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Community Meeting January 16th 7pm Copetown Community Center

January 9, 2019 Info SaveOurSpring

Please join us at the Copetown Community Center on January 16th7pm to discuss the impact of the recent Kennedy Farm…

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2017-10-02 – SOS official steering says fence and swipe is up to the community.

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2017-09-30 SOS website not supporting Lloyd – SOS – Chris and Mary Anne to make a new website to support the fence

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2017-09-29 SOS Steering committee siding with fence and questioning SOS logo

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2017 09-29 – Spring Valley declines an offer to purchase the well, and responds directly back to Lloyd Ferguson via phone call Bob Wilt

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2017-09-28 – More emails opposing well fencing due to impending closure as presented by Lloyd Ferguson

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2017-09-26 – More emails to City Hall to honour the deed

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2017-09-26 – Chris Krucker attends PAWS SOS meeting – Copetown and denounces the meeting as ‘not an official SOS meeting and storms off”

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2017-09-26 – Community responds with letters to mayor and councillors

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2017-09-25 – Spring Valley & SOS moving forward to discuss purchase.

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Save Our Spring – Protecting the Ancaster Well

So recapping again – a little history on SOS – Save our spring was formed in the Spring of 2017, after the April announcement in the Ancaster News that the Ancaster Well was having an Arsenic Scare. At the dining room table of Chris Krucker – Manorun Farms, he called together a small group of people, that he hand-selected to form a community group under the guise of protecting the water rights to the Ancaster Well.

I was asked to be one of those “executive” members, I received a call with an invitation to meet at his farm to discuss forming a committee to protect the Ancaster Well. I agreed but with reservations, and our first meeting there were 5 of us, and at the time I felt flattered that they valued my professional expertise, and I had strong feelings toward the well, so I promptly offered to build a website and logos and branding, made posters and signs, and got about trying to save a well.

I was excited and I did lots of research and I was ambitious, and I was looking for alternative solutions, however I quickly learnt that Chris believed he had the personal ear of Lloyd Ferguson and that we should work only with Lloyd towards a solution, he said, “We have a Councillor that is willing to work with us, so we should do what he says” and his idea was that we gather volunteers and take surveys at the well. I offered to handle the online work, but refused to participate in well surveys and we agreed to disagree, and I went on to speak with the Spring Valley group, against Chris’s direct wishes. By this time our initial group of 6 was now down to 3 – which we called ourselves the “executive” meaning we didn’t have to share info with everyone just us. Recapping the time line a lot happened in Sept. there was no longer a health order to shut the well, SOS is discussing with Lisa Burnside the possibility of Spring Valley purchasing the Well (sept 29th).

The following day after the Spring Valley meeting Lloyd held a meeting to announce the Fence and Swipe Card, knowing there was no Arsenic scare, and we were told this community endeavour was over. Chris Krucker jumped on board, agreed with the fence and that is when SOS split. I kept hold of the website and logo and Chris vowed to form a new group called The Valley Water Waters. He was going to watch the water – Valley Water Watchers is Chris Krucker. We have not spoken since.

But wait there is a third and very active group called PAWS – Protecting Alternative Water Sources – and they have been instrumental in truth seeking with the Ancaster Well. I mentioned above that Chris Krucker our self-appointed leader amongst the SOS team was against doing any real research, he and the leader of PAWS Erin Davis had a very different approach to finding a community solution and Chris could not see past his own very narrow view point, after some heated discussions, in public meetings and in private - Chris banned Erin from the SOS group. At the time I did not comply with his orders, he wanted SOS to dis-engage from Erin’s research and remove any mention of them from the SOS website. I have not done that to this day because we are a community where everyone has a voice. You can find out more about the PAWS group at saveourspring.ca along with all the back history of the well.

The PAWS group has not ceased to search for the truth, they continue to uncover documents that show that there was never an Arsenic scare at the Ancaster Well that would of required a shut down. Just signage.

So why would Lloyd Ferguson and Chris Krucker not continue working towards the alternate solutions that would honor the land deed and kept the well in public hands? Why the Fence? ... See more

Save Our Spring asks you! – If you Councillor would you make the same decision as Lloyd Ferguson to put a fence around a Artisan spring? The Ancaster Well is a Legacy of Farmer William Kennedy – who donated the land and deeded access to the Public Access, because he knew the wells were dug with ... ... See more

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Ferguson floats swipe-card fix for Ancaster well – Save Our Spring

so on Oct 5th we know that the Health Dept and the HCA are in discussion, all is cool no health scare - what Lloyd Ferguson now does is present to the public that a fence is some how necessary for the Arsenic regulations = this =TOTAL BULLSHIT. http://saveourspring.ca/ferguson-floats-swipe-card-fix-for-ancaster-well/ ... See more

Ferguson floats swipe-card fix for Ancaster well October 5, 2017 Info SaveOurSpring Leave a comment https://www.thespec.com/community-story/7590207-ferguson-floats-swipe-card-fix-for-ancaster-well/ Ferguson floats swipe-card fix for Ancaster well Restricted access, waiver get around arsenic rules, c... ... See more

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