HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2014-04-09, Page 1010 News Record • Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Wind demonstrators gather in Exeter
to oppose Goshen project, rate hikes
Gerard Creces
Clinton News -Record
Wind turbine opponents from Central Huron and Bluewa-
ter were lending their support to their South Huron counter-
parts Friday, April 4, for a protest outside Exeter Town Hall.
Organizer Dianne Waun grew up in Bluewater, and said the
current work on the Babylon Line wind farm is a total
destruction zone.
"I don't want that to happen to South Huron;' she said. We
can still try to stop it here:'
The Goshen Wind Project still has to receive approval from
the province and the tactic for the local anti -wind movement
is a simple one: "Delay, delay, delay:'
Much will change after the next provincial election, she
said, and in the meantime, citizens need to band together to
stop the craziness.
Central Huron resident Alf Dykstra said in addition to tur-
bines driving a wedge into communities and between neigh-
bours, the resulting hikes to electricity rates are driving jobs
out of the province.
"We need to prevent more of that from happening," he said.
"The community is broken up by it. I'm here to try to make
our view known."
However, he said the provincial governments and major
media outlets like the CBC refuse to listen to the anti -wind
movement or give it much credence or air time. The idea that
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A group of demonstrators from across Huron County gathered at Exeter Town Hall
Friday, April 4.
wind is free, he said, is similar to think-
ing that gasoline is free. Whereas with
oil, a person needs to drill 5,000 feet,
with wind it's building 500 foot turbines
above ground.
"Other sources of energy are way
lower," he said of the cost. "This is just a
boondoggle:'
Patti Kellar lives just south of St.
Joseph in Bluewater. She was at Friday's
picket line to protest both unfair hydro
rates and their connection to industrial
wind turbines.
There are nine turbines planned
within two kilometres of her home, and
16 within two kilometres of her income
property.
Her concern is the value of the land
will drop significantly once the turbines
are erected and the property, should
she ever choose to sell, will be practi-
cally worthless. Coupled with skyrock-
eting hydro rates, it's a double blow.
She said she feels betrayed by the
Liberal government, who still refuse to
try and understand what is going on in
rural Ontario.
Friday's protest in Exeter was one of a
series of protests held throughout
Ontario April 4.
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Central Huron resident Alf Dykstra lent
his support to Fridav's protest
Patti Kellar of the St. Joseph area is
concerned about both her residence
and her income property, both within
two kilometres of potential turbine
development.