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St. Petty's Church
St. Peter's celebrating 150 years
Alma Westlake
Special to Lakeshore Advance
The congregation of St. Pete'r's
Lutheran Church, in Zurich has been
celebrating its 150th Anniversary
throughout 2011. On October 29 and
30, an Anniversary Dinner will be held
at 1Iessenland for past and present
members and a special Church Service
is planned with Rev. Nadine Schroeder -
Kranz presiding, Bishop Michael Ptyse
delivering the sermon, and German/
English readings.
This anniversary represents 'genera-
tions of faith' over 150 years. Faith,
courage, and opportunity prompted
people from countries such as Ger-
many and Switzerland to risk the chal-
lenges of establishing a new life in Can-
ada. After meeting the needs of basic
shelter and livelihood, early settlers
joined together in faith. A church was
built and a constitution was adopted
January 1, 1861. 'this first congregation
represented two faith groups which
pragmatically worshiped together until
they were each able to follow their
respective beliefs.
Over the years these 'generations of
faith', St. Peter's Lutheran Church, has
adapted to sleet the changing social
norms of the people. Ninety-six male
members signed the first constitution,
which was written in German. As the
congregation became more English
speaking, services in English were
introduced. Women are included on
boards and church council positions
and the services of women Pastors are
now appreciated by many congrega-
tions. During the past 150 years St.
Peter's Lutheran church has adhered
to doctrinal changes in theology and
practice as developed by the Eastern
Canada ti'nxxl which is also celebrating
its 150th Anniversary.
The l 50th Anniversary committee
has planned a series of events and
activities to remember and honour the
faith and commitment of the founders
of this congregation and community, to
seize the opportunity to regenerate
faith and commitments to St. Peter's,
and to dedicate a renewed faith and
commitment to the future.
letters to the editor
Wind Turbines can't deliver
Dear editor:
Wind industry and pro wind people
still don't understand. Dalton
McGulnty's Liberals understand now.
City and suburban people are now
beginning to understand. Industrial
wind turbines are not the way to go.
Wind turbines are an unreliable,
costly way of producing electricity.
And with all their air polluting gas
backup generators operating 24/7,
why are they being built in the first
place?
Information from European gov-
emtnent studies, where turbines have
been for 20 -plus years, is telling us
wind turbines are a failure and cause
the cost of hydro to skyrocket.
it's happening quicker here in
Ontario. Ratepayers with a hill now of
$1,700 a year, will see it increase to
over $4,00( by or before 2018. It'll
greatly increase costs for your water,
gas, food, rent on your apartment,
condo or home also.
Industrial wind turbine is a product
that cannot deliver. Wind turbines are
only for the wind industry, govern-
ments and landowners to make
money, not to help save our planet.
Charley Urbanek
Port Elgin
Sands of Time
Lynda Hillman-Rapley
Editor, Lakeshore Advance
Treatment plant and collection
systems are two different things
During the last municipal election, communication \vas a
theme popular in pretty much the entire readership arta.
Almost a year later ----the art of communication has some!)
slipped further through the cracks with now too many people
talking and not enough listening. Let's look at sewer treat-
ment plant versus collection system. 'there are still a t\ bol'
lot of people who think they are one and the same.
As an analogy, go hack to the 12 years i covered the Ipper-
wash saga before and after protester Dudley George was
killed. For most of that time CBC radio Windsor and Toronto
called the for interviews. From the very beginning they were
under the assumption that George was killed at the army
camp. 1 explained the army camp was the location that began
in 1825 as a reserve, was expropriated in 1942 as a Depart-
ment of National Defense army base with the promise of
being returned when the military no longer needed it to the
point where, in the early 1990s George and his supporters
attempted to get it back.
The 1pperwash Park, as 1 explained, began as part of the
reserve, was sold in 1929 to cottage owners and was the arta
where George was killed. Sounded simple to the people who
live here but not to this electronic media source. For years 1
explained this to 110 avail and even at the end of the Ipper-
wash Inquiry -they called me with questions about the pro-
ceedings that centered on this "death that happened at the
army camp."
'That takes tete to today where so many people do not real
ize the sanitary treatment plant is located at the lagoons on
Mollar(1 Line and has since 1979, A partnership vas estate -
fished from the beginning with Stephen and Grand Bend
that now being South 1 luron and Lambton Shores. The cur-
rent users, pay for the costs. Bluewater decided they wanted
to be part of this partnership for the future and jumped on
board and the federal and provincial governments kicked i,.
almost $15 million dollars to make it happen. Soinethi
built yesterday for tomorrow's needs. For continued growth
this needs to he 1)11111. '111m is the treatment plant.
Then there is the collection system. Each iilulnicipality has
their own project and the costs will be borne through the
individual communities. The collection systems will not
happen tomorrow and the treatment plant can go ahead
without immediate decisions on the collection systems. 'the
former government met with Ontario provincial ministers in
2008 and asked for funding for the treatment plant told the
three municipalities. They were told to get the treatment
plant done (with the two thirds funding provided and then
come hack for collection system dollars.). 'Khat is where each
community is today. And that is where the unknown is. Most
people would love to have a sewer system connected to their
homes if it were free.
At the end of the day- -the treatment plant will service all
three municipalities for the future. 'fenders have been
opened. Dollars have been promised. As for the collection
systems- that dialogue is between the rate- payers and their
individual councils.