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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2012-07-26, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2012.At their July 17 meeting, HuronEast councillors were curious as towhy all municipalities in HuronCounty wouldn’t present a unitedfront on wind turbines during the upcoming public comment peri- od. With a new study announced to investigate wind turbines and poten- tial adverse health effects, a public question period will be open until Sept. 7. However, it was pointed out that not all municipalities feel the same way about wind turbines. “Not all of them have an issue with wind turbines,” said Councillor Bill Siemon. “ACW (Ashfield- Colborne-Wawanosh) seems pretty content, so that could be why they’re not raising individual issues.” Siemon, however, did point out that despite ACW Council not seem- ingly having an issue with wind tur- bines, that there has been a lot of negativity surrounding turbines because of some of the municipali- ty’s residents. “ACW has a lot of negativity, a lot of bad press, [Shawn] Drennan espe- cially,” Siemon said. Drennan has been outspoken at dozens of public meetings, including provincial all-candidates meetings and council meetings in Central Huron where wind turbines were being discussed. Councillor Joe Steffler agreed that each municipality should handle its own approach to the issue, saying that what’s being done in Bluewater, for example, could be something that Huron East doesn’t agree with. Approaching it individually, he said, is the way to ensure the municipality has the most control it can over an issue. Clerk-Administrator Brad Knightalso discussed the concerns councilhas with NextEra Energy about theplacement of a transmission line. InBluewater, Steffler said, council isfighting to have a transmission lineburied to avoid any issues. A sugges-tion was made that Huron East ask for the same thing for its proposed transmission line through Cranbrook, but Mayor Bernie MacLellan said that suggestion was shot down pretty quick due to a number of issues. MacLellan said council was told that the transmission line would have to be encased in some sort of coolant to ensure the line wouldn’t overheat underground, so it has to be above ground due to the amount of power it will be transmitting. “If Bluewater gets them buried,” Steffler said, “wouldn’t it then make sense for us to get them buried? If it’s economically feasible in Bluewater, then it should be in Huron East too.” Siemon, however, wasn’t opti- mistic that the line could be buried. “It’s never going to happen Joe,” he said. MacLellan said the only gover- nance council could possibly have over a wind turbine company is if the company proceeds with a portion of a project that is against the law. As long as the company is obeying the law and the Green Energy Act, he said, there isn’t much the municipal- ity can do. Councillor Larry McGrath, how- ever, was disappointed in how issues were being dealt with, saying that the companies shouldn’t be dealing with their own issues, that it should be a third party who investigates complaints. “They’re looking after their own issues,” McGrath said. “It’s the fox looking after the henhouse.” Continued from page 16 and this suggestion in front of us. The only question here is whether we enable a temporary solution here or not.” The solution would see Kellins work out of the temporary location until Oct. 31 and, after that, her con- tinuing presence there would need to be discussed by council if her store space is not available. “We anticipated that [Oct. 31] would be sufficient, however, if that doesn’t come about, we can come back to council in October and see if we want to continue this agreement,” Newson said. “If the space is avail- able before Oct. 31, Kellins will be able to move and we can cancel the contract.” In her report Newson stated that this decision supports economic development in North Huron and suggests that council, in future plan- ning, could permanently re-zone the space to allow for more commercial uses and attract other tenants. While there are examples of other locations that the township rents out to local businesses like a community nursing group that rents a facility adjacent to the Belgrave Community Centre, none of those locations require council to essentially look the other way on their bylaws to enable it to happen as they are prop- erly zoned. The motion to sign the agreement and not enforce the zoning bylaw was passed by council with Councillors Bailey and Campbell dissenting. Kellins opened the business, which she said is a needlecraft and sewing services store, on July 21 at the tem- porary location at 431 Queen Street. “We carry yarns, sewing notions, ChainMaille jewelery and supplies,” she said in an e-mail to The Citizen. “The sewing services offered include a variety of alterations, repairs and mending. Scissor and knife sharpen- ing services are available as well.” Kellins said that throughout the summer a Knit and Natter evening will be held at the store. From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. crafters can chat and compare work and tech- niques at no cost. Organized lessons and classes will be held in the fall and the store will be moving to 404 Queen Street, the former location of The Citizen office in Blyth. Private lessons can be arranged with Kellins. For more information call 519-440-6026 or, after the move, 519-523-9449. On display An Encaustic Viewpoint, curated by Ron Walker, opened at the Blyth Festival Art Gallery on Friday night. The exhibit highlights “Beal Art”. One of the artists, Ron Milton, left, was on hand on Friday, along with Steve Kerr, who helped organize the show, to officially open the show. (Vicky Bremner photo) ‘Stitches’ to move locations in Oct. HE turbine issuesvoiced by council The CitizenBlyth 519-523-4792 Brussels 519-887-9114 Stop in a see our great selection of books at... Hey Kids! We have some awesome books just for you... 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