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NSHIP ; 19 / ® ALNWICK/HALDIMAND TOW Wo en nA rreensi ns Ko o+ i; A1€ cl 1/ /2 t CI hm I REDUCE standpoint there their products which used to _ culture in our normal daily Ngnhumberlnnd County % has been an 8.5% improveâ€" go directly land fill. life? In a recent survey, _ is again hosting the Nee« John Logel ment. This reduction is Did you know, the Blue Box responses came 'ba.ck stating annual Mayor‘s Keep the gwisitly COoUNCIL attributed to glass, newspaâ€" Brand we all know today, was because blut'a boxing mi}kes County Clean Challenge for B TB per, cardboard and paper. developed as a pilot project, me feel good!, "because "blue \â€" the seven towns and townâ€" « |CORNER Instead of glass, we have plasâ€" _ 30 years ago inâ€"Kitchener boxing is my environmental | « ships located within on COMâ€" .. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"____â€"_____ _0 tic bottles (lighter and easier _ Ontario.(Google blue box effort" and "I am willing to | munity. This year the Chalâ€" groups are all urged to join in. _ to compact), newspapers that recyclingâ€"Wikipedia). In the pay more for Blue 'Box 7 > lenge runs from April 16 Last year‘s participation rate are smaller and thinner and early, 1970s Toronto, and friendly products." 7 through to the 21. almost doubled that of previâ€" _ cardboards that are less other Ontario cities were Surprising as it may seem, Alnwick/Haldimand resiâ€" ous years, and with additional _ dense but more ridged and dealing with problems related _ there are still areas and states dents can register with awareness programs this year, _ stronger. Electronic mail and _ to garbage incinerators and on this continent were Blue Dianne Nicholas (905â€"352â€" we hope to achieve the same _ eâ€"banking has made for a draâ€" dumpsites. Across southern Box systems are not pracâ€" 3949) and pick up bags and feat: a cleaner environment matic reduction in paper for Ontario several towns and ticed. All household waste is > tools at both municipal attracts visitors and is a better _ letters, reports and monthly cities started recycling proâ€" simply placed in the same offices in Grafton and Roseâ€" place to live. bills A further 4% reduction jects involving various techâ€" container and carried to the | neath any time after April 9. 1 recently attended the is the result of REUSE, the niques including dropâ€"off curbside. What a lost opporâ€" The litter collected along ROMA (Rural Ontario Municâ€" _ biggest contributor being depots with a wide range of tunity. | roadsides and other public ipal Association) conference. _ recycled.clothing, as well as collectables including paper, I will close off with a futurâ€" properties is to be placed in We heard about the history of _ items from garage and yard cans and bottles. Kitchener istic quote, without knowing green bags, and then left Waste Management in sales and of course Kijiji. was the first to offer curbside . the author‘s name: "Our only along the roadside for pickup _ Ontario. In the past 25 years, _ Finally, there has been a 2% pickup for separated recyâ€" i waste is our failure to turn ‘ by our public works staff. annual waste generated has due to RECYCLE instead of clables and waste. Now, the things we discard into things _ Individuals, families and dropped by 15%. From a going to landâ€"fill. Have you Blue Box system and variaâ€" we value." noticed scrap metal bins with _ tions of it are in place in hunâ€" i !hfusign "Free Metal Dropâ€" dreds of cities around the John Logel is an Almwick / y i ENVIRONMENT ye oay / ffiénfligfifig ralsnglrglfnrez;§ world. Why has the blue box. _ Haldimand Township.councilâ€" : ; © 7 e ecyclin been accepted and become a _ lor. CI”D‘<M‘M§%WD 7 tl 1A42Z2 ycling p m â€" gs after flail mower fire _ rouce : VALERIE MACDONALD g:iré-lple(ed, Martherus also ( rafton man Northumberfand Today The contractor who was GRAFTON â€"The Ministry _ brushing Alnwick/Haldimand : of the Environment is continuâ€" . roadsides, Len Legge, was not * ing to monitor the cleanup of _ injured when the machine he C ar e ‘ a ] 1t spilled hydraulic fluid after a _ was operating caught fire. He brush cutter, or flail mower, _ was able to move it into the : caught fire on Clouston Road entranceway of a field on B i o which runs north off Academy _ Clouston Road, acting public 1 t Hillknear Ste. Anne‘s Spa last _ works director Shawn McBride 1S O rl C S exu a aSS au week. said at the time. "There were no ofiâ€"sitci: enviâ€" â€" The machine was comâ€" j eATHuy M P 6ralANMo 3 é4tâ€"S Mn â€" 247] jz ronmental impacts," followin; letely consumed by flames in the fire late Tugsday aftemoong, gnd tfije fire deparm}:ent was Accused 0P3f0195 ch?jrged mt'h:indecint a;sallvl; on a mtalg ministry senior environmental _ called to extinguish them. 1 and gross indecency. He was arreste office yiim Martherus told vmacdonal%lu@northumber- anlmol SOI’ICI’UOTY Monday and is scheduled to appear in a Northumberland Today. landtoday.com f E Toronto court in May. The company that owns the twitter.com/NT_vmacdonald JEFF MITCHELL Bill Valliere is identified as the managâ€" machine Stranged cleanmp l _ 0 O n s jmitchell@durhamregion.com er of the Endangered Animal Sanctuary g/lt‘lagtb Elrtu 3 lssai dp r_]g};g; E;Sfiégtgé i â€" on Whitehead Road, north of Grafton, on soil was being removed from GIVE US GRAFTON â€" The operator of a Norâ€" the website for the Central East Ontario the site, he added. YOUR VIEWS thumberland animal sanctuary has been _ Community Information Database. The The ministry will monitor _SEsRO R Snd charged with the historical sexual _ facility is described as "a home for aniâ€" and confirm the clean up is _ wwwinorthumberlandtoday.com assault of a male in Toronto. e " mals with nowhere else to go." â€" m Toronto police aren‘t revealâ€" ‘fr-i The sanctuary also offers preâ€" x ing . exactly _ when . the . & '“-‘U N sentations on conservation, B UTILITIES: Work expected to be complete in August > | _ alleged _ offence _ took . @@@ pere 10 i. biology and animal welfare, | _ place, but said Monday MAAA , _ the website notes. \__ they believe there may f /‘ mc f“ \\ Endangered _ Animal Cramahe seeks tenders | he more victime, sex | (ARMIR] [MB) senctuary . was â€" estabâ€" A \__ Crimes Unit Detective | ‘”’ m m e ) lished in 1967, accordâ€" _ Constable Jason Recâ€" \(\ *\ % | IRET) _ ing to the site. The faciliâ€" { g i i \ as f § for Wat t \ _ tor said a complainâ€" "ifiL 4 }?‘ / _ ty moved from Toronto to er me e rS | ant told police he was \\\ ‘E-) 2 / Grafton, Det.â€"Const. Recâ€" sexually assaulted while C3 4) /.»" tor confirmed. Onte they have been _ volunteering at a facility _ ~<&W@n® )age‘ An investigation conâ€" BOB OWEN installed, Colborne residents called the Endangered Aniâ€" mm . tinues. Call police at 416â€"404â€" will pay based on usage. mal Sanctuary. . 7474 or Crime Stoppers at 416â€"222â€" CRAMAHE TOWNSHIP â€" They currently pay a flat William Valliere, 71, of Grafton, is 8477. Council agreed on March 6 to _ rate., commence metered water The installation of meters is usage in the village of Colâ€" reported to significantly borne later this year. Council _ reduce water use and extend & moved the process along a the capacity of the water little more on March 20, passâ€" _ supply system, and of the ing a resolution to seek tenâ€" . waste water treatment plant. ders for the installation of the This phase of the initiative meters. will cost about $300,000. Of It is expected that the . that, $202,852 is funded by the meters will be fully installed _ Ontario Small Waterworks £ by the end of August 2012. â€" Assistance Program (OSWAP). j vokrpuAsencors moty uyprr or/p _