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Zurich Citizens News, 1976-12-08, Page 141 Page 14 -Citizens News, December 8, 1976 rovince faces tight power situation Ontario faced a tight electri- cal energy supply situation to- day because of a combination of technical problems at Ontario Hydro's Naticoke generating station, unusually high demand as a result of cold temperatures, and continuing low water levels. Hydro has cut all exports of power to interconnected utilit- ies and is purchasing electrici- ty from New York State. Cuts have been made to industrial customers with inter- ruptible service. Hydro is examining the pos- sibility of purchasing power from Michigan, Manitoba and Quebec but their utilities are also facing tight supply situa- tions. However, Hydro officials say 'they are optimistic the util- ity will be able to meet this month's peak requirements unless weather and water condi- tions further deteriorate or there is another unexpected problem on the generating system. Four 500,000 kilowatt gener- ating units are out of service at the Nanticoke generating station on the north shore of Lake Erie, south of Hamilton. One is off line because of a rotor problem and three others have been shut down due to a brittle conditon in hangers used to support their boilers. There is little likelihood repairs can be completed before Christmas:- The hristmas;"'The hangers are made of cold rolled stainless steel and have become brittle due to long- term exposure to high tempera- tures required for unit opera- tion. The supply problem is com- pounded by the fact that 1,000,000 kilowats of electricity are locked in at Lennox generat- ing station, near Bath, west of BEST OUT-OF-TOWN FLOAT—This giant turtle entered the Grand Bend Santa Claus parade last Saturday afternoon on behalf of the Ailsa Craig Lions, and won first prize.- Santa rize.- Santa c The Grand Bend Santa Claus parade last Saturday was a huge success. Close to 30 floats entered the parade along with majorettes, a "brass band" made up of Grand Bend clowns and music provided by loud- speakers. In the commercial section, Bell Aerospace and the Green Forest went together on a float which took first place. Grand Bend Cleaners took second prize and the Cheryl Anne placed third. In the non-commercial sect- ion of the parade, the Grand Bend Lionettes and the nursery school float took first prize much to the joy of the toddlers riding on the float. The Brown- ies were second and the Grand Bend Mites hockey team came third. The Port Franks Major- ettes took first place in the clown and majorette section with the Grand Bend "brass band" placing second. The most unusual float in the parade was an out of town float, a turtle by the Ailsa Craig Lions which took first prize. The Shriners placed second in the out of town cate- gory. After the parade the child- ren thronged to the public school where Santa was hard put handling the mob of child - DEC. 9— 1 1 RICHARD HARRIS THE RETURN L0 A MAN CAMP HI10%7 1 One showing et 0 p.m.. THURS.. FRI. SAT. PLUS Nat NE " 8VI'FALOD4L andihe,INDnANS 1i • •i 1, �..A.- --e- -b- 4 -PP- f- -�-d- T 1SAT, MATINEE SHOWTIME 1 30 DEC. 11 lack in the Bean Stalk DEC. 1 2- 1 4 CHECK THEATRE FOR SHOW 0 -.E.. ...av- -on- ..m.- ewr --a.- -+Rr .o- s .A. DEC. 1 5 — 1 8 WE0. SAT WED 8 THURS 6 P -M. FRI B SAT 730 a 9 15 r NMEN7 Alice9t1 Wonderland FIRST . AN 0.007055 MUSICAL TOMEo' QST SNoWowin N i SOME SCENES MAY i G N,AREA BE OFFENSIVE •kiln' ',3 4RObRAMS SUBJECT 70 CHANGt PARK Gp1���1A�i1, 30 THE SOUARE RHONE. 5144811 AIR tONDIT10NED' Photo by McKinley mes to town ren wanting candy. Very few of them managed to talk to Santa for long, but none of the child- ren went away empty handed. Kingston because of insufficient transmission capacity, The main transmission line from the station was orginally scheduled to be in service November, 1975 but completion date has now been set back to Septem- ber, 1979 following an extens- ive public participation process. Demands of Ontario's power consutners rose to a record 15,500,000 kilowatts Tuesday and this figure is expected to go even higher as demands peak later in the month. Exist- ing total capacity available to.. the province is approximately 16,800,000 kilowatts. OPEN DAILY Sat., Dec. 11 "Doris at the Org n Robs & Sauerkraut Between 9:00 p.m. & 1:30 a.m. Saturday only Green Fcst Motor Hotel YOUR HOSTS "PETE" and "CAROLE" DEITZ HIGHWAY 21 — GRAND BEND NIMPIONIMPOINIMISPIMMINIA BALL-MACAULAY LTD. HENSALL HOMECARE BUILDING CENTRE 262-2418 Not the right carpet in stock? That's not the case at Ball - Macaulay. Choose from hundreds of samples available for immediate delivery. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. FREE INSTALLATION FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER SHOP EARLY TO GUARANTEE INSTALLATION