Why Freè Press, Wednesdf&y, Janù,y 25, *19DM * page 35 .Des Newman 30s, cail to arms' CONSERVERS BY 2000? As we enter the second hali' of this decade, the folloig quota is worth pondering: "The saving of the world i'rom impending doom will comne -- flot through.the complacent adjustment of the conforming miùnority." - Martin Luther King, Will we be a conserving socety by the year 2000? The term, 3R.s is now commonplace, but are we really aware of their order of importance -- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.' We have ta learn ta reduce. Did y ou know that North Arnericans use 80 per cent ai' the world's resources. We must learn ta buy only what we really need and ta avoid overpackaging. Secondly - reuse. Be resourceful and find ways ta, reuse items many times over. Give unwanted articles ta, people who cari use them. Lug-a-xnug ta, places where you expect te receive a beverage. Recyc le only what is left over. Recycling waa publicized ahead of'the first 2Rs simplbecause the blue box had a visual image. In 1984, the -first cycling Week occurred in early November. However, in order ta incorporate the importance ai' reduce and reuse, the Recycling Council of Ontario (RCO), ; snsors of the week, changed the name ta 'Waste Reduction Citizens in Peterborough took reuse seriously when in JuIy the city's newspaper included a four-page special pullout section entitled 'City ai' Peterborough Recycling News,' which was a guide te reuse in and around the city. It listed 50 businesses and organizations that buy, sell or acoept donations ai' used and scrap materials. Alai' the outlets listed help keep valuable resources out of landfill. Residents who used the services offered frequently earned money for their used items, or helped a family or overseas community in need -- instead ai' creating unnecessary waste. The guide, researched by two Trent UniversiVys waste management students and produced by.Peterborough Green- Up, was organized in two, sections: a main alphabetical isting that described each business or arganization and a list of reuse apportunities by material. Due te, a typa errar,, an incorrect'telephone number was given for the CO. The number is 1-800-2683-2849. COMING EVENT: Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m., St. Mary's Catholic High School in Pickering (west side ai' Whites Road North just south of Finch). Durham Environmental. Networks regular ,meeting with grest speaker Cathy Taylor ai' the Ontario Environruent Network ta, address the Environmental Bill of ]Rights. Semîarsfor charîty groups Community Volunteer Accountants (Durham Region) will present seminars for not-for-profit and charitable organizations on Jan. 31 and Feb. 28. Bath seninars will be held at the Whitby Professional Building, 420 Green St., suite 207, ut 7:30 p.m. The Jan. 31 seminar on 'Budgeting and Coat Controls' will focus on the importance of budgeting and cost controls for not-for-profit groups. The need for planning, setting objectives, and reporting will alsa be discussed. Whitby dMplcate bridge, EUI and Olga Howdn 1165. Dind and Juua van"r" 1>.O01 i and May CGray 1010. Jim Allen and Joan Rogers MOI). Flo Châdsrhose and FHoppyCanwh 98.0. Jack aid Maron Mol. 90.,Dori and Don Howe 77.5. Pal Adame and Tnjdy Rueit 67.0. Jan. 1 Don and Dodis Hoes 114,0, Jack and Maron Mole 1>3.5. OBiland Olga Hoeiden 1015. Flo Childerhom and FrnikM ikey 98.5. EUI Kr nid John Creeden 98D. Jim Allen and Jean Rogers OU., Frank Herring and Bernis Bryani 89.5. UIIanid Mary Gray 87.5. EUf Charter abdidiiivandenBerg 92. East-West Jan. 11 Margaret Wadg. aid Rih Methven 1>.13 Audrey ad Jwn WMon 1>7A. Ron and Chris Adair 1>4.5.Thersa Gogge anid Juno Hm*w 1M£.9, Georgia Bovay anid Leona Biai 942%~ Frank Ferfig and Be"sieByafit3I. Di Kerr and John Creeden 8325, Kari Wagrier and Marguerte Rosole 92M6. Mlle JLty aidRmis Raberts 77.t. A. Kolnslcy and T. Bolossia1)72%~ Audrey and JimWMon 1>1.5 Ron and Chris Aar94J). Jun. "dAlex Hm" e93-5. IUnsençland iad Vonmie Wbarrio 891%. Atert "aid wn Knlb 82D. Kart Wagner and Margueie PRool 81D. I-Fcha Rd and Lena Bfr 75D. Trudy Ross and Pal Adami 720. Thoreea Goggai aid John HavbeO2. The Feb. 28 seminar on 'Completing Açnual Information Returns' will focus an the preparation and completion ai' federal and provincial annual information returns. Comniunity Volunteer Accountants (Durham Region) is a service linking not-for-profit organizations with volunteer professianal accauntants, who provide free business and accounting advice. Call 905-430-9122 te, register. PROM PAG0E 8 We are the meeting place for gKovernment and industry; we are te hosts, the introducer, the transiator, the matchmaker in many cases the confidant. IËow well we do our work will reflect on the health of our community and ultiniately the health of this nation. John Stackhouse in a recent article entitled 2hie Hurnan Scrapheap,' in The Report on Business, has said if Canada wants its -share of investment and the jobs of the future, it will have to offer. the skills of the future, for in the'emierging global economy, companies will need engineering technologists,. sys- terrs analysts, computer pro- grammiers, tool and die m akers, machinists, welders and health care workers -- and if they are not here, they will go to other countries. Like the Japanese, Canadians will soon be expected to master several jobs in one career; even factory workers will need te understand statistical process control,' computer programming and team techniques lite brain- stormning. Workers can no longerý function with the knowýledge ,of one single skill, says David Wolf, a labour force expert at the University of Toronto. Wolf believes that every worker must be equipped with four pillars of learning: functional literacy, technological proficiency, pro- blem-solvring skills and the abi- lity te communicate. Armed with those fundamentals, anyone, he believes, can learn a specific skili. In order te meet challenges posed by those changes, Canada must take a bold and decisive step te change the way we do things and the waLy we think about ourselves and our role in the world, if future generations are going te have the standard of living te, which we have become accustomed. We must develop a strong knowledge-based component ait our economic structures, a means ot divers!Wngour economies in a way whidh will produce' goods An undetermined amount of jewelry was taken in abreak-i at a Chiltern Place residence- Friday afternoon. Police say the culprit(s) forced open a rear sliding door ta get into the house sometime between 2 and 9:30 p.m. The master bedroom was rami- sacked but nothing else was taken. An investigation is con- tinuing. I THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY 0F DURHAM PUBLIC NOTICE A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE DURHAM REGIONAL OFFICIAL PLAN TAKE NOTICE that the Regionai Municipality of Durham is considering a general amendment bo permit large retail warehouse uses in Employment Areas. In order ta assiat in "i evaluation of this proposed amendment thie public is invited ta provide input by way of submnission ta thie Region's Planning Department. Information related bo the proposed amendment is available in thie offices of hie Planning Departrnent bocted at Box 623, 1615 Dundas Street East, 4th Floor, Lang Tower, West Building, Whitby Mail, Whitby Ontario Li N 6A3 or by calling Grant MoGregor at(95 728- 7731 <Witby Liney<905) 686-1651 (Toronto Une). Please provide written submissions ta the Cornmissioner of Planning at thie above noted ad&ress priai' ta Friday, February 24, 1995. Please include your address and telephone number and file number identified below in any submission. FILE NO.: 4.16.7 GERRI-LYNN OOCONNOR Charmaen, Planning Commtte. A.L GEORGIEFF M CJ.P. Commîsson.r of Planning and services apropriate ta the emerging trends in the world economy ad aur place in it. This is not a new concept; the warn- ing signs 'have been there for a long. time. Countless academic studies and meetings have been conducted, and ah aof them war- -ned of those coming changes. By and large, thegy have been ignored by Canadians and one wonders why. I believe it is a matter aof attitude. Canadians in general do'nat think of them- selves as being a competent source ai' advanced techniology. We still have a national attitude which seems ta, say that if some- thing is sophisticated and tech- nologically advanced, it muet have come from samewhere else; that we are not capable of achievement in a dvanced materials. It must come from somewhiere else -- the facts, however, indicate otherwise. From a technical point ai' view, we need take siecond place te no one. Our, achievements in creat- ing advanced technology over the past century speak -or them- selves; from the invention ai' the telephone ta the Canadarm, Canadian science and engineer- ing has been characterized 'as being.of the. highest quality. Ini- novation, economy in the use ai' resouroes and performance and reliability ai' those final producta are the measure by which overal quality of such an endeavor are measured. By these criteria, it is my view that Canadian engineers and scientists have coninullydemonstrated them- selves te be among the best in the world. Therefore,, ta build such.an econarnic structure will require a change ai' attitude on ail aur parts. If we are te play a raIe in the world economy, we must have an ability ta compote and again dominate by the exploitation ai' advanced technology and know- ledge. lni short, it will require the development of an science- and technology-oriented culture. The shaping of such a change in attitude in the population is an essentially politîcal task. With- out leadership ut the political level, it will not happen. Sa there you have it. Fargive me for hei g serious on a funny evening. Bu t the two issues rPve addressed are important for you and for me. This region must corne together under its chair- man. It is imperative that we order aur priorities and we estabhish a strategic plan. We have enormous industrial capabi- lity in this region w*lling te help our -political friendsad we do not have the luxury of time. As the interest created by the infrastructure programi subsides we will see the naked reality o the global economy staring us in the face. The GM problem is not over. It will reappear when we least expect it. Our national debt will not evaporate; it is growing ut the rate aof $40 billion a year. If Mr. (Finance Minister Paul) Martin is successful at reducing our annual deficit, remember that it will be as a result aof reducing government expendi- tures and that nieans money out of the economic stream, less sier- vices and fewer Jobs. Are we ready for the consequences? We can be if- we understand and react. As Edniund* Burke said, 'Government is simply a contri- vance of- huznan wisdom te pro- vide for huinan needs,' ahi as Isiah Bowman reminda us, 'No mani can enjoy. the privileqe aOf education and thereitr with a clear conscience, break fu*s con- tract with society. To respect that contract is.te be mature. To strengthen it is te be an uncom- mon man. To do more than your share is te be a leader among men!' I thank you for your friendship and your support. This has been a wonderful evening. ri (g 1995 INTERIM'TAX NOTICE The first instalment of taxes for 1995 is due and payable February 115, 1995. Taxes may be paid at any Whiîtby bank without collection charges, or at the Municipal Offce , 575 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario. In addition, taxes may be paid by telephone bill payment services through TD Bank, Canadas, CIBC, or Ban k of Montreai. If you have not received a tax bill and you are responsible for payment, please contact the Tax Department ait 668-5803 to obtain the necessary information. If payment is not received by the due date, penalty wili be added on the frst day of defauît and the flrst day of each calendar month so long as non-payment continues, at the rate of 1-1/4% per month, or part thereof. LYNN PIKE SUPER VISOR 0F REVENUE Rural/Urban Roadside- Grounds Maintenance Contract W95-26 Parks Property and Urban Boulevard Grounds Maintenanoe Contract W95-27 Tenders for the above wuil be received by Ginny Lock, Purchasing Agent, until 2.00 p.m., Wednesday, February 8, 1995. Specifications and tender forms are available at the Town of WhtyTreasury Dep>artrnent, 575 Rossland Road East, Whtby, ntn.Telephone (005) 668-5803, extension 236. A oertified cheqûe in the amount specifled in each of the tender documents must acoempany each bld. The owner shafi have the right not tu accept the lowest or any tender. GINNY LOOKI CLU. P. Mgr. PURCHASING ÂAdENT