The choree is yours Speeding / Parking? By SARAH G1LLOTTE TEWKSBURY - I'm not too sure about this new policy about speeding. Sure, it sounds like a pretty fair idea - you break the law and then you pay the consequences. Except the consequences may not deal with just the police but also the High School. When I first heard about this policy I thought it applied anywhere and at any time you were caught speeding, but that was before I found out that the rule applied only when we're going to and from school and school events.. Almost everyone knows that there are police officers everywhere around the neighborhood of the High School for the first couple of weeks of school and most people know enough to slow down. Some people probably are going to speed up again as soon as they get out of the vicinity of the school, which defeats the purpose of the policy .but that doesn't mean they won't get caught. Maybe after more kids find out about this new rule, some will drive a little bit more responsibly, if they don't already, which I hope will help avoid any accidents. Personally, I would choose to have the police notify the school and have my parking permit taken away. At least that way I wouldn't be out SO bucks and my insurance wouldn't go up. But when you think about it, people in the real world don't have it that easy. They don't have the luxury of choosing whether or not they want to pay their ticket - they have to. (Unless they want to fight it in court.) Most people who live around here don't have a bus that will pick them up near their house and take them to work; they have to rely on their cars. There are some good things and some bad things about this new rule. Maybe it will work and maybe it won't. I like the fact that I have a choice of whether or not I get a speeding ticket. What I don't like is that the school has to get involved, but I realize that with this new policy you can't do one without the other. I personally don't think it should have any effect at school if we get caught speeding, but I like the fact that I at least have a choice. erstothe II Co ton <strong>Crier</strong> WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10.1997 > Keep recycling working Trash plant environmentally safe DearLarz: The people of Massachusetts are joining Americans across the nation to improve their quality of life, conserve natural resources, strengthen local economies and create jobs. They are able to do this through recycling and buying recycled efforts. This November 15, thousands of' ' Americans will take part in recycling activities across the nation and right here in Massachusetts as part of America Recycles Day. The effort is being organized by a public/private partnership with Vice President Al Gore acting as the honorary chairman. In fact, our state is an official partner of this national effort, and events are being planned statewide (such as the Buy Recycled Vendor Fair in Boxborough, "Clean Out Your Files Day" sponsored by North Shore Recycled Fibers.and a tour of the Container Recycling Alliance's glass recycling facility in Franklin). Communities are sponsoring these events to show how recycling Thanks Dear Larz: Just a short note to say "thank you" for the nice article written about my mother. Family and friends have given many positive remarks. It was a very special remembrance. Thank you again. Sincerely Ruth Sheldon Childs is working and demonstrate the important role each of us plays in keeping it working to conserve our country's resources, reduce waste, create jobs, and strengthen our nation's economy. Newspapers can become involved by freeing up reporters to cover events. The 1997 theme. "Keep Recycling Working: Buy Recycled," underscores the importance of purchasing recycled content products and packaging. Thousand of recycled content products are available and by purchasing them, the nation's consumers are building markets for finished products made from steel, glass, paper, plastic and aluminum materials they place at the curb or in dropoff facilities. Whether at the grocery store or at the office, buying recycled is easy to do. Recycled products are the same quality as products' not made with recycled materials, and they generally cost about the same. But when you buy recycled, you help conserve resources, reduce waste an create opportunity for economic development both in Massachusetts and across the nation. In the coming weeks, I'll keep you updated about American Recycles Day activities here in Massachusetts and around the country. In the meantime, if you would like more information about Massachusetts Recycles Day plans, contact Craig Ruberti or Kathi Mirza at 617-338-0244. Sincerely, Dorothy Suput, Executive Director, MassRecycle uloum&OJror QTetobfrtrarp - <strong>Wilmington</strong> <strong>Wilmington</strong> office located at 104 Lowell St.. P.O. Box 939. <strong>Wilmington</strong>, MA 01887-0939 (508)658-2346 FAX (508)658-2266 Publication No. 635-340 A publication of the Wobum Daily rimes. Inc. One Arrow Drive, Wobum. MA 01801, published every Wednesday Pubfaher Emeritus Capt. Larz Nelson Publisher Peler M. Haggerty LayoulArtst ErfkNefeen GenMgr./Edtor C. Stuart Nelson Names & Faces Editor Etaabeti Downs NewsEdrtor FrankJ.Amato Mwrtsng Services Uatt Taylor. Jackie Ferrapaew SportsEdtor JamesPote Advertising JohnO.OTM Reporters Charlotte Cooper. Advertising MchMtBums Se^D«v*n.DariGrafteo,EdLartdn, Kevin Matter Subscription prices: Payable in advance. 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Box 939, <strong>Wilmington</strong>, MA 01887 l fi»V/ NATIONAL NEWSPi > NEPA * ASSOCIATION J ■sfbi S Dear Larz: The North Andover trash-to- energy facility is currently the subject of several recent articles and I would like to take the opportunity to set the record straight. The public authority that oversees the facility. Northeast Solid Waste Committee (NESWC). and the company that built and operates it. Massachusetts Refusctcch, Inc. (MRI). a wholly owned subsidiary of Wheelabrator 'Technologies Inc.. are working together to create a mutually beneficial restructured contract as we move forward to retrofit the facility in response to federal environmental mandates. Unfortunately, while the parties work together to enhance our partnership, special interests long opposed to trash-to-energy projects are making untrue and unrelated claims about the plant, claims that divert NESWC residents' attention from real good faith negotiations to unreal pollution ears. Issues such as dioxin and mercury contamination have been exhaustively researched and reported by scientists and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for decades. These are important issues to' discuss, but they need to be grounded in fact, not emotion. The current facts deserve repeating. The North Andover facility does not emit levels of dioxin that have any measurable impacts on the environment or public health. And the ash residue produced by the plant and disposed in Pea body safely stabilizes any minute traces of dioxin that may appear in the ash. The trace levels of mercury emissions from trash-to-energy facilities are, likewise, insignificant, originating primarily from household batteries. Four years ago. Wheelabrator was the first organization in Massachusetts to receive regulatory approvals for its successful and ongoing initiative to collect button batteries and remove them from the disposal cycle altogether. To further promote these efforts, in I99S. Wheelabrator piloted a joint program throughout Massachusetts with the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation to collect . and recycle used household Ni-Cd rechargeable batteries; now. a nationally recognized program. The facility has existing air pollution control equipment that strips out many pollutants before they are released to the environment Wheelabrator and NESWC have together began the process of retrofitting the facility under the federal Clean Air Act to install some of the most advanced pollution control technology available. In fact, Wheelabrator will be installing this advanced equipment before the federally mandated deadlines. This retrofit should eliminate the concerns of even the most ardent opponents of the trash-to-energy process. For more information on the. effectiveness of retrofit technology, you can call Integrated Waste Services Association in Washington at 202-467-6240 or consult with EPA's Office of Air !. ; Quality Planning & Standard?. Research Triangle Park in North j Carolina. Since 1985. the North Ando facility has reliably disposed more than five million tons$f] municipal trash and generated o»t>r : three million megawatts o(f j electricity and safely managed] more than one million tons of ash residue. The facility has been subject to stringent regulation and oversight by regulatory agencies and we are proud of its record. (;♦; Safety is not the issue at the North Andover facility. The issufV is how we together can provide ■ long term arrangement under which the NESWC communities\ and the plant operator can fairly j apportion revenues, risks and responsibilities. MRI and its parent company, Wheelabratqr Technologies, are committed H help find a viable solution to theft challenges and to extend its partnership with the NESWffe communities. James Mclver, Plant Manager Cruising the Fjords of Norway by Capt. Larz Neilson A cruise in the fjords of Norway. Doesn't it sound romantic? This writer made that cruise once, about the year 1947. His sister Sylvia was with him, as the ship cruised northward, and the two Norwegian pilots pointed out many of the sites to be seen. They also pointed out some of the places where German submarines were hiding during World War II, when they were sinking American cargo vessels which were trying to go to Murmansk, a Russian seaport on the easterly side of the peninsular which is North Cape, the most northern land in Norway. During the summer of 1947 this writer was in command of a cargo ship, in New York harbor, when he received an order from the company for which he was working to fly to Sweden, because the captain of one of that company's ships had committed suicide. The suicide had occurred in Gothenburg, the largest seaport in Sweden. Sylvia Neilson. a sister, happened to be a student at the University of Stockholm, Sweden, when the writer received that order. He called her on the telephone, to let her know he was coming. Sylvia had been a teacher in <strong>Wilmington</strong> High School on the day of Pearl Harbor. As soon as was possible she left her job to join up with the Women's Army Corps (WACS). When she finished some years later she held the rank of Major. Sylvia is a <strong>Wilmington</strong> native who, as a girl, delivered milk with a pony cart around Silver Lake for several years. Her uncle, Christian "Pop" Neilson owned a dozen cows and a farm, on Glen Road, where it is met by Harnden Street Pop had acquired that pony cart from Caleb Harriman, he who owned a big tannery in North <strong>Wilmington</strong>. Pop acquired it at no cost, because 'his of granddaughters, but his niece was a good person to use it, for a good cause. Sylvia was the envy of many persons living in the Silver Lake area of <strong>Wilmington</strong>. They told her of their envy, for having a pony, when she was in the WACS, and afterwards, when she was home again. Sylvia met the writer when he landed at the Stockholm, Sweden airport. Together they flew to Goteborg (Gothenberg) the big Swedish seaport. Sylvia was given one of the rooms on a ship, in which she stayed for a few weeks. The captain who had committed suicide had met up with a young lady who somehow had gotten out of Soviet Russia. She had formerly lived on the shores of the Caspian Sea, in a city called Baku, in southern Russia. They had taken off for a "tour of Sweden," which lasted many weeks. At that time there was a dispute about oil for American ships, or something like that. Russia and the United States were doing the arguing, and the US had sought assistance from the Kingdom of Sweden. The Swedish answer was to stop delivering any oil to American ships. The Chief Engineer of that ship could get no help from the Captain, who was touring Sweden with that Russian girl. Finally, the Chief Engineer wrote a letter to the steamship company in New York. He was almost out of oil. When the captain finally returned to Gothenberg and learned of that letter, he committed suicide. There was no problem in taking command of the ship. The problem was in the finding out of what had happened. For a part of the answer the writer took his sister and the Russian girl to a nice restaurant, where three persons could sit and eat and talk. And there the story was evolved. After a couple of days this writer was prepared to leave port, for the port of Narvik, in northern Norway. The first sizable port in Norway would be Bergen, where there was a good chance of oil. Two Norwegian pilots came on board, as fuel was being pumped aboard the ship. Would the captain be interested in making a cruise through the Norwegian Fjords, to go to Narvik, his destination? Why not? The distance would be shorter, and there would be no rough seas. The odds were that the ship would get to Narvik quicker. The pilots were hired. It was a wonderful voyage, hundreds of miles through those fjords. The pilots spoke English, and they knew the stories of the! German submarines who had! hidden out in the fjords and sank American ships trying to deliver; cargo to Murmansk, in Soviet Russia. This writer has never seen anything in the United States about j the ships which were sunk, trying J to deliver cargo to Murmansk., Hundreds, maybe thousands of American merchant seamen lost i the lives in that effort. ~l J The writer has told of the five vessels which he saw, loading in Hoboken, New Jersey, in the early! part of World War- II. Only one returned to the U.S. There was; another place in Philadelphia, at Pier 47, where the writer loaded!' the SS Daniel Boone in 1943, and the person in charge believed the! ship was being loaded for Murmansk,, a story previously told by this writer. Narvik was a city of about 10,000 population. British destroyers and German submarines; had been in that port during the war. Submarines had been sunk; and at least two destroyers. It was only a couple of hundred miles from Murmansk. The nicest thing that happened, as this writer and his sister walked^ around Narvik was to meet young girl, about four years old She recognized us as bein Americans, and asked (i Norwegian) "Have you an; chewing gum?" , The ship loaded iron ore, if thwa writer remembers correctly. It wa»>= taken to the port of Baltimore, Maryland. i i,i t- I
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