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Home My WebLink AboutLucknow Sentinel, 2009-04-15, Page 6• -•. ►:. 4.-•,�v.41111. �►�M�4'.rs•...�F�t-• Page 6 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4 Grassroots CSA Community Supported Agriculture locally grown - chemical free vegetables, flowers & herbs LAST CALL for 2009 shares we're almost full www. g rassrootsrura l retreat, co m Or call 519-528-2210 know your food - know your farmer creating & supporting local food systems Anti -wind activists protest at Enbridge opening BY TROY PAT' TERSON Kincardine News Staff Rain wasn't the only thing that put a damper on the Enbridge Ontario Wind Power grand opening celebra- tion on April 3. Police directed traffic past over 50 anti -wind power sign -carrying pro-- testers ro-testers ,to the tent- ed celebration next to one of the 115 1.65MW Vestas V82 . turbines near the substation off of Bruce Township's Cone. 6 in the Municipality of Kincardine. With signs read- ing 'Windfarm s INATIONAI. WEDIJINGS CHRISTENINGS Your Location or Ours- Rev. Chris Morar► Pastor Paula 519424i124 CLICK COMPUTER REV. CHRIS MORGAN CIAL EVENING { Friends and family are invitedf to social evening for; 8yce Vander Hoek & Heather BaIIagh. on Saturday, April 25 at the Ripley Arena 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Age of majority • music by DJ lunch provided PARK THEATRE soTs S GODER1CH 524-/81 Fri & sat 0:45 & 9:15 Sun Thur 8:00 Sat, Sun *Wed Matinees 2:00 r W0 W1 Aesi e��ar5 NI* Maw= n,iK�rtr www.rnovielinks.ca F • AprII 17 - 23 "TNT MOW EM MY HANNAH 1'AN NAS► $UN ONiN4 :' Fri & Sat. 9:45 & 9:15 Sun - Thur 8:00 Mirif Mend %1\,f long c,ista►,: r. 1-800-26 5-3438 Make People Sick', 'Welcome to Hell', 'Save Our Skyline' and 'Health before Politics', protesters greeted politicians like Deputy Premier George Smitherman and MPP Carol Mitchell, along with Enbridge staff, local politi- cians and property owners, with boos and jeers as they entered the site. Police directed traffic by the pro- testers atthe entrance to the site, while rain poured down and cold winds blew across the farm fields. 1 myself. consider er green Photo by Troy Patterson Protesters boo and jeer at vehicles as they leave the Enbridge grand opening site. on Friday, while South `Bruce OPP Sergeant Dave Quinn directs traffic. person, but there's family. , With wind tur- bines erected around her proper- ty, phe and her hus- band.. Ron have experienced sleep- ing problems and headaches . since the commissioning of the project. "Health con- cerns are impor- tant. These proj- ects should not . be put up at the expense of peo- ple," said Schmidt. The protesters converged on the area from other communities with wind farms from as far away as Renfrew, near Ottawa, along with Shelburne, Grey Highlands, Essex, Chatham Kent, Port Burwell and Kingsbridge, to Ripley and Bruce Local wind activist and engi- neer Bill Palmer controversy on how green (wind turbines) actually are," said Norma Schmidt of Bruce 'IVO, who lives west of Underwood and cine to .protest because of the per ceived health Onpaets it has had on her and her..I ATTENTION ALL HURON -TEL CUSTOMERS An election is being held on April 22 at 1:00 p.m. at the Ripley -Huron Complex for a 3 year term as Director at Huron - Tel Communications. l would ask & appreciate your vote for a second term as a Director. Thank You, 8taIr Scott Questions: Huron -Tel 519-3954800 Blair Scott 519-3954756' LUCKNOW SENTIIVEL Birthday r 11, • Karol Smeltzer April 16, 20102 - 7 years old Padpe Weber Apt ill, 1998 - 11 years old Haley Gon April 1512002 7 years old Justin & Jessie* Bushell April 1S, 'i 4_ years old Denelts Crich April 10, 2000 - 9 years old Owen Dalton April 16, 2005 - 4 years old r0. » %. P • Megan Kemp • April 17, 1997 - 12 years old 410 r+ McKenna Pickard April 17, 2001 - 8 years old Tamara Psutka Apt!' 17, 1998 - 11 years old 114110•116 Elisabeth Angst Apd118, 2003 6 years old nicker Cliffe April 17, 2007 - 2 years old „- I:i,�i. Jessalyn Hendrlks ::: ` April 21, 2004 - 5. years old AP Eric Rintoul April 21, 2004 - 5 years old said the protest was spearheaded by Wind Concerns Ontario (WCO), a group protesting the.. wind energy based on its health imparts on local residents. Noise and vibrations, have caused some projects like Suncor's Ripley Wind Power Project to slow or stop . wind : turbines near : homes : due to audible noise caused by ; the tur- bines in 'high winds. Aside from the health issues, pro- testers questioned the impact wind generation is hav- ing on _ reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as : welt as the visual impacts on the. landscape and the loss of local con- trol over the proj- ects if the Green Energy Act is made law. "We've been telling the govern- ment a about the problems, but nobody is listen- ing," Palmer said. Everyone shares very similar con- cerns around health issues and bow ; their : quality of -, life ` has been impacted." Palmer said inadequate set- backs from tur- bines have led: to these . issues and `said. wind power : is expensive and does little to alle- viate climate change concerns. ` . He said even if 25,000MW of wind turbines were installed, it would only _ reduce Canada's carbon oiut by two per cent. For more infor- mation on WCO e- mail leth.harring ton@sympatico.ca • • Submitted photo On March 27th, Brookside Public School students enjoyed an afternoon of challenging activities. All students were split between eight different house colours and moved from various activities such as technology, arts and crafts and games. Kaivin VanMassenhoven supports fellow student Shawn Forster with creating a funny caption in a new program called Comic Life.