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Orono Weekly Times, 12 Dec 1979, p. 6

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6-Orond Weekly Times, Wednesday, December 12th, .1979 Walleyes in Scugog radio equipped This winter, the Lindsay District of .the Ministry of Natural Resources is attempting attempting to locate the spawning spawning grounds of walleye (yellow (yellow pickerel) in Lake Scugog as a step towards more effective management of this population. The project has been made possible through" additional funding to the Lindsay District as part of the provincial Strategic Planning for Ontario Fisheries (SPOF) program, and involves tracking tracking fish implanted with radiotransmitters. radiotransmitters. Transmitters have been . implanted in twenty large walleye by means of a surgical operation. Each transmitter is about 2 inches long, % inch wide, Vz inch thick, pink in colour and shaped roughly like a small padlock. The location and movements movements of each radio-equipped walleye will be checked periodically over the winter. In the spring, when the radio- equipped fish are eventually located among groups of other walleyes indicating signs of readiness for spawning, spawning, the spawning grounds will have been located. The Ministigy is benefiting from expertise developed in the Department of Ichthyology Ichthyology and Herpetology of the Royal Ontario Museum. Biologist Biologist John Minor, assisted at peak periods by Fielding Sherwood, is conducting the study. Spawning time is one of the critical periods in the life Of a sport fish. The spawning grounds used by sport fish populations are therefore very important areas which must be safeguarded if fish populations are to continue. Assuring that existing populations populations have adequate opportunities opportunities to reproduce naturally naturally is usually more effective effective and less expensive than stocking fish from a hatchery if thé spawning grounds are lost. Please help us to help you. Be on the look-out for these very special walleyes. You will know them by the obvious surgical scar and suture marks on the belly of the fish, and by à yellow tag at the front of the dorsal fin. The tag will bear a number in the B30.500 - B30.525 series. If you capture such a fish, please note the precise location, location, the tag number-and the date, and forward this information information to the Lindsay District Office. Arrangements Arrangements will be made for the return of the transmitter to the Ministry so that it can be used again. The transmitter will be evident when you gut the fish. If you decide to return the fish alive to the water, please forward the same information information to this office. Thank you for your assistance assistance in this important study. Some questioned the.exten- tion of the area at this" time and pointed out that at one time recently the Regional planning staff wished the urban area to be contained within the core sector. Mayor Rickard in closing out the meeting pointed out that planning the area south of 401 was important at this point rather than undertaking development on a piece meal basis. He said it may take years to fulfill the plans but that a plan of development was a necessary requirement. requirement. Sheila Parker heads Board of Education Two women trustees of thé Northumberland and Newcastle Newcastle Board of Education put it all together last Thursday and were elected, unopposed, to the chairmanship and vicechairmanship vicechairmanship of the Board. It was the first time for the chairmanship to be held by a woman. Mrs. Sheila Parker, a four year resident of Port Hope and a three year member of the Board was elected chairman chairman while Mrs. Elizabeth Parken of Cobourg was elected elected vice-chairman. Mrs. Parker Parker was vice-chairman for the current year. Parker is a former elementary elementary school teacher and the mother of three children. She has been active in home and school and boards of education education on a volunteering basis. She said it was important that all people become aware of what is happening in the schools. She said there was an excellent schj. ' 3 _ Urn in the Northumberland and Newcastle Newcastle area but to further this there must be complete cooperation cooperation between all sectors of the system as well as keeping, the public involved in what is going on. Parker also said that the board must emphasize curriculum' curriculum' in the primary grades and recognize the importance of the young child's first few years in the school system. Parker said she would oûtline her objective for the Board at the regular meeting on December 13th. She succeeds succeeds Mr. Andrew Thompson, Bowmanville, as chairman. May be too many retirement proposals in Newcastle On Monday night the planning planning staff of the Town of • Newcastle outlined to a public meeting in Newcastle Village the designation of an Official Plan amendment and commented commented on other aspects of proposed development in the Village. Don Smith, director of planning, outlined that the Official Plan Amendment for property south of 401 to the lake included lands for industry, industry, residential development and open space. He pointed out that the amendment had not as yet been approved by council and that final decision was tabled until after the 'public meeting. Smith also pointed out that a development plan had been proposed for the residential area and whether or not it would be approved was a matter to consider after the passing of the Official Plan amendment. Smith said the proposed retirement development development was a lease proposal ' and would have a population of possibly 1500 people. In commenting on the aspect of this retirement proposal and that of Rice Construction he said he questioned questioned (he feasibility of having such a total number of units in the area. Smith said he would , be making a recommendation on this in the future and pointed out that the Rice development had yet to gain amendment approval from the Municipal Board. Their ruling, he sàid, was expected sometime in June 1980. Smith said the Region, if they pass the OPA 20 it would require then adding a further 1500 to the proposed population population figure in Newcastle of 7000. It was pointed out that servicing in Newcastle hajl been resolved as for water and (hat the present sewage: treatment-plant could handle 4000 people. The sewage plant, he said, could be extended to carry 10,000. In speaking of proposals in the urban area of the Village he said in total it represented some 1050 units at this time and this would represent some 3000 to 4000 people. Smith said that in his opinion development would be # slow to moderate in the next few years as a result of the economic conditions in the country. Smith pointed out that the Region was endeavouring to extend the urban area of the Village to the south»and north rather than contain it within an area between the CPR tracks in the north and the 401 Highway in'the south. •A !jl iij £ I \ -i-Jj KnHOk -~VT.T-a . Onuifio Ontario Telephone Service Commission IN THE MATTER OF SECTIONS 6(1), 12 AND 105 of The Telephone Act (R.S.O. 1970, c. 457) and THE COMMISSION under and in pursuance of Section 6(1) of The Telephone Act (R.S.O. 1976, c.457) hereby denies the application for interim IN THE MATTER of an application application by the Community Telephone Telephone Company of Ontario Limited Limited with respect to an interim incrèase in rates. Order relief to become effective December 1,1979 as made by the Applicant in a letter under date of October 12, 1979. . 2.0 Reasons The Community Telephone Company of Ontario Limited, hereinafter referred to as the Applicant, filed an application for approval of changes in rates for telephone service dated October 5, 1979. The application requested an additional $2,130,106 in annualized local service revenues based upon a 1980 test year. By separate letter dated October 12, 1979, the Applicant further requested that the Commission approve an interim increase in telephone ratés to become effective December l, 1979. This interim increase, would produce additional annualized local service revenues of $2,100,000. It is to this request for interim relief only that this order pertains. The Applicant submits that its 1980 capital . expenditure is estimated at $2,676,000. In order to complete the proposed 1980 capital expenditure program, the Applicant estimates that additional indebtedness of $2,000,000 must be issued by June 30,1980. The Applicant notes that a condition of the. First Mortgage Bonds and the Provident Mutual Notes issued by them requires a two times interest coverage in any twelve consecutive calendar months within the fifteen calendar months before the additional funded debt is to be issued. The Applicant submits that earnings for the twelve month period ending June 30, 1979, produced a coverage of 1.6 times the annual interest charges of the debt outstanding at that date and the additional debt required for 1980. The Applicant concludes that to permit compliance with their coverage requirements, the full interim relief must be in effect by December 1, 1979. The Applicant estimates taht earnings for the twelve month period ending December 31,1979, will produce a coverage of 1.5 times the annual interest charges including the new debt without interim rate relief.. The Applicant, in support of the request for interim rate relief, makes reference to the,evidence contained in the 1979 Rate, Application ànd also submits that a coverage of 1.6 times and a return on capital of 8.4 percent were realized for the period ending June 30, 1979. ( , There was neither evidence submitted presenting the details of the calculations for the June 30, 1979 coverage ratio and the rate of return nor financial , data evidence for the period endjng June 30, 1979. Therefore the' Commission has -been un able to 1 assess the reasonableness of these statements. A coverage ratio of 1.5 and the rate of return on capital of 7.09 percent are estimated for the period ending December 31, 1979 by the Applicant. Similarly, the Commission has insufficient evidence to assess, the basis of these estimates in order to determine ,whether the forecasted results are reasonable. The Applicant further states that the estimated additional indebtedness of $2,000,000 required to carry out the 1980 construction program will need to he issued not later tha.i June 30, 1980. Therefore, interest coverage for the twelve month period ending June 30, 1980, may also be relevant with respect to the proposed issue of indebtedness in 1980. However, the Applicant has failed to submit an interest coverage factor for this period in support of their request for interim relief. In any event, in determining the revenue requirement, the Commission must have regard to the rate of return on invested capital and not to coverage ratios. The Commission is of the view that the Applicant's estimât®, of their financial performance and positionfor 1979 and 1980 must be reviewed and substantiated in the process Of determining the revenue requirement. The Commission, in order to undertake such a review, issued a number of interrogatories with respect to the Application, which were forwarded to the Applicant on October 26,1979. The Commission notes that as of the date of this order no response to. any of these interrogatories has been reçpived. Therefore, the "Commission cannot complete even a preliminary review of the financial data submitted by the Applicant in support of ' both the general rate application and the Applicant's request for interim relief. ' i . ' For the above-mentioned reasons the Commission is not in a position to grant the Applicant's request for interim relief to become effective December 1, 19,79. The Commission will, however, deal with the main application with all'dispatch consistent With a full examination of the issues ràised. This does rtfot preclude the ' Applicant from refiling an -application for interim relief but the Commission requires th'at any such Application contain sufficient information to fully support the Applicant's request. * . Chairman. SIGNED AND SEALED this 30th day of November, A.D. 1979.

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