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Maa WAY ear rw Lar SRA CUE TIN rms ni A Scugog residents urged to conserve SERIOUS HYDRO SHORTAGE Ontario is short of hydro electric power and the situation is so serious that large and small customers are being asked! to Sorgerve, ugog Hydro manager Terry Adderley was asked last Friday by Ontario Hydro to urge local customers to cut back on power use, especially from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Volume 124 Number 4 It is during this two hour period when hydro consump- tion is at its peak as people get home from work, turn on the stove, throw a load of clothes in the wash, flick on the dryer then jumpin the shower. He said the public can help by conserving. The problem stems from maintenance work on two lines from the Bruce nuclear plant, and Hydro officials expect it to last until December 22. Ontario Hydro has been forced to import 1400 mega- watts from Michigan and an- other 250 megawatts from Ma- nitboa. Mr. Adderley said that in Port Perry, large industrial us- ers have been asked to volun- tarily cut back on their power usage, Ontario Hydro has reduced its voltage to utilities by three per cent, and if the situation gets critical enough, Ontario Hydro could "black-out" areas of the province completely for short periods of time (15-20 minutes) That kind of drastic action BERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1989 hasn't happend in this province since the late 1940's. The public can help by not using some major appliances during the 5:00 to 7:00 PM peri- od, and yes, even shutting off the Christmas tree lights will help a bit. til CHRISTMAS Copy 50¢ 76 Pages Don't ever get your knickers In a knot, Dr. Tom. Or your tie in a twist. Dr. Tom Millar, musical director of the MillarLights, hams it up back-stage after the childrens group con- cluded their performance Saturday night of a Child's Christmas In Wales. The tie and box- er shorts festooned with bright Santa Claus images, were presented to Dr. Millar as a small but heart-felt token of appreciation for the work he has done with the group over the last several months. Two of his favourite expressions during rehearsal are "don't get your knickers In a knot, or your tie in a twist." Photos from the performance are In this week's Star, and see letters column for a tribute to the Child's Christmas in Wales. Response to Star Christmas essay competition beyond expectations Thank you, Star readers. - Your response to our "Most Memorable Christmas" story contest was overwhelming. In total, we received 59 de- lightful Christmas stories, in- cluding 20 from the grade nine class at Brock High School. To say the we are im- pressed with the response and. the quality of the stories would be an under-statement. The stories were timely, creative, poignant; most of them "straight-from-the-heart" expressions and memories of Ca hhh this wonderfully special time of theyear. = Sadly, we are able to re- print just six of them in our Christmas Edition, as we have selected one ovérall winner and five honourable mentions.. (Tum to page 3) . ve LI I A BN IEE IE NY A BR LANL BE BE INC RR I A ' CAW official blames high interest policy for auto layoffs Ahigh ranking official with "the Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) says the high in- terest policy of the federal gov- ernment is directly to blame for layoffs in the auto industry. CAW secretary-treasurer Bob Nickerson slammed the Government in a statement re- leased last week. These layoffs are a sure + sign that the Tories could wreck the auto industry with their high interest rate strategy. The whole Mulroney strategy has back-fired, Nickerson said. He made the comments in the wake of substantial layoffs which affected 2600 GM work- ersis Windsor last week. In St. Catherines, 700 were off the job for a week starting December 11, and 369 will go on indefinite lay-off in mid- January as GM reduces its V6 assembly to one shift. About 3200 GM workers in Quebec will be laid off for two weeks startingJan. 2and 9. And in Oshawa, some 9.000 will be laid off for a week start- ing early in January, and there have been other layoffs during December. ' : Nickerson said the union is "angered but not dis-couraged about the layoffs. And he urged Canadians to show their anger at the polls. - "Every voter knows buying a car, house or even a pair of boots is easier when interest rates are reasonable," stated Nickerson. . He said labour is now orga- nizing "with our allies in the so- cial movement to break from the Tory economic strangle- hold." And CAW is going to fight Jub singer income Sesnity anguage when it starts bargan- ing with the Big Three for a new contractin 1990. "Surely, they (the govern- ment) don't think Canadians are going to swallow layoffs, cuts in unemployment benfits, goods and service tax hikes, plant closures, and no new jobs and let the Tories get away with it," he stated. Local stores split on opening this Sunday Only four shopping days left before Christmas? This is not the case in Port Perry, there are actually five. That's right, many mer- chants in downtown Port Perry will be opening their doors Sun- day December 24, for those last minute shoppers, who forgot they needed one more gift. In a survey conducted by the Port Perry Star on Wednesday, the stores that will remain closed are outnumbered by those who will open to serve any Sunday shoppers. any store owners stated they really didn't want to open, EEE EERE EEN EE ERE they wanted to enjoy the day with their families. "What am I to do, if my next door neighbor, and my competi- tors are open, I almost have to," one store owner stated. The survey concluded that out of 40 stores in the down- town area that were contacted 19 of these stores will be open, while 16 will not. The remain- der did not know as of Wednes- doy what their plans were, here will be stores open on Queen, and Water Streets, as well as in the Port Perry Plaza. (Turn to page 3) i i: yma i ull Be 1 Si ate Hi a