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Storm downs tree on Orono barn Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, August 22, 1984-5 CAr fored into G. Herrema vehicle Last Thursday night Gary Herrema, Regional Chair- man and Liberal candidate for Ontario riding, was in- volved in an accident when an approaching vchicle was forc- ed into his northbound lane by another car. No one sus- tained serious injury in the mujtiple accident. David Ogar, 29, of Un- bridge was later arrested and charged with dangerous driv- ing and failing to remain at the scene of an accident. tion of $.25. -a customer with one regular Touch-Tone phone will see the bill go from $10.80 to $11.00, an increase of $.20. -a customer with two Con- tempra Touch-Tone sets will see the bill go from $18.30 to $16.55 -a customer with one Digipulse set will see the bill go from $10.80 to $10.35 -a customer with two Digipulse sets will see the bill go from $12.80 to $13.60 All Bell customers are receiving an account insert with their August telephone bills, giving them a breakdown on the new rates. Kirby area. tree feel into a small barn at Orono. A number of limbs were the rear of the Ross Morris Damage resulted to some broken by the force of the property on Mill Street in of the siding on the building. wind and in the above case a Bell instituting new telephone biling rates There will be a new way of longer had to rent their first billing for telephone service set from Bell. At the same starting September 1 in Bell time, the CRTC ordered Bell Canada territory. to break-out the rates it On that day, restructured would charge for the line and telephone rates will come into for the sets. effect for Bell Canada Bell fled these new rates in customers, providing March of 1983. separate charges for lines and The CRTC approved the the rental of telephones and restructured rates last March other equipment. Monthly and ordered Bell to put them rates for basis local telephone into effect on September 1. service have traditionally in- The approved rates were cluded the rental of the first designed not to result in any telephone. revenue increase for Bell. Now, customers will have a. Private line business or choice of where they obtain residence customers will pay their telephones. Private line $1.35 per month less for basic business or residence telephone service because it customers can continue to no longer includes the lease sets from Bell or pur- telephone set. chase them from Bell or any "However", said Orma other supplier. Lyttle, "customers will not Effects of the new rates on be charged for each customers' accounts will telephone they rent from us. vary. For some, the monthly Also the rates for many of telephone bill will decrease; our premium sets have been for others it will increase. reduced." "It ail depends on the Bell will continue to repair type and number of services aIl leased sets and equipment and equipment each without additional charge. customer leases from Bell," Those customers who pur- said Orma Lyttle, Bell's chase their own sets will have manager for the Orono ex- to make their own ar- change. rangements for maintenance. This new method of paying Orma Lyttle said Bell was for your telephone service is a not expecting a significant result of a move made by Bell degree of migration of in 1979, when it asked the customers from Bell equip- Canadian Radio-television ment to their own equipment and Telecommunications because the $1.55 rate per set Commission, if the attach- for residence customers is ment of customer-provided "very good value for the equipment was in the public quality of set and the fact interest. there is no extra charge for In August of 1980, Orma maintenance." Lyttle said, the CRTC in an Customers should be aware interim decision ruled that that if they encounter pro- Bell Canada customers could blems with their service, they purchase their own exten- should make sure it is not sions and connect them to their own equipment that is Bell's network by means of a causing the trouble. jack, provided the equipment If Bell makes a repair visit met the requirements for con- and no trouble is found with nection that were established its-facilities then a charge is at that time. applied. This diagnostic Following hearings in maintenance charge applies if 1982, the CRTC confirmed trouble continues when the the interim decision and also customer's equipment is F t that Bell iustomersm erdreconnect. To try and avoid this charge people should check to see if the trouble is in their equipment before they call Bell for repair service. Customers who purchase their sets should also make sure that the sets ,they buy meet the technical re- quirements for connection to the telephone network. Telephone equipment that bas been certified by Com- munications Canada does meet this requirement and is identified by a Communica- tions Canada label. Because of technical reasons, party-line customers cannot own their own equip- ment, and as a result their basic telephone bill will re- main the same. The new rates also apply to pushbutton telephonesý Customers with Touch- Tone telephones will now pay separate rates for the Touch- Tone line and for the set. Also, the Touch-Tone line Allan charge must be paid, even if customer-owned equipment is connected to it. The other pushbutton ser- vice, Digipulse, which is be- ing phased out as 'new technology expands, signals the telephone network with the familiar pulses or "clicks" of the rotary dial set. Customers with this ser- vice will also see a change in their monthly rate. For those Digipulse customers wishing to change to Touch-Tone, Bell will waive the normal service charge from September 1 to February 28, 1985. Some examples of the new rates in the Orono exchange are: -a customer with one black rotary phone rented from Bell will pay a monthly charge of $7.65, an increase of $.20. -a customer with two black rotary phones rented from Bell will pay $9.20, a reduc- Orono Nursery School Half day enrichment programme for 3 - 4 year old children QUALIFIED STAFF - LICENSED PREMISES OPTIONAL READING PROGRAMME FOR 4 YEAR OLOS Register Now For September '84 Phone 987-4012 Thank You The Mayor and Council of the Town of Newcastle wish to thank the following for assisting or taking part in the reception for Silvia Ruegger on Monday, August 13th,'1984: The Ruegger family Newcastle Lioness Club Bill Tomlinson Allanah Coles and accompanist George Elliott Newcastle Horticultural Society Trina Perrin Merlin Slute Newcastle Community Hall Board All those who presented gifts to Sylvia. RE-ELECT - LAWRENCE Action Centres: Newcastle 39 King Street 987-4755 Bowmanville 68 King St. E 623-6373 Canada Needs Real Change By Authority of J. Gordon, Official Agent of Allan Lawrence The storm last Tuesday ývening hit Orono with some gale force winds but did not -arry hail as smashed into the Canada's future has been mortgag- ed with $180 billion Government debt at 11% interest rate of $20 billion annually. i