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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-08-29, Page 25DRYSDALE MAJOR APPLIANCE CENTRE LTD., SALES WITH SERVICE The Place To Buy Appliances NEW AND USED Hensall 262-2728 Closed Mondays LADIES ON AUSABLE TOUR — Irene Davis and Ann Klungel, Hensoll and Marlene Bell of Tuckersmith chat during Thursday's tour of the Ausabie-Bayfield Conserva- tion Authority watershed. T -A photo Juniors eliminated in hunt for OBA crown The Exeter Co -Op Juniors failed in their bid to reach the all -Ontario Baseball Associa- tion junior D finals. The locals were eliminated Sunday by Tillsonburg by a score of 11-8 in the third and deciding game in Exeter. Tillsonburg won the first game 5-3 at home Friday night and Exeter squared the series Saturday with a 14-10 victory. In Friday's 5-3 loss, Exeter started auspiciously as lead- off batter Jeff McKellar was safe on an error and scored as Dave Hayter's reached base on another miscue. Tillsonburg jumped ahead to stay with two runs in each of the first and third innings. The second Exeter run crossed the plate in the top of the fourth as Dave Hayter singled, stole second and came home as Al Gaiser Budget Rent A Car Low daily and weekly rates Special weekend rate Friday 6 p.m. to Monday 10 a.m. S59.95 including 200 free km's. Mensal) Motors Ltd. 262-3331 Dashwood Auto Sales Now taking oppointments for • Oil undercoating 535.00 • Grease and graphite $85.00 • under the humid • in',ide the tender • inside (foor, • in' ide r)uarter ll.tnel� • imide trunk • under trunk lid • under tlrux Phone Gene Hartman 237-3250 anytime Dashwood Professional Car Clean Up Peggy Hay Auto Rund Main St. N., Exeter 235-1100 Back to School Special Book Early $4500 Month of September Pro -Car Clean singled. In the Exeter seventh, Dwayne Laporte walked and scored on a single from the bat of Trevor Johnston. The other two Exeter hits in non -scoring innings were a double and single delivered by Kevin Drager. Drager went the distance on the Exeter mound. He gave up five runs on six hits and struck out seven. Saturday at home, the Ex- eter club started quickly with five runs in each of the first and third innings. A triple by Kevin Drager and singles by Dave Hayter, Al Gaiser and Scott Miller were responsible for the first frame rally. In the third, six singles from the bats of Al Gaiser, Kevin Easterbrook, Scott Miller, George Pratt, Dwayne Laporte and Trevor Johnston sent the second bunch of five runs home. Doubles by Jeff McKellar, Kevin Easterbrook and Dwayne Laporte and a single from George Pratt accounted for the three Exeter scores in the fourth. Pratt doubled and scored on a similar hit by Laporte in the sixth and McKellar counted in the eighth on the fourth hit of the game by Laporte. Dwayne Laporte m addition to starring at the plate pitch- ed the entire game.. He gave up eight hits, but, helped his cause with 10 strikeouts. In Monday's deciding game, Tillsonburg scored four times in the sixth to go ahead and added single in- surance markers in the eighth and ninth. Jeff McKellar and Mike Neil scored the first Exeter runs in the opening inning on a single by Dave Hayter. In the third, Hayter scored as Al Gaiser and Kevin Drager singled. The big Exeter rally came in the fourth as five runs crossed the plate. Powering the attack were doubles by Drager and Gaiser and singles from Mike Neil, Dave Hayter and George Pratt. Drager tripled and scored the final Exeter run in the sixth on Scott Miner's single. Kevin Easterbrook was the Exeter pitcher all the way. He gave up 14 hits and fanned five. Johnson stops in Goderich Justice minister Donald Johnston has not seen the results of polls reflected in people's attitudes in his tours across Canada. The man who attained na- tional attention by being the "third man" in the Liberal leadership convention stop- ped for a brief visit in Goderich on August 22. He and an entourage of aides landed at Goderich air- port and were met by Huron - Bruce Liberal candidate Bruce McDonald and party faithful Howard Aitken and Jean Adams of Goderich and Jack Horan of Dublin. The group headed for the Bedford Hotel on The Square in Goderich to be met by about 30 Liberal party workers. Johnston, appointed justice minister in the John Turner government, said the Pro- gressive Conservatives under Brian Mulroney "may have peaked too soon" on this cam- paign and the Liberal will yet come out victorious. "It will take some hard work," said Johnston. He said he hasn't seen the Tory lead that has been reflected in polls in his tours across Canada. The justice minister admitted that with only a week and a half to go before Election Day, the elec- tion campaign has reached a critical period. Johnston admitted that the Liberals have made some mistakes in government, but "we've done a lot that we can be proud of". The itinerary for the federal minister for the day included a flight to Kincardine. Johnston had to cut short his Goderich visit in order to travel by car to Kincardine, because fog was rolling in. CLOSE EXAMINATION - Vic Hartman, Hay, Bob Allan, Brucefield and Joe Miller, Dashwood, examine a pod of beans in the W. G. Thompson test plot during the annual white bean research tour. times -Advocate, August 29, 1984 Page 13A Moron junior farinors .nexcliang.sto east, west The dairy farmer piped hot air from the air conditioner compressor through a water tank to heat the water for the barn. The Junior Farmers in PEI sponsor energy programs, and are looking for innovative techniques to reduce farm electricity bills which can run as high as $500 in the winter months. Rob had a preconceived idea of the island as "nothing but potatoes", but discovered many tobacco farmers have moved their operations from the Tillsonburg-Delhi area to PEI. Rob celebrated his 23rd bir- thday while on his exchange visit, and his hosts made sure he had a birthday cake. He was also given a pen and pen- cil set with the outline of PEI carved into the wooden base. He swam on the north and south shores, went deep sea fishing to catch mackerel, had two delicious feeds of fresh -caught lobster, and was very impressed with the powerful Altantic tides. Though the South Huron club is celebrating its 40th an- niversary this year, not all provinces have Junior Farmer organizations. Brian Vincent a member of the pro- vincial Rural Youth commit - Two members of the South Huron Junior Farmers returned recently from out -of - province exchange visits. Rob Essery, RR 1 Centralia, spent two weeks in PEI, and Brian Vincent, RR 1 Seaforth went west to Manitoba. On his first visit to the Maritimes, Rob stayed first on a 1,000 -acre Angus beef " farm at Ernescliffe near Charlottetown operated by a father, two sons and an uncle. A wall -full of trophies from Maritime fairs and the Royal in Toronto attested to the farm's success in raising beef cattle. The last seven days, Rob stayed on a dairy farm with 40 milking cows. His hosts were experimenting with baby veal, which they were shipp- ing to Montreal. Rob was given a tour of an energy-saving pig barn that was virtually independent of electricity except for lighting. A fuel-efficient wood stove heated water which was fed through pipes into radiators in each room, and pipes beneath the floor in one sec- tion kept baby pigs warm and eliminated the need for brooder lamps. Manure was moved by gravity, and the pull of a plug sent it into a tank. tee, stayed in Winnipeg for a organization.) pasture, and 500 acres of The Junior Farmers week with a 4-H Ambassador. Brian's second week was grain corn were grown. The organization pays two-thirds Winnipeg is planning to host spent with his Rural Youth animals are kept on pasture of the air fare, and the hosts a Rural Youth conference in host on a 1,500 -acre cow -calf nine months of the year, with look after their guests very 1985. (The South Huron club farm near Glenboro, a two- some wooded land and three- well. boasts more members than hour drive south from Win- sided open sheds providing Brian, who had been on an the entire Manitoba nipeg. One-half section was shelter. exchange visit to Australia Brian noted the lack of and New Zealand, said the moisture, most evident in the program gives Junior uneven wheat. He said every Farmers a better understan- step in a field sent three or ding of agriculture in Canada. four grasshoppers into the Rob agreed, adding it allows air, but he was assured this a young person to see how was normal. very important agriculture is Each year Junior Farmers to the well-being of the nation. across Canada are eligible to Next time, Rob hopes to apply for exchange visits take the opposite role, and within Canada, and to play host to a Junior farmer Australia, New Zealand, the or 4-H Rural Youth from UK, Russia and the US. another province or country. OPP stops 64,000 vehicles in July An Ontario Provincial Police alert for drinking drivers this summer resulted in 1,210 persons,being charg- ed with drinking and driving offences in a 28 -day period in July. OPP officers stopped and checked more than 64,000 vehicles from July 2 to July 29. As well as alcohol-related criminal offences, 1,751 charges were laid under the provincial Liquor Licence Act as a result of stop -checks. A.L.E.R.T. (Alcohol Level Evaluation Roadside Tester) devices are a key ingredient in the OPP's summer blitz. This portable machine measures the quantity of alcohol in a driver's body by breath analysis. A "fail" reading on the A.L.E.R.T. results in the driver being taken for a for- 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111kIR1111111110111111111111111001111110111111111111111111(flllll(II(Iltl(((1111(illlllllllfllt111(((it(111111(I(tt((1111tp11(((I((BIII(Ii E By Jack Riddell MPP It has been confirmed that Premier William Davis is ap- pointing Tom Campbell, Deputy Minister of Treasury and Economics, as Hydro Chairman. This important post has not been filled on a permanent basis for more than a year. Instead of recruiting a strong, indepen- dent Chairman to review Hydro management, make essential changes and rectify past mistakes, Premier is ap- pointing a man whose depart- ment has supposedly been responsible for monitoring Hydro, its management and borrowing practices - a bureaucrat who will attempt to defend his own past bor- rowing approvals. Elected representatives should have an opportunity to review his credentials for the job. to hear his position on: (a) Hydro's proposed borrow- ings of $60 billion over the next 20 years; (b) the over- expansion of power plants which have cost the province billions of dollars to build; (c) Hydro's growing dependence on a single source of energy - nuclear power, and the balance of power generation which he supports. Also, will he bring rate increases back into line with inflation? Hydro's borrowing pro- gram is, of course, designed to support the Capital Expan- sion Program, both past and present. its report, "Long- Etange Financial Projection, 1983-2003", prepared in August 1983, reveals plans to borrow a grass amount of $64 billion during the twenty years to 2003, to be used for new capital expansion, an to roll-over deb(, as well as financing interest capitalized. Ilydro has one of the largest debts in Canada - $18.16 billion at the beginning of the year. Its borrowing requirements are too large to be met on the Canadian money market alone, and it borrows in Europe and the United States Last year, interest on the $18.16 billion was over $2 Killion Hydro borrowed to provincial government's pay $1.25 Killion in interest. guarantee on Hydro borrow - leaving $760 million to be paid ings. Its ever increasing by Hydro customers out of capital requirements indicate revenue. Now, Hydro plans to a serious problem for the borrow $2.9 billion in 1985, up Crown. s 09ach d 9o1Iinp More on hydro rates $376 million from the $2.5 Corporation's financial billion it borrowed in 1983. soundness. Ignoring warn- Hydro's foreign borrowing ings, it has over -built and costs consumers dearly in over -spent. Its debt load will foreign exchange losses - skyrocket to $28.6 billion by nearly $400 million lost since 1987 if not brought under con - 1978. These losses account for trol This alarming debt, a substantial portion of rate guaranteed by the govern - increases, and the latest ment, will within four years financial outlook indicates represent an average indebt- that foreign exchange loss ness of $13,148 for every fami- will mean an extra cost to the ly of four in Ontario. Interest utility next year of $61 million costs already amount to $2.5 over original forecasts. billion. The debt has serious Hydro projected interest repercussions on our whole costs (including foreign ex- economy. Vital needs in change losses) to be covered health care, education and by revenues in 1984 and 1985 housing are not being met at $953 million and $1,455 because the province's finan- million respectively, resulting cing capacity is being in the need for a 9.1 percent squeezed. rate increase. Now its "Up- The Liberal Party has in - dated Financial Outlook" pro- troduced legislation to make jects additional interest costs Hydro acgountable to the of $88 million resulting from Legislature and the people of the projected foreign ex- Ontario. We have, as men - change loss of $61 million, and tioned at the beginning of this higher interest rates for bor- report, recommended that rowing, resulting in a pro- the appointment of the Hydro jected loss of an additional $27 Chairman should be approv- million. These are among the ed by the Legislature, follow - primary factors leading ing committee hearings. We Hydro to revise its require- recommend that legislation ment for a 1985 rate increase should require the approval of of 10.3 percent. the Legislature for Hydro bor- Fluctuations in the Cana rowing, or borrowing by the dian/United States dollar rate government on Hydro's may cause still higher rate in behalf, or government creases due to Hydro debt guarantees on Hydro bonds. obligations. Lack of such accountabili- Hydro has made a serious ty procedureshas, we believe, error in its decision to reduce led to the present chaos., ncial purchases of the more expen- siveouHtlyook° forU 85 dated fin cafes low-sulphur coal from that the rate increase for the Western Canada. The "Up utility to maintain its normal dated Financial Outlook" targets for financial sound - in ows a saving of $22 million ness should approach 10.6 in purchasing more U.S. high - sulphur coal. It may s:.ve $22 percent. millio, but Ontario may suffer in other words, the situs similar economic losses due tion is worse that originally to acid rain damages, and thought. We believe that tourist industry reductions. Energy Board hearings The Energy Board should should be extended to review prevail upon Hydro to reverse Hydro's latest projections and this decision, and recommend to cross-examine Hydro staff. against the tripling of the Hydro has stated that its "water rental" tax announc- corporate objective is to keep ed in the Provincial Budget bulk power rates av the rate of equivalent to a tax on elec- inflation, yet its proposed 9.1 trical consumers which will percent increase is almost impact rates in 1985 by 1.6 twice that objective. On - percent or an extra $59 tarians already pay more foe• million. This tripling of tax our electricity that the will further discourage private average Canadian. Rates entrepreneurs from develop- have more than doubled in the ing hydraulic power potential, last nine years. at least equal to that in place We believe that Hydro must now. play a leadership role, and Hydro has remained aloof must not be allowed to in from normal market forces, sulate itself from the normal primarily as a result of the market forces. 1985 bulk power rates should be kept at the projected rate of inflation - five percent. We would also recommend adoption of "lifeline rates" to cushion the effects upon senior citizens and others on fixed incomes. LEGION, ODDFEtLOWS MARCH TO SUNDAY'S DECORATION SERVICE AT EXETER CEMETERY Turner to visit Perth Prime Minister John Turner is expected in Perth on August 31, just four days before the federal election. Liberal candidate Brian in - nes' office has announced that the Prime Minister will be at the Stratford City Hall auditorium on Friday even- ing. He is expected to arrive at 7:30 p.m. and stay, for a couple of hours. This will be Turner's se- cond official visit to Perth this year. On May 9, he visited the Stratford Country Club to talk with delegates for the Liberal leadership convention which he won in late June. mal breathalyzer examination. A "warn" reading, which means a driver's blood- alcohol level is between 50 and 99 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millititres of blood (50-99 mg%) is sufficient grounds for a police officer to issue a 12 -hour suspension. In the same 28 -day period, 1,874 12 -hour licence suspensions were ordered. The legal im- pairment level is 80 mg%. OPP Commissiner Archie Ferguson said, "We've had very positive results in one area where a 12 -month con- trolled anti -drinking and driv- ing program shows fatal ac- cidents reduced by 36 per- cent; alcohol was involved in 15 percent of those accidents, as against 40 percent in the same area in the previous 12 months." Spot checks will be main- tained for the remainder of the summer, with particular emphasis on the Civic Holi- day and Labour Day weekends. Commissioner Ferguson said that the provincial police will keep up a high level of en- forcement because there is a definite correlaton between the quality of enforcement and the extent to which drivers comply with the drinking and driving laws. Cleaning is a must The Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations warns all Ontarians who use propane -fuelled refrigerators that these ap- pliances must be serviced every year to be safe. Within the last month, four people have died in two in- cidents in the Thunder Bay and Owen Sound areas of On- tario when carbon monoxide, a clear, odorless and toxic gas, was released into their cottages by faulty propane refrigerators. Over the past ten years, a total of 36 Ontarians have died in similar incidents. "Cleaning and adjustment at the beginning of every season is a must." EXCAVATING SERVICE • Weeping Beds • Footings • Basements 8 General Bockhoe work SNOW.CO EXCAVATING Owned and operated by .11n, Snow Phone 233.0612 attar 6 p.m. EXCHANGE cent, Seaforth, with some of the exchange visits South (left) Huron Junior and Rob Farmers Brian Vin- Essery, Centralia, pose souvenirs they brought back from their COUNTY OF HURON TENDERS FOR VEHICLES FOR WINTER CONTROL MAINTENANCE SEALED TENDERS ON FORMS AVAILABLE FROM THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE AC- CEPTED UNTIL 4:00 O'CLOCK LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1984 For all or any of the following pieces of equipment for winter control com- mencing on or about November 12, 1984: (1) HC -84-502 - One 'Heavy Duty' tandem truck with driver and snow plow equipment for snow plow duties in the Wroxeter Area. (2) 27,000 G.V.W. trucks without operator or box for installation of county's sand spreaders to spread salt and sand in various areas of the county - HC -84-303 - 1 truck required for Wroxeter area HC -84-504 - 1 truck required for Auburn area Tender forms may be picked up at the office of the undersigned. The lowest of any tender not necessarily accepted. R.A. Dempsey, P. Eng., County Engineer, Court House Goderich, Ontario Telephone 524-7412 ,Buck to Scbooht*kk& TIA1S( Cardinal 1" Flex Binders $2.49 300 Sheet 3 ring Lined Refills $2.75 Pencil Cases 894 & 9 .59 Buffalo Markers (5 assorted to pkg.)98 4 Student Agenda Books (Aug. t84 - Aug. '85)$6.9 5 Uniball Pen Sets Michael Jackson Coil Note Books $1.99 53.00 Imes - .....,. l...i /1.1•00.. 9nun, M14 ..., 424 Main St. dvocate 1 r•.nl, l..iN. save 1107 23S-1331