Show iiii Page 24 in Ti "" The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday October 24 1996 Bike can be means of transport and fun By Millie Benson The Toledo Blade weather is nice Patricia Squire may cycle 25 to 50 miles a day from her home on errands and to meetings tion not fun that transformed Patricia Squire into a cyclist Mrs Squire 60 of West Toledo Ohio said she never learned to drive a car so grocery shopping and household errands were chores for her when her three children were gmwing up "I became a cyclist 20 years ago because I needed transportation" says Mrs Squire “1 now have two ( American-mad- e a cycles Trek and then hiked and camped in where" a If the weather is nice she may cycle 25 to 50 miles a day from her home on errands and to meetings “One year I kept a record" she she said “I hiked more than 6000 miles or about 600 hours” On recreational trips that she takes with her husband Ray 65 a retired teacher it's not unusual to bike 100 miles in a day Firm of muscle and in lop physical housecondition the wife takes trips of a week or even a month in stride '‘I've done it so long I give it no thought" she said “I just hop on and the bike goes" Her recreational biking began more than 12 years ago when she joined the Toledo Area Bicyclists and the American Youth Hostel The organizations emphaot FACIAC Till WOLF: Inside the Process of Peep Peeling Therapy by Theresa Sheppard Alexander Dutton $2095 “‘You can't run from the wolf because the wolf travels w ith you’ This Danish proverb tells it truly The wolf of my childhood — fear pain and rage — was always with me ready to pounce "I tried to rise above situations and feelings only to find my inap- Glacier propriate behavior seeping into other areas of life “I began to feel trapped with this wolf that he would be forever chasing me over the landscape of my emptv stupid and pointless life “I struggled for years to control change and deny the effects of my childhood I thought by growing up and leaving home I could escape the reality of the torment and sadness I suffered “But a childhood of abuse is not erased by reaching adulthood Nor can it be ignored kit and air where without a pump I watch w here I go to avoid glass and sharp objects High-grad- e tires lessen the problems" The cycling trips have introduced the Squires to many interesting people and treated them to unusual scenery she says One jaunt that she thoroughly enjoyed began in Natchez Miss They (raveled into Tennessee during the 110-pou- spring when roadsides were spectacular with blooming dogwood and redbud Unpleasant louring experiences have been few Mrs Squire says An exception occurred on a group trip which overnighted in an Indiana state park "The camp site was overrun with raccoons" she says "At night they broke into the knapsacks and made a mess of everything They made off with snacks I had planned to have the next day" Mrs Squire who worked as a chemical engineer before her children were born says she expects to cycle for many more years She and her husband now have time to truly enjoy the sport “I only wish others would take it up" she says “If more people used cycles instead' of cars it would result not only-iindividual physical fitness but less road congestion and air pollution" sized cycling and outdoor activities which gave Mrs Squire and her family incentive to try road tours k “Our first one was a trip to Nova Scotia" she recalls “After that w e made three trips to Wisconsin two to Indiana and at least seven organized trips into Michigan" One of the best tours Mrs Squires says she ever made was a month's trip out West last year “We went by Amlrak to Montana two-wee- Patricia Squire rides her bike on a path along Toledo s west end By Scripps Howard News Service National Park for 1(1 days" she says “We also hiked into Canada and to the Seattle area before returning home by train" There have been few mishaps in her 20 years of cycling “I always wear a helmet" she says “Also I never ride any- and use them to go every- Cannondale Don’t run from wolves If the It was an urgent need for transporta- Scripps Howard photo 3 217 kV ii “For some especially those most severely wounded growth and healing come only by confronting awful memories still lurking in the crevasses of the mind and heart “Denial cannot take pain away but mourning and insight can bring healing" p Bookshelf is a weekly feature which excerpts advice from a recently released self-helhook) (Self-Hel- p Will the world be able to feed itself into next century? By The Financial Times LONDON - With just over three years to the millennium the prophets of world food doom are in lull cry they warn that the next generation faces an unprece- dented food crisis with the I mil's population projected to soar by more than 5(1 percent to ss billion by 2(13(1 Alter last year's bad harvests sent world grain stocks to a low pessimists have been calling for fundamental changes in e tiling habits to divert food-- s s from the rich to the poor With prominent adherents in trei ! id circles and international enculiural research agencies they believe that ecological - to l owth have been !n ! r even passed oilier side there are 20-ye- ar 'I agronomists and utv ( :i"o(ers who describe such c as i! innM They argue the :iiiisK ire no more likely to pi iv I homas Robert : i tin in p1- - I Mo v r i ’i :i o 'Ii I i j optimists : ! Ins ot cove the pio! cen-t- i I J s‘iMs’ t! in I : lth non growth lends i production and r inline disease m m balance h I tin! ngltsh economist the early lii " v I i I tliit o- - I" :li" : is fit gathering force next month's mmit in Rome !nv time heads have met to tackle l unger since the founding of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization half a But optimists point to a in the world grain harvest between 1950 and 1990 and put their faith in the market and agri- the grealest challenges facing cultural innovation Already century ago The aim is to agree a plan of action to address one of humanity on the brink of the 2 1st century Chief among the food simists is of the think-tan- k doom-mong- er Brown president Ix-ste- r Institute YV'orldwalch Washington-base- pesa environmental d and a longstanding “We're moving from a half-centur- y dominated by surpluses to an era which is going to be dominated by scarcity and rising grain prices" he says lie wants affluent nations to eat less meat so that grain used to fatten animals can be released to feed hungry human mouths The pessimists argue that earli- er shortages were bridged by "miracle cures” such as advances in nitrogen fertilizer production and the development of hybrid maie in the early pari of the century But the scale of population growth and the con- straints it's placing on land water and other resources mean the past is no pointer to the future Growing affluence in Asia is putting enormous demand on grain as a source of animal feed and alternatives such as fish are no longer plentiful Meanwhile intensive lam mg is eroding soil mueh faster than it can be replaced I'lmctitel ol near-tripli- it seems market forces are working — last year's price surge has brought more land into production this year and better harvests hive pushed world wheat prices from their down by one-thir- d May peak Hans Binsw anger the World Bank's senior policy- adviser for agriculture and natural resources says arguments over future food supplies obscure the much more important issue of distribution “For the last 25 years we have had the lowest food prices on record and we still have K00 million people going hungry" he - says "Solving the long-terfood security problem is not m going to solve the hunger prob- lem" mcll I I he unequal distribution of food is reflected in FAQ figures showing that the average daily calorie intake of Luropcans and North Americans is one-thir- d export better access to food means ov ercoming poverty says Binswangcr That will require small-scal- lending education e and health programs land reform and road construction Tim Dyson professor of population studies at the London School of Economics says the task is enormous Nearly 3 billion tons of cereals w ill be needed in 25 years to satisfy global demand compared with 19 bil- Cajun Jambalava Clam Cmowdir Batter Friid Fish & Chips Savory Bakid Cmickcn North s Famous Friid Chicrin Car vi d Roast Bui Country Bakid Ham Evtiv s Macaroni L Chiise North's rather than new land that will provide the bulk of increased in V- - Soviet Union have unrealized yield potential following the collapse of agriculture in the early I99IK But other land is being lost to erosion and deforestation So it will be more productive use of existing agricultural land fixrd output fast-growi- lion now Thai would require the average global cereal yield to reach 1 6 tons per acre against just 12 tons now Use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer will probably have to double to 7(1 million tons a y ear But such huge increases arc possible he argues in his recent set-asi- the US and the European Union High prices might attract WESTATES INFO tisi THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS Cinema eWI03N I Avvlrf- 7:00 N I FIRST WIVES CLUB SHlkHMBBEIEg jUrnDNOONTBrOO Roast Breast of Turkey Carved Roast Beef North’s Famous Fried Chicken Country Baked Ham Chicken N’Dumpuncs Savory Baked Chicken Baked Fish Italian Meatballs Batter Fried Fish & Chips Sweet Candied Yams Celery Dressing Grilled Chicken Livers VEGETABLES timmPHP J a 1 40 v ' WMtHOO Rea Time 2SLS£ IR) TOO IM 410 THEGLLMMER MAN TS GAME ROOM NYHUM THE CHAMBER SLEEPERS SCOOTER’S THEATRE no W IHUM MO 940 lOO Mm MMOOf SaturdaySunda Country Baked Ham Savory Bacon Country Fried Stea wCountry Gravy Eggs Benedict Fancy Sausace Links French Toast Fresh Belcian Waffles Flaky Croissants Hearty Ham & Cheese $trat Spiced Apples Old Fashioned Biscuits Breakfast Burritos S'liUge S- - 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