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Claude Rae plays farmer George Willowhy and Kay Hawtrey plays his wife Ethel Li the
Blyth Summer Festival production of Heads You Lose. The gory thriller, written by Peter
Colley, has audiences screaming and jumping in their eeats,
Heads -is a gruesome thriller
BY JOANNE which he steins to relish: out the east as Robert's silly
BUCHANAN George becomes in- girlfriend Lori.
Heads YOU Lose, a creasing unglued as he Tony Abrams is to he
gruesome thriller now discovers his son Robert congratulated on both his set
tffaying, a Blyth heirone_r (William Dunlop) has and cast=es. The play
Festiva% is net for the faint decided to pursue an acting takes.place in 1965 inside the
e heart career ahead of farming and Willowby's dumpy farm
Peter (111 Be Back For his wife Ethel ( Kay kouse with its yellowing
YOU Mere MidraightVeakey- flawtrey) is about to leave -wallpaper, old taniture and_
bas packed plen e of blood hihne for another man. He numerous back doors.
an greee into this Ude and decideshte kiff bis witeandt—Rebutowadoienindrensnlike
bas the audience screaming pin the murder on his the youth of their era in loud,
as loud as ever. While the deranged farmhand Sammy mismatched dothes-Roaed
plot of Heads is not as (Robert King). Some of the with his harry vest and
probable • as the plot of events which follow are purple pants and Lori with
Midnight, it still has the expected but many are not. her mini -skirts and go-go
ability to leave one feeling a With his dumb but hoots. There are also a few
bit weak in .the knees dangerous characterization, realistic looking blood
( especially if yore sitting King gives an excellent spattered aprons in the play,
in the frent row as I was! t portrayal of someone you Special lighting effects by
Claude Rae plays farmer would not like to meet in a Peter Smith and sound by
_neeteenele_ John-Rohy-alsaeradd-to-the-
whose prize possession in life ,, Hawtrey is extremely good creepiness of the play.
is a gun which belonged to a in her role too -such a Heads will run in repertory
German officer he killed in departure from her role as at Blyth Festival until
the war. His side -line to aunt Henriette in Down Atiguat 19. Don't go if you are
farming is deadstock-a North. easily frightened -you may
smelly>, bloody job but ene Patricia Vanstone rounds just lose a few nights' sleep!
V.VEDNESDAYAILY 21, 1982 --PAGE
Hydro chairm replies to Riddell's con rns
Dear Editor.
Jack Riddell .has raised a
long AA of concerns about
1%taftiillydro (Jack's Jot-
tings, June 16).
Perhaps you'd allow me
space for a few "jottings" an
behalf of Hydra
• If I read it correctly, your
Membees main, concerns
are rates, salaries, staff
growth, Hydro's accoun-
tability, and the long term
debt. nil deal With each in
turn.
Rates: Some people think
that because we're a big
utility we're imm 'une from
the ravages of inibtion, a
weak Canadian dollar, and
ineereeederenoei interest
rates. We're not.
The 5 percent so widely
quoted in recent weeks
represents the possible im-
pact of these factors on
Hydro rates over the next
three years.
I say "possible' because
all we've proposed so far is
13.9 percent for 1933 - that's
as far into the future as we
can now look with any cer-
tainty, and even that figure
isn't cast in concrete.
Salaries: It has also been
widely, but incorrectly,
reported, that Hydro's. ex-
ecutive staff were torecinive
a 22 percent increase next
year.
Intact ouresthriateealled
for something between 12
and 14 percent, close to the
projected inflation rate.
Even that is now\ .0 ubtful,
because Hydro's of
directors - in light of the cur-
rent economic slump - has
frozen executive salaries in-
definitely.
Staff Growth: The number
--of-Poolffetlydrotemploys has,
indeed grown, and the main
-mason has been our increas-
ing use of nuclear power.
, Although electricity
generated from nuclear
power is on the whole only
half the cost of electricity
from coal, nuclear stations
require about twice as many
people to build and operate
as coal stations do.
In other words, part of the
-enormous -fuel sae -lags ea
coal are offset by the cost of
hiring more people. And I
suggest that in hard times,
that's not a bad thing.
Its worth noting, too, that
in recent • years Hydro has
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been doing a lot tbat has
nothing to do with producing
electricity, but responds to
definite public needs - in -
'raveling the need to account
for its policies and activities_
For inetance, Hydro
employees work on in-
vestigating and " developing
altdrnative sources ./iat
totem: solateassisted water
heating, fesie.n; ern!
hydrogen to name just three
Some of these tecimologies
are already in
will serve us w as we
move into the next century.
Other employees ens
what Mr. Riddell
most concerned about:
Hydro's accountability.
I agree absolutely that
Hydro must be accountable,
and also responsive. The
record shows we are.
We have answered to the
Royal CommiseHion on Elec-
tric Power Planning, the
Select COmmittee on Hydro
Affairs and, more recently,
to thehatnsalidated Hearings
_
iUJ
o r eastern and
southwestern Ontario. We
also submit our rate pro-
posals for review by the On-
tario Energy Board every
September, 1981, which
saYs: "Ontario Hydro can
legitimately claim to place
greater emphasis on asses-
ment than any other cor-
poration of similar size and
allows for greater public in-
put than any other Canadian
Oo"
Debt: Much concern
has been expressed over
Hydro's debt, and that's
understandable. The
longterm debt is now about
$14 billion - a formidable
SUM.
"1.111 .
Equally ferraidatile,
however, is the value of
•-• n
Hydro'sassets -
Oh the , internatiotial
money market.„ aid** i$ the
idtimate test of a utility's
financial health, assets
count as much as debt.
Together, they measure
your credit -worthiness,
which debit:tenni.' ias how much
you can borrow and at what
interest rate.
The - Government of On-
tario, which guarantees
Hydro's borrowings, enjoys
a lhiple-A rating - the best
there is.
For the Ontario electricity
consetner, here's the bouom
toe: if Yokfmsaved i'one
at the334tneteleiRal tteTtties
in tbLo artil, Yott ore M-
ing an ammge of $40 a
• month for 1,000 kilowatt-
hournof electricity. -
If you lived in New York,
you'd be paytag $119; in
$77; in Los Angeles
Closer to home, Ordario
rates are lower than rates in
five- of the other nine pro-
vinces.
Sincerely,
Hugh Macaulay.
Chairman of the Board
Ontario Hydro
rd like to quote from the
Science -Council of Canada
report called "Public In-
quiries in Canada",
Campaign thanks
Dear Editor:
The Red Cross Campaign
for Goderich is now almost
completed with a sum of
$5099.78 having been raised
to date.
Through the medium of
your newspaper, we would
like to thank everyone who
bas contributed to the suc-
cess of this campaign. In -
chided are the captains, the
caovassers, the typists and
particularly the people of
Goderich and district, the in-
dustries and organizations
who gave generously in sup-
port of the Red Cross.
Aeen Curry, Chairman
Goderich District
Red Cross Campaign
Sponsored by.the
Maple Leaf Chapter
I.O.D.E. Goderich
Stephen turdy
holds MD carnival
Hey kids! Stephen Sturdy
of Goderich is holding his
backyard carnival for
musadar dystrophy again
this year. Just drop around
to Ids home at 122 West
Street any afternoon from
now imlil August 2 (except
for July 24 and Simdays).
There you will find games
Re the soccer kick, balloon
break, can bit and fishing
pont
The carnival also has a
refreshment booth and a
•
raffle wffl be held on a bottle
of Coke.
Stephen is being helped
this year by his friends
Robbie Dempsey, Tim
Connelly, Michael Alcock,
Shawn Currie, Jamie Habel,
Michael Hurd and Michael
Rompf.
This is 11 -year-old
Stephen's sixth annual
carnivaL Last year's car-
nival earned $81.10 for
muscular dystrophy.
HARBOUR EVENT
UNITED STATES NAVY
.4,7CADET TRAINING VESSEL YP587
returnsto
GODERICH HARBOUR
for is goodvall visit
FRIDAY, iULY23rd
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ----
Public may view the ship
MOM ANDSATURDAY_AFTERNOON
AND SATURDAY EVENING
U.S. NAVY
COME AND HELPUS
WELCOME THE VISITORS
GODERICH
WATERFRONT COMMITTEE
Ship leaves early Sunday morning I
courthouse park
goderich,ont
• art gallery • painting,drawing,scuipture
Exhibitors from all over
Ontario Display and Demonstrate Art,
Sculpture, Jewellery, Stained Glass,
Pottery, Woodworking &
other Crafts
The flower show is indoors in the
Judges° Chambers of the Court-Hoti
w
see you there!
0 crafts displays and demonstrations
• old fashioned tea garden
0 photography gallery
• flower show
on rib
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