The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-08-28, Page 7Lueknuw Seuti*e
Wednesday, August 2g, 9
age 7
by Bev,+ry
.Corporate restructur-
ing at Ontario Hydro and
a strategicplan for
improving performance
at Hydro's nuclear plants
is "great news", 'John,
Murphy; president of the
Power Workers tinfon
lP says
"This is the first in a
,long time that the l WIJ
has come out publicly
.praising the action'.taken
by the corporation. We
need more ofthis.lt's not..
beirg'adversarial
all the time,"
Tuesday, 'Hydro
'announced .it had elixrii-
.dated the general manag-
er'.s job at its --nuclear
power stations.
Operations at Bruce
Generating Stations A
and. B willbe the.respon-
• sibility...: of Jim Burpee.
He has been Hydra's
general manageT, fossil
generation. :business
• group since 1993.
• IKen Talbot, former
director , at Bruce
Generating. Station A, is
responsible . for the _.
Pickering. site and 'Bob
Strickert, the, Darlington
site.
These . managers will
asses
report to George Hugh,
boss of all Hydra's
power stations, including.
69. hydro -electric plants
and •seven fossil fuel
plants
Ant American consul-
tant,. Gregory, Kane, ..for-
,wrier general manager o:
V.ir inia Power's top-:
rated North Anna nuclear.
plant, :has. been. retained
to assist : Hydro in:.
improving its'. nuClear
;sites.
The new management
structureconsolidates:. all
the nuclear, 'fossil -fuel
-and-'hydro-electric plants
under one division. This
move is• the. reverse =.of
the Macdonald).
Committee recommenda-
tion which suggested
breaking up the generat-
ing
enearating° stations. into .different
business units. •
Murphy said the 'P�VU
.has been - advocating
keeping' generation as
one unit. -
"With Hydro rnakingt
this move, -1 `hope it
would, encourage the
government to scrap the. '
MacDonald Committee
report."
He.,.added there is still
the issue of ownership.
`The l nald
Committee recoa etid-
ed Hydro be pried.
"Given the ,public.
'opposition to =privatiza-'
tion, I hope the govern-
ment will :decide to keep
Hydro a ,publicly owned
utility." "
Regarding the new
strategic : plan, Terry.
'Young, Ontario Hydro'.
corporate relations said,
is clear we need to
improve our. nuclear per-
formance."
` He said 60 per cent of
Ontario's generating
Capacity is° nuclear,
which ",needs to rise at'
peak performance,.
The focus on improv-
'ing. nuclear performance
is linked to Hydro's plans •
to prepare theutility.for a
more, .competitive ,future,.
Young said, •
fie added- the (nuclear
stations must operate
efficiently ,if • they are:
going to be competitive
with other sources in the
• North American electric=
ity market. •
The. Atomic Energy
Control Board; AECB
(the federal nuclear. regu-
lator) has told Hydro it
has to improve the- safety
rte.
by Pat. Livingston
Figure Skating Club - Joan Chaxnney
and Lori,Cox gave a verbal. presenta-
tion to the Joint Recreation Board last
Wednesday.
The club proposes that the rec-;board
take `over_ running the figure skating
program, with "the'executive remaining
as fundraisers; this year's fees be set at
$74 for=beginners;: the rest' at $104, and
Canskate at $164." The. chub is willing
to give' up Monday nights but would
like an extra hour on, Wednesdays and
Saturdays.
Currently the cit `has $2468on
hand. They propose to' keep $1400 for
start up funds this ear to purchase
sortie-equipme4
,and, hand the balance
over to the rec board. The -Club had a
$4200 deficit this year.`
The board.recommended the club
submit the proposal in writing at which
time they would look' at the fee struc-
sire. • '.
•
group has : suggested .k season and/or
family pass for minor;hockey games:
Ladies Auxiliary to Winter Sports "
Barb Van Diepenbeek read a• letter; at
the board meeting saying that this
group -would give all. proceeds except
money needed .for' capital purchases -
to the °roc f .board:'to• be used towards
reducing the minor hockey. deficit,
New chairs - The multi-purpose room
at the sports complex has 75' new black,
chalk thanks to the Lions 1~adies::
Programs ending 4'r The pool will.
close. Aug. 30 as the 'stairheads back
to school.
`Recreation boli wraps ,up wi
naments on Aug 3Q: for those .11 years
and up on Aug: 31 for the 6, • 7 and 8
year olds, and 'on Sept. 7. for the 9, 10
and =11 year olds: -
Soccerr-: was finished .in early
August.
.Getting ready for winter - The ice
will go in the end of September and be
ready for use by Oct. 8.
Winter , progra'm'sRegistration for
hockey:, and figure skating will; take;
place on Sept.: 7; See the advertisement'
_
in thisweek's Sentinel.
-$givash -leagues - :Tentative plana are
.being made for a omen' s night squash..
lea a startedWednesda.. ,Set; 4 at `8
p = ,as well as: one rofthe ladies start-
ing .on ;Sept:. 9 at 8 r:rn.' Cad Dave
Ia+�k is you re interested- in either
:these.
Cr
cluh;,r cs. oss: cr►urr�pv lf. th care x
enough nterrest, arfall,progr m ~�v llwbe
pili. in
place, one, night a week for°cross;
country .enthusiasts. fall Dave as cyell
on' this , Volunteers needed There's
still a. little list of -painting to' be done
doors, mainly.If you' -re interested in'
lending a nand give< Dave Black a .call.
dv rtisin atrds -All but two of
A e g� : Y . ,.
the advertising°; boards'purchased last
year by area.businesses are-,heinP
moved 'to their,final
resting.place• -
around `tee ice 'Surface, .'T here's a -total
of .16 spaces; with four still available. •
:There ,it -also Spiee • for. 10 more
`ioarrds above -the ice. surface • on the'
east end wall.
if
you're;;interested in one, of:these-:
.pots give Dave B1ac1 or John Pollard
a call -
record at Pickering by
the fall, or face losing its'
operating licence.
Pickering has been.
shut , down ..for five
months at ,a cost of $150 -
million, illion, "$1 million a
day," Murphy said,
He said Hydro's senior
managementt has recog,-
nized it rust restore
nuclear power to its for-
mer glory. years, 'in the
1970s and 1980s, when
the plants were operating
• on a world class>le'vel
He said at that time,
people came from all
over the world to learn
from Hydro:
"Our' systems. were
known as the best and
they were. built, operated
and maintained by the
most .highly-skil'le
nuclear �energy'worrlforce
ever assembled.
"By, investing
resourcesto bring our :.
nuclear stations back to
the world class facilities
they once were, Hydro is
ensuring : that the
province will be able to
count on an abundant
supply of reasonably
priced, reliable ;domestic
power."
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Sept. 7th
Leagues starting
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