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Community Living of Kincardine and District wants to continue the work begun by World Peace Day by putting up Pinwheels for Peace around the Municipality of Kincardine.

Adam Dunlop of Community Living made a presentation during the public forum portion of the Kincardine council meeting last night (Sept. 15).

This was Dunlop's first time at a council meeting since he returned to Kincardine from Southampton recently to be close to his family.

He told council that on International Peace Day, Sept. 21, the participants of Community Living of Kincardine and District's CAP, the Self-Advocate Team and members of the community plan to take part in an international art and literacy project, Pinwheels for Peace, by "planting" pinwheels with messages of peace in various locations in Kincardine.

The art installation project was started in 2005 by two art teachers, Ann Ayers and Ellen McMillan, of Coconut Creek, Florida, as a way for their students to express their feelings about what's going on in the world and in their lives.

In the first year, groups in more than 1,325 locations were spinning pinwheels on Sept. 21, and there were about 500,000 pinwheels spinning throughout the world.

Last year, more than three million pinwheels were spinning in more than 3,000 locations, including the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, the MIddle East, Africa and South America.

The pinwheels will have thoughts about war and peace, tolerance, living in harmony with others, on one side, and then colourful drawings, paintings and other artwork on the other side.

"We are asking for council's support in this venture by giving us permission to plant some of our pinwheels in the downtown gardens, at Victoria Park, the boardwalk gardens, the municipal administration building, and the Davidson Centre," said Dunlop.

The spinning of the pinwheels in the wind will spread thoughts and feelings about peace throughout Kincardine, the country and the world. For more information, go to http://www.pinwheelsforpeace.com. If you zoom the map, you will see a marker on Kincardine for the first time ever.

Dunlop said the pinwheels will be removed by Sept. 28.

"I think this is a great addition to the Peace Day celebrations we just had," said councillor Kenneth Craig. "I wish you the best of luck in this project."

Council agreed.

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010