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BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, AUGUST 9,1978 SECTION TWO R ed Cross Colleets 2 30 Units of Blood Clinie Assistants Cathy Goldberg (right) and Andrea Emerich get a cot ready. Giving blood is a family affair for this threesome from six-year-old Michelle Lowry; Adam Lowry, 3; and Wayne Bowmanville. Shown here from the foot of the bed ae Lowrv. a regular donor who is giving his 3lst pint. Volunteers are screened at thîs table. Fred Griffin, chairman of the blood donor committee for the Durham East Red Cross, displays one of the bags used to coUlect blood. Red Cross dlinie assistants unload truck containing blankets.... Clinies Depend On People Many people's experience Volunteers are also needed Ave. wnere clinies are held. 'with a Red Cross Blooddonor to phone potential donors and "We can't do it without the clinic ends when they get up remiînd them of the cli nie. people", said Fred Griffin, the from their cot, have a cup of Volunteers are needed to drive chairman of the blood donor coffee, eat a cookie and leave. cars for people who need a committee. ride to the clinie and it takes The photos on this page tell How ever, a successful clinie volunteer help to' load and part of the story of how a clinic '.esaconsiderable1 amount unload the Red Cross trucks. is set up from the first time the of behind-the-scenes work. In For example, a minimum of packages are unloaded to the fowact, t te linicheld here i one hour is needed to set up ail time the first donors are Bwmeanvit1e lt eek, tee the cots, tables, chairs and ready. wereabot 1 clnicassst-equipment for a clinie such as Red Cross crews travel cross norkes.adohe the one held in Bowmanville regularly from town to town crs okr.last week. collecting blood. For example, In 'addition, Pat Griffin, Loc-al service clubs help the mobile group that was in President of the Durham East with such' things as Bowmanville last week Red Cross, estimated that it advertising the 'clinics, started the week wîth two takes a minimum of 35 phonîng donors and loading clinics, in Peterborough on volunteers to staff a clinie. trucks. Even the location of Monday and' Tuesday. On They are in charge of' the l3owmanville clinie is Wednesday, they were in checking donors who come to donated since it is the Lions Bowmanville and the next day the clinic, serving coffee and Club that operates the, they were scheduled to stop at cookies as they leave. community centre on Beech Oshawa. Hydro Expansion Ontario Hydro's Board of Directors has given general approval for the development of a program for the future expansion of hydro-electric generation in the Province which could lead to, as many as 17 new projects in a 16-year period to 1994. Energy Minister Reuben Baetz said he welcomed this latesi step towards the full utilizat ion of the province's renewable resources. It reflects Hydro's continuing effortsto support this Govern- ment's policy of achieving a balanced elec trical generation system in Ontario. "The Ministry has encouraged Ontario Hydro in this hydraulîc program and the present initiative marks the first step in a process leading to review under the Environ- mental Assessment Act and eventual Governm-ent- approval," he said. The go-ahead for construction of each projeet will be made separately by the Hydro Board. The develop- ments will be incorporated into Hydro's long-range generation plan (to match anticipated demands) which is expected to be submitted to the Board in September. The revised long-range generation f lan (which deals with acilities coming into service after 1987) could change the scope and timing of all future planned generation projects. The 17 hydro-electric projeets are made up of 10 new developments with the remainder being. either extensions or redevelopment of present stations (list attached). Most of them are in the more remote parts of Northeastern and Northwestern Ontario. If aIl approvals are given, the earliest construction on any of theý sites could begin is 1982 with the final work on the last one to be completed in 1994. Peak capacity of the new developments (during leigh- water periods) is about 2,000,000, kilowatts with an average annual output of 523,000 kilowatts, The total cost of al 17 is estimated at $1.4 billion (in 1977 dollars). Although they would flot significantly increase the province's electrical resources (Hydro's total capacity was 21,000,000 kilowatts last year) theru are a number of important advantages, Chairman Robert. Taylor said today. "Although the capital investment for these hydro- electrie plants is high, once built there is no fuel cost and little maintenance is needed." and crates. About 28,000 mail years will bu reuired iiî au eveiop- muenis are purstued. A large purcent agu of' the work-force during construction would be rucruîted locally. 1Mr. 'l'tylor emphasized that there is a great deal of flexibility in the choice of sites. '8ome could fait away if they do not meet environ- mental and economic criteria, and others could be introduced astudies continue., "While this program does not represent any dramatie change in, planning," Mr. Taylor said, "it does reflect the need to explore resources that assîst in keeping the cost of power down. This is particularly true for water, power where there is no fuel cost and, of course, this will become increasingly important in the future as the cost offuels oal, oil and Although the proposed new developments together would add less than 5 per cent to the total amount of energy produced by Hydro last year, it should be remembered that this is one way- to' further develop a proven renewable resource in a manner that will benefit the economy and the power user by reducing our need for expensive fossil fuels which now provide most of our peaking requirements, " Mr. Taylor said. Last year, water power produced 33 per cent of the electric energy that Ontario Hydro supplied to its customners; coal 25 per cent; nuclear 24 per cent; oul and natural gas about 5 per cent. The remaîning 13 per cent was. purchased from other utilities.