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ME ET hh wif or EY 7 3 4 as ry i Volume 7 - Number 52 NICK ORAM AS Bo sien) ¢ Si w Scugog- FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2000 IS IT READY YET? A very hungry Jason Bruinsma checks the progress of breakfast, being cooked up by Rhonda Williams and Rachel Benschop, as students at Scugog Christian School ° neared the end of their 30-hour famine for World Vision By Chris Hall Port Perry Star In their effort to ensure customers receive the best hydro service and rates possible, Scugog councillors agreed Monday to form a partnership with Whitby Hydro. The agreement ended more than 18 months of discussions over the future of the local utility company, says Scugog Hydro man- ager Terry Adderley. "It's done; we've got a deal with them. We're partners now," he said Tuesday after- noon. The partnership will be effective as of July 1,2000. Pressure has been on hydro companies since it was announced more than two years ago that Ontario Hydro was facing deregula- tion. Scugog's options included selling, leas- ing, merging or partnering the utility. Discussions between Scugog Mayor Doug * Moffatt and Marcel Brunelle of Whitby began more than a year ago. An independent study Circulation 20,300 JEFF MITCHELL / PORT PERRY STAR Saturday. wine; A group of 13 kids stayed at the school overnight after beginning a fast at 6 a.m. Friday morning and making do with nothing but fruit juice until hoon Saturday. Needless to say, the smell of bacon was enticing to them. /hitby Hydro to join commissioned by local officials indicated that Scugog Hydro was too small to operate on its 'OWN. "We agreed to a partnership between the two utilities and to merge the staff, but the company Scugog Hydro will still exist," said Mr. Adderley. "Scugog will still be able to 'ake the deci- sions on rates and will be accountable and reliable to its customers, plus, they'll still Please tur 1a. Sarving Puit Paris, |