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Power costs no bolt from blue Though the power-rate increases proposed over'the next five years by Ontario Hydro are. breathtaking, the figures shouldn't have startled politi- cians or consumers. There has been amplewarning that the era of cheap energy is over.,In the case of Ontario Hydro, provincial ap- proval last summer of its $16.7 billion expansion program to double electri- cal generating capacity by 1982 fore- shadowed sharp increases in power costs. ' Last January, for example, Hydro forecast consumer-rate increases of at least 10 per cent annually for each of the next three years, then indicated a month ago that even those' increases would be inadequate to its needs. Re. vised figures suggested annual rate in. creases amounting to between 50 and 75 per cent over the next five years in the cost of wholesale power rates to municipal utilities, which handle dis- tribution in urban areas. Annual in- creases would range from 7.2 to 15.6 per cent, assuming that Hydro stuck to its present policy of borrowing 80 per cent of its capital funds and rais. ing 20 per cent from power users. Reports of the large power-rate in. creases sought by Hydro went almost unnoticed in January and April. But when Hydro issued a press release last week confirming its intentions to seek Ontario Energy Board approval of annual increases averaging 15 per cent, the news had an electrifying im- pact. Even the government sounded surprised, with Energy Minister Dar. ty McKeough conceding that the pro. posed rate increases are "staggering" The fir s t commercially practical zippers are believed to have been applied to rubber galoshes in 1923. name of C change to announced Board of t at Ottawa. 1.”- - Al Lakeside M...“ umzmo the of" Crystal Lake has been n h. I -t - -'"%r uyCll ' to Lake Sunova it is ced by the Canadian of Geogl‘apl1ical_JN§mes [WNW Ontario the and pregnant with economic and so- ‘cial implications - though if anyone should have anticipated the scale of the increases it was the energy minis- ter. l Still, the figures are staggering and - as was noted editorially when Hy- dro indicated in January the magni- tude of the rate increases it thought necessary - they attest to the wisdom of requiring Hydro to justify in'publie energy-board hearings . all rate in- creases after Jan. 1, 1975. Until the legislation was changed list year, Hy- dro raised rates arbitrarily. The power costs projected in the Hy- dro rate schedule seem inconsistent with the country's rich stock of energy resources. Coal is still used to fuel a large part of Hydro's generating ca. pacity but it's far cheaper --. almost $10-a-ton - for Ontario to import Unit. ed States' coal than it is to rely on coal from western Canada. Hydro re- cently executed a long-term billion.. dollar contract for Pennsylvania coal. Ontario also faces the prospect of paying significantly more than neigh- boring states for natural gas as a re- sult of steep increases in Alberta's prices. Both situations dramatize the need for a national policy that would assure Canadian industries, utilities and consumers at least some edge in the cost of domestic resources. Even if power-rate increases can be reduced from the lofty figures pro- posed by Hydro, the provincial gov- ernment - recognizing the inevitabili- ty of more expensive energy - should be looking at ways to moderate the impact of higher power costs on those without money to spare. %?;//977 Several members of the Lakeside Women's Institute attended the Summary Day for the "More Ideas for Sewing With Knits" short course pre- sented in the Legion Hall Woodstock on April 25. Leaders of the Lakeside Class were Mrs. Robert Holden and Mrs. James Zegers who set up the display of garments made by the group. Models for the Fashion Show presentations were Mrs. James Zegers, Mrs. Jared Vining. This short course was spon- sored by the Home Economist Branch of the Department of Agriculture and Food. S. S. Awards Presented Lakeside United Church Sun- day School Anniversary was Sunday April 28. Special music was by the Sunday School choir. The special speaker was Rev. Edgar Gill B.A. Attendance awards for 48 Sunday attendance were pre- sented to 25 pupils. The pupils receiving awards were:- Wendy Barrows, Kevin Craig, Brenda Holden, Tammy Pickering, Lau- rie Pickering, Jeff Pickering, Michael Pickering, Wanda Smith, Robert Kittmer, Mary Slater, Janet Slater, Marie Holden, Sandra Holden, Steven Smith, Cheryl Whittaker, Ken'- neth Whittaker, Mark Wollny, Cathy Wollny, Mart Kittmer, Jamie Kittmer, Murray Beach- am, Nancy Kittmer, Cindy Kittmer, David Kittmer, Bill Kittmer. . . ,7...” w...“ tf"" 1:60 , blue \ Think of others worrying too. Just because your trials are many , Don't think the West of us haven't any If we could look into every heart We'd find that each one has its part And those who travel fortane's road Sometimes carry the biggest load . . . . Have you heard of Murphy’s Law? That's when everything that should not happen to a dog happens to you. I guess all have had that happen one time or another, so if it does, just remember this: If times are hard and you feel Ah...