar one that the region now has with Metro at the Brock West site in Pickering. Having neared capacity, this site is scheduled to be losed down by 1992. While the joint plan wiil be less expensive than the region's alter- native of establishing ifs own iandfill site, it means that Durham will Corridor Capers By MARY MCEACHERN ~JCalil 725-8967 wlth items for this coiumn TUR KE YSU éPPE R The Westminster United Church U.C.W. will hold their annual turkey dinner in the Church Hall on Saturday, Oct. 26. Tickets for the dinner will be available from members of the U.C.W. PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVES The P.C. Women's Association will hold a Hallowe'en Party on Friday, Oct. 25 at the Red Barn in Oshawa. Tickets are $10 a person and may be ob- tained from Alice Whiting 655-3860. Dress is costume of your choice or if you prefer not to dress for the occassion, you may go casual. Light buffet wili be served. OCTOBERFEST The Durham West P.C. Association will hold their annual Octoberfest on Saturçlay, Oct. 19 at the Pickering Recreation Complex, Pickering Village. Tickets are availabie from local P.C. members. The cost is $8 a person and German food will be served. CAPERS BALL The annual Capers Bail, sponsored by the Corridor Area Ratepayers Association, will be held at Heydenshore Pavillion on Saturday, Nov. 2 fromn 8.:30 p.m. to 1 arn. Tickets are $12 a couple for members, and $14 for non-memnbers, and may be purchased from any executive member. Prizes, lunch and cash bar. Reserve your ticket early. NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCII The Kendalwood Heights Neighbourhood Watch is now in the process of being formed. The captains of each street will be out canvassing, and you are en- couraged to join. To become an effective and strong group, 90 per cent of the neighbourhood will have to ibecome members. Welcome your street captain when he or she calîs on you. As members of the Corridor Area Ratepayers Association, ail costs for Neighbourhood Watch will be covered. Together, we can ail help to lessen crime in our immediate area. ELECTION FEVER Very shortly, election signs will decorate the Ian- dscaping. Think before you make your important decision. This will affect your street, your sidewalk or your neighbourhood. Choose wisely. THE PRINCE RESTAURANT 1009 DUNDAS ST. E., WHITBY 666-2811 SPECIALIZING IN GREEK CUISINE We would llke to let ail of our customners know that starting Monday, October 7th185 we will1 be open Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m. - 11:30 arn. & Sat. & Sun. 8 a.m. - 1 p.rn. for our: "'BREAKFAST I SPECIAL611 continue to be the depository for millions of tons of Metro gar. bage. Pickering councillors, well aware of what that means, said they don't want any more Metro's garbage. "In the last two weeks, the smell from that dump (Brock West) would drive you out of town," said Pickering Mayor Jack Anderson, III don't think we'll be doing ourselves any favor by getting into bed with Metro." If the region enters in- to an agreement with Metro "we're looking at millions of tons of gar. bage as compared to hundreds of thousands," said Pickering coun- cillor Norah Stoner. "We'll lose control physically and finan- cially of our waste disposai. " While Stoner acknowiedged that the cost of establishing a regional land.fill site was great, she said it was a lot less than the environmental price the region would pay for going in with Metro. After ail the region's recycling programs and efforts to divert garbage from landfill sites, why "invite Metro to dump their garbage in our landfili? " she asked. Ajax mayor Bill McLean suggested however, that Pickering was unnecessarily sounding the alarm. "I've heard we're ruining our environ- ment. I disagree. This council is very sensitive to the environment, 50 let's get rid of that red herring." "Financially and en- vironmentally, this is the way to go," said McLean. "It'd be more disastrous to go it alone." The cost of starting up a regional site is estimated at $20 million. Debentured over 20 years, this sumn would increase to $45 million or a 7 per cent tax in- crease annualiy. "We can't afford it" said Oshawa councillor John Aker. Simply, "on our own we'Illbe dead." Aker also argued that the region wouîd neyer be able to agree on a site if it were to go it alone. -it would be the most political decision ever made. We'd discuss it for years and neyer make the decision,"-he said. "lWe have time, seven years," protested Stoner. Although she agreed that site selec- tion wouldn't be easy she said a debate would ensure that the best en- vironmentai decision was ultimately made. Newcastle councilior Diane Hamre disagreed. "We've tried to be progressive (about the environmentl in the last few years," she said. "If we go with our own landfill site, we lef t over to even look at alternatives ... we're iooking at.7 per cent for the next 20 years for nothing but landfill. " During the hour-long debate on waste management, several councillors expressed interest in incineration and other alternate methods of waste disposai. "By not putting large amounts of money into regionai iandfill, the region retains the ability to investigate and put in place those other alternatives," ex- plained Durham's public works com- missioner Bill Twelvetrees. In an interview foilowing the council meeting, Stoner said she was disappointed, though not surprised by counils decision. She has no intention, however, of giving up the fight. From here, said Stoner, an organization will be formed to oppose the creation of a Metro landfili site in Durham. plans inciuded possible legal action, Stoner repiied, "you bet, first thing off." .$Pickering's been local organization that can beat the federai government," she said. "If we can do that, we can do this. 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