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azar o
u s waste
pick-ups continue as
county
makes
plans to
createyear-roundwaste fac
Ben Forrest bleach and oven cleaners; solvents keep in step." "Granted, it's not 100 per
such as varsol and paint thinners; HWDDs will also be held at cent environmentally friendly to
pesticides and herbicides; the Works Yard at 82 dispose of it that way, but the alter -
pool and photographic Nelson St. in Exeter on natives are much worse."
chemicals; pharmaceu- Sept. 8, and at the The county is in the midst of
ticals, fluorescent lightWorks Yard at 445 undertaking a waste management
bulbs and light fuels. SO, there are Josephine St. in master plan, he later added, which
The county has some fairly Wingham on Sept. 22. _ includes exploring alternative dis-
offered this program The waste will be col- posal methods.
'ince 2003, said Rian progressive lected by the specially- "It's fairly far down the line
Allen, a student plan- municipalities trained staff of Hotz right now, but I think that the coun-
ner who is organizing ' E n v i r o n m e n t a l ty has seen that waste is a fairly big
the Hazardous Waste , out.there and Services Inc., and the issue, and nobody wants it in their
Disposal Days we just wanted collection will be fairly back yard," he said. "It's a matter of
(HWDDs). regimented. balancing the public interest and
"Looking at to keep in "It's very regulated the needs of the county." •
some of the larger ' in terms of who gets to The following precautions
urban centres, they Step,' p pick up the waste, and are provided for dealing with haz-
offer a fairly broad Rian Allan, who disposes of it," ardous waste: r,
range of disposal meth- planner,student.said Allen. • Never mix hazardous materials
ods — everything from Once collected, every- together. This may result in a chem -
car batteries to house- thing that can be recy- ical reaction.
hold paints, and some places like cled will be recycled. The remaining • Keep all product§ in their original
Waterloo will even let you pick up waste will likely be incinerated, containers; Do not remove the
new paint that's been recycled," Allen sOd. labels.
Allen said. "So Overall, the small amount • Tightly seal all lids and caps.
there are some of waste that is being inciperated... • Seal containers that cannot be
fairly progressive The volumes pale in comparison to tightly closed in a sealed plastic
municipalities what remains in people's basements bag.
' out there, and we and what people are sneaking into • Keep materials away from chil-
just wanted to the dump," he said. dren and pets.
Within the next two years,
the County of Huron hopes to have
a facility that will accept hazardous
waste 365 days a year — or close to
it.
Currently, however, the col-
lection of such waste is restricted to
a few select dates.
A Hamilton company will be
collecting a lengthy list of materials
that are prohibited from entering
local landfill sites. The first collec-
tion was made at the works yard
behind The Beer Store in Goderich
on Aug. 25.
A number of toxic, flamma-
ble, reactive materials will be col-
lected. The list includes: latex and
oil-based paints, finishing products
such as glues and varnishes; motor
oils and lubricants; automobile and
household batteries; propane tanks
and cylinders; and aerosol cans;
CarS
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with Bill Sherk, the Old Car Detective
TO YOU Bl
-R°u°NT HEARTLAND
CREDIT UNION
FRED WHITBOURN'S 1938 CHEVROLET
By Bill Sherk "The Old Car Detective"
A very entertaining email arrived recently from Fred Whitbourn of
Alvinston, Ontario:
"Dear Bill: I really enjoy your CarStory column in the Chatham Shopper
and the Glencoe Transcript and Free Press.
"My first car was a 1938 Chevy two -door sedan that I bought one month
after my sixteenth birthday in June of 1956 for $85. I drove it home by back
roads since neither the car nor I had a license. When I got it home I took
off the running boards, got half moon headlight covers, and mud flaps with
stars. Now I was ready for the road. In those days you could pay $15 a year
and drive without insurance.
"This car and I shared many adventures - first dates, drag races. and
crop tours. I remember it cost me two dollars a week for gas.
"Over the years it developed certain problems. Mufflers didn't last long,
`likely because I turned the key off and on to make it backfire. It had battery
problems and often wouldn't start, so I always tried to have a few strong
guys along to give me a push.
"Once, I was visiting a friend in Muncey and didn't get away till dusk. I
had parked on a hill so I got started, but I couldn't leave the headlights on
for long. I drove through the dark and only turned them on if 1 met anoth-
er car. If 1 took a date home from a dance, I had to leave the car running,
so parking time was short to avoid exhaust poisoning.
"Having the car got me the job of assistant equipment manager for the
high school football team at Strathroy District Collegiate Institute (S[)CI).
Once, after a game in West Lorne, the rad boiled over and so I got the pail
from the trunk and went to a house for water. The lady must have had
teenagers since she didn't seem surprised to see a young guy wearing sun-
glasses (didn't everyone wear them after dark in the '5os?) and smelling of
sweaty football uniforms.
"I drove the car until I graduated in 1959 and then my brother used it for
a few more years. What a lot of memories this car brings back, and I didn't
even get to drag races, crop tours, trips to Grand Bend, the Donnelly grave,
or the Komoka gravel pits."
Fred's 1938 Chevrolet was 18 years old when he bought it, and it was
built by General Motors in Oshawa two years before he was born. Standard
equipment included an all -steel roof, no -draft ventilation, V -type wind-
shield, safety glass, two-way adjustable front seat and, according to the
sales brochure, "a body completely insulated against noise, heat, and cold."
And Fred got all this for only $85!
You can visit CarStory online at www.CarStory.com. Email: bill@cirsto-
ry.com or write Bill Sherk, 33 Oak St. E., P.O. Box 10012, Leamington, ON
N8H 2C3.
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