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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-11-02, Page 5Since it was so close to Halloween, Joanne Doherty showed up at last Wednesday's blood donor clinic in Goderich dressed as witch. As she handed out treats to the other donors, she claimed she was a good witch not a wicked one and clinic assistant Antoinette De Lucia agreed. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan ) UNICEF cards available Dear Editor, As Honorary Chairperson of the Ontario UNICEF fundraising campaign for 1983, I am writing to let your readers know that UNICEF's holiday greeting cards and gifts are now available. UNICEF volunteers are working hard across the Province to raise funds for children in developing countries through the sale of UNICEF's extensive range of stationery products - which make ideal Christmas gifts! The funds raised through the purchase of each UNICEF item directly fund projects benefitting children in developing countries. Each dollar raised by UNICEF ig matched by CIDA the Canadian International Development Agency), and then matched again in goods and services by the country being assisteta. UNK 1 k is currently working in over 110 countries around the world. The 1983 UNICEF Collection includes greeting cards, diary calendars, per- sonalized stationery, giftwrap and gift enclosures, and a variety of packaged stationery for all occasions. The colour brochure illustrating these items is available now and may be obtained at no cost by calling toll free: 1-800-268-6362, Operator 08. Please join me in supporting UNICEF's children this fall - and really make it a season of giving. Sincerely yours, Andrea Martin (SCTV), Honorary Chairperson, Unicef Ontario Fundraising Campaign 1983. Religion today pproclaims UN as last hope for p care Dear Editor, Confused??? Mr. Minaker, quoting from the same Bible quotes Peter's words: "Thou are the Christ the SON OF the Living God."; "MY GOD, MY GOD, why hast thou forsaken me?"; Jesus was the Word MADE FLESH." ( Matthew 16:16; Matthew 28:46; John 1:1; John 1:14 King James version) All this is in agreement with the testimony at Hebrews 5: "Who m the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and sup- plications with strong crying and tears unto HIM that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared. Though he were a SON, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of salvation unto all that obey him." (verses 7-9) KJ ver- sion. Jesus' commission to his followers for today is found at Matthew 24:14. Any translation indicates that "This Good News of The Kingdom" was mankind's only hope for peace and security in these critical times. In contrast, "Religion" of today proclaims the United Nations as mankind's "last hope for peace". WHO is confused??? ( ISAIAH 9:6,7 King James version) Sincerely yours, C.F. Barney Police must respect traffic Dear Editor: Last week I was a passenger in a car which had to brake suddenly because an on- coming car made a U-turn directly in front of it. It was an O.P.P. car. The officer driv- ing insists he had lots of time to turn safely and that there was no need to brake. From where I sat, I'm not so sure. I'm just glad I didn't bet on it because I'm not at all certain I'd have won. I am not contesting the fact that he should not have turned, he was in his legal right as it was done in the line of duty. What I am saying though, as a reminder to policemen, not just to this one involved, PLEASE -be more considerate of the rest of the traffic on the road. The time difference here had he waited for us to go by would be measured in seconds, while an error in judgment, may well have been measured, in lifetimes. Ruth Brindley. Union Gas to reduce rates Union Gas has received approval from the Ontario Energy Board to reduce its customers rates by $11,000,000 annually. For residential customers this reduction will take effect December 21, 1983 and amount to approximately 50 cents per mon- th. The Blyth Inn Blyth, Ontario Fully Licensed under the L°L.B.O. Saturday, November 5th -ARM WRESTLING - COMPETITION Registration - 1:30 p.m. Competition starts at 2 p.m. DININGROOM HOURS: LUNCH Monday to Saturday 11:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m. DINNER Friday to Saturday 5 p.m. 8 p.m. Sunday 1 p.m. 7 p.m. ENTERTAINMENT EVERY FRIDAY ( SATURDAY This week November 9th ( 5th "NI "IWC: LIVES" •�J This decrease applied for by Union Gas is a result of changes in the wholesale price of gas to Union resulting from the reduction in the natural gas and gas liquids tax as agreed to by the Governments of Canada and Alberta; and changes in TransCanada PipeLines' tolls which were requested by Union Gas on behalf of its customers. Hydro misuses num Dear Editor: Ontario Hydro Chairman, Milan Nastich's letter to the Editor in response to my weekly article of September 28th, is an excellent ex-- ample xample of the way Hydro has misused numbers and information to justify poor corporate planning. If the Crown Corporation is doing as good a job as Mr. Nastich says, why is there the tremendous public outcry about its ex- cessive borrowing, grandiose overbuilding, and increasing dependency on nuclear, power? Let me shed some additional light on the points raised by Mr. Nastich. While electricity from the four reactors at the Pickering "A" nuclear generating sta- tion costs only 1.7 cents per kilowatt hour (Kwh), electricity from the newly - constructed reactors at Pickering B and Bruce "B"will cost 5.5 cents per Kwh. Elec- tricity from the Darlington nuclear station will cost even more, reflecting the rising cost of constructing nuclear stations and the enormous cost of the debt incurred in con- structing Lie nuclear stations. In the mean- while, coal plants which are much less ex- pensive to build are experiencing a stabilization of coal prices (the main factor in the price of coal-fired electricity). The $800 million savings by the Pickering station over coal plants is simply wrong. On- tario Hydro has not saved $800 million by running Pickering as opposed to a coal plant. All operating expenses must be taken into account – including the cost of borrow- ing, the cost of repairs and the millions of dollars required for eventual plant decom- missioning and nuclear waste disposal. The costs alone of retubing reactors 1 and 2 at Pickering to replace the defective zircology- 2 pressure tubes will cost an additional $800 million – wiping out any imagined savings Nastich may have been talking about. Both the Hearn and Keith stations had at least a decade more generating life in each of them. But they weren't the only plants mothballed. The brand new Wesleyville sta- tion near Port Hope was mothballed before HARBOR REPORT BY RON GRAHAM The Algoway cleared harbor with a load of salt for Milwaukee on October 17. The Agawa Canyon arrived light for salt from Sarnia on October 21 and cleared harbor the next day for Prescott. The Sauniere arrived light for salt from Cleveland on October 25 and cleared harbor the same day for Montreal. The Agawa Canyon arrived light for salt from St. Joseph on October 28 and cleared harbor the next day for Chicago. ` The Algorail arrived light for salt from Midland on October 30 and cleared harbor the same day for Thunder Bay. The Birchglen (ex J.M. Macclough) arrived light from Burns Harbor on October 17 and cleared harbor the next day foie Prescott and Baie Comeau with a load of corn. The Ontadoc arrived from Thunder Bay October 19 for a dip only and cleared harbor the same day for Collingwood with a part load of grain. The Vandoc (ex Sir Dennis Sowson) arrived light from Montreal October 23 to load corn and cleared harbor the next day for Baie Comeau. The Oakglen arrived from Thunder Bay with grain October 25 and cleared harbor the next day light for Thunder Bay. The Ontadoc arrived with a part load of grain from Thunder Bay on October 27. NEWBORN NEWS CARRICK Bruce and Julie Carrick are pleased to an- nounce the arrival of their first baby, a son, Joseph Bruce, born at Alexandra Hospital, Goderich, on Sunday, October 23, 1983, weighing 61bs. 9% oz. HARRISON David and Anne (nee Grutter) proudly an- nounce the birth of their first child, Rebecca Lynn, on October 23, 1983 at 7:02 a.m. She weighed 71bs. 1 oz. and was born at Alexan- dra Marine and General Hospital in Goderich. First grandchild for Mr. and Mrs. M. Gruttei' of Guelph. A new niece for Betty and Gord Selenski of Edmonton and Leroy Harrison of London. The o account D . ' y Interest Cheq ;: Account VICTORIA AND GREY TRUST Since 1844 100 Kingston - At The Five Points Goderleh-Onteri© DIAL 524-7381 Member. Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2,1983—Pi° 1983 -PAGE 5 ers an infor LETTF PS it was ever completed. Ti q>'130 -Megawatt units of the Lakeview plant well be mothball- ed April, 1984. Atikokan which is still under construction is being considered for mothballing as soon as it is completed. A total of 3,000 megawatts (almost the capaci- ty of Darlington) generating capacity has been mothballed by Ontario Hydro, accor- ding to its own official records. Hydro's rate increase for 1984 is 54 per cent higher than the rate of inflation, cur- rently running at 5 per cent. Ontario Hydro ignored a recommendation by the Ontario Energy Board to keep its rate increase to 6.4 per cent, raising it instead to 7.8 per cent. The reason Ontario hasone of the lowest electricity rates in North America is because it has been able to rely upon cheap hydro -electric power for so long. But as it slowly moves to nuclear power the rates will sky -rocket, especially as the new plants are completed and the costs added to the rate base. A review of Ontario Hydro's 1982 Annual Report shows the company's total assets to be $20.7 billion and the total liabilities to be $20.7 billion. To compare assets of $23 billion pan inflated figure in itself used by Nastich) to debt, is like comparing apples with orahges. The fact remains that° Ontario Hydro is borrowing up to its eyes to pay for a lavish nuclear program the Province doesn't need. There is already a 50 per cent excess in generating ,capacity. If any of us were to go on a borrowing binge like Hydro we' would have been cut off by the banks a long time ago. The only reason Hydro can continue to borrow is that it has received a blanket guarantee by the Government of Ontario that we, the taxpayers, will cover the debt in the event Hydro defaults. Without this guarantee, Ontario Hydro would not be able to borrow another penny. As it is, Hydro's debt by the end of this year will be $19.1 billion. What is most disturbing is that Ontario Hydro is 'beginning to borrow large sums to pay the interest on debt it previously incur- s-, ation red ($1 billion In b ), assts to pay off an old debt which comes due for payment, In other words, it is borrowing to pay back what it has borrowed (in 1982 it borrowed $631' million to retire old debt). Ontario Hydro is a financial house of cardsld together by excessive borrowing justified by dubious construction projects the Province doesn't need. As for accountability, the Ministry of Energy has hardly ever been able to get a handle on the giant corporation. The Ontario Energy Board has been expressly forbidden to regulate Hydro. Instead, the Board has been relegated to reviewing rates and mak- ing recommendations which are persistent- ly ignored. Most of Hydro's generating station pro- grams have been exempted from the En- vironmental Assessment Act. The final accountability rests with the Cabinet and Mr. Bill Davis who for all in- tents and purposes have allowed Ontario Hydro to slide into this most shaky condi- tion. Yours sincerely, Jack Riddell, M.P.P. Huron -Middlesex Money saved could be used for program costs trustees claim Some trustees and administration can't agree that the savings from twinning several separate schools in Huron and Perth counties is worth the effort. To prove his point that savings from twin- ning schools could be turned over to pro- gram costs for those schools, the director of education, William Eckert, suggested the $20,000 savings realized this year from ten- tatively twinning two schools be turned back to those two schools. St. Joseph's separate school in Clinton and St. Mary's separate school in Goderich have been sharing a principal since school opened this September. The . board will have a 1 conditions relieved by DEEP MUSCLE THERAPY (Pfrimmer Technique) hack problems constipation headaches muscular dystrophy arthritis strokes multiple sclerosis sprains the overall health value of deep muscle therapy Cyt 37.;:—"L% p°�' relieves fatigue =. r:• - 4' reduces muscle tension r .,,,,;�' improves eireulation 74.11.""74.11.""tension regenerates tiyaueu.ases n improves mobility of muscles & joints promotes deep relaxation increases energy FOR APPOINTMENT CALL: 524-4644 58 ELGIN AVENUE. EAST GODERICH replacement for St. Joseph's former print- "I don't understand. When we talked cipal Don Farwell. (Mr. Farwell is now about twinning it was said nothing would be principal at Immaculate Conception school saved," remarked trustee Louis Maloney, in Stratford) for the beginning of January 1. noting that Mr. Eckert's suggestion- in- dicatesBut meanwhile, the two schools have been there could be savings. sharing principal Jim McDade, $20,000 of a But, several trustees pointed out that the sharing r salary has been saved and of aMr. $20,000 is a bookkeeping figure and doesn't Eckert suggested the money, or part of it, be take into consideration the principal's turned over to the two schools. travelling costs between the two schools, and the costs for extra principal's relief Trustee Vincent McInnes said while the time. idea sounds good, he didn't want a prece- "Perhaps the Saving is not quite that dent set in case schools are annexed or twin- much," stated Stratford trustee John ned in the future. If schools are twinned, it Devlin. was suggested that each school would want No action has been taken on the director's the savings. suggestion. "THANKS" At this time we would like to say °Thank You° for your kind patronage throughout 1983. We look forward to serving you in 1981 with another fruitful season. LASSALINE FARm MARKET and ORCHARDS 2 V, MILES SOUTH OF GODERICH ON DRIVE-IN ROAD 524-7772 "APPLES STILL IN STORAGE" w.ur �„vrr,.<a'gra::•rriraruwrrntsira.;ume�o�ii:�iy::ots:.arnr..;•zvisri:«: x : , '.'�.::`,',r•' .'`. f '/.err xF.•ni.:.xnmrarr<vx.ss�:. AND DANCE Come and Enjoy Yourself... SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 6 p.m. - 1 a.m. at the Saltford Valley Hall $400 II PER PERSON TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE F ROM A vacation paradise of beautiful beaches, modern hotels and fun for the whole family....you'll find it all. Island hop or pick your favorite spot and stay a while. Ask questions, view the presentations then party to the great music. You'll have a great time! 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