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OrODERICIi SIGNAUSTAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26;19164, -PAGE 16 i. -
Area schools hold Christmas concerts
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A captivating concert. These kindergarten students of Robertson Memorial Public School
are captivated by the skits and plays unfolding on the stage during the school's dress
rehearsal Tuesday. (photo by Dave Sykes)
Some of the Grade 2 students from Colborne Central School are at the school's. annual Christmas concert held last Wednesday
shown in a scene from `Santa and the Robot' which was performed evening. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
Some of the Grade 1 students at (borne Central School are shown performing in a song -
skit at the school's annual Chris nas concert held ha—Wednesday evening. (Photo by
Joanne Buchanan)
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This group of shepherds encountered some angels during an acting
out of the nativty scene, at the St. Marys School Christmas concert. Rafts)
The skit was done by a group of Grade 5 and 6 students and was
backed up by a chorus and some special effects. (photo by Patrick
Farmer
By James el
HULLETT TWP. - Alt ough me Ontario
Hydro official agreed he � eeting was
prematuree,,-- represer_tati es `of the provin-
cial co ration atten ed a meeting of the
Huron County chapter of the Federation of
Agriculture to answer questions about a pro-
posed hydro power line through the county.
The meeting took place at Hullett Central
School in Londesboro on Dec. 13.
The meeting, suggested as premature
because Hydro has not yet fully defined its
requirements, was primarily a chance for
both Ontario Hydro and the Foodland Hydro
Committee to air their points of view and
provide a short summary of the events to
date.
Dave Abbott Public Involvement Chair-
man for the present study began, saying
that in 1981, Hydro decided to develop power
lines to fully utilize the power generated at
the Bruce Nuclear Power Development
(BNPD), and plan for the time the second
Bruce plant comes into operation, scheduled
for 1987.
After Hydro had waited for years for the
Royal Commission of Electric Power to
complete its findings, the huge power cor-
poration approached a hearing established
to consider power line routes with six plans,
"all of them_acceptable to Hydro," said Mr.
Abbott.
Because of the efforts of representative
Tony McQuail, concerned farmers and the
Huron Federation of Agriculture, the hear-
ing officers recognized that Hydro's
favoured power line route, from the BNPD
to London, interfered with prime
agricultural land..wlch the royal commis-
nd Hydro discuss route 1 n
supported was overturned in
sion had cautioned against.
An alternate route, incidentally selected
by the Federation as the best route, from the
Bruce plant to Essa near Barrie was chosen
as the course offering the least interference
with this area's pl ime agricultural land.
The corridor designated N3 was chosen
and Ontario Hydro developed'tne plan to the
point of actually deciding the general area
to place the towers. At that time, cottagers
and farmers in the Bruce area formed a
group to fight Hydro's plans called the Cen-
tral Ontario_Coalition, which contended that
both seasonal and permanent residents did
not receive proper notice of the provincial
company's intentions. The issue was taken
to court.
"This.,§o-called la k of notice w K eview-
ed and the three j dges decide •=' > e move
should be quashe ' said Mr. Abbott.
"Now we're dog it again. A study of the
best possible ro to from Bruce t London
will engble us to go back to a hexing and
have in-depth information on various
routes," said the Hydro official.
He also stressed that although Ontario
Hydrowas investigating the direct Bruce to
London course, this study would not
necessarily mean thax route would be
especially pushed as the most favourable.
Tony McQuail a '-`Furnberry Township
farmer and a member of the Federation
said the process was now primarily a
political one.
After working at he hearings to point out
that Hydro's faired route would com-
plicate Earn -di -1g operations wac4P
valuable land. P hearinp decision the
Federation
court.
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Mr. McQuail suggested that because
many of the cottagers in the regi i of the
proposed line are lawyers, stock rokers
and other influential people, the pr incial
government did not defend its hear' g's fin-
dings. "As a re he court ov urned the
hearing's recomme ation on the grounds
of notice."
And at this time, said Mr. McQuail, "It's
going to be in limbo for awhile," because it
is a."political hot potato." He said that with
a provincial election in the near future, the
hearing framework Ontario Hydro needs
from the provincial government to make
progress on the project will not be developed
until after the next government is elected.
The Turnberry Township farmer also said
that when the next hearings are conducted,
every farmer with a point to make should
try to attend and express their concern with
the Brpce to London route.
Hydro officials were not able to answer
many specific questions farmers had con-
cerning the routes because of the lack of a
hearing framework, but the question of
compensation was investigated. A booklet
outlining the many various types of compen-
sation available was distributed.
As one farmer said, "I don't think we'll be
able to stop the line so I'm just going to go
for the money."
Dave Abbott and the other Hydro officials -
offered to attend another Federation
meeting in March when the route corridors
should be nares' down.
No Christmas concert is complete without Mary and Joesph. These two youngsters sang
Away in a Manager and joined the rest of the Hohmesville Kindergarten class in choral
readings. ( Anne Narejiro pbo o)
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