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A 4 Romantie- - Yes. ro Efficient - No Many "ar 1d-fashioned practice Ah on with / favor tuuay,: Not only as romatic byt as a way: to conserve energy. Windmills %. arebeing restored along with ¥, old stong mill houses, Candles are glowing warmly in. otherwise darkened rooms, . 'Not . every old-fashioned device saves energy. Take gas lamps. A decorative gas post lamp burns some 18,000 cubic feet of.natural gas a ¢ Year. That much'energy can provide an average family with hot" water or six months. ; The gas industry should stop promoting the sale. of these admittedly delightful-- to-look-at lamps. For one thing, there's a shortage of , natural gas, and the supply is badly wanted for more basic needs like heating and cooking. It is true that a 60-watt bulb, lit for 24 hours, uses less than 17,000 BTU of fuel energy from a power plant, A gas lamp uses three times that amount of fuel energy to provide an equal amount of light. What's more, the gas _ e lamp often burns 24 hours a' day, while the electric light canbe turned off when it's not needed. . There are thought to be four hundred_thousand gas PS "lamps in this country. If all these gas lamps were replaced with electric bulbs, and these were operated only * five hours each day, fuel consumption would drop by the equivalent of 3,000 barrels of oil daily. Enough to heat 60,000 homes for a whole year, it is reperted. And if you replaced a gas light with an electric one, you would save as much as $22 a year on energy bills. Saving energy saves more than money. It saves your health, too. Because produc- ing most energy produces air pollution as well. Want to know more. about the con- nection between energy, air pollition and health? Con- tact your local Lung Associ- ation, the "Christmas Seal" people. It's a Matter of Life and Breath. Power failure Monday One of two lines from 'eastern Ontario was struck by lightening near Cloyne, - Ontario, Monday at around 5 p.m., resulting in an hour- long power failure in this area. Park opposition (continued . come,' hesaid, "they charge to go in; when we don't get to - charge people to use our community parks to cover 'even maintenance and up- keep?" He pointed to the heavy use of Cartwright park in Caes- area by people from Oshawa and Whitby, and said often the park tables are taken up. by groups from other com- munities. A hint that a petition was _ -underway on the island op- - ___ - posing the park was greeted with some skepticism. "I don't want any part of 'it here," .said Coun. Kenny. "Have them send it right on to the province." Cauncil's consideration of NAARRS red $i Bits 'n Pieces from Here n" There 'UXBRIDGE - In a letter to the editor of the Times Journal a reader states that not 'many Uxbridge residents agree to the fact that they are willing to take the penitentiary if Scugog does not'want it. "In my opinion, a Federal Penitentiary is not one of our most urgently needed institutions," wrote George Jacobs. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? ~BALLANTRAE - During the hot spell last week, a man drove into a gas bar and asked the female attendant to bring him a can of pop. When she returned, she noticed the man in the car was stark naked. 'He made no 'comment or gesture, but simply paid for his pop and drove off. Apparently, he found a way to keep cool, but the police have labeled his as a 'Potential sex offender" MARKHAM - "Hot" conditioners! Thieves in this town last week made off with two air conditioners, which they _ took right out of the office Si ong ot buss nama, The $420 air conditioners were easily removed insecurely mounted, it was reported. as they were STOUFFVILLE - Over 100 homes in a new su bdjvision will be without telephones until March next 'year. According to Bell officials spending priorities and the failure to receive the rate hikes asked for from the federal government have caused the delays. PONTYPOOL - Two men robbed an 85-year-old man, Jack Malcolmson in his home on August 5th. The 'thieves' entered jis home when he was sleeping and forced him to reveal where he had hid his savings by 'threatening him with a two-foot wrecking bar. Mr. Malcolmson was not injured. NEWCASTLE - Pat Blaker, project chairman for the Newcastle Lions Club, was the first one in the new swimming pool which the club has built. His jump came shortly after Mayor Garnet Rickard cut the ribbon to officially open the poo. Splashing in right behind Mr. Blaker, were the mayor, Lions president, Ed. Majer, and dozens of children. LINDSAY-- With the season half over, the Kawartha Summer Theatre.is running at approximately an attendance rate of approximately eight per cent better than last year. Advance sales are at an all time high. LINDSAY - The Lindsay Recreation "Commission approved last week the signing of a contract for the 1975-76 season with the Lindsay Junior "C"' Hockey club. UXBRIDGE - Five organizations within the township had their 1975 budget cut by five percent recently. They included Uxpool, Community Centre Association, Goodwood Park and Community Centre, Uxbridge Fire Department and the Library. the provincial park came following the meeting last week when ministry repre- sentatives outlined two alter- . nate plans prepared in a preliminary design concept. The 490 acre park would have camping, hiking, cyc- ling, natural trails, boat launching facilities and more. Marshlands in the park would be left as it is, tq preserve the unique and '*Significant" wildlife. According to an Ontario J Hydro spokesman, the break (in the line resulted in prob- "lems at the Wilson Road Transformer 'Station in Oshawa. Power failure resulted in a "good part of' - Oshawa, Bowmanville, New- castle, Port Perry and area. Under normal: conditions, said the spokesman, there would not have been a power failure. One of the two lines was on 'planned service work", and had been shut down at the time to allow repairs. - Hydro crews simply switched the power from one line to the other and began repairs on the line struck by lightning. WINDBREAKERS 'McGREGOR SOCKS PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Aug. 13, 1975 -- 3 ' i eo 17 PAYS TO ADVERTISE. ADVERTISE WHERE IT BAYS... 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