PA GE 14, W11I1,BYFREPRÉSS ~IsDAJkE ,1ù 9-yer-ol estian jured h acden A 9-year-old Whitby boy recei- yod à , broken Ieg and wrist when ho ran in front, of a car at, Dundas St. E. and Hopkins Iast Saturday. DLrham Regional Police report Michael Cook,, of' 95 ('awforth General Hospital with aIbrokTen St., wau crossing the intersection leg and wrist. against the lh ht when ho ' was hit by ýthe car avelli'ng east on Dundas at 9 p.m.. Police said the driver of the car Ho was takon to Oshawa was not charged. Cotnci decision im a 'disiervice PROM PAGE 6 remnoving a tic waste from a landfill site of such magnitude. We were teld that after the six-year interim period, that grand paacea, te Durham, Master Pan, will be in place. Here is where realism stops and naivete and gullibility prevail. Here is where facts are absent and dreains emerge. Here is where hope enters the con artist's tent. What is the Master Plan other than an expansion of, recycing and composting initiatives already underway or being studied? Even the most optirnistic targets fali short of what will be necessary te, ceasQ the use of P-i. Given the pouation growth, Metro will stili need a gigantic landfill site. This means they, wili either: (1) continue te use, P-i untill ail 150 hectares are full; <2) look for another site in Durham (McLaren Report p6-7 and 6-12), poosibly the Heber Down Conservation Area (see McLaren Report); (3) locate in some otheri region or- some unsuspecting1 municipality up north. In this1 case Durham will lose the onlyi advantage GTA offers and1 subsequently face major increasesi in dumping and transportationt costs or be forced te, develop ourc own site. Whyý' flot clo it now? Figures presented by PACT seem te indicate it will be financially viable. If you read again. the pros and cons isted in the Mcarn Report, p6-3 te p6-13, respecting landfihl alternatives: (1) Metro (GTA); (2) Metro asb with an energy-from-waste facility; and (3) Durbam only, you willsee they break down about evenly. Depending on your priorities, one bas the choice of short term financial gain or- Durham's autenomy coupled with the capacity te saeguard our envromet. By aligning Durham with GTA, council bas hitched our wagon te a bull with a bellyache and we will surely Eind ourselves impaled on its born. I have Ifttle doubt tnat there lha been a measureof collusion involved in council's decision. A collusion necessitated out of concern. that a vote against the recommendations could ultimately resuit in a Metro landfill site in one's own municipality. This is understandable but that fear was exacerbated by the misconception that a dunip had te be a Metro duxnp with its horrendous volume GENE BAL HAIRDWARE]t Semi- transparent WOOD STAIN water repellent a for exterior - i a choice of 48 colours $23. 49 for 4 litres 0~ 0> c1 >0 J s o -' o j.. Cordless Driver DriHî- 9.6v 3/9' ( lOmm)U removable 9.6vM batteryE " one hour quick charger " metal carrying case $199,050 COMMUNITY SCHOOL DAY CAMP REG ISTRATION J une 1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22, 2 6: 7 :30 - 9:00 pm. at Bellwood Community School, 30 Bellwood Drive, Whitby. The camp operates Monday to Friday,-from JuIy 4 - August 18, with a variety of games, sports.and arts and crafts. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 571-4770 of garbage. A Durham only alternative wauld have nmeant smaller, moremanageabl1e lanýfil sites and a mc reduced poSsbility of environental 'mpairmnent. By voting in favor of GTA,4 you have committed yet another municipality te a Metro landfll site in the all-too-near future. Your decision has only temporarily forestalled. the day when Metro garbagé will be coming te your bacçyard. PIckering and latey Durhamn, are often referred ta, as dormitories for Metro. You have now invited them te also use it as a trash can. Finally, I ask you te, question the action of Premier Peterson who, has apparently brushed asidegplic statements of two, of is inser (the pledge of a full EAA and the non-use- of proyincial land for waste disposai)., It' tells you, what lIittie protection your municipalities will have when your turn comes. Consider as well the Callous disregard hoe displayed teward the 17 years of uncertainty and dislocation infficted on this area by stupid, arrogant and insensitive governments. Mr. Peterson has ingratiated himself te, Metro, at the expgnse of people who have already endured much. pain and distress at- the hands qf government. Ho bas compounided his contempt by comprisinigth credibility of our MPP Noria Stener te, the degree that if she :ig te maintain hier integrity she may have te cross the f loor of the legisiature and sit as an independent.' I say independent because the two opposition leaders ducked the issue. Mr. Peterson bas no moral right, te do what hoe was-done and every card-carrying member of' the provincial Lberal party in Pickering should participate ini a card-burmng ceremony at the P-1 site. Mr. Peterson's intervention made council's decision much easier than another alternative may have been initially, but the -strings are many and long and the web is exceedingly tangled. You, the members of Durhanm regional council, have been caught up in a contrived urgency- and baznboozled inte maing a decision that represents a travesty against the people and -the land of Pickering. This decision is wrong. You can change it. You can frame a motion te, rescind as readily as the original was conspired. You can ensure that your legacy. as a representative of the people of Durhamnisl something other than another monstrous- gargage dump. However, should you persist with this atrocious plan, which caters te rather than confronts a societal sickness, I can only muse as the mountain of garbage, the Vesuvius of Whitevale rises before us, that eventually we will have a skd ili. We can name it Peterson's Peak. On 'the other hand we may have a subdivision where every home boasts a methane gas barbecue. It may be appropriately called Herrema Helghts. Then, of course, we have the airport as a congff attraction. 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