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THE HERALD April 11 Environment ministry should govern Niagara Escarpment On April the Niagara Escarp ment was officially declared a world biosphere reserve by UNESCO The ceremony took place in Milton at the Ontario Agricultural Museum This ceremony should be considered the end of the first Ontario s long journey down the road towards sustainable development and en vironmental land planning The Niagara Escarpment Plan is not perfect It is a set of ideas and compromises worked out over a number of years It is a new way of looking at how we should use land As with all new ideas everyone in is going to have to help make it work It is already ap parent that in some areas the plan does not provide sufficient protec for the fragile ecosystems on the escarpment Other provisions may be too restrictive and deny valid activities that would be com patible with the plan objectives Although the reevaluation pro cess will be continuous there are some things that could be looked at immediately and implemented in the short term The first of these changes would be the transfer of responsibility for the plan area from the ministry of municipal fairs to the ministry of the environ ment This would be more than a cosmetic change It would clearly signal to everyone that an en vironment first policy was in feet on the escarpment The ministry of the environment would move from simply being a com menting agency to having direct land planning powers with which to implement its ideas and philosophy Another immediate change that would be of great benefit would be the banning of domestic and in landfill sites on escarp ment land The large number of quarries on the escarpment have proved to be in irresistible lure for those who believe that we can bury our wast management problems Regardless of the economic poten and regardless of the geographic convenience of Escarp ment land I think we must state clearly that this area is too cant to allow this type of activity The question of quarrying on the Escarpment ridge is always going to be debated rights and of existing operations are ob viously going to be examined much more closely than previously But without getting into legal questions about the status of current licences it would be possible to declare that no new operations should be Main Street South Downtown Georgetown 873 Fashions For The Young At Heart 115 MAIN ST GEORGETOWN Heron From Knox Church 873 started in this area without a lull environmental assessment A quarry is tremendously destruc live of the natural environment and something other than conve is needed as a justification The Niagara Escarpment Plan lands would seem to be the ideal starting point for discussing the idea that the best use of land is not always the most economically pro ductive use Ontario is blessed with vast expanses of land fortunately this has meant that we do not always worry about what we do with our blessings The attitude that there s more where this came from is proving to be a dangerous idea in this day and age The Niagara Escarpment is a clearly defined piece of property When we permit any of it to be blown up paved over or destroyed in any way we can easily measure the loss I think now is the time to start weighing everything we lose when we damage the Escarpment against those things that we are supposed to gam from he Plowmens euchre By KAY WILSON Herald Special Halton Plowmen Euchre had 27 tables on April 3 at the Community Centre President Cecil Patterson welcomed all and gave out euchre prizes and lucky draws Frank Peacock and George and Lillian Readhead helped to convene the evening Winners for euchre were Florence McCann Myrtle ingham Pat Stork Gerry Carton Keith Middlebrook and Cliff McDonald Lucky draw winners were Prairie Bessey Janet Betty ToneUi Ethel Webb Sybil Shields Vivian Shaw Mary Chamberlain Jean Cunningham Bill Brander Charlie Johnson Alfred Ford Peggy Johnson Dorothy Featherstone Mary Norma Irene Hunter Charlie Webster Lloyd Stokes Lome Chamberlain Vera Marion Lericke Birdie Heatley Kay Shields Christine Bailey Donald Douglas Fred Workman Evelyn Pickering and Jack Taylor Lunch finished off a great evening Pinegrove euchre Euchre had six tables on April 1 Winners were Garfield McGilvray Spencer Wilson Vivian Shaw and Alcott Lucky draw Elizabeth McMenemy Lunch committee Prairie Bessey and Marg Tost Annual party Brampton West Women In stitute annual euchre party will be held at the Huttonville Com School in April 20 30 pm Admission is and lunch will be included Back home Ray and Bemice 2 Nerval have returned from a two week trip to Dunedin Florida Sales Popping The S population has in creased percent in the last 15 years but popcorn sales have almost doubled The average American eats quarts of pop corn a year s spring marches to JV CLOTHING LARGE ASSORTED LADIES DRESSES LADIES DRESS PANTS LADIES CASUAL ff COTTON PANTS Rag M0O now from 9 I COTTON SHIRTS STRIPES 1 DRESS IP SHIRTS MENS ties J GU CLOTHING EORGETOWN MARKET 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