HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2016-12-07, Page 3Wednesday, December 7, 2016 • Lucknow Sentinel 3
Purple Grove residents keeping busy this season
I'm so thankful to all the
folks that have the lovely
light displays in their homes.
What fun to drive around
our villages and countryside
and enjoy everyone's hard
work.
The driving snow on Sun-
day evening made us more
conscious that it is
December.
Congratulations to the
folks that put on the play
Wizard of Oz from Hawk
Theatre in Lucknow. Such
fun to see our young folks do
so well.
Our sympathy goes out to
the families of John Kuik of
Lucknow. He will be missed.
Frances Kingston of Ches-
ley visited her brother Mor-
ley Scott at RVilla last week.
Nancy King of Chatham
and her daughter Annetta
Matoshi visited with her
mother Largaret McInnes at
Pinecrest Manor.
The Dore family gathered
at Dianne Gottschalks on
Sunday to celebrate an
early Christmas gathering.
Attending were Ruth, Ron
and Troy Dore, Krista and
her friend and children Ser-
ena and Siera; Del, Nicole,
Adrian and Brice Dore;
Linda, Lydia and Allison
Burke; Krista Gottschalk
and her friend; Quinn
Gottschalk and his friend;
Karen and Largaret
Huron -Kinloss, Kincardine
and A-E all plan to work with EPCOR
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However, the new frame-
work does permit compa-
nies to charge higher distri-
bution rates in communities
that are to receive natural
gas services for the first time.
The OEB says companies
must file a leave to construct
application before the regu-
lator will review a franchise
agreement.
"This will allow the OEB to
review pertinent information
regarding the proposal
including forecast attach-
ment rates, cost allocation,
rate design, pipeline route
and system reinforcement
plans prior to approval of the
franchise agreement and
certificate," the new frame-
work says.
"This approach will also
allow proponents to com-
pete for the franchise if they
wish to do so. The OEB will
entertain multiple applica-
tions and approve the pro-
posal that best meets the
needs of the community and
ratepayers."
No leave to construct
application has been filed to
date for a southern Bruce
County expansion project.
EPCOR says it will work
closely with the three south-
ern Bruce municipalities to
bring natural gas to their
communities.
Union Gas has said it will
need to examine the new
framework in more detail
before determining which of
its expansion projects will
proceed and when.
The southern Bruce
County mayors said the new
OEB framework includes
many of the positions that
were advanced by the local
communities.
The OEB, they say, has
recognized that competitive
bidding and a level playing
field are important instru-
ments in attracting new
suppliers.
"All the hard work south-
ern Bruce has done over the
past several years to bring
gas to our communities has
been validated by the OEB
decision," Eadie said in the
news release.
"The OEB has recognized
what southern Bruce has
been saying for years - that
barriers existed to prevent
this service from reaching
our citizens. We now have a
path forward and will con-
tinue to work alongside
EPCOR to bring gas services
to our area as soon as
possible."
Huron -Kinloss Mayor
Mitch Twolan said the three
municipalities pursued "an
innovative and creative
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approach" by going out to
the market to seek competi-
tive proposals for gas
expansion.
"This had not been done
before in Ontario. We are
pleased that the OEB essentially
endorsed our approach by
establishing new rules thatwel-
come and encourage competi-
tion for gas expansion. We view
this as a major victory for rural
and smaller communities in
Ontario;" he said.
Twolan said the municipal
partners will continue to
explore "new and creative
ways" to reduce the overall
project's costs.
It will advocate for some of
the $230 million that the pro-
vincial government has ear-
marked to assist with natural
gas expansion and conver-
sion costs, he said.
"Our goal is to use provin-
cial funding to help our resi-
dents offset their costs to
switch to natural gas. In its
ruling the OEB supports the
use of provincial grants and
loans for this purpose,"
Twolan said.
McInnes. The gathering
was in Shakespeare.
The families of the late
Janet and Jack Farrell gath-
ered in Kitchener on Satur-
day for their Christmas gath-
ering. A good time was had
by all and the folks that
brought their skates had an
extra measure of exercise.
The oldest couple were Ethel
and John Nother, and the
youngest was Clara Farrell,
daughter of Crystal and
Jamie Farrell of Holstein.
Maureen and Roy Collins
visited with his cousin
Shirley Gilders of Clinton on
Saturday.
Mary Anne Kukoly visited
with Delbert Hedley and
Largaret McInnes at
Pinecrest Manor on
Wednesday.
It was good to see so many
folks attend the Cookie Wallc
fundraiser for Dave Under-
wood. The yummies are sure
good.
We're all looking forward
to the W I meeting at Marilyn
Reid's on Wednesday Dec. 7
in the afternoon. Please call
Janet Rhody at 519-395-
3260 if you are interested in
attending.
The family of Joyce and
John Farrell gathered at their
place to celebrate Joyce's
birthday on Sunday. Happy
birthday as well to Karen
Farrell.
Tour area Christmas lights at night
Troy Patterson/Editor
More examples of Christmas lights displays at area homes are seen here. They put on quite a
show at night and make for a nice evening drive. Readers are welcome to share photos of their
homes by e -mailing tpatterson@postmedia.com
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May the joy of Christmas reside in your
heart and home, today and throughout
the coming year.
Thanks, and best wishes for a
Happy Holiday.
Ray and Anne Guay
Certified Home Inspector
654 Stauffer St. Lucknow 1 519.441.3303
www.anotherlookhomeinspections.ca
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