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Huron Expositor, 2014-04-09, Page 1010 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Wind demonstrators gather in Exeter to oppose Goshen project, rate hikes Gerard Creces QMI Agency Wind turbine opponents from Central Huron and Bluewater 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 move- ment is a simple one: "Delay, delay, delay." Much will change after the next pro- vincial 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 turbines driving a wedge into communities and between neighbours, the resulting hikes to elec- tricity 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 gov- ernments 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 wind is free, he said, is similar to thinking 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. 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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 move- ment is a simple one: "Delay, delay, delay." Much will change after the next pro- vincial 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 turbines driving a wedge into communities and between neighbours, the resulting hikes to elec- tricity 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 gov- ernments 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 wind is free, he said, is similar to thinking 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 practically worthless. Coupled with skyrocketing hydro rates, it's a double blow. She said she feels betrayed by the Lib- eral 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. 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.