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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1974-08-01, Page 142.A,CW1TQN NEWS,RECORD, THURSDAY,. AUGUST' 1, 1974 Maplefair Romeo Juliette, a purebred Holstein owned by Stein Bros., Belgrave, Ontario and bred by Kenneth Snetsinger & Sons, Newington, Ontario has recently been classified Ex- cellent for type. This is the highest rating that a Holstein can achieve. Less than 1 percent of all Holsteins classified attain this rating. Not only is Juliette an outstanding type cow she has yielded 19,949 lbs. milk containing 724 lbs. butterfat testing 3.63 percent in 305 days. Project Sweep is here again Perhaps the birds• in the trees don't realize it but everybody else does COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE We at the P.U.C. have a great responsibility. As your custodians we must be at your service 24 hours a day seven days a week. When you flick a switch It's our job to see that the lights come on. This, of course, means that we must keep your equipment in Al condition and thoroughly up to date to make sure we can meet the demands you may make on us. That's why we face the ever present problem of updating equipment and building new lines. That Is the problem we face. We find each year that added amounts we pay for labor, for transpor- tation, for equipment and supplies are a little bigger. So far by the strictest economy and careful management we have found it possible to operate within our existing revenue despite Increasing costs. Now Ontario Hydro has raised the cost of the power we buy from them by 12 per cent. There no longer is any alternative. We must go to you, the' consumer, to offset this increase in hydro cost. The P.U.C. has ¤ absorbed the cost of power increase January 1974 to date. Rates, In terms of the service electricity provides you, will still be low. However, commencing Septem- ber 1, next billings wilt show an average increase of 10.8 per cent to reflect theIncrease in the cost of the power we buy. New Retail Rates are effective with ail billiisiFed•on:Mid:aller,SepfeMber 1;1974,‘ if't 'I DOMESTIC RATE SCHEDULE FOR TWO MONTHS Present rates in effect EffeCtive September 1974 Billing First 100 K.W.H. next 400 Balance at 4.6 per K.W.H. at 2.3 per K.W.H. at 1.3 per K.W.H. 5.0 per K.W.H. 2.5 per K.W.H. 1.4 per K.W.H. Consumers with metered water heater's having elements 1000-3000 watts or over the following rates will apply on and after September 1, 1974 billing. Present rates in effect Effective September 1974 Billing First 100 K.W.H. next 400 K.W.H. next 1000 K.W.H. Balance at 4.6 per K,W.H. at 2.3 per K.W.H. at 1.1 per K.W.H. at 1.3 per K.W.H. 5.0 per K.W.A. 2.5 per K.W.H. 1.25 per K.W.H. 1.4 per K.W.H. House Heating Energy supplied through regular service meter at applicable rates. Minimum monthly bill $3.50 Rate subject to 5 per cent late payment charge. General Service rate schedule for one month Present rates in effect Effective September Billing 5.4 per K.W.H. 2.7 per K.W.H. 1.9 per K.W.H. 0.8 per K.W.H. 1974 First 50 K.W.H. next 200 K.W.H. next 9,750 K.W.H. Balance 'at 5,0 per K.W.H. at 2.5 per K.W.H. at 1.8 per K.W.H. at 0/5 per K.W.H. Demand charge First 50 Kilowatts of billing demand per month-nil Balance at $2.40 per Kilowatt of billing demand per month Minimum monthly bill $3.50 rate* subject to 5 percent late payment charge. Delayed payment A late payment charge of 5 per cent shall Apply to all bills not paid on Or before the due date. CLINTON PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Chairman, N.E.HARTLEY Commissioners, C. BROWN, S4 A. GABON Mayor, D.E. SYMONS Manager, R.J. ROUSSEY Secretary, .1, WISE SERVICE COMES FIRST WITH USI independent Shipper to United Co-operalive of Ontario Livestock Dept Toronto Ship Your Livei;tock with GOVERNMENT INSPECTED Whole Beef '1.05 Half Beef :$1.06 Price subject to change INCLUDES: CUTTING WRAPPING and QUICK FREEZING' Roy Scotchmer Monday is Shipping Day From Varna Stockyard CALL BAYFIELD 565-2636 „ By 7:30 a.m. Monday For Prompt Service No Charges on. Pick-up Free Delivery — Within 10 Mile 'GRANT, McGIWO ' Ph. 262-5839 SEE THE CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION Special Buses LEAVE Bartliff's 'Bakery at 8:20 a.m. Sat., Aug. 17 - Wed., Aug. 21 Sat., Aug. 24 Wed., Aug. 28 Par ticket!, and information contact Bartliff's Bakery 482 ,-9727 LatH COACHWAYS LTD. BOX 426, STRATFORD lerimeasseniessi The Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation Authority has plan- ned a. very ambitious SWEEP Program for this summer, with a greater emphasis on technical work,. such as surveying, inven- tories, and planning. SWEEP stands for Students Working in an Environmental Enhan- cement Program, and the Authority's SWEEP technical students are well into their summer's work, . under the supervision of Jim Rowat, of Seaforth.' In addition to his work on master development plans for Rock Glen, Parkhill, and, Clinton Conservation Areas, .Jim oversees and co- ordinates the work of seven other SWEEP technical Students. Dan Wilson of Exeter, and a University of Western Ontario ecology student,, is the Wildlife Management technician, who will be working on wildlife in- ventories and management Plans for a number of Authority :properties, but in, particular the Bannockburn Wildlife Management Area near Varna. An important —part of the SWEEP program is education, and there are two Conservation Education Research technicians who are responsible for determining how the Authority's properties can hest he used to help students and the general public gain an un- derstanding of our natural en- vironment. The end product of their work will he a manual on the use of Authority Properties for Outdoor Education.. These two technicians are Wendy Martindale, from the Univer- sity of Waterloo and Gord Schlegel, a graduate of London Teachers College, from the Grand Bend area. Gord's ad- ditional job is that of Camp Co- ordinator at the Authority's Camp Sylvan Conservation School. Mary Ellen Gingerich, of ZUrich, also a University of Western Ontario student, is the Parkhill Recreation Co- ordinator and she will be working to make the Parkhill Conservation Area more ap- pealing to the public with carefully planned events designed to entertain as well as educate those using the area. Warren Knight of Brussels, and a Sir Sandford Fleming College graduate, is the plan- ning technician for the Authority this summer. His main lob is to work on the master development plan for the Parkhill Conservation Area. This will involve the planning of more trails, picnic areas, and camping facilities, as well as co-ordinating the many activities and facilities that take place in the park, and those that will he developed in the years to come. Ed I3ozik, a graduate of Fan- shawe College, is the architec- tural planner. Plans are in the making for the construction -of walking bridges for the Ban- nockburn. Wildlife Management Area near Varna, a gatehouse and a Recreation Centre for Parkhill Conser- vation Area. This year the Ausable- Bayfield SWEEP Program also has employed a public relations girl, Carolanne Doig of The Federal Minister of Finance or, if necessary, the Cabinet should, overrule the governor of,. the „Bank of Canada on recent increases of • interest rates, and roll-back in- terest rates as a counter in- flationary move. These are the views of Blake Sanford, Region 3 (Ontario) Coordinator of the National Farmers' Union, who said today in Guelph that "surely it has become apparent to the governor of the Bank of Canada, and the federal gover- nment, the practise of con- tinuing to raise interest rates is creating, not curbing in- flations." "It's a vicious policy. It's like trying to put a fire out with gasoline, at today's gasoline prices, and has been totally ineffective in reducing the rate of inflation," said Mr. Sanford. Mr. Sanford said farmers are particularly hard hit by escalating interest rates because most depend upon borrowed money for operating costs of machinery, fertilizer, repairs and buildings, but are not in a position to include the added cost to their finished product. They, like the vast majority of the working public are stripped of their earning power. "Other industries," he said, "are able to include increased costs to the end product price, and do so regardless of whether they use borrower capital." "Increased interest rates create a snowballing effect and have instrumentally imposed inflation on great numbers of Canadian people who have no Seaforth, who is responsible for increasing the public's awareness of not only the Authority, its aims and objec- tives, but also the summer SWEEP Program itself. She will endeavour to• keep the public well informed of what is being accomplished, and the importance Of conservation in the member municipalities of the Ausable-Bayfield Conser- vation Authority. Other members of the program. hired to date are Joan McGugan of London, a student at the' University of Western Ontario, the SWEEP secretary and administrative assistant, Blaine Stephenson of Varna, foreman of one of the work crews, and .Jim Cousins, , a counter action, while at, the same time setting the stage for exorbitant profits for • banks, financial institutions and large• corporations who are finan- cially buoyant," Mr. Sanford pointed out. The revisions to the Bank Act, proposed in 1965, and 'lif- ting the ceilings on interest rates,, supposedly so the banking institutions could become "more competitive" could well be labelled as one of the initial culprits to inflation in Canada. Mr. Sanford said that following a substantial roll back of interest rates then a University of waterloo graduate who is senior super- visor for the 19 students who make up the three work crews, which will begin work on June 10th and June 24th. Over the past three years, the Authority and the municipalities have benefited greatly from SWEEP and they are looking forward to another successful program this sum- mer, Project SWEEP is one of the. Ontario Youth Secretariat's Summer Experience programs and is undertaken and directed by the Conservation Authorities of Ontario, with, funding from the Conservation Authorities Branch of the Ministry of Natural Resources. rates • ceiling should again be im- posed. McGREGOR Top Quality BEEF Fourth Annual Craft Festival sponiored by The Lucknow Agricultural Society in the Lucknow Arena Fri. Aug. 2nd 12 noon-10 p.m., Sat. Aug. 3rd 9 a.m.-6 p.m. For further particulars contact secretary-traitsurer Mr. and Mrs, Roes Errtnoton 504693 Isemeleiniest Bank must curb interest I