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Lord of the ring -tones: the two towers
Bell seeks input on
new transmission
towers
Gerard Creces
Clinton News -Record
It was a largely uneventful night for
Bell representatives, as they sought
public input on two transmission tow-
ers in Central Huron Tuesday, Nov 19.
The turnout was small for a public
meeting into the matter, which featured
plans for two towers - one on Tower
Line Road and another on Orchard
Line.
The Tower Line Road location is
intended to provide service to the Hol-
mesville area, and Joel Swagerman of
Fontur International - the company
representing Bell Canada - said both
towers would be providing the same
type of service, though there is a nota-
ble difference between the two.
The Orchard Line tower is being
installed as part of the Canadian Radio -
television Telecommunications Com-
mission's mandate to provide broad-
band access to underserviced rural
areas.
The towers will provide better connect
to voice data and wireless internet for
customers in the area.
There are currently four towers in
Central Huron between Rogers, Bell and
Telus.
A previous application for the Holm-
esville-area tower was rejected following
public opposition, leading to the search
for a second site. The new tower is
about four kilometers south of the
2012 proposed location.
The Orchard Line tower will
Gerard Creces Clinton News Record
Shehryar Khan of Fontur
International speaks to
property owner Jentje Steenbeek
at a Nov. 19 public meeting.
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area, which has been notorious
for dropped calls.
The next step in the process is
to seek council concurrence with
the locations, before going to
Industry Canada - the oversight
body - for final approval. Notice
was circulated to residents sur-
rounding the tower, though there
were few that turned out to the
public meeting.
One of the attendees was Jentje
Steenbeek, whose property the
Orchard Line tower is proposed
for. He said he was attending the
meeting mainly to see if there
was any opposition to the project.
His only issue, he said, was nego-
tiating a good price.
Shehryar Khan of Fontour
explained that on average about
two per cent of all cellular calls
are dropped. When that number
reaches four per cent, they get
involved. As a comparison, about
12 per cent of calls were dropped
following the 2011 tornado in
Goderich. The cause, he said,
was too many people trying to
use the service at one time,
diminishing the frequency.
A cellular transmission tower
provides service to about 3,000
customers, which is the equiva-
lent to 500 telephone poles.
People are going hungry in Huron County
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was in.
She said she never knew it was
for people who were out of work
like herself, but more for people on
social assistance or special pro-
gramming. She was unable to
qualify for Ontario Works at the
time because she had life insur-
ance policies in place. Borrowing
against her life insurance was the
last thing she ever wanted to do,
she said, but necessity had other
plans. She has one policy remain-
ing that she will not borrow against
- when that's gone, it's all gone.
Likewise she thought she
wouldn't qualify for the food bank
However, she soon found out
differently.
"You don't know until you ask,"
she said. "If you are hungry, go
down there. Everything is confi-
dential and nobody has to know. I
went and now I'm not hungry
anymore:'
She said the Salvation Army is
one of the best places to donate to,
and when she does get work, she
always gives back
"They need food," she said.
"People are hungry and the people
just might be your neighbours."
In each of these stories, the same
themes run throughout - initial
embarrassment, guilt, and feeling
that others may be more deserv-
ing. However, all three soon came
to believe nobody should wait to
get help when they need it,
although that is a very human
reaction.
The other common thread is
each of these food bank users gives
back when they are able to. The
level of understanding and appre-
ciation they share is far more than
most people have.
And all three stress the need for
donations to meet the growing
demand for food banks and the
very reason they exist - people are
going hungry.
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