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- The Earth

and not tell so many lies;

; C8. Teriace Review — Wednesday, June 12, 1991 oe i

7 The ‘Earth is in desperate need, _
For we have done an awful deed.
. Landfills and pollution grew,
Filled with plastic and bottles too

~ To save this Earth we must be wise,

* In April, Mr. Halfyard’s Grade 7
“class from Thornhill Elementary
“School and Mr. Eckert's Grade 5
class from Cassie Hall both
- received funding provided by the
Shell Enivornmental Fund to buy
‘litter sticks, gloves, brooms, bags
and the use of a truck for on-going
clean-up campaigns, hopefully
involving the whole school.

“headed by Gia Hedberg and Greg

Halfyard have since had numerous
clean-up days. In addition to pick-

ing up refuse, they also sort it and |

deliver it to the various recycling
depots. “Our specific goal is to
clean up Thomhill as much as
possible, and to make the students
think about the environment,"
explained Halfyard. The parents

‘and trucks during weekend clean-

ups.

To date, the schoo] has used
about 1/3 of the $1000 allocated to
them by Shell. With four more 1/2
hour school clean-ups and a couple
more weekends, he expects they
may use up to half of it. Next
year, Halfyard hopes to apply to

- Don’ t blame this problem on the old,

for that would make us too bold. - "Thornhill Elementary’s two have been most supportive of the Shell for funds for school beautifi-

‘Grade. 7> classes (60 students) project with donations of time, gas cation.

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SANITARY  |i7
LANDFILL

>. So when you see garbage as a turf,
~o.. ‘and see the ruins of your wealth,
~.. remember that if you give to the Earth,
Not only that, you give to yourself.

Deborah Dodd
Caledonia Sr. Secondary

environment
improved

“A clean
‘equals an
quality of life.
‘Terrace city council. is
actively supporting alll
recycling efforts in our
community

Ie ° When it comes to conserving the environment, good
<4 _ intentions alone just don't do it. Action does!
' Some may talk about wetland conservation to save
our continent's waterfowl, but Ducks Unlimited
“ Canada is out there in the midst of the challenges
( making it happen. We're the organization equipped to
+ handle the job, and we're always eager to join others
{ prepared to get into appropriate gear.
‘ ( We've counted 306 species of birds and 73
us species af land mammiais that depend on
ria healthy wetland environments in Canada for
their survival. A host of other plants and

We are in the process of changing our landfill
management program in an effort to protect the
environment. Please do YOUR part. A clean Terrace is an

S52 ‘4 a animals can defitely be added 10 invitation to tourists to return and residents to stay.
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