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Page TUB liEHALD Wednewiay September Niagara Escarpment threatened I was given a book to look at and to write about It is a new book and it will appear in the book stores in September Our public library here in Georgetown has a copy for you already Since the book came my way a few days ago I have been reading it and looking at it with rapt atten tion The books title is The Niagara Escarpment At fust glance the book seems to be the usual coffee-table-gift- package printed on glossy paper and far too heavy for easy reading in this case four pounds I On closer inspection however I took a tremendous liking to it It is put together with so much care and an abiding love for its subject Reading the wellresearched text made my heart ache because I fear that the Escarpment will not be with us more than another generation The Niagara Escarpment is by Pat and Keough authors and photographers with two books to their credit tit ed The Ottawa Valley Portfolio and The Portfolio This book is a history book of this area Illustrated by maps draw ings and photographs that show the forming of the Escarpment 400 million years ago the life of the original human inhabitants of the Escarpment the arrival of Samuel at Georgian Bay and John Sommer IDEAS AND THE ARTS the Blue Mountains in and the impact of the European settlers on the Escarpment This last phase is documented with 155 rare old black and white photographs from many archival sources the Halton Hills Public Library Archives being one of them The second part of the book is a portfolio of glorious color photographs of the Escarpment and surrounding country taken by Pat and Keough in the last years In captions the authors remind us that the beauty of the natural world has a few defenders in a society that sees value only in what can be sold and made a profit of Most impressive in my view is a long introduction by the ding Canadian and great artist and naturalist Robert Bateman in which he recalls the origin of the Bruce Trail and his 11 frustrating years on the Niagara Escarpment Commission Here are a few quotes from this introduction Rapid development and large profits were the mindset of many landowners and most commis sioners These were the people who in their and early saw nearby farms selling for millions of dollars to developers The man who sold the village store for a minimall site replaced his economy Ford with a luxury Lin coin Historically and geographically these folks were at the edge of the Golden Horseshoe just as it started to gleam and expand just at the right age in their This they believed was progress the way the world was meant to be A whole new set of expectations became the standard We naturalists attemp ting to preserve the natural- in tegnty of the environment were told not to stand in the way of pro gress Does it not seem strange that tourists travel specifically to Scotland and Britain to walk the footpaths Is it not peculiar that one can safely hike across Ger many and Holland and not see gar bage or meet yahoos on the trails Surely it is impossible that only the jerks and the hopeless crossed the ocean to be our ancestors Enter The Heralds SHOPPING SPREE CONTEST dc103 You Could Be 1 of 8 Winners Of A 500 Shopping Spree At Any One Of The Participating Merchants HERES HOW TO ENTER 1 Simply visit one of the Participating Shopping Spm Value rill In an entry coupon No purchase necetsary Contest endi Saturday November Each store will be making 1 Random Draw for a 00 SHOPPING SPREE from all the coupons deposited at their store on Monday November 1990 The person whose name Is randomly drawn at each of he Shopping Spree Value Stores be eligible to win one of the eight Shopping Spree prizes by answering a mathematical xkW- question 3 The prize is a 00 voucher only The voucher can be used as cash towards your purchases at the pre selected SHOPPING SPREE VALUE The winner may elect to make purchases which ex ceed the value of the voucher by adding personal funding Provincial taxes are eitra Check Individual store for Sale Item exclusions A Prizes mult be accepted as awarded No cash value No Decision of the judges Is final 5 You may enter as often as you like by visiting one or all of the par Shopping Spree Value Stores No responsibility will be assumed tor lost or misdirected entries Employees and Immediate relatives of The Herald or participating ad verifiers are not eligible 8 Winners must be 18 years or older 9 By entering the contest you agree to accept these rules Look For The Specially Marked Shopping Spree Value Stores Every Week Only IN the HERALD Your Regional Super Station Ms Catherine Bishop with Herald columnist John Sommer display the sculpture Soccer she won at a raffle conducted by The Friends of Hills Libraries recently Rather believe the problem is a frontier buccaneer mentality Too many of us lack respect We refuse to recognize boundaries or limits The problem Is that now because of the sheer number of people in North America the time of seemingly limitless land and endless exploitable natural resources is running out as it did long ago in Europe We have to wake up as they have in many ways to the realization hat limits exist The Escarpment still has good quality but it is being steadily encroached upon and nibbled away Sadly there seems to be neither the backbone nor the will to preserve it Indeed it is now or never It would be a crime against nature and future generations of people to allow the Escarpment to be turned into a stenle dull packaged world If this portfolio can do anything I hope it will help to alert people and make them more con scious and caring of all things along the Escarpment from the old farms to the natural land scapes That is the intrinsic value of this lovely volume SHOPPING SPREE VALUE STORE ATTENTION TRAVELLERS The New Fall Brochures are finally here with great savings on the latest Fall and Winter Packages Stop in today and pick up your FREE copy I Goligerls Travel SINCE 1955 235 STREET 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