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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-03-14, Page 7BIKE SHOW SPECIALS UP TO 12 MONTHS 400 x 18 KNOBBY WARRANTY ON YOUR NEW SUZUKI TIRES PURCHASED DURING OUR OPEN HOUSE (30 DAY GUARANTEE ON 2295 MOST USED MACHINES.) only CSA APPROVED FREE ELMETS Oil change with WHITE $493 every spring ONLY - TUNE-UP BOOKED FREE SUPERCROSS TRIP Anyone who buys a motorcycle from us before March 31 will accompany us "FREE" to the famous Motor City Super Cross in Pomioc, Michigan. See the pros in action. FREE FREE DRAW DRAW Anyone who buys a Dirt Bike Anyone who buys o Street Bike before April 30 will get a before April 30 will get a chance to win a WEEK-LONG chance to win a frame _ GARY BAILEY MOTO CROSS L mounted fairing. SCHOOL complete with food d accommodation. C � ► VARNA, T. UL� (HW N4, NORTH OF HENSALL, LOOK FOR THE SIGNS') 262-3318 w 262-5809 4 I The Whigili m Advasm-Trow. 111arah 14. 1IM—l"Ve 7 TH1E; BTTLETr ES Whitechurch—Eight members of the Stylettes met at the home of their leader, Mn. Walter Elliott, and answered the roll call by telling about a favorite piece of jewellery and explaining why it is special to them. President Lori Am Jamieson opened the meeting. Lori Ann Jamieson and Janet Laidlaw showed samples of the new book overs. All the me=n - hers discussed the flub exhibit, "Hats Through the Ages" Mrs. Purdon discussed different types rs amu CV ••A - care fJr each. . t,.,, . y3a v}+cx Mrs. Elliott then supervised the girls as they worked on tie dyes, cutting the material, tying and dyeing it. The girls then discussed what to do at the next meeting April 7 at the home of leader Mrs. Archie Purdon. They were asked to bring pencil crayons and white paper to make book covers. lwMRS. VICTOR EMERSON / ITECHURCH Mr. and Mrs. Dave McGlynn and Wayne of Kitchener visited Saturday yvith Mr. and Mrs. Bill Snowden and Bill Jr. of Goderich. On Sunday, the McGlynn and Snowden families visited with the girls' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tiffin, Joey Tiffm and their grandmother, Mrs. O. Tiffin. Mr. and Mrs. Snowden and Bill also PRIZE WINNERS—Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Benninger, Bill Crump, Bob La- during the mini -convention of the Bruce Regional Snowmobile Association visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rose and Doug Filsinger, members of the executive of the Wingham and last weekend. The trophies are for the hardest working club in the region Ernest Snowden of East District Snowmobile Association, display trophies the club was awarded and the club with the most members attending the. convention. Wawanosh. Miss Linda Moore returned to Ottawa siting here for a weep after hes rings s not what ro m sed Mrs. Millan Moore gave the Parmers sayHydro'. message at the United Church on g Sunday, in the absence of Rev. Regional hearings are now being conducted by the Royal Commission on Electric Power Planning to consider bulk power facilities in Southwestern On- tario. However the Concerned Farmers of the United Townships who requested the special hear- ings in the EL st place, are not pleased with tue way things are going follo,-ring G. opening of the hearings in T ondon. The farm roup v,as formed over five year. ago to oppose the proposed constru -tion of high power transmiss on i.nes : "(As the )rime r -ri4- ' Aral land of • 19 leo40 you mlowvmat eoo � 0 turns pple You probably think you do. They're mostly the things that turn you off, right? Well, see how right you are. Check the habits below you think will turn people off. E] 1. Filling up a hot tub instead of taking a shower. 2. Tbrning on the Floodlights to light up the house all night. 3. Turning up the thermostat, then opening a window 4. Leaving the TV on in one room while you eat dinner in another. 5. Cooking on an element tow big for the pot. 6. Brightening up the house at dusk by turning on all the lights. 1 7. TLming the washing machine on to launder just a couple of things. 8. Filling the kettle up to make a single cup. if you checked them all, 1 to 8, you re right. Because waste of electricity. like anything everybody really needs. is a bad habit. That makes all the habits above turnoffs. Which is a good reason for all of us to avoid them. V&sMW electricity ftum people off. This message is brought to you by your Hydro on behalf d people who care VR` HYe-9343 Southwestern Ontario. Due to their concerns regarding the des- truction of Ontario foodlands, the farmers say they were granted "an independent hearing by the Cabinet of our Ontario Govern- ment". Now the Concerned Farmers say they are not getting the in- dependent hearing they were promised. In a strongly worded press re- lease the ` Concerned Farmers= charge that a letter written to the' Royal Commission by the' Ministry of Energy and filed by Ontario Hydro at the hearinks in London has altered the tone of the r ntire hearings. According to representatives of the farm group attending the hearings, the letter dated Feb. 27, 179 and sent .)y the Deputy lVl ister of iaergy Malcolm t , van to the counsel for the r. A commission states that it is goy •rnment "policy" to have firm power sales to the United States. As a result the emphasis of the hearing has shifted from the need for additional bulk power facilities in Southwestern Ontario to the need for additional transmission lines to get surplus power from the Bruce Generating Station south for sale to the United States. The letter came as a surprise to the members of the royal com- mission to which it had been mailed in the first place. Com- mission chairman Dr. Arthur Porter said they had no know- ledge of the letter. After some hesitation he stated that he would receive the letter and would rule at the hearings in Wingham whether or not he would consider it to be admissible under the terms of reference of the hear- ings- The hearings are continuing in Kitchener Public Library this week and will be held in Wing - ham in the Madill Secondary School gymnasium on March 19, 20 and 21. On Friday Lloyd Moore of the Listowel area, president of the Concerned Farmers, said he didn't know what the reaction of farmers would be at the Wing - ham hearings if Dr. Porter an- nounces that the commission will consider the demand for ad- ditional transmission needs from Bruce GS for the4ransmission of "surplus" power. However Elbert Van- Donkersgoed of Drayton, another member of the Concerned Far- mers and the secretary of the Foodlands Steering committee. said farmers "can no longer allow ourselves to be compro- mised". Another member of the farm group, Pat Daunt of Wallace Township, promised there would be a large turnout of farmers at the hearings in Wingham. In their press release the Con- cerned Farmers of the United Townships said the rules under which the hearings are now being conducted are as follows I. The boundaries of the hearing are: south of a line drawn from Bruce GS to Essa TS and west of a line drawn from Esu EsTS to Nanticoke GS (This is the area of Ontario's main foodlands. Discussion of power from Bruce GS- to Ontario's high energy users of the Golden Horseshoe of Toronto, Hamilton will not take place.); 2. Future expansion at Bruce GS will be transmitted into the hearing area (our foodlands) or through this area to the Michigan border. (Hearing area has suf- ficient power for the future, therefore power is for the States.); 3. Hydro can demand ad- ditional transmission needs from Bruce GS due to power that will be bottled up due to future expan- sion at Bruce. (If expansion at Bruce is continued, Bruce alone could supply enough power for Ontario's average needs.) ; 4. The Ministry of Energy has filed a letter at the hearings dated Feb. 27, 1979, stating it is government policy to have firm power sales to the States. "Due to the hearings rules, the large amount of power to be pro- duced by Bruce GS expansion can only be transmitted through the hearing area (foodlands) and into the States. The Ministry of Energy has , stated government policy -is to have firm power sales to the States. The Concerned Farmers of the United Townships are not getting the fair in- dependent hearing we asked for," the press release con- cluded. Farmers say a brief to be pre- sented by their Foodlands Steering Committee at the hearings in Chatham City Hall on March 26, 27 will "prove beyond a doubt" that Hydro's forecasts for power needs for the future are hilt of line. "Hydro's forecast is much too high," Mr. VanDonkersgoed stated emphatically. Opening Statement The farmers are not the only ones with complaints regarding information filed by Ontario Hydro for the hearings. Commis- sion Chairman Porter in an opening statement at the hearings in London stated the commission had found the in- formation supplied by Hydro to be inadequate and had con- sidered postponing the hearings until the requested information had been received. However Dr. Porter said the commission decided to go ahead with the hearings on the hope that they would "help to clear up some of the uncertainties con- cernig the adequacy of existing and committed generation and high voltage transmission line facilities". Dr. Porter also noted that a postponement of the hearings "would preclude the partici- pation of many farmers because of the intense activities on farms during the planting season. This would be unacceptable to the commission. On the other hand, if these hearings were to be postl poned until the end of June or July, when planting would have been completed, the commission could not meet the already tight reporting schedule required by the Order -in -Council". Dr. Porter said the information supplied by Ontario Hydro in its submission, Requirement for Additional Bulk Power Facilities in Southwestern Ontario, "was inadequate for our purposes on several grounds, not least be- cause it was extremely difficult to understand (even by a former Professor of Electrical Engineering!). "This view was fully endorsed by several outside consultants. In consequence, a comprehensive set of questions was developed, and these were presented to representatives of Ontario Hydro at a meeting, attended by Dr. ( William) Stevenson on behalf of the commission, held on January 19, 1979." In his opening statement Dr. Porter said Hydro's replies to the gUt:bL1Vre& vfferTcd .—M clarification, but that the reply "to what the commission regards as the central question is not satisfactory". The central question referred to by *Dr. Porter was stated as follows: "Does Ontario Hydro's load forecasting process use esti- mates of various factors such as populationrowth rates, growth in households (including type of housing and heating), com- mercial manufacturing and in- dustrial growth and the related uses of electricity in order to forecast electrical growth? If so, could such estimates be pro- vided? " ro- vided?" Dr. Porter stated that the lack of such "crucial information" has limited the commission's own appraisal and had inhibited the preparation of the submis- sions and examinations for the hearings. Single car accident injures Clifford man Kevin M. Haskins of RR 1, Clifford, received minor injuries as a result of a single car ac- cident when his car rolled over along County Road 12, south of Con. 5-6, in Grey Township Saturday evening. He was examined at Wingham and District Hospital and then discharged. Four motor vehicle collisions during the past week caused an estimated $4,660 in property damage but only one person was injured. Wilena Brown. Mrs. John Stewart and Pauline of Blyth were Thursday visitors with Mrs. Bob Adams. Stephen Inglis, who has been visiting on Vancouver Island, returned Saturday to the home of Tom Inglis, West Wawanosh. John deBruyn and friend of Lucknow were Sunday visitors with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman deBruyn. Mr. and Mrs. deBruyn attended the refugee meeting Friday night in C1intm. Mr. and Mrs. Rae Lewis, Michael and Jonathan, were Sunday visitors with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Coultes. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Laidlaw over the past weekend were Miss Jane Laidlaw of London, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Laidlaw and Michelle, Windsor, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ducharme, Goderich. Mr. and Mrs. Carman Whytock and Jack were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Parker of Teeswater. Mr- Whytock's father, Alex Whytock of Teeswater, is recovering from a heart attack in University Hospital and expects to soon be home. FETTES TOURS AND TRAVEL NUnTI NUR1T1 NMTI Book now for your Spring and Summer trips! We still hove seats for the following tours. Let us take the worry out of your vocotion. Fully escorted bus tours with washroom facilities. 3 Dry Tends, 0Y6 - Live theatre, dinner, doncing and shopping Deports March 30 and April 27. 9 Dry Mw Orlesr mW Me Do" i.aR - City tour plus cruise, Bellingmth Gardens. Departs March 26 4 Dey Mesfilglw Chi" like"m Fesslwl aW Pwde - Departs April 6. 4 Dtry Nnhsis - No ovemight driving music. fun and relaxotion. Departs April 13. May 18. October 5. 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