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Huron Landscaping donated a crabtree to the class which has been planted in front of the school. Digging are team captains, Kevin Trewartha and Pam Schneider. Standing next to Mr.-Talbot in the back row, at left is the school's Public Health Nurse Josee Charlebois. Students do the Huron Hustle Twenty-eight classes of eager, energetic students from 11 Huron County schools took part in the "Huron Hustle" during the month of May. The "Huron Hustle" is a physical activity promotion program that encourages students to be active every day. The program was offered by the Huron County Health Unit in co-operation with the elementary schools. During the month of May, students earned one kilometre for every 15 minutes of physical Continued from page 4 development, we insist that Huron Council reconsider alternatives to landfilling which are unsafe for the public within miles of the site. Ybur hesitation, which may have been justified at the time holds little water now. If you say that you are against incineration, it would be hypocrisy seeing that although it is environmentally harmful, you allow burning of waste at township dumps. If you are against incineration because you feel that it is too expensive, we challenge you to bring forth your updated reports on incineration costs? We completely agree with Huron County Councillor Mason Bailey who said "I don't think we should be looking for landfill sites anymore. The world is developing better methods of waste management, and they are very good methods." A landfill site is a landfill site, big or small, poison will get into the water and that is not going to go away. Your own documents state that some leachate will get into the groundwater. Moreover your proposed A3 dump will replace many smaller dumps. This is in direct conflict with up-to-date knowledge in waste management. At a seminar, a Committee member was told that it was safer to have several small dumps than one large dump, due to the higher concentrations of chemicals at one site. A few facts about municipal solid waste (MSW) dumps. Referring to a report entitled "Toxic Substances Emitted by MSW Landfills"; in its introduction it states the following. "This report reviews available data on toxic substances present in MSW landfill leachate and gas. These substances, many of which are carcinogens (cancer forming), activity they did at home, at school, or in the community. Each week, the average of the students' accumulated kilometres was recorded around the perimeter of a large map of Huron County. A certificate was presented to each participating class at the completion of the program. Two classes have been recognized for the long distances that they have travelled. One of these classes is Mr. Talbot's grade 7/8 class at Hullett Central Public School. They are being presented a flowering are emitted into the air, surface water and groundwater and thus present serious environmental and public health threats." The report lists 53 toxic compounds and metal found in the dumps studied. Ninety per cent of the dumps contained benzene and vinylchloride which are so toxic that they are banned from municipal landfills. With regard to the environment; methane which is emitted from dumps is a greenhouse gas and is a contributor to the greenhouse effect. In "a landfill without methane energy recovery generates 12 times more greenhouse gas than MSW combusted in a modern waste-to-energy (incinerator) facility. Even with the hopeful estimates for methane energy recovery, waste-to-energy is six times more desirable than landfilling". Likewise toxic substances are destroyed by the process of incineration. Europe and also Canada have the technology to dispose of waste permanently and safely. We do not have to re-invent the wheel. In conclusions, dumps are hazardous to the public safety which contravenes the obligation of responsibility municipalities have toward their constituents. Furthermore, this is no longer simply an issue of building a dump, but one of in whose hands we entrust our environment? Surely not into the hands of those who recklessly disregard or are ignorant of safer waste disposal technology? We perhaps cannot do anything about how the environment is mishandled half way around the earth, but to mishandle our environment here, with effects that will affect adversely three or more generations, is immoral. Sincerely, Rob McQueen. crab tree donated by Huron Landscaping, Lucknow. Their generous support is appreciated in helping to promote regular physical activity. People Mrs. George Townsend gradu- ated on Friday, June 16 from Humber College in Toronto. She graduated as a mortician. She is Matt Townsend's mother. Goodalls greet Greeters at Londesboro United Church on Sunday, June 18 were Don and Joan Goodall. Ushers were Garnet and Margaret Wright. Flowers on the memorial stand were in memory of Norman Cartwright, placed by wife and sons. The other flowers at the front were in memory of Gordon MacDougall whose funeral was on Friday. -This was Communion Sunday. The sermon topic was "Discovering God anew — The Journey Begins" Writer outlines landfill hypocrisy Help protect the environment Reduce, reuse and recycle