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Ethanol pIantstiII expected
to go ahead in Hensall,
says Bluewater mayor
Fear not.
Mayor Bill Dowson delivered those words to Bluewater council Oct. 5, fol-
lowing a meeting bet*een a local delegation and the GreenField Ethanol
management team in Chatham -Kent.
"Certainly, Hensall is not off the radar screen," said Dowson.
As it is, construction has yet to begin on the . long -anticipated GreenField
Ethanol plant for Hensall, though Dowson reported all indications are the
plant will go ahead but corn might not be the fuel that keeps the plant's fires
burning.
"There is talk of alternative sources, like switch grass," said Dowson, add-
ing. GreenField Ethanol wants to focus on getting its Chatham -Kent plant
operational before moving forward with Hensall.
"It may not come for 2011," said Dowson. "It hasn't fallen off the rails. It
hasn't disappeared into the wilderness. They're just changing direction."
Councillor. at -large James Fergusson, who was also part of the -delegation,
said he, too, feels confident the plant will open once demand rises and com-
modity prices fall.
He noted Ontario's soon-to-be rolled out Green Energy Act spells out that
there will be demand for alternative fuel sources.
Deputy Mayor Dave Johnston noted GreenField Ethanol is in the process
of planning a community meeting in order to allay fears about future plans.
"You may find the Hensall plant is going to be one of the leading plants," he
said.
Part of GreenField Ethanol's commitment to the project is $6.6 million to
improve .water capacity on the Exeter-Hensall pipeline. That project is also
slated to cost Hensall ratepayers $3.8 million.
County looking to house air
navigation school memorabilia
Cheryl Heath
Huron County is considering ways
to host the real McGee in its museum
collection.
In making ° a report to a recent
county committee -of -the -whole ses-
sion, cultural services direc-
tor Beth Ross reported
a collection. of Port
Albert Air Navigation
School memorabilia,
owned by longtime his-
tory buff Eugene Mc-
Gee, is something the
museum would like to
add.
The problem, said
Ross, , is . McGee is of. .
ferrng up the collection
with the condition that
all of it is permanently
on display. The request
for the condition itself is against
county policy.
Further, noted Ross, the county
currently does not have the- amount
of space needed to display McGee's
vast collection.
"Nobody else in the world has
the collection he does," said Ross
in praise of , McGee's memorabilia,
which she noted McGee has been as-
•
sembling since the age of 10, when
he lived across the road from the
Port Albert school.
One possible avenue for exhibit-
ing McGee's collection, said Ross, is
the Sky Harbour Gallery located in
the Goderich airport. But, she add-
ed, such
a move would require some
funds from . the county
since more space would
be required, and the site
is not accessible.
In short, said Ross,
her department does
not have a budget to de-
velop an exhibit.
"Having said that, the
collection is Avery impor-
tant to Huron County's
history," she said.
While councillor s opt-
ed only to receive Ross's
report and not to commit
to funding 'an exhibit, Coun. Deb
Shewfelt (Goderich) suggested Ross
consider approaching the Goderich
branch of the Royal Canadian Legion
to inquire as to whether it would be
open to hosting a permanent exhibit
of McGee's collection.
Ross agreed to follow up on the
idea.
`Nobody else in
the world has
the collection
he does,'
Beth Ross, Huron
County Cultural
Services Director
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