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IWS 5 te 40 Cents BELLUZ > Phesaetip bs Sen 48 7 The Terrace Bay-Schreiber Terrace Bay a : Ontario " See POT 2Wo JURIS ZDANOVSKIS Office - 825-9393 BROKER Home - 824-2933 MON CHERIE HAIR SALON Ladies Men (807) 824-3080 Mountainview . Plaza ag Volume 44 No. 45 Hwy. 17, Schreiber Tuesday November 6, 1990 SUPERIOR ~ SHORELINE INSURANCE LTD, We represent 8 different insurance companies so that we can get the best rates for you: *Home *Auto *Business *Air Craft Liz Boutilier *Mobile Broker Consumers will pay more for hydro in '91 by Rob Cotton The News The average price of Ontario Hydro's electricity will increase by 8.6 per cent next year. According to a press release issued by Ontario Hydro, Oct. 17, this will mean increases ranging from eight to nine per cent for individual consumers. Terrace Bay's hydro increase from Ontario Hydro will be 8.91 per cent, said Dave Fulton, town- ship administrator. Fulton said the budget for Terrace Bay hydro will not be completed until early December and the rate increase to customers has not been finalized. "The other big factor," he said, "is the Goods and Services Tax which is going to be applied to electricity and tack another seven per cent on to the price." Fulton said customers could be looking at an overall increase of over 15 per cent. Robert Franklin, president and chief executive officer of Ontario Hydro, in Hydro's press release, said the main pressure is the cost of bringing new generating and transmission facilities into. ser- vice. "Other. pressures," he contin- ued, "include increased spending on environmental protection, the up-front costs of energy efficiency programs and a requirement for additional funding." Franklin said added costs, especially for wages and equip- ment rehabilitation, plus Canada's high interest rate policy, have already driven the increase, fore- cast last month, up by one per cent. For most of the province's 312 municipal utilities the average increase will be 8.7 per cent. The municipal utilities deter- mine the price they charge their customers by adding Ontario Hydro's charges to local costs. Rates for industrial customers served directly by Ontario Hydro will increase by an average of 7.8 per cent. Local youths charged Five youths have been charged as a result of Terrace Bay Police investigations of two separate incidentsat the Ministry of Natural Resources. Chief Don Kidder of the Terrace Bay Police, said the first incident involved $500 worth of damage to three MNR vehicles when honey, stolen from the Scout Hall, was poured into the gas tanks. "The investigating officer, putting one and one together from a previous incident, questioned three youths and as a result three youths have been charged with mischief," Kidder said. The second incident resulted from a Terrace Bay Police Force officer discovering two youths standing beside two MNR vehi- cles at a location just north of the mill, Kidder said. Subsequent investigation revealed that the MNR had been broken into on two occasions the same night and a vehicle stolen each time. Charges of break and enter, theft and possession have been laid against the two youths. "This should solve the problem we've had over the summer," said Kidder. Names connected with both incidents have been withheld under the Young Offenders Act. A play for peace Derek Sitko(left) and Jason Iddison, who plays Buddy, rehearse for One Thousand Cranes, a production of the music theatre class of Lake Superior High School. The play is part of a free program to be presented at the school in Schreiber at 8 p.m., November 9. See story on page 9 Photo by Rob Cotton Information centre nears completion by Rob Cotton The News Terrace Bay's new Tourist Information Centre, located on the highway just west of the recre- ation centre, is nearing comple- tion. Construction on the $397,000 project began at the end of July last summer and is expected to be finished by the end of November. The Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation provided 75 per cent of the funding. The other 25 per cent of the cost was absorbed by the township. However, Dave Fulton, clerk- treasurer-administrator for the Township of Terrace Bay, said after the.value of the land, man- power and equipment donated by the town is accounted for the township's actual outlay of cash will be approximately $75,000. An observation deck on the hill behind the new building is pro- posed for next year with a budget- ed cost of $25,000. Fulton said the Tourist Information Centre began as a . desire to start promoting tourism as way to diversify the township's economy. The township has been running a tourist information centre for three years, he said. The first two years it was oper- ating from curling club lounge at the recreation centre. This year that area was being used and the information centre was moved into the Scout Hall. - The new building and its fur- nishings cost $360,000 and the paving for the parking lot cost. $37,000 The information centre will begin operations next May and will remain open until the end of September. It will be administered by Dean Main, recreation co-ordinator. Depending on the availability of government grants the new facility will be staffed by a combi- nation of students and senior citi- zens The main lobby includes recep- tion and an area rotating displays from organizations. \_ DIANNE O'NEILL A COMPLETE INSURANCE SERVICE COMPETITIVE RATES FOR QUALITY COVERAGE TERRACE BAY INSURANCE LTD. * Home * Business * Auto * Cottages * Recreational Vehicles * Etc. SIMCOE PLAZA TERRACE BAY 825 - 3246