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‘ietermined a revenue deâ€" iciency of $10.6 million for the company. on the basis of a test year, after considerâ€" Aing such factors as the imâ€" pact of higher gas costs, higher salaries and wages, higher costs of materials and supplies, higher interâ€" zas InCcrease hearing in Dec. The Ontario Energy Board will shortly begm hearing a request by Union Gas Limited to raise rates charâ€" ged for natural gas service throughout south western Orftario. The hearing is exâ€" pected to open early in Deâ€" cember in Toronte. The company said last week it has filed an appliâ€" cation with the OEB for a rate increase that, if apâ€" proved, will raise gas bills for all classes of customers starting in January. For the average _ residential cusâ€" tomer the increase is exâ€" pected to be, between 20 and 45 per cent. 10,000 people pledged, we‘d have $400,000. *‘ s This application follows a board decision dated Oct.9. In that decision, the board â€" _ "It isn‘t a large amount of money but if you multiâ€" ply many times over, it will amount to a lot of money. ‘‘For example, if 5,000 peoâ€" ple pledged $40 through the Nickelâ€"aâ€"Day Club, we would raiz $200.000. If The Centre, which has been planned for 10 years, A drive to enrol people in a payroll contribution plan has been started by the Convention _ Arts Centre Committee. cards are being distributed to employees of local comâ€" panies, said Orville Thackâ€" er, viceâ€"chairman of the committee. $ Mr. Thacker is also presiâ€" dent of the Kâ€"W and Disâ€" trict Labour Council. â€" The labour council hasexpressâ€" ed its support for the céntre, propqsed for Kitchener cityâ€"owned land off Queen Street North. s to join the Nickelâ€"aâ€"Day Club, pledging five cents a day over three years. _ Contribution plan for arts centreâ€" Mr. Thacker said emâ€" ployees are being urged ‘"‘This would mean ‘each person would be â€" giving about $40 over three years‘"‘ he said. 24 Queen St. New Dundee offered on Furniture and Accessories Thursday, Nov. 21 thru Saturday, Nov. 23 1 10 a.m. â€" 10 p.m. Floor Sample Sale Furniture and Interiors Limited savings from tors and lawyers, people employed in _ companies who do not belong to unâ€" ions, to small business inâ€" cluding downtown metâ€" «chants, and to members of groups which have indicatâ€" ed they will use the centre. Union is asking the board to establish a uniform gas rate. _ 2 Instead, those who do not receive a pledge card either at work or through The committee decided against a doorâ€"toâ€"door canâ€" vass for funds, he said, beâ€" cause of the cost and time involved in organizing large groups of people needed for this type of effort. est rates and higher municiâ€" pal taxes. The company‘s applicaâ€" tion states that it will preâ€" sent for OEB approval new rates and charges designed not only to overcome the revenue deficiency but alâ€" so to provide for recent and pending gas cost inâ€" creases being introduced by its major suppliers. berta field prices. ~They are expected to increase Union‘s gas costs by $63 million in 1975 alone. Clay Hall, chairman of the Convention Arts Centre Committee, said pledge cards have also been disâ€" tributed to manyâ€" other groups including profesâ€" sional people such as docâ€" _ These gas cost increases â€" previously approved for Union‘s suppliers by other regulatory agencies â€" were prompted primarily by subâ€" stantial increases in Alâ€" Kitchener city council, in addition to providing the land, has set aside its share and the committee is confiâ€" dent that provincial and federal grants will be made available if public contriâ€" butions show substantial supâ€" port for the project. the committee, this will be raised in four equal amounts from the provincial, federal and city governments plus private contributions . Exact new rates and charges to be presented to the board for approval are yet to be determined. The detailed presentation will be filed with the board in late November. is estimated to cost about Telephone 696â€" 3212 \ the mail are being asked to people receive their pledge call the committee office Cards." he said. From the at 579â€"0530 and a card will comments 1 have re:rv ed be sent to them. â€" already, the people of the "I‘m confident that we‘ll Twin Cities want the centre see a tremendous surge of badly enough to show their. support for the centre once SuUpport inapozwe' way .‘ _ Nlabbert Reâ€"elect . .. DOREEN THOMAS Controlled spending on education, (in 1974 Waterloo Residential and Commercial Education Tax Rates were reduced. f s Greater emphasis on ear.y remediation of learning difficulties. Much greater emphasis on core subjects â€" i.e. ENGLISH and MATHEMATICS. Greater incentives for bright students in the system. 2 ~ ; Implementation of a coâ€"operative program between the school system and Business and Industry for Business and Technical students. a x Implementation of French program for Grade 1 students. i O Closer liason between the school system and parents. Oy Continued emphasis on community based schools where financially feasible. Two new schools for Waterloo this year â€" one in Lakeshore Village, another under construction in Lincoin Village. A school in Beechwood to relieve congestion at Centennial is presently top priority on the Board‘s 1975 Capital Forecast. Waterloo Public School Voters . . . On Mon., Dec. Satisfaction guaranteed or no charge Steam Extraction FOR EXPERIENCED AND RESPONSIBLE REPRESENTATION ON YOUR SCHOOL BOARD Box 734 EImira Rug Cleaning 669â€"3328 "RESTORES THE NEW LOOK®" 2 * A genuine toncern for the welfare of your children in the 2 schools. 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