Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-07-15, Page 2ce-Times, July 1.
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Ammer heat Group pulls o
dean fans
4 hot outside it's
eft' meter inside, so ef-
PV!eitillation systems in
Festock barns are
espeially important during
t4e hot summer months,
says Dr. J. R. Ogilvie,
director of the School of
Engineering at the
University of Guelph.
Animal barns need three to
five times as much air in
summer as in wint€r.
Maximum air circulation is
essential to keep barn
temperatures close to out-
side temperatures.
Check and clean all fans
advises Dr. Ogilvie, Shut-
ters, motors and screens
need cleaning, and all air
inlets should be kept wide
open and free of obstructions
so fans have ample air.
"Cleaning is easier in the
summertime, but a lot of
people ignore it," he said.
"Clean fans will prevent
overheating."
He also advises checking
belts on larger, slow speed
fans to ensure they are not
slipping.
Energy efficient (EE)
motors offer an energy
saving alternative, especial-
ly with motors working 24.
hours a day. They use sub-
stantially less energy than
conventional motors to move
the same amount of air.
Barns also should be
checked for excess air inlets.
"When it's hot, the' ten-
dency is to fling open all the
doors and windows," the
professor said. "But then
you have natural ventilation
and you might as well shut
off all the fans."
Too many open windows
and doors, combined with
fans, can result in short
circuiting. Air enters
through an opening near a
fan only to be drawn out by
the exhaust fan before it
circulates in the building.
Avoid large openings near
fans.
Also, watch for dead spots
of air in the barn. You can
tell if air is circulating
properly by walking around
the barn and smelling for
freshness.
Pork producers should
recognize the need for indoor
circulation, especially in
farrowing barns, said Dr.
Ogilvie. Farrowing crate
walls can create a stale air
zone, increasing the heat
stress on sows ready to
farrow.
Indoor fans can direct air
,over animals and increase
air circulation in the barn.
Continued from Front Page
Hydro done".
"We (Hydro) were in a
position to present our report
in November 1980;" he said.
Mr. Abbott said there were
several reasons why the
Energy Minister wanted the
matter held in abeyance.
"The final report of the
Porter Commission (on
Electrical Power Planning)
was,,not released until March
of 1980 and government had
not completed its review.
And Mr. Welch indicated he
wanted to ensure ample
opportunity for meaningful
.public involvement in the
hearings to begin in January
1982. Therefore we were
asked to submit` our report
by Nov. 1, 1981."
Mr. Abbott said Hydro
"recognized the in-
convenience" of summer
meetings, but wanted to
include the input of working
groups in its recom-
mendation for one of six
proposed site plans.
With or without the input of
the Central Working Group,
he said, the report including
the recommendation would
be submitted to. the govern-
ment at the end of October.
At the same time, Mr.
Abbott said Hydro would be
willing to meet with the
Central Working Group
"right up until the
hearings".
MPS ,vote themselves
generous raise in pay
On the final day before
Parliament was scheduled to
recess for the summer,
members voted swift ap-
proval Of a bill granting
themselves generous pay
increases and indexing their
salaries to the cost of living.
The legislation, which
passed following only a few
.hours of debate, raises the
basig salary for an\MP by 31
per cent to $40,200, retro-
active to July 1, 1980:, In
addition, members get a
$14,400 tax-freeexpense
allowance, raising their total
pay to $54,600.
Over time the increases
will be even higher, since the
bill provides for annual cost -
of -living adjustments based
on the inflation rate.
Salary increases for the
party leaders varied. Prime
Minister Pierre Trudeau's
basic salary climbed 27 per
cent to $86,100, with the
expense allowance pushing it
over the $100,000 mark. He•
also receives other expenses,
plus free use of the prime
minister's residence.
Opposition Leader Joe
Clark: flow gets a basic
salary 0$71,000, up by 33 per
cent, while NDP Leader Ed
Broadbent gets $58,800, up by
Mail strike no problem
at Blyth Summer Festival
Don't let the mail strike
keep you away from per-
formances at the Blyth Sum-
mer Festival, organizers
h4e. The festival box office
added an extra telephone
line to cope with the added
' calls for ticket reservations.
Tickets may be charged on
VISA card or' reserved until
a half hour before the show.
Box office numbers are
'523-9300 and 523-9225; the box
office is open 9 a.m. to 8:30
p.m. Monday through Satur-
day, except on July 27, Aug. 3
and Aug. 24, when the hours
are 9 to 5.
Advance sales promise to
make 1981 the biggest season
ever at the summer festival.
The 1981 season has an extra
week of performances and
more p a tan ever — five,
compared to four last year.
Weekend performances
are close to capacity, though
there are still good seats
available for most perform-
ances. Twenty rush tickets
' for each performance . go on
sale at 7 p.m.
Old Wintario tickets can
make the night at Blyth an
even greater bargain. Win-
tario tickets dated June t8 to
Sept. 5 'are worth 50 cents off
the price Of a ticket; up to a
total of $2.00. This allows a
child to purchase a ticket for
as little as a dollar, while a
senior citizen's ticket would
cost $3.00 and an adult's,
$4.00.
Plays currently running at
Blyth are "Quiet In the
Land," and !lave' or
Money", with "The Tomor-
row Box" opening on July 28,
"Fire on Ice" Aug. 4 and "He
Won't Come In From the
Barn' returning on Aug. 25. '
In addition, the festival
features an art gallery with
- the photographic works of
Brian Cere and the vivid
watercolors of Karen Kulyk.
Admission to the gallery is
free.
61 per cent. They also get the
tax-free expense allowances.
The pay increases passed
through the House with little
opposition as the result of a
behind -the -scenes agree-
ment among the three
parties. The prime minister
had refused to bring in the
pay bill if it were going to be
criticized • by opposition
members who subsequently
would pocket the money any-
way.• '
A small • minority of MPs
voted against the bill, in-
cluding NDP House Leader
'Stanley' " Knowles who
charged it creates too great
a gulf . between ordinary
Canadians and their elected
representatives. It is not
necessary that MPs be poor,
he said, but it doesn't hurt.
them to have to Struggle a
little to makeends meet, like.
most other Canadians.
Mr. Knowles recalled his
first, salary as an MP was
$4,000, and he suggested
Parliament needs to
rearrange its priorities.
Many other members from
all parties spoke in favor of.
the •higher salaries, saying
MPs were poorly paid for the
amount of work required and
the lack of job security. They
also noted that the raise is
only two-thirds that
recommended by a federal
task force; the lower figure
was one of the conditions set
by the NDP in return for
supporting the bill. •
In addition, Parliament
approved changes to the
pension plan for MPs, with
the addition of severance
pay for' members who don't
sit long enough to qualify for
a pension.
Members of the Senate,
receive the same pay as
MPs, however their tax-free
allowance is smaller.
'LOVE OR MONEY' --Graham McPherson and Patricia Vanstone appear In
"Love or Money", a play based on the disappearance of theatre magnate
Ambrose Small in December of 1919 which premiered at the Blyth Summer
Festival last week. Billed as a thriller, much of the play is slow-paced, although
some scenes are indeed suspense -filled and excellent. For a full review see
"That's Show Biz" in the Crossroads section this week.
Dr. Pleva said that if
harvest operations, were
completed earlier than
expected and farmers
wanted to "go into an ac-
celerated program in Sep-
tember — prior to the
writing of the report in
October — for heaven sake
let us know. VI 'll come out
as often as necessary. Who
knows, we might make that
deadline after all."
However farmers ap-
peared to hold out little hope
for such involvement.
Elbert van Donkersgoed of
Drayton, spokesman for the
Christian Farmers, said he
felt public involvement is the
"essential" part of the pro-
gram and present scheduling
is "making a farce" of such
involvement.
"We just felt it would not
be worth our time to get
involved in something that
would be a job not half -well-
done," Mr. van Donkersgoed
said.
He said it is unrealistic to
expect meaningful public
input in such an involved
project in just six weeks.
Noting that this is not
Hydro's. "first try" at public
involvement, Mr. van
Donkersgoed said public
groups in Eastern Ontario
had "fairly extensive" input
in Hydro planning in that
area.
"And that involvement
was no three months — it
took years. And ask in the
Guelph area: There was
involvement there for years
on a 230 kV line from Fergus
to Guelph — nowhere near as
complicated as the 500 kV
line down from the Bruce ...
you simply can't do the job
that needs to be done in three
months."
A Hydro representative
interjected to report that
public groups in Eastern
Ontario had not been given.
the opportunity of input at
the report stage, as is the
case in the Southwestern'
expansion program.
Tony McQuail opined that
farmers "are getting a little
tired of the nice letters
"I hayed until 11 p.m. last
night, then tonight I had to
hurry up with my chores and
catch a ride with Bill
'(Jorgejan of the Power Line
working committee) ever to
this meeting tonight. -I'm
lucky my hay's in the barn
.I'm beginning to suspect
that neither theProvince•nor
Ontario Hydro really cares.
— if they did they would have
,at • least released this
material to us earlier so we
'could have studied it prior to
these meetings." '
Mr. Jorgejan said his
committee had also written
to the Hydro chairman
(Hugh Macaulay) to express
concern at the delay. of the
meetings.. He then noted the
public meetings for the route
stage , of programing "are
also scheduled' for the
summer when farmers will
be busy again."
Mr. Abbott replied the
scheduling for those public
meetings is for a more ex-
tended period — from July
1982 to November 1983.
., • Question Need
Prior to the motion to
postpone the meetings,
farmers questioned the need
for a second transmission
line out of the BNPD. When
Mr. Abbott replied that the
Porter Commission had
recommended a second line
was necessary, Lloyd Moore
of the Concerned Farmers
interjected.
"Let's be honest about this
thing," Mr. Moore said.
"The Porter Commission
recommended one 500 kV
line out of Bruce in case of
the loss of a line — as a
backup measure only. The
Commission said present
facilities are adequate for
supply if the present lines
are updated and I un-
derstand that is being done.
We should be talking about
one 500 kV out of Bruce and
that's all."
J. P. Bayne, supervising
planning engineer with
Hydro's system planning
division, replied the matter
is a complicated one.
"If something were to
happen, we could have
another Northeastern
blackout," Mr. Bayne said.
"We are interconnected with
Me Northeastern United
ates and after the blackout
in 1965 we had an agreement
to redesign our systems."
Mr. Bayne also noted
Hydro is planning facilities
to take care of need until the
year 2000.
The various proposals for
the expansion of tran-
smission facilities out of the
BNPD include double circuit
500kV lines as well as single
circuit lines and double and
single circuit 230 kV lines.
+, ,piesn't wake
pr at 1ialess there Is A
needt"# M>r.,McQuail said. ".`I
t�lrs�ilnit j� ydra is getting the
cartbefore •the horse."
"If 'we didn't think them
was a .noed ;' , e wouldn't be.
here?" Mr.Mayne admitted.
continued to
need, Hydro
reprep ative , and Dr.
Pleva said the matter of
need could be dealt with in
one of the subsequent
As firm
que$tlj t
"The year 2000 is far away
for us sitting,„here tbnight,".
Mr. Moore Ogunented.
"Welt, we-iieed to plan 20
years ahead," Mr. Bare
replied. ,
Mr. Mcquail agreed with
Mr. Moore.
"I can maylipe plan for crop
rotation foe? a seven-year
period — thivs with all the
facts. But how are we to
knOw there will be a burning
need for power in London in
the year 20011?!'
Buying Coal
In presenting details of the
Southwestern region ex-
pansion program, Mr.
Abbott said Hydro will be
faced with a shortage of
supply after 1987. The new
facilities will not be in ser-
vice until 1988. That delay of
one year; he said, could cost
the people of Ontario up to
$250,000 per day in the
purchase of coal outside the
In coming up with the six
alternative programs, Mr.
Abbott said Hydro is ac-
cepting a "medium growth
per cent growthon an annual
The price tag for the six
programs ranges from $550
million to $970 million.
Following„pithy input
stage, the issairig of an
Environmental 4.0kesswrit
document and. public
hearings, o&1e plan will be
given al approval bythe
go . Meat in June 198
e program will then
enter the route stage,. Study
for that stage is scheduled
from July 1982 to November
1983, to be followed by the
issuing of an Environment
Assessment document in
Decernher 1903. Public
heari4e101 mule stage
will corroxtenco.in February
1984 with formal route ap,
ro198�val` scheduled for July.
Land acquisition is
scheduled from July 1989. to
July 1987 and construction
from July 1987 to July 1988
when the facilities are ex-
pected to be in service.
It isunfOrtudate that the
Listowel Working Group has
decided not to work with
Ontario Hydro prior to
Hydro making a recom-
mendation to the govern-
ment, Their input in the past
has.been,yaluable to Ontario
Hydro's.planning process."
That was the response of
Ontario Hydro to a decision
taken by the Listowel
Working Group last week to
postpone a 'series of
meetings with Hydro until
harvest operations have
been ' completed. The
Listowel Working. Group is
comprised . mainly of
representatives of farm
organizations.
In -a statement issued
Tuesday morning, Ontario
Hydro said, "The two-stage
process adopted by Hydro
for this study is the result of
requests from the public to
become involved in the very
early stages of Hydro's
planning."
"The two-stage study calls
for the first public hearing
(under the Consolidated
Hearings Act) to begin in
January 1982. This will allow
the agricultural community
to participate at its least
busy tine. However, .10
accommodate the hearing at
that time requires that
Ontario Hydro submit its
environmental report, in-
cluding a recommendation
plan, by Oct. 31, 1981.
"The public involvement
program throughout thud
summer and early fall is
aimed at helping interested
individuals and groups
obtain 'details and provide
comment prior to the
selection of a preferred plan
and before the formal
process starts.
"With the addition of the
plan stage public in-
volvement, the entire study
process will take ap-
proximately three to four
years to complete. Con-
ducting the public in-
volvement process in only
the fall and winter as the
agricultural community has
suggested, would take too
long.
"Ontario Hydro is willing
tp meet with individuals and
groups until the hearing
begins and will keep the
Listowel group up-to-date on
the public involvement
process."
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