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• The Creemore Echo •

Friday, November 5, 2010

Intricacy and Intimacy at the Mad & Noisy Gallery

by Eleanor Brownridge “Intricacy and Naked Clay,” the November show at the Mad and Noisy Gallery, will feature the work of sculptor Frith Bail and illustrator Paulette Dennis. Both artists are showing a new body of work that reveals the intimacy of their relationship with their medium.

Building on her background as a

medical and scientific illustrator, Paulette has created a series of graphite studies that are technically sound, scientifically accurate and yet reveal the essence of the subject matter. “Appreciating this group of drawings requires personal involvement,” says Paulette. “They are detailed, fragile and need to be viewed intimately.”

Paulette Dennis

Unlike conventional sculptures, the pieces in Frith’s naked clay series have no glaze. “I wanted to keep my work fresh and alive, with nothing masking the original finish, so I used an ancient finishing technique known as ‘terra sigillata.’ Instead of a traditional glaze, I applied a super fine clay slip which allowed me to burnish (polish) each piece to a high lustre. After a final firing, wrapped in natural grasses and leaves and heated slowly in a sawdust fire, rather than a kiln, my pieces develop an inner glow.”

For this show, Paulette has limited herself to outdoor subjects – a fox skull found in the meadow behind her Dunedin house, delicate milkweed flowers and the elegance of Georgian Bay rocks. All are drawn with a sensitivity that imbues each with its own character – bursting with life, flinty hard or flowing.

Frith’s subjects are less realistic and more a reflection of her inner thoughts and feelings. “Since childhood I’ve used clay as a way to express myself, as a window to my soul. I started working with the female form while coming to grips with my feelings following a bout of breast cancer. That led to a piece that has been shown only once, during ‘Nuit Blanche’ in Toronto. Then this summer, in my studio just outside of Dunedin, I watched a family of rabbits playing in front of my studio. Over time, those rabbits morphed into a bird and then into a female.”

Frith Bail Both artists bring a maturity to their work derived from alternative careers.

After graduating from the Ontario College of Art, Paulette started out in commercial graphic design. Then there was a period as a professor at Georgian College teaching typography, illustration, drawing and even jewellery design. As a mature student, she obtained a degree in biomedical communications from the University of Toronto, which led to a career as medical and scientific illustrator. For Frith, a degree in education and ceramics resulted in an initial career in Toronto as an art therapist.

You can meet the artists at an opening reception on Saturday, November 6 from 2 to 5 pm. The show will then continue until Monday, November 29. For more information contact the gallery at (705) 466-5555 or www.madandnoisy.com.

Clearview Township Library News LIBRARY NEWS

Friday night from 7 pm to 9 When all the leaves pm at the Creemore Branch are brown and the sky is of the Clearview Public gray with storm clouds, Library. If you wish to learn drop into the library for to surf the Internet, buy some brain candy. We Christmas presents on eBay have everything from or simply send holiday the latest new releases wishes to your friends list Michele to the favourite comfort McKENZIE on Facebook, she is the classics in books and one who can help you. movies to entertain you Reserve your one-on-one tutorial at while the rain, sleet and snow start the circulation desk. This program is to accumulate on the ground here in time-sensitive and will end in March, Creemore.

2011, so take advantage of this great If you are a teenager looking for free learning opportunity while you high school community service can! hours, stop by or call 466-3011 to We are so pleased to announce talk to Glenda or Rita about our brand that Sara Hershoff successfully new reading/reviewing program. defended The Day the Falls Stood They have all the details about Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan at this new approach to earning these the Georgian Bay Reads event 2010 prerequisite hours. on behalf of the Clearview Public Alissa Droog is our new Computer Library. We are even more pleased to Access Program student teacher who discover that this book has made it to will be available every Thursday and

THANK yOU to the voters of Mulmur Township for your support & vote of confidence.

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the Top 40 long list for the CBC radio show Canada Reads. You can help the book make the shortlist by visiting www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads and voting before November 9.

When you are eating, shopping or visiting the great stores in Creemore, pop by the Creemore Branch and check out our new statue in the front entrance way. It is a little girl on roller skates with a copy of Charlotte’s Web in her hand. Touch her hand or “highfive” her for good luck. This statue is in memory of Mary Cone Barrie and is a beautiful addition to the library grounds.

Playing for Pizza by John Grisham is the choice for this month’s Book Club, which is held at the Stayner Branch at 2 pm on Tuesday, November 30. Guess what is for snack? If you would like to join us for good conversation and great company, please call Glenda Newbatt at 428-

3595 to reserve your copy.

The Story Hour for children three to five years of age and the Ontario Early Years Programs are in full swing at all three branches. But if you are new to the area or would like a “morning out,” please join us for crafts, songs and stories and a chance to socialize with other Moms and Tots.

We also have a great new selection of picture books and juvenile DVDs on our shelves too.

As we gear up for the holiday season (better known as Snow Time, Ski Season or Christmas), please remember that we do have the Family Active Fun Kit that you can check out to amuse the children at your party.

There are a million things that you can do with a parachute and a bunch of rubber chickens that will create a huge load of laughter for a bunch of kids!

The Salvation Army at Hope Acres will be starting their annual Food & Toy Drive after Remembrance Day and as always, the Creemore Echo will act as the local drop-off point.

Please bring food, food vouchers and unwrapped toys to our office and get a chance to win a Company’s Coming cookbook!

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EB-2010-2095 COLLUS Power Corporation (“COLLUS”) filed an application with the Ontario Energy Board (the “Board”) on September 29, 2010 under section 78 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c.15 (Schedule B), seeking approval for changes to the rates that COLLUS charges for electricity distribution, to be effective May 1, 2011. The application was filed under the Board’s guidelines for 3rd Generation Incentive Regulation, which provides for a mechanistic and formulaic adjustment to distribution rates between cost of service applications. COLLUS’s application also includes a request to recover the impact of lost revenues associated with various conservation initiatives. The Board has assigned the application File No. EB-2010-0076. The Board’s decision on this application may have an effect on all of COLLUS’s customers.

Any change to COLLUS’s distribution rates will cause COLLUS’s delivery charges to change. Delivery charges are one of four regular items on residential and general service customers’ electric bills and vary depending on the amount of electricity consumed.

COLLUS indicates that if the application is approved as filed, residential customers consuming 800 kWh per month would experience an approximate 1.0% increase in their current delivery charges. This is a $0.34 per month increase on their total bill. General Service customers consuming 2,000 kWh per month and having a monthly demand of less than 50 kW would experience an approximate 3.8% increase in their current delivery charges. This is a $2.37 per month increase on their total bill.

The proposed changes to the delivery component of the bill are separate from other potential changes to the electricity bills, which could include changes to the electricity component and other charges included on the bill. This application deals only with the potential change in the delivery component of the bill that may result from changes in the delivery rates.

How to see COLLUS’s Application Copies of the application are available for inspection at the Board’s office in Toronto and on its website, www.oeb.gov.on.ca/OEB/Industry , and at COLLUS’s office and may be on its website.

How to Participate You may participate in this proceeding in one of two ways: 1. Become an Intervenor You may ask to become an intervenor if you wish to actively participate in the proceeding. Intervenors are eligible to receive evidence and other material submitted by participants in the hearing. Likewise, intervenors will be expected to send copies of any material they file to all parties to the hearing.

Your request for intervenor status must be made by letter of intervention and be received by the Board no later than November 15, 2010. Your letter of intervention must include a description of how you are, or may be, affected by the outcome of this proceeding; and if you represent a group, a description of the group and its membership. The Board may order costs in this proceeding only in relation to COLLUS’s proposal for lost revenue adjustment mechanism recovery and revenue-to-cost ratio adjustments. You must indicate in your letter of intervention whether you expect to seek costs from the applicant and the grounds for your eligibility for costs.

You must provide a copy of your letter of intervention to COLLUS. Note that as an intervenor, everything you file with the Board will be placed on the public record, including your name and contact information. This means that it will be available for viewing at the Board’s offices and it will be placed on the Board’s website and available to anyone with internet access.

The Board intends to proceed with this application by way of a written hearing. If you object to the Board proceeding in this fashion, your letter of intervention must state the type of proceeding you believe to be necessary and the reasons why.

2. Interrogatories and Submissions Board-approved intervenors or Board staff wishing information and material from COLLUS that is in addition to the evidence filed with the Board and that is relevant to the hearing shall request it by written interrogatories filed with the Board and delivered to COLLUS on or before November 24, 2010. COLLUS shall file with the Board complete responses to the interrogatories and deliver them to all intervenors no later than December 8, 2010.

Written submissions by an intervenor or Board staff must be filed with the Board, and copied to all other parties, by January 17, 2011. If COLLUS wishes to respond to the submissions, its written response must be filed with the Board and delivered to all other parties by February 7, 2011.

If you already have a user ID, please submit your intervention request through the Board’s web portal at www.errr.oeb.gov.on.ca. Additionally, two paper copies are required.

If you do not have a user ID, please visit the Board’s website under e-filings and fill out a user ID password request. For instructions on how to submit and naming conventions please refer to the RESS Document Guidelines found at www.oeb.gov.on.ca/OEB/Industry, e-Filing Services.

The Board also accepts interventions by e-mail, at the address below, and again, two additional paper copies are required. Those who do not have internet access are required to submit their intervention request on a CD in PDF format, along with two paper copies.

3. Send a Letter with your Comments to the Board If you wish to comment on the proceeding without becoming an intervenor, you may write a letter of comment to the Board Secretary clearly stating your views. A copy of your letter of comment will be provided to the Hearing Panel.

A complete copy of your letter of comment will also be provided to the applicant (which means it will include your name, contact information, and everything written in the letter).

All letters of comment will become part of the public record in the proceeding. This means that it will be available for viewing at the Board’s offices and it will be placed on the Board’s website and available to anyone with internet access.

Before placing the letter of comment on the public record, the Board will remove from the letter of comment any contact information for the individual writing the letter. This includes the address, fax number, phone number, and e-mail address of the individual. However, the name of the individual and anything written in the letter of comment will become part of the public record.

All other parties to the proceeding will receive the version of the letter of comment that has been placed on the public record.

Your letter of comment must be received by the Board no later than November 24, 2010. The Board accepts letters of comment by either post or e-mail at the addresses below.

How to Contact Us In responding to this notice, please reference Board file number EB-2010-0076 in the subject line of your e-mail or at the top of your letter. It is also important that you provide your name, postal address and telephone number and, if available, an e-mail address and fax number. All communications should be directed to the attention of the Board Secretary at the address below, and be received no later than 4:45 p.m. on the required date.

Need More Information?

Further information on how to participate may be obtained by visiting the Board’s website at www.oeb.gov.on.ca/OEB/Industry or by calling our Consumer Relations Centre at 1-877-632-2727.

IMPORTANT IF YOU DO NOT FILE AN OBJECTION TO A WRITTEN HEARING OR DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARING BY FILING A LETTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS NOTICE, THE BOARD MAY PROCEED WITHOUT YOUR PARTICIPATION AND YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO FURTHER NOTICE IN THIS PROCEEDING. Addresses The Board: Ontario Energy Board 2300 Yonge Street P.O. Box 2319 27th Floor Toronto ON M4P 1E4 https://www.errr.oeb.gov.on.ca

Attention: Board Secretary Filings E-mail: boardsec@oeb.gov.on.ca Tel: 1-888-632-6273 (Toll free) Fax: 416-440-7656

The Applicant: COLLUS Power Corporation Box 189, 43 Stewart Road Collingwood ON L9Y 3Z5

Attention: Mr. Darius Vaiciunas E-mail: dvaiciunas@collus.com Tel: 705-445-1800 Fax: 705-445-0791