A19 - Wednesday, November 4, 1981 - North Shore News

By PAULIACOT wash loads’ a week, would than ‘baths. If-a family of almost $88. that the less oil we consume, _ become oil self-sufficient but
. re save $30 to $50.4 year. four switched from-baths to We are motivated to con- the easier it is for Canada to currently we produce only
Canadians across the Showers use, as much as_ showers, the hot'water billin serve because it saves us become oil self-sufficient. 75 per cent of our crude oil

country are thinking about five gallons less hot water a year would be reduced by money. But keep in mind Canada has the potential to needs.
\_ energy conservation more, pee erhee , vane ;

than ever! before. With the
increasing cost of oil and
natural gas, the need to cut
back on consumption has
become a necessity.

With this heightened
awareness, Canadians are
also finding that developing
good conservation habits <=
around the home does not
lower their standard of liv-
ing.

For example, installing
double-glazed windows, ad-
ding insulation, and even
turning down the furnace to
10°C (50°F) while away on
winter vacation saves monev
and valuable fuel without
affecting our lifestyles.

Many people don't ac-
tually realize just how much
money and fuel can be
saved. Take storm windows °
for example. They can cuta -
home heating ‘bill by 20 per
cent. That is a $100 saving
on a $500 fuel bill. If every
user of home heating oil
were to cut back by 20 per
cent, we ‘would save 18
million barrels of oil a year.

A recent Shell Helps
booklet describes an Ontario
woman's savings once she
insulated her 2,240-square-
foot ranch style home in
October, 1979 under the
Federal Government's
Canadian Home Insulation
Program (CHIP). Her cost
was $383. The Federal
Government picked up $350
of the cost, leaving only $33
for her to pay. What was so
appealing was that in the
first year she saved $400 on
her heating bill.

We have all heard of
various ways to conserve but
here are a few unusual
methods.

Washing clothes in cold
water saves 24 cents each
wash (or 16 cents for rinsing
only in cold water). The
average family, with four

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Some winners

Joan Gagnon, a North
Vancouver secretary. was a
very excited lady when she
arnved at the Pnze Payout
Centre of the Western
Canada Lottery Foundation
in Winnipeg. And well she
might be, for Miss Gagnon
held a ticket on the October
16th draw of the Provincial
lottery that was worth
$50,000.

In talking about her good
fortune, Gagnon said that
when she first saw her ticket fe agg S . ‘ Bo ;
number in the newspaper , 7 Boe, ms _
she thought it was probably a . ; . Bey ets,
misprint “I even phoned my .
mother at two o'clock tn the
morning because I wanted

her to double check my Exclusive to General Paint G = Ni = rr AL DPA I | rT &,
troket with the number

printed in her paper “Winning Walls” a collection of

laughed Miss Gagnon ro WA iL_LCcCovVve FR | NGS
Mrs Joyce Reinders of Sunworhy's 100 best Selling

North Vancouver plans to patterns always in stock at

holiday in Europe wth the . »

$10 000 she won in the Super ( ene ral cary

bote draw of September ?
She and ber busband | outs
have three chaldren

Mrs Phizabeth Brooks
alse oof North Vancouver
woo SEO 000 on the On tober Vancouver North Van Richmond Surrey Coquitlam Burnaby
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Brooks is a retired widow VO)AC) Jeers athotes

aad satd some of the moncy

would be used for Christmas
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