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South Marysburgh Mirror, 1 May 2015, p. 4

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4 TheThe South Marysburgh MirrorMirror The Assembly of Gentlemen With the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal to  overturn the lower court's approval of the Ostrand- er  Point  industrial  wind  turbine  project  because  of  its  threat  to  the  endangered  Blandings  Turtle,  the  Assembly  of  Gentlemen  have  ini(cid:415)ated  a  Blandings  Turtle breeding program.  According to a senior member of the group,  their plan is to expand the specie's popula(cid:415)on and  donate pairs of Blandings Turtles to Ontario munici- pali(cid:415)es  under  threat  of  IWT  development.  "We're  trying to accomplish a couple of things with the pro- gram," according to the AoG member who spoke on  condi(cid:415)on of anonymity because he was not author- ized to speak on behalf of the group. "First, increase  the  numbers  of  an  endangered  species  and  maybe  get them removed from that list; second, give them  a home in habitat threatened by IWTs elsewhere in  Ontario  so  those  communi(cid:415)es  can  have  the  same  weapon  we  have  had  that  led  to  the  recent  court  decision.  Now  we  just  have  to  find  the  turtles;  they're pre(cid:425)y scarce."  It was  pointed out by an enlightened mem- ber  of  the  group  that  the  Blandings  Turtle  doesn't  normally  breed  un(cid:415)l  about  18  years  of  age  hence  results won't be seen any(cid:415)me soon, the spokesman  replied,  "Many  of  our  members  will  never  witness  the success of the program. We currently view this  as a legacy project"  20th Anniversary! ST. PHILIP'S ANGLICAN CHURCH INVITES YOU TO CANOE THE BLACK RIVER MONDAY, MAY 18th The trip begins at 11.00 a.m. at Guernsey's (Chapman Cres.) and ends at Black River B&B for Hot Dogs, Coffee & Soft Drinks All Welcome! 613.661.0669 and the home of the Cherry Valley Soap Co. Karol and Stephen www.southmarysburghmirror.com

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