Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), April 1990, page 7

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hree‘WI branches join forces 0 offer ollution solution night v Lynne Bamford "Lising blue boxes is good. but there are any otherways to help the envrronment." This was the objective of an information | organized by Binbrook, Woodbum nd Maggie Johnson Women’s institutes. aid at the local arena last fall. The evening as ~upported by the township and atâ€" cit-d 133 residents. The doors opened to the public at 7 p.m. llot- ing time to browse around the 12 [splays provided by groups like the “para Peninsula Conservation uiiirity, the Constervers‘ Society of amiian. Zehrs (Green Products): Safers [Oti-iClS; the Hamilton Environmental Acâ€" 'on Team. Ti - first speaker of the night was a local out: tllor who discussed safety precau- ionn ill the landfill site and recycling rojt _ is in area schools. She was followed y the owner/operator of the company hi it collects blue boxes in the uni! ipality. He encouraged everyone to out .me using blue boxes. He noted ifll3'l'00k is third in recycling in the giro, Composting was explained. Cur- nil over 1.000 tons of organic material oes tnnecessarily to land fill. A representative of the Ontario Ministry t lit: Environment emphasized everyone hUU tJ take a role in working against pol- tio. because everyone contributes to pol- lilt‘ . He explained waste does not disap- m it just changes form. In [985, for xait Jle. a regulation was approved which 53 :- dti trial water protection and clean air [Ogitlms in the future. The ministry‘s goal 25 per cent of our garbage will be saved Olll landfill sites by 1992. and 50 per cent y 3‘ '00. Our next speaker. from the Ontario aw Management Corporation. talked :1 household hazardous waste. She said dyt-itising has made us fanatical about "'1‘ clean and having clean homes. We §e wrong-chemicals to rid our homes of In and germs. About 86.000 tons of hazâ€" dfttts waste is dumped every year. of hIL'll only three per cent is disposed of E correctly. in many instances. baking soda and vinegar can adequately replace hu/r ardous cleaners. The representative from the Ontario Public interest Research Group en- couraged those in attendance to become more political. citing the fact that 50 per cent of the wealth in Canada is controlled by 10 per cent of the people. He said big industry encourages waste. claiming there is an endless supply. He said any society which says you must choose between Jobs and the environment is a sick society. The last person to speak represented the Windstar--Ontario Connection. She talked about the holes in the ozone layer and the ditch. oi the Enriri Viti'it'l (iii .[tlii ‘iitt suggested mt- i’n: nth-ram iii ridi’itiwht tit lltli their right lltL‘Tl‘nl but not Mil-:mlv‘ Lib). At the end oi the can-rim; tillt' il'ilt L‘umc Irnm the Hunt i'--..:lri answerer] them hlriicallj. Beirtrt: [warm \‘r't‘lll home. the}; cnjngwl retrumhriicitt l',ut;.i served in v.u»hahlc cup: and ltiiriit- ital .t't. The opportunity to initirrrtttll} litch our concerns and to l’CLtii. c pcrttrterti lllit trrtid non made the exciting a ~ur - L_\‘llHt' Burn/ind it [ht pith/r. rumor/i fit r‘i'jrn' ll r'iitit in'tli limit/t ii/ Skit is unique every time By Doris Chant When the local village was celebrating the centennial of becoming an incor- porated village. the ladies of the Athens Women‘s Institute decided to find their own way to mark the centennial. The result was a one act play, complete with period costumes. The Characters tall-t about affairs of the day. their children. and some of the new innovations of a century ago. The production is unique because it is totally ad libbed and the dialogue is never exactly the same. This. at first. seems impossible to produce. But in actuality. it comes across lhztn ' £1?! , _ . The "at'rw's”.fi'rmi Icfi'ro i‘i'lqhim'c Br-iilui‘r Lit'incslunt'. il'ltu‘tvtii i'ltr‘nti'liii, biotin \. mutt-i would usually bL‘ necessary FIN. on Hot- line ot‘evcnts to he Lil\(.U\\t;’Li1\ made Edth partiCipunt idk€\ some topic, or [Iiiâ€"inn 1.. study. At the pT;ltllL€. the conic-n til‘xU“ events as though the ex elil~ happened Ul‘iil yesterday The result l\ .tn euxilt produced phi). Humor is added it! [i‘lL‘iilKlilTlL ticldlh [-t provide Interest. Because the slut l\ rim ur the more i\\ lLL the Athens W] has been in\ tied ttv perituttt the pla) tit three other IULtli i'unciittitx tlitt year. Din“ Chan! I'\ the [7H \\ ii/nwtr tut xii/1cm ll'imrun' \ [mi/Inn I set I}; [Intimmi Lmnnn‘Si'Iiapt'I/mtimmi. Ft‘crl’u.S't'lmu/rinir. hit: l'uiniu. [ruining/tritium . l‘t .r: Dan‘s C ham. iuun \lilrc‘ii. \pni \iit ll .\ L

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