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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2015-11-25, Page 5Wednesday, November 25, 2015 • Huron Expositor 5 www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com IN THE YEARS AGONE Nov. 30,1888 Nov. 28,1913 • The Seaforth band, now that the cold weather has set in, will give a musical evening once every week in the town hall instead of on Main Street as before. They will appear in the hall each Friday evening when all are cordially invited. IN Mr. Seath, one of the Inspec- tors of High Schools and Collegiate Institutes who paid an official visit to the Seaforth Institute a few weeks ago, said, "The staff is also in most departments one of the best in the prov- ince and cannot fail to do excellentwork" ■ Mr. John Carroll has sold his hotel property and business in this town to Mr. Joseph Bell, of Stanley, for the sum of $6,000. • A good many from town, as well as a large number from McKillop, who were interest in the Robert Gor- don trial in progress, were in Goderich this week. ■ The new post office was open for business for the fust time Wednesdaymom- ing. It is a handsome build- ing. All that is required now is a telephone. We hope our new postmaster will have this finishing touch added. The clock on the tower of the new post office building is now giving forth the time of day. The dial is illumi- nated so the time can be seen at night as well as dur- ing the day. ■ The warm weather of the past month, while easy on the coal bins and pleasant to the feel, has not been the best for business especially in the dry goods line. They are however, looking for- ward with expectancy to Christmas and for which they are prepared to furnish the best for their customers. Nov. 25, 1938 • Mr. William Gross, a well- known man in McKillop Township, was terrible lacerated by a circular saw as he pulled a fellow worker from danger. • Work is nearly completed to the addition of the Sea - forth Collegiate Institute, and only interior finishing remains to be done. It is at least certain that the building will be open to the public or inspection upon completion. • Mr. Thomas Butters has taken over the manage- ment of the general hard- ware in Dublin. Mr. Alvin McNeil, former manager, leaves for Palmerston in the near future. • The committee in charge of the annual Middlesex - Huron Regiment Ser- geants' Ball is being held in "D" Company Armouries Friday even- ing. This is the first mili- tary ball to be held in Seaforth for a large num ber of years. Nov. 29, 1962 • Seaforth's new Snow Queen is Lois Tyndall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tyndall of RR4 Seaforth. Announce- ment of the results of the Snow Queen election was made at SDHS yesterday. • Seaforth Towners, OHA Intermediate "B" hockey team, started off their sea- son this past week with two wins. Plans for the erection of a plaque in memory of Col. Anthony Van Egmond • were set in motion Monday, when representatives of the Federated Woman's Insti- tute and of the Historical Branch of the Department of Travel and Pulicity, met in • Egmondville. Nov. 23,1988 • Three Seaforth residents were honoured Saturday at the annual present at ion of the Recreation and Parks Department's Citi- zenship Awards. Ross Ribey, Alice Reid and Marg Dale were chosen from a number of worthy nominees, as the 1999 recipients of awards which recognize selfless giving in the areas of Civic Service, Humanitarian Service and Service to Sport. TheEmergency Health Services Study Commit- tee of Huron and Perth have put into motion the first steps to providing a 911 system for the area. A recount has been requested by mayoral candidate Bob Dinsmore. According to the current records, Mr. Dinsmore lsot his big for mayor in themunicipal election, by six votes to Hazel Hilde- brand. The official request marked the first time, to clerk/administra- tor Jim Crocker's knowl- edge, that are count has ever been requested in the Town of Seaforth. An anticipated wind turbine meeting in Seaforth CONTINUED FROM > PAGE 3 Property #4 "I have called the proponent three times now regarding tur- bine noise and have not been called back once. I have also calledtheMOECC at least three times and nothing has changed with regard to noise, nor has anyone came out to my home:' Property #5 "On the morning of Sept 25, two kids were affected, one could not think properly and follow basic duties with- out constant confusion & the other woke up with a very bad headache - the turbine is the closest to the room these two children sleep in." Property #6 "I suffer from sleeplessness from the turbines and find them very loud. It was particu- larly bad September 25-27. If the turbines are loud and I can hear them from inside the house, my cat now will refuse to go outside the door. That was never a problem before:' Property #7 "We hear them every day. We have two adults and two children living in our home. Noise affects us both during the day and at night. Shadow flicker from the blades as well as the blinking red lights at night are a problem for us. We can always hear them whether it is windy or calm." Property #8 "We definitely hear the turbines and they have interrupted our sleep espe- cially during the summer months as we do not have air conditioning and could not sleep with the windows open. Both occupants of the house are experiencing sleeplessness." Property # 9 "It sounds like there's a train behind our bam. We're not able to sleep when the window is open, especially during the sum- mer months!' Property #10 "We are experiencing noise both day and night from the turbines, literally seven days a week Shadow flicker, nausea, headaches & ringing of the ears are problems we have experienced. The lights are a distraction at night and make us nauseous. Obviously the noise is worse if it is windy:' Property #11 "We have two adults and three children living in our house. Warm, windy nights seem to be the worst. We expe- rience: sleep disturbance, high blood pressure, nosebleeds, vibration on chest during the night, shadow flicker, head- aches and nausea." Property #12 "Depending on wind direc- tion, we are affected most early morning (around 3 a.m.). It is loud enough to wake us up, making it very difficult to get a good night's rest" Property #13 "Four to five nights a week our sleep is interrupted. We experience nausea and headaches as well. That was never a problem before." Property #14 "Since they began spinning we have had problems ongo- ing. There are a total of six peo- ple living in our home of two adults and four children" Ian Bonsma, is one of sen- ior engineers for the turbines that are stationed in St. Columban. He told the pub- lic that these issues have been a common occurrence for most of the wind projects throughout the province. "Every project has com- plaints, my sort of reasoning or philosophy is turbines that are going into rural areas typically don't have background levels of 40 decibels. They often have 30 decibels. So you're going to hear them," explained Bonsma. "In 2004 and 2006 there were a number of projects where the consultant said you'll never hear them, (that's a) lie:' The crowd in the seats shouted out an uproar after these comments by Bonsma, the meeting became aback and forth questionnaire between the community and the ones involved with the wind tur- bines. The inquiries also began to shift towards the people in the crowd. Ryan noticed that Jose Menendez, St. Columban Energy LP's vice-president was present. The devoted HEAT member turned towards Menendez and asked him why there were noise issues, because Ryan alleged that he said prior to the development of the wind turbines that they would not generate noise. "I suggest you direct your questions at them," responded Menendez. "Why are you here tonight then sir," Ryan said in a stern tone. "I'm curious what's happen- ing in the community, replied Menendez who was about four chairs away from Ryan. David Hayles, the operations coordinator for the St. Colum - ban Wind Project clarified to everybody in attendance that these concerns will be reviewed case by case. He said the Minis- try of Environment has approved the sound levels, which can only reach a maxi- mum of 40 decibels. If the deci- bel level goes above those requirements, certain steps will be implemented to either fix the problem or shut the tur- bines off. To date none have been shut off due to com- plaints. Last week a sound test was implemented and to the wind company's knowledge, the levels complied with the legal legislation. "I want to do my job the best I can, I can't commit to turning turbines off, that's way above my pay level, but if there is an issue with a turbine, it's my job to turn them off, said Hayles. This meeting was meant to engage with the community about their concerns per- taining the wind turbines. Hayles said he will bring ea orthhuronex 0 ositor.co these findings to his manag- er's attention at the next company seminar. The next community liaison meeting is set for the spring of 2016. HAVE AN OPINION? The Huron Expositor welcomes letters to the editor. They must be signed and accompanied by a phone number for information clarification. It is important to note, letters will not be printed without the author's name attached. All letters are subjectto editing due to possible space restriction. Letters can be dropped off at the office, mailed or emailed: The Huron Expositor 8 Main St. P.O.Box 69 Seaforth, ON NOK 1W0 Shaun.Gregory@sunmedia.ca www.seaforth huronexposito r.com