WlIIIIY FRILU 1>RL-SS, WI-I)Nl-'SDAYý, NIA RI Il . 11, 1(8 , l'AG VE 27 WPUC Whitby Public Utility Commission members Gerry Cox, Don Lovelock and Albert Randail were among the 1,400 delegates representing electric utility commissions from across the province attending the 72nd annual meeting of the Ontario Municipal Electric Association (0.M.E.Ai, March 2 & 3,1981. O.M.E.A. President, Douglas G. Hugill of Sault Ste. Marie, reported on association activity in a number of areas that could have serious implications for municipal hydro customers. He stressed that, "Anything that pushes up costs and rates for elec- trical consumers in Ontario must be resisted". Hugill emphasized the im- portance of keeping com- munications open with all levels of government, stating that commissioners must keep their represen- tatives aware of association positions and the reasons why those positions were taken. Program speakers in- cluded: Bill Davis, Premier of Ontario; Hugh L. Macaulay, Chairman of On- tario Hydro; Dr. Elihu Bergman, Executive Direc- tor, Americans for Energy Independence and Roy MacLaren, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resour- ces - Canada. A panel addressed the sub- ject - "Viewpoint on Energy" providing delegates with a viewpoint from industry, labour and the consumer. Panel par- ticipants were: Miriam P. Kramer, President, Con- sumers' Association of Canada (Ontario); John M. Carruthers, President, On- tario Allied Construction Trades Council and W.L. 'Wordie' Hetherington, President, NEI Canada Limited. Freelance jour- nalist specializing in energy, L. Ray Silver, moderated the panel discussion. The association is the spokesman for more than 320 municipal utilities throughout Ontario, the members attend OMEA meeting commissioners and coun- cillors of which were elected to operate a specialized municipal service and thus represent more than two million residential, com- t'Ae mercial and industrial customers served by the municipal distribution system, and who consume two-thirds of the electric power in Ontario. The annual meeting is held in conjunction with that of the Association of Municipal Electrical Utilities (of Ontario) (AMEU). Handi-Transit extension Mayor Bob Attersley is seen here greeting Doug Manuel, Joan Acton and Jim McEwen, director of the Oshawa-Whitby Handi-Transit Service soon after it was announced the ser- vice would be extending weekday hours from 5-11 p.m. and all day Saturday. This new operation schedule, proposed this year, will be run on a six month trial basis and then re-evaluated. A total of $8,545 has been budgetted to the handi-transit for this extension of services. Anderson take LOSSA curling Three years of waiting paid off in dividends last Friday at the Whitby Curling Club for coach Wayne Patterson and his Anderson Collegiate rink skipped by Real Bergevin. Bergevin, vice Ross Weldon, second Jeff Solly and lead Doug Jackson curled three strong games to bring the Lake Ontario Secondary School Association curling cham- pionship to Anderson. The Whitby rink defeated Scott Vesey's McLaughlin rink 6-1, Ben Kesters team from Uxbridge 5-2 and Port Perry's Brad Howsam 10-5. Based on a point system of 15 points for a win, plus one point an end won, one half for a blank end and one quarter for each rock scored Anderson earned 67¾ poin- ts. Howsam placed second with 49¾ points, one half point better than Henry Street High School's Dave Lawes. Bergevin and Howsam will now advance to the Cen- tral Ontario Secondary School Association finals to be played this Friday at the Whitby Curling Club. The top winner in COSSA will advance to the Ontario Federation Secondary School Association finals to be played April 2-4 in Fort Frances. "Real stays very cool and doesn't panic," said Patter- son. "If the rink throws as well as they did today they will be in the final." Bergevin lead his rink into LOSSA with the hope of placing third. ",We played in a bonspiel a month ago and I expected us to finish somewhere around the middle of the pack," he explained. "Instead we placed third. So I figured we'd be good for third place here, so you can imagine how I feel right now." Ottawa Report By SCOTT FENNELL NIP (PC - ONTARIO) New charter needed For the past few months, the Progressive Conservative Party has been trying to refine Mr. Trudeau's Charter of Rights. It's not that we're trying to be obstructionist. 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