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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1983-09-14, Page 32Homme; EXPQ$IToil,8 PTEM$ER-14,,1asa -.N r ms cones BYrM Riunal,, M.P.P. tnt1) wake of the accident„ in Pickering's Number One reactor, which spewed 900 litres of he(Iyy water a minute idto a 'contalnment room, Liberal Leader David Peter- son has called for the recon- stitution of the Select Com- mittee on Hydro Affair's, citing the following circum- stances. On Aug. 1, radioactive water poured from a gaping hole in a ruptured pressure tube at Pickering, on the fringe of Canada's most pop- ulous area, and subsequent incidents eventually shut down three of the station's five reactors, ,alerting us t0 technical difficulties, and the costly - potentially frightful, - consequences of Hydro's growing dependence on nu- clear power. The "loss of coolant" (similar to the U.S. Three Mile Island incident) was the first within a CANDU reactor. Hydro officials had assured us that the zirconium alloy tubes would always leak before rupturing, permitting repairs to avoid a major accident. +ibis rupture ' gvershs. dowed two other significant Pickering .accidental` a heat ezchanIIer malfunction Send- ing 6.8 litrett of tritium -laden water into Lake Ontario, and an operator error, causing Automatic shutdown. We are assured that radio- active discharge can be safely contained, but only a full explanation of the accident will reveal the implications of the rupture for the safety of the CANDU design. The extent of Hydro's nuclear commitment must be scrutinized. For example, this series of accidents will cost Hydro customers at least 515 million for replacement fuels: repair and down -the -line expenses could run the figure beyond 51 billion. TROUBLESPOT Pickering is a recent troublespot. Accidents else- where have caused shut- downs and costly "repairs: Bruce 2 shut down twice in 1982 - over $7.5 million was spent on replacement energy provision alone during a 75 day period; Bruce 4 was shut down tifMarch '83 for repairs to leaky prellsuro tubes and the prlmacr heat transfer pump; a hydrogen leak shut down Bruce 1 for 19 days in April '83; early this year, Pickering 1 and 3 were shut down for planned repairs. Down times mean millions of dollars in extra costs, and the serious unexpected rupture raises the spectre of system- wide shutdowns and repairs, costing billions of dollars. There are no older full- scale commercial heavy water reactors on which to judge the future performance of Hy- dro's CANDU reactors. The oldest are the four at Picker- ing A • only 1.2 years old. Hydro arbitrarily expanded their projected lifetimes from 30 to 40 years for borrowing purposes, but no one knows when the reactors might become brittle or wear out. Hydro travels unchartered waters in the hope that Ontario's energy future does not run aground. Moreover, it would be folly to view the Pickering shutdown from the narrow perspective of costs. Planners within Hydro Neighbours oppose Christian school in Belgrave. BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE Increased traffic, further encroachment on prime agri- cultural lands and unknown future developments are sev- eral reasons why the East Wawanosh township council and some of its residents are opposed to a land severance where a Christian secondary school is proposed south of Wingham. H.W. Kelly and S.R. Cole, members of the Ontario Municipal Board, heard these and other reasons during a one and a half day hearing at the regional assessment office in Goder- ich. The OMB is considering an appeal by the township and Hutton Heights (the residential strip adjacent to the land to be severed) residents opposed to the severing of 7.9 acres of land owned by Lloyd Hutton Real Estate of Kincardine. There is a purchase of agreement between the real estate firm and the Wingham and District Interdenomina- tional Christian High School Society. The society is pro- posing to construct a second- ary school on the site. Events leading to the OMB hearing include the town- ship's decision to turn down a severance application by the real estate firm to sever 7.9 acres from " the 140 owned, and the Huron County Land Division com- mittee's subsequent over- turning of the township's decision giving approval to the severence subject to a zoning bylaw. The township has not approved such a zoning bylaw so the OMB is also considering a request for zoning by Hutton Real Estate from residential (two acres) and restricted agriculture to institutional. During the first day of the hearing, Huron County plan- ner Gary Davidson, testified that the severance applica- tion complied with the count- y's official plan and the proposed secondary plan for the township. Another planner, C.E. (Ric) Knutson of F.J. Rein- ders and Associates of Lon- don, a consulting firm re- tained by Lloyd Hutton, agreed with Mr. Davidson that the severance and pro- posed use of the severed lot conformed to both plans. But, a third planner, the district manager of the Food - land Preservation branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Neil Smith, said the proposal conflicts with the Ontario Foodland guide- lines and the agricultural code of practice. He added that while the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Hous- ing hasagreed to the sever- ance, DMA1t has not. Mr. Smith explained that the land to be severed is class 1 and 2 W farmland. The W means it is wetland and requires some drainage. A portion of the 7.9 acres is within the flood plain of the Maitland River. East Wawanosh Township clerk Winona Thompson, a resident of Hutton Heights, presented a registered plan which the township is sug- gesting as an alternative site. Located in Belgrave, Mrs. Thompson said the lot would need a zone change if the school is to locate there. She also noted that Belgrave is designated urban, which Hutton Heights isn't. Other suggestions of pos- sible locations for the school, such as, adjacent to the present Lucknow Christian School in West Wawanosh Township, or inside the Town of Wingham were noted. Dr. John Vanderkooy, president of the Christian High School Society, said the have embraced nuclear pow- er as a child does a new toy, arbitrarily picking nuclear power as the force of the future, placing all its eggs ran the nuclear basket. Hydro s Chairman has forecaslthat 66 per cent of our electrical energy will be from nuclear generation by 1990. Fossil fuel thermal plants are placed In mothballs as nuclear con- struction in es a ace. MNuclear energy surpassed water power and coal as the largest power generator in Ontario in 1981. Non-nuclear installations worth billions of J ickus dOt�t lwna dollars have been - or will be - mothballed. Some examples: the Lennox ;oil -fired station near Kingston, which cost 5489 minion to build, moth- balled in 1980 and 1982; the Wealeyvine oil -fired station' cancelled midway through construction, at an ultimate cost of 5460 million; two 300 -megawatt coal-fired un- its at Lakeview to be moth balled April 1 '84; six R.L. Hearn coal-fired units shut down, with remaining two TRRY ELLIGSENEPLUMBING operating part-time until closure in '85; Windsor's coal-fired J. Clark Keith Station scheduled to be moth- balled by year end, after receiving $23 million in reno- vations; Atikokan and Thun- der Bay coal-fired units tent- atively scheduled for moth- balling. Mothballing Lennox will prove terribly expensive. 560 million has already been paid not to take delivery of un- needed heavy oil, and Hydro is locked Into a 15 -year contract with Petrosar, to buy 7.3 million barrels of oil annually, at a cost likely to exceed 5900 mHlion. Add to this, costly Miscal- culations which have omin- ously deepened Hydro's nu- clear financial commitment: a 40 -year contract to pay about twice the world price for uranium, at an additional expense of 51.5 billion; $69 million spent on Bruce's heavy water plant C before it was discovered to be -unnec- essary; $396 million spent on heavy water plant D before , construction was halted; mothballing costs run to 515 million, and an over -supply of heavy water will lead to the mothballing of one of Hydro's two remaining plants. Mothballing, implying that plants can be used in the if your oar -'s ' out of shape yott,get rid of it, right? Whet if your out of shape? future, may be a misnomer, since federal studies show deterioration can prevent ' heavy water plants being recommissioned. Mid -Western Paving Driveways, farm lake, parking lot, repairs FREE ESTIMATES Box 209, Bayfield, Ontario 565-2422 Pumps • Softeners • Farm • Residential PLUMBING and WIRING 24 Hour Emergency Service Ph. 345-2547 or Ph. 345.2447 JOHN ELLIGSEN ELECTRIC LTD. Farm • Residential • Commercial WIRING and PLUMBING 24 Hour Emergency Service R.R. No. 4 Walton Ph. 345-2447 or Ph. 34572547 FROM ONTARIO PORK FRESH PICNIC SHOULDER ROAST site being considered is "equa distance" from the three feeder schools in Listo- wel, Lucknow and Wingham. He added that other sites had been considered by the soci- ety, but were not as ideal as the land south of Wingham. Hutton Heights residents Blake Evans, Ross Hamilton and Virginia Newell all spoke in opposition to the proposal. "I am opposed primarily because of the potential traffic hazard," said Mr. Evans. In the past six years there have been three pedestrian - vehicle accidents at the inter- section of Lloyd Street (the access road from Hutton Heights to Highway 4) and 'Highway 4. In two of the accidents, children were in- jured, while in the third accident a child was killed. Mr, - Hamilton doesn't want to see•Crawford Street, the one street in Hutton Heights, extended or the school traffic going on Lloyd Street to Crawford. Mr. Hamilton's property abuts Highway 4, Lloyd and Craw- ford Streets. Other concerns of Mr. Hamilton's are aes- thetic such as planting trees between the school and his property. WhilMr. Hamilton said he has no objection to a school being built, he said he moved there in 1961 "to enjoy the pastoral scenes of East Wawanosh." He con- siders it a "waste of money" to build a school, considering the amount of unused class space in the area. He also says it's a waste of prime farmland." Speaking for the Hutton Heights residents, Mrs. Newell said the main concern is the preservation of "good agricultural land." Her other concerns revolve around the high school site plans which show parking spaces for 80 vehicles. zehrs fine, markets... of fine foods SPECIAL PRICES IN EFFECT UNTIL CLOSING TUESDAY SEPT. 20 EXCEPT PRODUCE SPECIALS WHICH EXPIRE SAT. SEPT. 17. We reserve the right to limit purchases to reasonable weekly family requirements. DELI SPECIALS SCHNEIDERS LUNCHEON, CHICKEN OR MAC & CHEESE S.05 'kg MEAT LOAVES 2.29i. BURNS te0:001-SANDWICH STYLE 5.49ms COOKED HAM 2.49.. SHOPSYS PREPARED COLE SLAW OR 2.18m. POTATO SALAD . 99'.. LIMIT 3 ROASTS PER FAMILY '.52 69#) /k9 Ib. FRESH ONTARIO SHOULDER BUTT PORK CHOPS .62 f.19 /kgIb. FRESH OR PREVIOUSLY FROZEN PORK SIDE RIBS .51 f.59 3 109010 SLICED SCHNEIDERS R VARIETIES 10 VARIETIES MEATSD719 69° MINII SIZE 1.99 PRIDE 01 CANADA 5 m. avg. NO NAME 0015511 BASTE FAIZENTING a 28 SMOKED CN CKEN.. 149 a SAUSAGE PORK 375 D 1.49 111 1I�MER frrlf LA Oe 110 NAME 'E RADA PO K 'kg BAVARIAN375 g SHOULDER 2.29-.. SMOKIES 1.69 SCHNEIDERS REGULAR 375 g BOWL OR CHUNKY MG MRM[ 375 HEADCHEESE 1.89 PEPPERONI 1.69 /kg Ib. SCHNEIDERS SIDE BACON END SLICES 199 PLUMP L TENDER FRESH EN BREAST 3. / 5,,, 179 Ib. SCNNEI ENS FRESH PORK AND REEF ENGLISH SAUSAGE 4.83,kg 2.191 FRESH BUTT ER PORK R' T 2•'8 99? 500 MUTT A MDR FRESH PART BACK ON CHICKEN LEGS 2.84/kg 1.291 SCHNEIDERS BEEF STEAKETTES PK50%9F 4 1.79 COUNTRY GOLD SLICED SALAMI, 175 g PKG. TAU' DIV 0OtD COUNTRY STYLE COOKED HAM 7.69k9 3.49. MAPLE LEAF INDIVIDUAL WRAPPED CHEESE SLICES REGULAR SIZE Cs ZEST BAR 4009 SOAP 1.89 STOKELYS 10 OZ. FANCY HONEY PDD PEAS, CREAM STYLE CORN, CUT WAX OR GREEN BEANS, PEAS & CARROTS OR 7 OZ. KERNEL CORN 20's 500 g PKG. OUR REG. '3.65 Z. 69 WHITE OR CHAMPAGNE VIVA TOWELS 2 ROLL PKG. OUR REG. '1.69 4 VARIETIES DARES 700 9 COOKIES Z49 STOKELYS' VEGETABLES 2 TINS #I FOR KRAFT ASSORTED PEANUT 500 9 BUTTER /.77 89 STRAWBERRY ON RASPBERRY PURE 500 2.39 mL JAMS McCAINS FROZEN ORANGE JUICE There's Tots of room in public schools, B of Ed says Loss of provincial fund- ing added to an already large vacancy in Huron County public schools, leaves the Huron County Board of Edu- cation opposed to the build- ing of a Christian high school near Wingham. In one of his first public duties, newly -appointed director of education Bob Allan spoke for the board at an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing in Goderich on Aug. 2. The OMB is considering an appeal by the East Wawa - nosh Township council and some of its residents regard- ing the Huron County Land Division Committee's deci- sion to approve a 7.9 acre severance from 140 acres owned by Lloyd Hutton Real Estate of Kincardine. The land is located about a half mile south of the intersection of highway 4 and 86. The board is also consider- ing a request for a zone change for the site from residential and restricted agr- residential and restricted agriculture to Institutional. An agreement of purchase between Hutton and the Wingham and District Inter- denominational Chrlatian High School Society depends on the outcome of the OMB hearing. If the go-ahead is given, the society plans to construct a high school for approximately 80 to 120 stu- dents. The president of the society, Dr. John Vanderkooy of Harriston, said students would be drawn from the present elementary Christian schools in Clinton, Lucknow and Listowel. The Huron County Board of Education opposes the proposed severance and zone change application because the purpose of the severance is to permit the construction of a school," Mr. Allan told the OMB. Explaining the financial effect on the school board of the potential loss of second - school students, Mr. Allan noted that in 1983 the board received 52,978 per secondary school student. This means that for each secondary school student who leaves a school operated by Huron County Board of Edu- cation, the board's secondary school ceiling is reduced by 52,978," said the director. The actual provincial dol- lars lost by the board would be 517,868 for 10 students as the province pays about 60 per cent of the board's revenue. Compounded to the reduction of provincial fund- ing is the board's long -touted fixed costa such as building maintenance. Many of the board's costs are fixed and the loss of 10 students results in a very insignificant reduction in ex- penses. The board's only option is to shift a larger portion of its operating cost to the local ratepayer. In a very practical sense, then, every ratepayer in Huron County would end up supporting this school. Therefore, the board feels an obligation to all the ratepayers of Huron Country to oppose this application, said Mr. Allan. Mr. Allan also pointed out the vacant spaces already in Huron County schools. With the potential to house 15,681 students in its 24 elementary and five secondary schools, there was. as of Sept. 30. 1982, only 10,522 students. The secondary schools in Huron could hold up to 5,985 students but in September of last year housed only 3,979 students. Enrolment is pro- jected to decline again this fall. "The Board of Education thinks that the best interests of all Huron County residents are beat served by using this existing space," Mr. Allan said. Dr. Vanderkooy said the site south of Wingham Is the "nucleus" of a 50 -mile radhus from where the students will come. These students will not only come from Huron County, but from Perth, Wel- lington and Bruce. 355 mL TIN OUR REG. 51.43 PETAL WHITE 011 SANDAL WOOD TISSUES SCOTT 200 SH FACIAL 89° ASSTD BATHROOM DUVET 4 ROLL TISSUE 1.79 89° STORMS 7 VARIETIES KIDNEY 19 OZ BEANS 79° BRM7.ORGARCL MIX I11UIT TAN FRUIT' 1 DRINKS 89° FAMILY ASSORTED FRESH! 'A' GRADE LARGE EGGS OUR REG. '1.31 $' DOZEN E.D. SMITHS "HARVEST 01 VALUES" GARDEN COCKTAIL 69' SCOTT ' 0O 5M NAPKINS 1.99 10►OLAR NABISCO- - 675 g SNREDDIES 1.89 MAPLE LEAF FLAKES 184 a OF CHICKEN 1.79 28 OZ GLASS E.D. SMITHS POPULAR APPLE PIE F�LLING 9 OZ. TIN 1.39 E.D. SMITHS BLUEBERRY 01 CHERRY PIE FILLING 19 OZ. TIN ASSORTED VARIETIES 750 sal PURE SPRING SOFT PLUS 300 DEP DRINKS2/89° LAUNDRY DETERGENT BOLD 3 121 8.99 PIECES t STEMS LEAVER MUSHROOMS 10 OZ TIN OUR REG. S1.13 0,5011141CR5 POPULAR SALTINES :l 9 CRACKERS %29 ASSORTN MONARCH "MOIST PLUS" CAMIXES 2 PFOB S1 ALL rump' MONARCH 35K9 FLOUR 2.89 500 B BOK CATELLI A. LASAGNA 1.09 68° ZEHRS ASSORTED VARIETIES POTATO CHIPS 200 9 PKG. 88? OUR REG. '1.19 WESTONS SLICED, THIN SLICED 011 E0'. WHOLE WHEAT SANDWICH BREAD S8, 675 9 OUR REG. '1.00 R.5. MACARONI OR 500 9 CATELLI 1109 SPAGHETTI69° CATELLI OLD FASHIONED ORANGE PEKOE 60' RED ROSE 2279 TEA BAGS %99 16ILMER FROZEN IND. WRAPPED HIGNLINER COD 14 0, FILLETS 2.49 ION SPAGHETTI 750 ml IN BATTER 7505 COFFEE 1.99 SAUCE %69 HADDOCK % 99 MATE FLRIA cToSTN E VITAMINS .0199 GG Os tAFFES 312 g 119 A ! 6.95ik9RASPBERRY CREAR14042B PLA5 1101 SWISS STYLE FLAVORS E VARIETIES CAKES ONE -A -DAY VITAMINS 100 O 4 89 GAY LEA YOGURT 175 9 CUPS 2FOR99{ VACHON .SNACKS 6 s or 12 s 1.69 11(001111 OR SUPER 50011150 SMOOTH 1 CREAMY WALNUT OR ALMOND TAMPAX MAXITHINS 12 O 1.79 COTTAGE CHEESE 500 9 1.19 OLD BAVARIA DANISH 415 9 1.99 c*IRATNM FROZEN 1 5 k9 2100( 10019.11101. MOZZARELLA DIETRICHS 100 . 99° HASH BROWN POTATOES 1.49 BULK CHEESE 6.95rk9 WHOLE WHEAT ROLLS 12 s 5009 2.29 COUNTRY OVEN BAKERY, STORE BARED FRESH WHITE BREAD 24 oxe LOAF 6 HAMBURG DR HOT DOG ROLLS PKG 69° OF 8 PLAIN ENGLISH MUFFINS DOZ. 1.19 CAULIFLOWER PRODUCT ONTARIO f CAN. NO. 1 7 GRADE FRESH %.SNOWY WHITE EA. FRESH FROM THE TROPICS DOLE, DELMONTE OR CHIQUITA BANANAS 6 /kg 29b. CANTALOUPES N C LI ORN ACT F CAN. NO. 1 GRADE SIZE 18s EA. PROD. OF ONT CAN NO I WAXED PROD. OF ONTARIO CAN NO 1 SWEET PROD OF ONTARIO RUTABAGAS SP/kg/51C RED PEPPERS 196 ,kg 89° 1h PEPPER SQUASH PROD. OF CALIF. CAN. NO. 1 SEEDLESS PROD OF ONT CAN NO 1 GREEN GRAPES PROD. OF ONTARIO MINI CARROTS 2.18,k9 99° CELERY STALKS EA PROD OF ONT CAN FANCY PROD OF ONT MACINTOSH 69° FANCY APPLES PROD OF ONT CAN NO 1 1.52 69".. BARTLETT PEARS A LITRES 149 CUCUMBERS JOSEPHINE ST. (HWY. NO. 4) WINGNAM HIGHWAY NO. THESE SPECIALS GODERICH AVAIlAEARLE1LE ONLY IN: Mow wy.ATb1 WM., THUDS., PMI.. • TO • P.M• AAT.AT. 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