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GODERICH SiG.Nu, .Fi'A r,' .Tutni$p4, 19.7 pAcit
Live' be c.trically thin ^ 1i;Ydro however, ha "Meer :; the
su rimer — arcd fot-ten. ier'centPUO °balk ,to i9 the red, this
less .than,°you will •be 'able to , time $:34,207.00. Manager Dave
thin fall- :and winter. The BdiSton- `predicts. a, deficit sof
'Goderich PUC•is eurrenrly'ad nea•rlv:$60,000 if the. September'
vising customers that•t.here will increase- is„ not. put info effect.
be a price, hike , this fall but. • The major expense incurred
'hilrcn predictions:4sall ..for' by the Goderich titil'ntv'is' the
similar escalation every year .cost of ".raw bulk power pur
un`t'il at least 1979. it ... chased' off `Hyd rci The future as.--
• The 'coat. of the raw power °•predicted • by the power com-
th'at the local PUC Purchases "pany does not look bright for
fr.,omrOntario.Hydro is going to ratepayers'across the province. •
be raised . by '15 percent this The Ontario Energy Board
January „if the Crown .Cor- reviews. the cases for price in-
j1oration is successful in its ap-.Crease when application , is
plication to the Ontario Energy made . by the Crown;rcxr-
Board. , poration.. Ontatrio Hydro
The approval sought by however reviews•, °ail ap-,
Hydro is for a 15 percent in- . plications for gate increases
crease to the :353 municipal made .by any i.n.d:iar,iival
utilities. According. to. Mr.
Rolston they frown on, any in-
crease of over "'ten -percent, and-°,
usually do nut, allow.them to go
through,
'This 'means that if l- yd•rd
receive permission to, escalate
utilities it services anis a 16
percent hike to direct industrial.
customers.
"The proposal for rate' in-
creases comes at. *a time when
the whole industrial world is
caught in the grip of tremen-
dous inflationary presspres' pikes to, 15, percent' mi re than
from' which Ontario ljyd•ro can. last year that the ,Goderich • ,Teehooltlgy,' however, has not
not,. isolate itself,_', , said, one utility will be earning five per "vet overcome the problem' in
,Hydra counsel to the Energy cent_ less next year despite their
volved in thts•"°process and it is
Board. a ten percent rate raise. ' Hydro ° impossible .a`or `" Hydro at this,....
Another' Hydro' spokesman • h?xpes to continue• raising .costs point to 'con plete the. wanted June -28 the Canadian Coast
told the Energy,.. Board that :1,5 ,percent per year until 1979. project: Guard Cutter Rapid returned.
---nniunici al utilities1 face At that rate the Goderich "PUC, � 2 June 29 the Helen.,..Evans
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PFarmers and farmer groups arrived li ht from Buffalo -for
escalating local -op ating. costs'• will be denied.25: perc9nt of, are also demanding very high salt. "
that will in turn ace,pressure their possible stir`plus �at the rices f`rotn Ilydrix r right of
on local rates that.will force in- end of the five year period. Pb 4 g u June 29 the oNdes� boat: an
., . way over their ' ia,nd.: There` the lakes, the Westda14; Du:ltith,
creases. He predicted rates Dave' Rolstonreferred to the price' cannot be effectively met arrived' with a , load,, of, corn. ,
would jump from ten to twenty. local utility's forecast for- the •byHy'droand delay', a"re caused ,,` •W.
percent depending on the finan next few' years and de'crtbes :, while settlement is reached. June .:'0, the Sarniadoc
cial position :of the individual the position, we would be• in if One hydro predictionstates arrived with a toad of` grain
utility. the local rate was not raided° ghat• if,'t`h line from the new'' from Thunder Bay, '• -'
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The Goderich PUC is not ^in ' each,. year to correspond ,with "Bruc!e - geerrcating station ' is ''.' June 30, the. Agawa' Canyon
an overly. stable •• financial , the Hydro rates. "Wit,h.the in'- a•
delayed' . ;year after its, 1976 • arrived light from Sarnia for
• pos,ition and has been operating crease. in • September we Should. 'rdead•line it with require' an - salt , "
at increasing` deficits Since realize a• $29;000 surplus which, -energy replacementpbill' of ,$40 June :30;,t'he Thorold brought
1971. Ontario Hydro hase in -.at.' that. rage, would . drop„.1!'o million. y� w •
a a part load of grain frc ih Thun-
creased rates to the PUC•,{y• $'17,000 in '1975 and would - ,. - . ''der. Bav:
'4five,' six,, and_ ten , p 'ent ” place us in the recd, by 197x6 to , All- .these .. future c:c�n 1 •., ,July .3 thy. Roy ` A •Jadrey
several times since :January of the: tune of $61,893 siderations ' bv. Hydro do not arrived light from Sarnia 'for
•1969. The local PUC,.however, The cost of power i', going up mean that the province , will ro salt.
a a decreased their. rates ' on and, the power needs of . ;face an energy shortage nor• will ' • '+a•• :• o
January 1, 1967. and .did' not Goderich are rising just'as,.fast. , Goderich customers;, but, it Ger , JOY 3' • the Roy A. Jockey
raiste them again until April `1, ' ' -"So far 'this year we nave, " tai'nly, leads one to believe that -
1969 when they made the first ' hooked up ,61 water services in . it- will ca tie a monetary :Thor- ' ' arrivedflight. from °1VIi land for
.' rate increase in 15 /years cif, town!,." said Mr. Rolston, can Hydro a !Gnarl of salt.
tage, to. consumer~•, July 4 the Canadian'Govern•,
,steady`koperatian. see where we 'will .have' well ,`'Rut, says Dave Rol:4on,•. "ment Boat the Advent.arri•ved,
"We're going in the hole•'o over. `100 homes constructed "hydro here is still*rhe cheapest - • •July 5 the tug,Ethels arrived.
fast it's •not :funny," said PUC` this vear'.as`well :.
as some apart- in the, world."
r manager :Dave "Rolston. "The ment buildings, the new. mall-
cost of -power is up, the cost of •Q and • 'two • new • inciustrie , on ' b
gas ,for the service trucks Went.. Highway 21:.`•1. can see where .
up, the ;price of `Copper has' the town will use at least ten
• •doubled, trans,forme,rs :are- ••percent more power each, year:"":
costing`" one third more than, ' Energy, replacement costs',
las_Lyear. Everything''we use is that Hydrois-'suffering, each:
cdsting' us 'mor"e.,, 0/ear are ' being transferred .to '.
The Goderich PUC was run- .,., the final -power consumers, the
ping ata :substanti.al� surplus ratepayers. The replacernent• is
for over a decade despite On-, not due, to a• lack of power, the-,,
Carlo Hydro increases, The'generating .,,stetlons are fully
April of 1969 increase -by the capable of `•supplying. the-.;
local Utility maintained this province's needs.' The problem :'
surplus until 1971 after; ..t'wo is transmission ,`Of ' the .high
Ryder) increases forced them voltage: A -meat deal'' of. op
into an $849.10 deficit at°year's position 'has *been turned
end""The•,local, rages were in, agaipsr Hydro concerning. !•heir
}'creased ih March of. 1972• to 0 -chosen -routes for power' lines,`; •
counteract the' deficit` and at Conservation .groups,' are
,the end. of_ the Year a $20,292;.. ,demanding ' that .:at.he, lines be
surplus was enjoyed. The tnos`1, placed underground at a cost cif
recent: increase' from Ontario, many: °millions, of dollars
IeuniscIasseshegiH
".Tennis Glasse" started last. Saturday morning at the •GDCI'� divided the class into two groups.- s young
Y 9 9 P '- Y g and old -and turned
courts and there , was a good turnout ofr enthus.iasts, both the' older players over to his Assistant,'TimHill. (staff photo)
young and old. The instructor for'the summer,, Paul Brown.,
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Four doorhardtop, .Air conditioning, vinyl top, xii�
fully equipped. tris, DHC -15Q
Har
pr
AWS,
July 6 the Sarniadoc brought
a,
.load of pail) from Thunder.
Bay - tiz
July 7 the Hamildoc arrived
ligl3t from Hamilton -for. salt.
- July 7 the . E. B. Barber
arrived light from '`Sarnia for
salt.'':
fuly 8- the' tug • H•eler M.
MacAllister arrived
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'"168 THE `;SQUARE''' " GO ERICH ; 524-70.2
-'E•stablished 1950,,
SEAFORTH" s CLINTON WALKERTON`
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Last pick of strawberries„ July
•12,, Friday. First pick of ,. rasp -
"berries, July 1.2, -l! riday, We will
be open 9:O0, a.m. to .12:00 noon,
five days a week for the , rasp-
berry season. Closed Sundays
and Wednesdays.. Situated 11/4
.miles -north of Benmiller,- then
1/2 mile east°or 23/4 -•chiles -south
of Carlow (hen 1/2' ,mile sa$t.
Raspberries ' 48c per :pound.
Pleasebring . your ' own., small
containers.. .
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