Friday, June 24, 2011

IN THE HILLS MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Birth of a protest:
By Tim Schuff
"This spring, when The Highland Companies filed its application for a 2,316-acre limestone quarry, a small rural protest caught the big wave."

Click here to read more:
http://www.inthehills.ca/2011/06/current/birth-of-a-protest/See below for pictures in the article





Ralph Armstrong and his wife Mary Lynne have a 200-acre, old-style mixed farm that their family has worked since 1853;

Avid fly-fisherman Rob Krueger frequents the Pine River


Native environmentalist Danny Beaton




Bill French (right) and son Brian grow rhubarb, peas and other vegetables for the Toronto market at Lennox Farm, beside the quarry site. Bill’s father farmed in Brampton and sold when subdivisions and golf courses moved in. A generation before, his grandfather farmed on Islington Avenue in what is now built-up Toronto. Bill feels lucky to have found this 3oo-acre patch of paradise near Reddickville in 1988 after combing the province for the best soil. Bill hopes Brian and his one-year-old son won’t be the next generation to pick up and move: “There’s no other place to go.” Photo Jason Van Bruggen

Cattle rancher and agri-tourism entrepreneur Carl Cosack, 52, is the cowboy-philosopher of the Stop the Quarry cause and a late convert to citizen engagement. “You grow up and things sort of just happen to you. As you get to be a little bit older you see that if you engage you can actually make a difference – your actions and your words and your participation are meaningful. People are truly trying to reclaim some decision-making process here.” Photo Jason Van Bruggen
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous24 June, 2011

    Wonderful stuff! Minebuster you are so current, the best source for what's happening re. the 'abomination'

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  2. Minebuster25 June, 2011

    Mom, I TOLD you to quit posting stuff about me on my own blog.

    "Minebuster"

    PS-thanks June 24 @10:14 pm

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