Times-Advocate, 1985-08-14, Page 5August 14, 1985 Page 5
Write about world-wide peace, hydro lines, Playhouse
Dear Sir,
The threat of nuclear war and the
obtaining of world-wide peace is an
important issue for many people in
North American society including
myself.
From July 27 to August 3 1 attend-
ed the 12th World Youth Festival
which was held in Moscow. Over
30,000 people from all over the world
attended. The theme of this year's
festival was "Anti -Imperialist
solidarity, peace and friendship."
After my trip was over. 1 was
troubled by how little publicity the
Canadian media had given the
festival. They missed the grandeur of
the opening and closing ceremonies,
the sincere generosity of the Soviet
people towards all of their guests.
They missed the talks between Soviet
and Canadian youth where each
acknowledged their fears of a nuclear
war, and the damaging effects of the
arms race.
The hope that soon things would im-
prove was tremendous, especially the
faith that the Soviet youth put in
Canadians to influence our own
government, to stop all of this
destructiveness. I sensed a great deal
of sadness, perhaps helplessness
among those I talked with, the very
feelings which are so common
amongst our own Canadian youth
In, my own understanding the
festival is a symbolic and physical
step towards a greater understanding
and friendship between all peoples, a
step towards world -peace. The fact
that most Canadians were unaware
that the festival even happened due
to the lack of media coverage gives
me a clear message as to where our
government stands both on the issue
of peace and the location of the
festival.
Obviously the reaction to both fac-
tors. world peace and the USSR is
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our benefit.
On the way to the Wairekei
geothermal power station we
passed through a small town call-
ed Bulls., Yes, it is possible to get
milk from Bulls.
The Wairakei plant is the
world's second geothermal sta-
tion. It was commissioned in 1958.
New Zealand's main thermal
region is 241 kilometres long and
50 kilometres wide stretching
from three active volcanoes in
the centre of the North Island to
another on White Island in the
Bay of Plenty.
Underground activity surfaces
in several places as fumeroles,
geysers, mud. pools and hot
springs. Wairakei is near the cen-
tre of the thermal. region.
The powerhouse beside the
Waikato River, 10 kilometres
from Taupo uses steam from
bores drilled in the nearby
Waiora Valley.
The original generating capaci-
ty was MW. It was later increas-
ed to 192.6 MW, but since has
dropped to 157 MW because of a
steady decline in geothermal
fluid production.
About 80 percent by wieght of
the discharge from the bores is
hot water and the rest steam. The
steam is separated from the
water at, the well -heads in
cyclone separators and piped to
the turbines.
The water has to be dropped in
atmospheric pressure before be-
ing,discharged into open drains.
This drop in pressure causes the
water to boil and produces the
large clouds of steam which
create the spectacular display's
seen in the borefield.
This steam can be seen for
miles and up close it is difficult
to get a clear view of the power
station itself.
Up to 1,150,000 litres of water
per minute can be pumped from
the Wai'iato River to condense
the exhausted steam from the
turbines. Both the condensate
and circulating water are return-
ed to the river.
A large percentage of the
population in the North Island are
the native Maoris. They appear
to be in large numbers in Rotorua
area and in most instances are
very hard workers.
The Maoris migrated to New
Zealand from Eastern Polynesia
in about the ninth century.
Tradition hak it that the legen-
dary explorer Kupe sailed from
Naw•aiki and discovered this land
in 950 AD calling it "the land of
the long white cloud". Aotearoa.
1t was a I)utcti explorer Able
Tasman who later discovered
Aotearoa and changed the name
to New Zealand.
The picture accompanying this
article is a general countryside
scene of the fertile plains of
('anterbury, not far out of
Christ chuck
Next week we will talk about
Rotorua and hopefully wind up
this series and let our editor get
hack to his regular Batt'n Around
column.
negative or non important. In the
name of peace and friendship I think
there should have been a greater
communicative support of the
festival. 1 am very disappointed that
in Canada, demonstrations towards
obtaining world peace are undermin-
ed or in this case completely ignored,
replaced with participation and beer
commercials.
It was also noticable that the Cana-
dian government made no reply to
Gorbachev's moritorium, his promise
to stop the testing of all nuclear
weapons until January 1, 1986, or in-
definitely, if the American govern-
ment agreed to do the same.
Perhaps I'm being naive in thinking
that Canada has an important
separate identity from the United
States, or that it could possibly have
any influence in the struggle for
peace. Evidently, if we want to
achieve world peace, we're going to
have to work very hard for it.
By the way, I had a wonderful stay
in Moscow. The city is beautiful, the
people were friendly and very en-
thusiastic to speak with Canadians.
We talked and dreamed of peace
together. Now it's time for a little ac-
tion though, wouldn't you agree.?
Donna Miller
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Dear Sir:
Your July 24 editorial says "the
worst fears of area farmers came to
fruition" with the recent announce-
ment of Hydro's recommended
transmission line.
Your readers may want to com-
ment, but I suspect that the "worst
fears" of a farmer are more related
to commodity prices, weather, in-
terest rates and pestilence than to
transmission lines.
Yes, transmission lines do take
some agricultural land out of produc-
tion. But through the use of narrow
base towers and alignments along lot
lines, the land displaces is far less
Paintings at
Blyth gallery
An exhibition of the paintings of
Canadian wildlife artists Robert
Bateman, George McLean, Ron
Kingswood, and William Creighton
will open at the Blyth Festival Art
Gallery on Friday, August 16 and will
be on display until the close of the
season on September 14.
"It is a real coup to be able to mount
an exhibition of this calibre in a small
village like Blyth," said Visual Arts
Director, Joao Chandler. "We have
dealt directly with the artists
themselves for this exhibition; it is a
demonstration of their support for
small galleries like ours. These pain- -
tings are usually only seen in major
galleries across Canada and the world
- in fact, one painting which we had
hoped would be in our exhibition is
currently on its way to Munich. And
there is even one in Buckingham
Palace!"
The paintings depict all aspects of
Canadian wildlife: a hawk eyeing his
prey, a blackbird in the bullrushes, a
fox stalking through the snow, a stag
among the Fall leaves. Fur, feathers
and plants are all shown with amaz-
ing detail. Included in the exhibition
is Bateman's well-known painting.
"Kittiwake Greeting."
All the artists are of iginally Iron -
southwestern Ontario. Georg(
McLean, Ron Kingswood, and
William Creighton plan to attend the
opening at 7:00 p.m,. on August 16.
Robert Bateman will be moving into
his new, home in British Columbia at
that time and so, unfortunately. is
unable to attend. Members of the
public are warmly invited to attend
the opening, meet with the artists,
and view these extraordinary pain-
tings. There is no admission charge.
For further information, please call
the Festival Box Office at
523-9300/9225.
than for a roadway, an airstrip or
farm buildings..And unlike concession
roads and other necessary land uses,
transmission rights-of-way are easi-
ly farmed. Acreage displaced due to
towers is less than one percent of the
total area of the right-of-way.
As for Hydro's specific route pro-
posal, we are showing concern for
agricultural interests. For example,
technically, two transmission lines
between Bruce and London would be
more acceptable than one.
Economically, standard transmission
towers would be preferable to narrow -
based towers. And for the sake of
security, we'd rather not rebuild ex-
isting rights-of-way.
However, recognizing agriculture's
essential role in the economy, llydro
has recommended:
- one line between Bruce and
London:
- a rebuild of an existing right-of-
way between London and Nanticoke:
- the use of narrow -based towers.
where straight sections of the route
must cross arable fields.
As well, property owners will be
financially compensated for the
right-of-way and disruptions to farm-
ing operations.
I believe these decisions show
respect for the concerns of the
farmer, while balancing Hydro's
mandate to its other customers across
the province. Yet the final decision
will not be Hydros. The choice to be
made following public hearings, lies
with the government -appointed Joint
Board.
Sincerely,
R.J. Campbell
Ontario Hydro
Supervising Community Relations
Officer
Design and Development Division -
Transmission
Dear Mr. Batten:
Thank you for your generous dona-
tion for the Huron Country Playhouse
Fund Raising Auction held last week.
We were able to raise over $5,000 from
the many who attended this fun -filled
event. ,
Ticket salets provide much of the
funding needgd to support the'
Playhouse but 7these revenues fall
short of the amounts needed to keep
the theatre running smoothly. That's
why Huron Country Playhouse
depends on the continuing support of
individuals like you and on special
fund raising projects.
4-H CLUB AWARDS — Leader Mary DeBoer of the Hurondale IV 4-H1
club presents leadership Provincial and County certificates to Bon-
nie Hotson and Heather Love. T -A photo.
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Dear Bill:
This is just a brief note to let you
know how impressed I am with your
Grand Bend reporter Connie Keyser.
The quality and enthusiasm evident
in her writing has been commented on
by many of our patrons.
We survey our incoming calls to see
where they heard of our current pro-
ductions and many of them cite the
Times Advocate as their source.
If 1 can supply you with any further
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things go wrong, as they sometimes
will, When the road you're trudging
seems all up hill, When care is press-
ing you down a bit, Rest if you.must
- but don't quit.
Tuesday's church service was led
by Shirley Luther. We wish to thank
Erlene Stewart who was a volunteer.
This week the movie was shown on
Wednesday afternoon. It was about a
pioneer village and everyone enjoyed
it immensely. ,
On Thursday a special outing was
on the agenda. Several residents at-
tended the play "Star-Spangled Girl"
at the Playhouse in Grand Bend.
As usual we had lunch outside on
Friday. The menu consisted of sand-
wiches and salads with watermelon
for dessert.
Again this week many residents
found time to enjoy the outdoors by
going for a walk.
information for your newspaper,
please do not hesitate to call me.
Sincerely,
June Gardner
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P.S. Thanks also for giving us back
issues of the Times Advocate for our
current production of The Star-
Spangled Girl (see enclosed program.
thank you.)
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