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8 the tribune thursday february it u77 by william hodgson mpp goveriiment plans ahead for ga shortage had on the united states economy- thousands of workers laid off schools closed home heating temperatures lowered to 550 f american and finally the realization that the united states is permanently short of energy reserves it will be the winter to how long will it be before we get out of the deep freeze the phrase which all of us will use to remember the winter of 197677 we may have to endure the deep freeze for the rest of this winter lets hope not certainly we will remember the critical shortage of natural gas suffered by our american remember that canada neighbors and the ex- shipped billions of cubic tensive impact which this feet of natural gas south natural gas shortage has showing that we are good neighbors to our american friends despite some real and substantial differences on various issues the deep freeze winter will also be remembered as the year president carter asked congress for authority to allocate natural gas among interstate- pipelines to get it to areas which most need this gas in that connection the choir of emmanuel bible college presents a concert of sacred music sat feb 12 8 pm at the istouffville missionary church 159 main ste everyone welcome away back in the mists of time your ontario government presented an amendment to the ontario energy board act to develop allocation plans for natural gas should an emergency of the scope which the americans are now ex periencing ever face us that amendment was introduced and passed in november 1975 by energy minister dennis timbreu the principles of this legislation involved 1 any natural gas allocation plans should be placed with an in dependent agency such as the ontario energy board 2 this body already controls the rate for themselves from the producers the last principle provides that ontarios consumers will get top priority in a critical shortage era the intent of the 1975 bill was to anticipate in advance the remotest possibility that ontario might some day in the next five yean or so face imore can still be done a similar shortage of the current criacs have said depths with which the that canada should not be americans are now exporting any more having tc cope it is an natural gas to the united energy reality a lot of critics have suggested that- the plan was not really necessary and that our efforts should be put into energy conservation i know from previous reports that we have outlined some of your ontario governments operations in energy management states these people forget that ontario im ports 93 percent of its coal from south of the border even beyond economic considerations it is simply being a good neighbor to our american a fewer deaths a wav interim measure to overcome that period of time before the energy sources of the frontier areas may become available or before coal gasification is a full scale s facility aspects of on tarios natural gas distribution 3 the current natural gas distributors who have contracts with trans canada pipe lines are the sensible group to put the plan into effect should it ever arise 4 all people affected by this bill would have the opportunity to file an objection 5 the legislation would prevent large customers from buying natural gas due to belts oak ridges ontario provincial police of the oak ridges detachment have credited seat belt legislation with dramatically reducing the number of automobile accident injuries the number of deaths as a resuitcf accidents during the past year was down by almost 50 per cent j2 w f helping when one human being needs help im mediately to fail tado so is like ignoring a drowning man because you happen to think that he should be able to swim canadians need not be too smug about american energy problems because some day the same shortage may be staring right down our noses the 1975 legislation awaits and is solid preparation for any future shortages like a fire truck is ready in case of a fire it represents a realistic example of good forward looking planning a lot of people have been singing the praises of the towns works department for the efficient manner in which they handled last weeks heavy snowstorms but nellie szucs living on the 6th cone was not so sure plows dumped a 10 foot high drift of snow in her driveway sealing her in s mrs szucs termed the enormous barrier a terrible thing and said she might sue if she got no action from the town theres no way to get out of there said mrs szucs shovelling would not be the answer since the pile of snow is at least as wide as it is high and is hardpacked the szucs five foot high gatepost dwarfed by the snowy barrier can be seen on the right retirement the fourth quarter by leslie holbrook back when i was fettered to an office stool to lift a phrase from gilbert and sullivan i used to see a man with one just one deformed on 5 year term guaranteed investment certificates tfw guaranteed retirement savings plans income averaging certificates registered home ownership savings plans q standard trust company 8 wellington st w markham ontario telephone 2946865 t out ol own call collect membercanaoa deposit insurance corporation oltlelge pinsioners guaranteed income supplement application forms fill them out send them in guaranteed income supplement application forms were mailed recently to all pensioners now re ceiving the supplement to make sure that your supplement to the pension continues beyond march 31st you must reapply so make sure you fill in your form and return it in the addressed envelope en- closed with the form as soon as you possibly can i heiiin i santeet and welfare bicrvetre social canada canada marclalonde minister leg work his way past my office window he was going to or coming from the national library and archives next door he was old he was badly beaten up physically on icy days i sweated it out while he navigated the slippery way to a bus stop up the street one day meeting him i could not resist asking him what he did that brought him out each day foul weather or fine he was doing research at the archives learning all he could about pioneer days in western canada where he had spent his earlier years for a book on which he was working he told me he was 77 but hoped to finish before gabriel blew his horn if not he was enjoying the chore anyway i sometimes it seems that those with the greatest handicaps get the most out of life they dont let their difficulties get them down they keep active there is a direct relationship between idleness and poor health if you spend your retirement days watching tv snoozing away the hours or bellyaching about the boredom you are heading for trouble 1 retired about the same time as a fellow worker he couldnt wait to get my feet up have a few beers and watch the ball game he had developed no serious interests outside his job before the second year on pension was out he was dead the old notion of retirement as going over the hill is obsolete it never did make much sense and interested active people always have rejected it you hear about the wellknown oldsters who county breakers benefit dance goodwood the country breakers cb club is continuing its efforts to raise funds for the brown family fire fund on saturday feb 26 they will hold a dance at the goodwood community hall for their benefit the dance at 8 pm ad mission is 5 per person and this fee covers a buffet spot dances and door prizes people wishing tickets can call rouge base bill or gladys 6402532 crisscross base ken or gina 2946302 medical base bill or pat 6403894 the county breakers who collected r and furniture for the browns say that the burnt out family now has all the apparel and household goods heeded the cbersplan to hold a sale of the extra furniture collected and give the proceeds to the browns keep right on doing what they most want to do pianist rubinstein still superb in his late 80s entertainer stanley holloway still tops at 81 r agatha christie writing bestsellers in her 80s- author shaw still sparkling at 90 but there are thousands of ordinary folk doing the same sort of things in less spec tacular ways there is for example dorothy cameron wellington county ont library employee who retired at 80 to become assistant to her librarian replacement i could fill this page with other examples examples which are f proof positive that age is 7 no obstacle to achievement and fulfilment and youll find that aches and pains willi botheryou less if you get into an absorbing challenging program you may be a bit of a hypochondriac anyway worrying unreasonably about how you feel if so pay- heed to keith mossman in his book looking forward to retirement it is best not to make a hobby of health in case it develops- into a fulltime oc- cupation try for the greatest degree of physical ac- tivity your body can safely achieve your doctors guidance here and youve still got plenty going for v for another 1020- 30 years 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