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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2014-08-27, Page 1212 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, August 27, 2014 NExTera ENER coma NOTICE OF CHANGE TO A RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT Project Name and OPA Reference Number: Bluewater Wind Energy Centre, F -002171 -WIN -130-601 Dated at Huron County this the 20th of August, 2014 Project Location: The proposed Project is located in Huron County, within the Municipalities of Bluewater and Huron East, as shown in Figure 1 below. Varna Wind, LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy Canada Partners Holdings, ULC, received a Renewable Energy Approval (REA) for the Bluewater Wind Energy Centre on April 22, 2013 (Approval Num- ber: 7483-94DPRF). The proposal to engage in the project and the project itself is subject to the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (ACT) Part V.0.1 and Ontario Regulation 359/09 (Regulation). This notice is being distributed at the request of the Ministry of the Envi- ronment and Climate Change to advise of a recent proposed technical change. The proposed modification includes: • Extending the transmission line construction disturbance area within the Centennial Road right-of-way to accommodate a change in the location of transmission line pole 107. A Project Modification Report is available for public inspection on the Project Website (www.NextEraEnergyCanada.com). CknrraliI.r.r. Intos+KI94:4441..X.P.W.04,111:+0{ I. 141 Figure 1 4.1.• 4.Rf IMI-errawit. Ire Mink Lmw. -'116 ,1t+ct.x ImiNer I wie -•• - - NUM IMEI :Veto gi levnajlim attuort4 Pi I tgirtx:,.-11 e • w fm• Is•r• - *Naomi rawd Emr-en To learn more about the project or to communicate concerns, please contact: Derek Dudek Community Relations Consultant 390 Bay Street, Suite 1720 Toronto, ON M5H 2Y2 Toll-free Project Line: 1-877-257-7330 Email: Bluewater.Wind@NextEraEnergy.com Website: www.NextEraEnergyCanada.com Final weeks of Our Stories exhibit at Huron County Museum Whitney South Huron Expositor For anyone who's ever wondered if someone famous was from their hometown, the Huron County Museum is cur- rently offering an exhibit, "Our Stories: The People of Huron County, high- lighting Huron County's brightest stars. "It's meant to be a show- case of the huron county communities and some of the people from the area that people don't even real- ize are from our area," said Elizabeth French -Gibson, curator of the exhibit. "We often have people who come to the museum who've lived in Huron County their whole life and wonder what we've done here that was special, and we've done a lot of things that are special." Celebrating achieve- ments in everything from science and technology, to education and the arts, the museum has chosen a diverse group. With 30 profiles to choose from, ranging anywhere from the early 1800s to present day, visitors will find some famous and some relatively unknown names from Huron Coun- ty's rich history. French -Gibson said the museum staff narrowed their search from a submis- sion list of 125, some of which they received by sim- ply asking members of the community, with two stand- outs from Seaforth making the grade. "There were a lot of names that came forward," she explained, adding how important it was for the exhibit to act as a kind of archive, making sure Huron County's history will never be forgotten. "We went through the list with prelim- inary research about each person. We tried to repre- sent the communities the best we could, but it was all just there. This is a Huron County wide exhibit because people everywhere have been doing great things." William Nichol Cresswell is best known for his award- winning landscape and marinescape paintings in watercolours or oil. His work can be seen today in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario and many other galleries and private collections. Cresswell was born in London, England on Mar. 12, 1818, where studied under several prominent British artists. He later immigrated to Canada in 1848 and moved to a remote farm in Seaforth, Ont. He was a member of the Society of Canadian Artists, Ontario Society of Artists and a founder of the Royal Cana- dian Academy. Howard Hillen Kerr was the first principal of what was then Ryerson Polytech- nical Institute. Born on a farm near Seaforth, Ont., he graduated from the Univer- sity of Toronto in 1926 with degrees in education and engineering and became an administrator in the public school system. During World War II, he was in charge of training personnel for overseas duty.Following the war, Kerr was appointed director of the Training and Re -Establishment Institute, which was meant to provide veterans with training, allowing them to establish themselves in civilian trades and careers. With this, Kerr is said to have helped estab- lish Ontario's community college system with the cre- ation of twenty colleges modelled after Ryerson. For French -Gibson, cre- ating the exhibit was about more than just showcasing great people, but letting folks in Huron County know people from their home towns have influ- enced history. "There often seems to be the idea that people need to leave to so something important, and we wanted to make sure people realize great things have gone on in our own backyard," she said. Those wishing to see the exhibit can visit the museum during regular hours until Sept. 14 at 110 North St., Goderich. The Museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sunday 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.huroncounty.ca/ museum, or call 519-524-2686.