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. ‘» - i (4 l A“ , . i ‘ l? a. y‘ \ L " K b l - L»; 0&1!” ‘ “m WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 0 WATERLDO. ONTARIO * Si INCLUDING GST a” H dro shocker a“ ’ Localarts ’ft1esval Waterloo North Hydro seeks ’ 18.596 increase in local \ - 1 f - ends distntwbun rates ; 5_year l‘lm BY Boaniuc major increases in electrical 2. x : _% Chronicle Staff rates. N . * ’ “MAC What‘s worse is that you _- ‘) | ‘ 4 _ 85753135: Wterloo North can't avoid this projected ‘ t “Gigg'li, "it". 0, f; ‘ _â€"____S_ta,L Hydro is asking increase. Konrad said. She i' ‘ < ' ‘ .- ‘ ~ . 4 the Ontario Ener< contacted the local utility Q . f" to, an? \' {a}. as: Myrna?" of“ 235 gto gy Board for a double»digit and talked about switching ‘ ’_ "1" . ‘ '.‘» 0 life ci the Waterloo increase to its local elec~ electricity providers, but ‘ - ' v . Q Ans Festival is gificialiy closin tricity distribution rate. was told that even fixed rate ‘\ , “ ' the curtain 8 The local hydro utility. contracts with groups like ' / Phil LeConte executive which serves Waterloo and Direct Energy would be hit . v :‘_Z_ fl roducer and director of the the two nearby townships. with the new distribution T i: 2 ' ‘ gestival announced last week issued a public notice last charge. ' ”E; 53 ‘ , that after five ears of o ra< week seeking an 135 per “Even if you conserve “T. " » tion the festlvgl has endgg its cent increase in its current your electricity you'll be , ' H x ' “ lune run in Waterloo Park delivery charge. That would charged more. There’s no \ . 7" - ‘ . west amount to a $5.75 per way to escape it,” Konrad I {i A. 1‘ I A i l _ . iii-here have been man month increase for the said. “You have no control.“ T , . . 5 y “ tears shed over the fact mi _.. average hydro user starting She is especially con- ;" ' __ ”E3”.- 3 decision has been made This May 1. 2011. or an addition- earned for seniors and peoâ€" » wwgâ€"‘Eflg has been in bah from the al$69ayearto the average pleonfixedincomes. _ _'- "if"; t t b t y "y dit' hydro bill. “They’i'e going to have to . ,_ \- in»? as”; r‘:1!°‘3"’° ‘ Heavy users of hydro be prepared, because it'this /‘ \w , " ‘ ”1:5“! it intoogzmmetlhlfiie; keen 13.1 per cent increase application is approved 5 “u if , else.“ said LeConte about the that will add $7.51 to their they‘re going! to have to _ “. ‘- _ decision made by the festival's monthly bill and have them bu' d it into an budget,"-- , . ‘: s" _ _ baud. $23“! an extra $9012 a Ice-Mum)!“ particularly a _ ' i 1 l ~ ~ . l. At its height. the festival “Why now?," asked incenses her is that the - ’ icfineim combers if Waterloo resident Janice application to the Ontario . > _' formance arts comrrtxiigiet Konrad, who called the util- Energy Board from Water- ' i . and musicians in . mashuy ity about the distribution loo North Hydro asks for . _ V that tried to "ve the ”ng rate increase after a sum- the rate increase , -' v . ' _ ' taste of all tile “all? ants met when electricity bills to maintain the utility’s ’ 1" ' ' involved More than 50 5mm were hit With the HST and infrastructure ‘ . v > ,, . t f" , l 7 attended the last two years utility users are facmg Continuedonpagell ‘ - .. Y‘ ,. ,,- _ \ ‘,' - UL}. . . but audience attendance _\ "» , ‘ w l j - , peaked in 2009 at about i ‘ . if s ‘ ' 10.000 for the weekend events i ' -\ before falling to just 2.000 this m . year. s . ' '> ’- The threat of inclement ‘\i ‘, weather this year seemed to ~ L a _, play a significant decline in '- ‘ T- ‘ this year's attendance. said .. .. h w ”fir“ ‘ . ' LeConte. But finding long- @‘ i 3 ,;~ - w “Whom term and stable sponsorships , also raved to be a challen e 4 P 8 ( /1 , me Grand_Entry as the recession continued to as The seventh annual University of Waterloo Traditional Pow Wow was held last Saturday rage ' 20 Ottawa 51 N as part of the school’s Homecoming celebrations. Thomas Drury, 14, in his Northern Cree 5 I 9 s 7 44 _ 8 1 25 regalia, practices his dances for The Grand Entry that kicked off the celebrations. Continued on page ll 0/3085 » ' “ ’ ' ' 9 ‘ , Waterloo Iii; V at] - Ala/(E ‘ "'"""'"""“’"‘ ’ Val/l? y "7“ A " “ um M i ,. - 519.746.2777 0 E , “or“ Drive It the Expressway l . - j ,. , sue-rare www.forbosauto.com . ,. M ‘ ,, TH! PM TRADITION - DON! “I! moo-zoo- VIAY ' 7 J - “ ‘i’1"""?"Â¥i‘£l MWW.WM M. .. ;. ' y 3 ”six, '