PAGE -4t WHFIMYFRE PRES,- WEDNESDAY, APRIL -26,1989 Region giives 12-month notic orccln0ete Durham Recycling Centre Inc. (DRO) bas been given 12-month notice by Durham Region council while a review is undertaken of -recycling in the region. We review was recommended by Recycling Development Corp. which did a review of the Region's recycling prograin. The report found that while DRC deserves credit for the emergence of recycling in the Région, changes are needed if the Région is ta, reach its goal of recycling 25 per cent of its gar- bage, averaging 300,000 tonnes a year, by 1993. During that 12-month period the report urged the Région to look at three options: - Allow DRC to continue hand- ling receycling; - Tender recycling to a private company; - Get tbe area municipalities involved by letting them collect recyclable material and the Region process and market the material. No public discussion has been held about tbe future of tbe 40 fulI-time employees now employed at the' centre. Eployees had begun to nego- tiate collective agreement wben the 12-month notice was given. Sue Crowley, operations mana- ger at the centre, saîd the new buildingi inadequate in size while there are not enough trucks to collect recyclable materials left at the curb by residents. «If it weren't for the good people ... I don't think we'd do it,» she said of pick-up service. The annual meeting of Dur- ham Recycling Centre Inc. was held April 12, witb board posi- tions to be decided May 10. Currently Pickering mayor Wayne Arthurs is chairman, Gerry Emin of Whitby is vice- chairnian. Other board members are Bob Rutherford of Whitby, Randy Bowmanvilie, G ail Lawlor of Pickering,, Ken Lancaster of Osh-- awa, LarryDupuis of Oshawa Catherine 1idt of Pickering and Peter Pos of Ajax. Regional appointees are Mayor Don -Hadden of Brock and Osh- awa councillor John Aker. Neighiborhood Watch tip leads to arrest a fter break and enter By Tamara K. Downes The Neigbborhood Watch pro-< grai that recently began in the Bellwood area in east Whitby has been credited for a tip that led to an arrest after a break and enter at à home there in the past month The Neighborhood Watch began in Bellwood in response to incidents of break and enters. 'Bock captains' were enlisted, to watch every 10 ta 15 homes,' says Sue Trei who chairs the pro2ram. Atig, "frts doinig very good hng, she says, adding that almost, everyone in the -Bellwood com- munity is- involved with the pro- gramn. The arrest was made after a resident saw someone entering his neighbor's garage. The resi- dent contacted Durham Regional Police and was able týo give an "9excellent description" and direc- tion of travel of the suspect, said Kristina McCann, of t he police department's community services bureau. She'said there are now. .-18 Watches in WIhitby, involving a total of 3,596 bouses. Anyone interested in starting a Neighborhood Watch in their commnunity can contact McCann at 579-1520 (ext. 283 or 284). 13Doorcrasher Special JAC K- GRiANT RIEALTY CORPORATION 66-400 4% MLS RESIDENTIAL MLS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT 668n4000 É.