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Two Minutes in the Box It Is What It Is

been a little less of a history
registrations are open until April By Peter Collins lesson. They went back-to-
15. back with World Series wins
Once you are registered, you in 1992 and 1993. Now the
will be contacted by a volunteer
By Francis Racine coordinator. All you have to do next provocative question (for
is pick up your supplies from the n 1967 Canada marked its Toronto sports fans), is will it
Cornwall Public Library and you’re ICentennial with a yearlong be the Leafs or Jays that bring
ready to go! celebration which included a championship back to Hog
While we’re on the topic of town first?
S how your Civic Pride this Year! keeping our neighbourhoods clean, a World’s Fair in Montreal

Many of us rejoice at the you should also know that your old called Expo ‘67. If that seems It’s been quite a famine
sight of melting snow. What we cat-scratched couch doesn’t belong like a long time ago, then for both teams, but it seems

can all agree on however, is that no on the curb. It’s no mystery, the ponder what has been invented both are poised to be top
one wants to see what the snow has regular waste collection won’t pick since Canada celebrated it’s contenders in their respective
often been hiding — garbage. it up and it sure won’t disappear by one hundredth birthday. Since league championships for the
We’ve all seen it while on a short itself.
stroll. Coffee cups, wrappers and Instead, you can use the City of then, the world has given us next few years. So as we enter
— what I can’t really wrap my head Cornwall’s Bulky Item Collection the laser printer, the lunar the spring of 2023, the Leaf’s
around — used dog poop bags, all service. Every first Wednesday module, e-mail, and the ever are in “go for it” mode as they
lining up city streets and sidewalks. of each month, the city’s waste popular Heimlich Maneuver. prepare for the Stanley Cup
So why not roll up your sleeves collection contractor collects large Now that we’ve brought up playoffs. The Jays spent the
this year and become one of the items that have been prepaid. The the Heimlich, in 1967 the off season tinkering with their
many dedicated volunteers with the collection takes place between 7 Leaf’s also celebrated their star-studded roster, trying to
City of Cornwall’s Adopt a Street a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
program? So, what can you put out? Well, last Stanley Cup win. Who find the right mix to win the
Volunteers choose a specific I’m glad you asked! would have thought then that American League East, and
public area in the city, it can be Tables, chairs, cribs, bathtubs, they would not win another then on to the World Series.
a road, sidewalk or even a park, air conditioners, desks, dressers, one for 55 years and counting. What’s almost a certainty
and clean it at least once a month ladders, humidifiers, floor lamps, They might have celebrated a in the very uncertain world
between April 1st and October 1st. sinks, toilets, and much, much little harder and a little longer of sports is that if these two
You can either clean by yourself or more. For a full list, simply visit if they’d known their dry spell teams don’t find success this
be a part of a team. www.cornwall.ca/bulky.
You don’t even have to worry The price to get rid of a bulky would exceed five decades. year, both of their managers,
about equipment, the city has item varies by object and ranges Continuing the Toronto sports Dubas and Atkins, will be
gotten you covered. We supply litter from $5 to $25, depending on size. theme, the Jays drought has history!
pickers, labels, gloves, reflective That being said, using the Bulky
safety vests, and even litter and Item Collection service saves you Thom’s Trivia
recycling bags. from having to borrow your friend’s Answers
The program isn’t simply for truck, driving it all the way to the
adults, local students can also landfill, and then paying the tipping Questions on page 28
participate. What’s even better, is fee.
1A. The Howard Smith Paper Mill entry in the city Junior B League.
that doing so can contribute to the Save yourself the headache 2A. The report on renovations by Alderman Larry Keen indicated 3000
volunteer hours needed to graduate. and pre-pay for your bulky item
new seats would be added in the next two years. Ten years later the
Registration is easy and can be collection today!
Complex opened, so the report wasn’t entirely wrong.
done by visiting www.Cornwall. You can register at www. 3A. Linda Mousseau and Carole McInnes were tops on the Olympia
ca/adoptastreet. But hurry, cornwall.ca/bulky. Bowl Lanes.