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Ripley Reunion Committee Update Purple Grove News
Report to
Huron -Kinloss
Council
Valerie Gillies
Lucknow Sentinel
Amanda Farrel presented
a report from the Ripley
Reunion to the Huron -Kin-
loss Council during their
April 6, 2015 meeting. As of
that date there were just
over 100 days left until the
reunion.
Ticket sales are going
well, as is the site setup.
Most of the events will take
place in the parking lot in
front of the arena. Permits
and licenses are being
looked after.
This year the HAWK The-
atre is presenting an origi-
nal play at the Ripley Reun-
ion entitled "Railways to
Ripley". The citizen awards
are being expanded and
nomination forms will soon
letter to the editor
Earth Day
Dear Editor,
Today is Earth Day, a most
important day on which to
celebrate and to be thankful,
since our amazing human
substance is of the earth,
and is imbued with spirit
and with evolutionary intel-
ligence. These are aspects
which humans share with all
the earth's flora and fauna.
Planet Earth is forever
changing. Planet Earth and
the universe appear to possess
their own mysterious agenda
for change and evolution. At
this point in time, as never
before, itis most apparent that
the future path of the earth's
evolution will be significantly
affected by human behaviour.
Individually and collectively,
we can choose to be good or
bad stewards of the earth's
bounty. What has become
increasingly apparent since
the industrial revolution is the
crescendo of demands for fos-
sil fuel -based energy and of
the earth's other finite natural
resources. This, coupledwith
the burgeoning human popu-
lation which the earth sup-
ports, has resulted in massive
pollution and degradation of
the planet's
be up on the reunion web-
site. The sporting events
will soon be posted, as well.
Following Farrel's report,
Sean Johnson made a proc-
lamation to Mayor Mitch
Twolan from the Ripley
Reunion Beard Growing
Competition Committee.
The proclamation stated
that Twolan should show
his support for the reunion
by growing a beard. Should
he be unwilling to comply,
he could purchase a permit
from the committee to
remain clean-shaven or he
could pay a fine, with his
fate to be determined by
the remaining Councilors.
Twolan declined to grow a
beard and Council had him
fined. However, Twolan
then indicated that many
of the remaining male
Council members were
also clean shaven. He
requested that the commit-
tee consider fining those
members, as well. The
ecosystems. Collectively, the
human species deserves an
"F" for our stewardship of this
wondrous planet. If allowed to
continue unchecked, our col-
lective materialism, consum-
erism and lack of action as
earth stewards will doom
future generations to a mark-
edly
arkedly diminished quality of
health and life. As Dr. David
Suzuki so poignantly states,
"The environment is not
something that is, 'out there'
We are the environment."
The good news is that there
is still time to restore some of
the environmental damage
which decades of unnecessary
neglect and greed have
caused. Other than the persis-
tent possibility of a nuclear
war, either by accident or by
conscious design, there is no
greater threat to the environ-
ment and to our collective
health and wellbeing than cli-
mate change. On the issue of
climate change, Noble laure-
ate Desmond Tutu, former
archbishop of Cape Town and
an anti-apartheid crusader,
said, "to serve as custodians of
creation is not an empty title; it
requires that we act, and with
all the urgency this dire situa-
tion demands."
Valerie Gillies/Lucknow Sentinel
Ripley Reunion Committee
members made a report to
Huron -Kinloss Council on
April 6, 2015. Amanda Farrel
(left) made the report. Sean
Johnson brought forward
a proclamation from the
Beard Growing Competition
Committee directed toward
Mayor Mitch Twolan. Twolan
took the challenge in stride
and added his own twist.
names of those Councilors
were noted by the Ripley
Reunion Beard Growing
Competition Committee
and the appropriate fines
will be levied.
In Naomi Klein's recent
book, This Changes Every-
thing she states, "I think that all
of us should take the word of
ninety seven percent of climate
scientists and their countless
peer-reviewed articles, as well
as every national academy of
science in the world, not to
mention establishment institu-
tions like the World Bank and
the International Energy
Agency, all of which are telling
us we are headed toward cata-
strophic levels ofwarming:' I
believe that most Canadians
believe the ninety seven per-
cent ofprofessional climate sci-
entists. Why do we have a
prime minister who chooses to
be unwilling to deal with this
life -destroying issue? During
his almost nine-year reign,
Prime Minister Harper has dis-
mantled many of the laws
which protected the environ-
ment and hence our human
and ecological health
Joyce Farrell
The snow on Easter Sun-
day sure was a surprise.
An Easter gathering of the
family was held on Sunday
with Largaret McInnes. Last
week's visitor with Largaret
and Karen was Linda McI-
nnes of Oakville.
Sheena Houghton of San-
ford, Michigan and her chil-
dren William, Alayna and
Ethan visited with Sheena's
parents Shirley and Doug
MacDonald, Monday
through to Wednesday pre-
vious to Easter.
Irene and David Collins
and family, and Maureen
and Roy Collins enjoyed
Easter dinner with Marie
and George Ruetz of
Mildmay.
June and Earl Elliott vis-
ited with Joyce and John
Farrell on the Easter
weekend.
Easter weekend visitors
with Fran and Jim Farrell
were Debbie and Dave Wray
and well-being. His lack of
leadership on climate change is
appalling.
At some level, I believe that
Mr.Harper knows the gravity
of the crisis of climate change,
yet he fails to address this
most critical issue of our time
in a meaningful way. His
myopic vision, together with
his relentless pursuit of exca-
vating the tar sands and frack
ing for gas, at tremendous
cost to the environment and
our native people, will be the
most remembered legacy of
his nine years of rule of this
fine country. Fortunately,
Canadians still have time to
read Naomi Klein's excep-
tionally well -researched
book, This Changes Every-
thing before we go to the
polls in October.
Yours sincerely,
Jim Hollingworth,
M.D. Goderich.
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their daughter Carmen
Knapp of Hamilton. The
Logtenberg family cele-
brated Easter as a family on
Good Friday at the home of
Dirk and Lillian Logtenberg
of Goderich.
Marilyn and Don Reid's
family gathered for Easter at
the home of Jo and Brian
Reid. Marilyn and Don's
grandchildren visited with
them on Saturday and
Sunday.
Janet and Wayne Rhody
enjoyed their visit with Mari-
lee and David Rhody of
Wakefield, Quebec last
week. Mandy and Don Zuk
hosted the Easter celebra-
tion for Janet and Wayne's
family. Merle and Gerald
Rhody also were in attend-
ance there. Others at this
gathering were Eugeen
Emmerton and her brother
Lee.
The Greenwood family
enjoyed Easter Dinner at the
home of Joy Ellen and Shane
Kubassek and family in Lis-
towel. Those attending were
Nancy and Paul of Goderich;
Ruth, Joel and family of Mis-
sissauga; Colleen and John
Paul and family of Clover
Valley.
Happy Birthday greet-
ings go to Sandra For-
ster. Her special birthday
party was held at the Mac-
Kay Centre in Goderich on
Saturday, April 4. It was
good to see Douglas there
too.
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