April 1989 Colonial trees helps preserve back yard environment You may not be able to personal ly save the rain forests of Brazil but you can do something to pro tect the environment right in your own backyard Trees of any kind in any place are important to the planet Brian Butler president of Colonial Tree Service intends to help us do our best to conserve we have despite the hazards of add rain bugs and diseases Mr Butler started working full on his own company last after working for Hydro for 18 years He brings a wealth of experience and training to his He has served two fouryear apprenticeships one as a forester and one as a lineman After star ting out with Ontario Hydro he moved to Brampton Hydro where ne helped form their forestry department Colonial Tree Service offers pruning shaping removal stump clearing fertilization and diagnosis of tree diseases Mr Butler has bought a specially designed forestry truck an Asphlund with a ft reach It is equipped with a hydraulic chipper He has Vermeer 186 stump machine which will plane a stump down without destroying everything else there is less than a foot more than the width of the stump area disturbed A second vehicle a one- ton pick up completes his fleet Although spring and summer are his busy seasons Mr Butler points out that winter is really the best time to work on trees The ground is harder theres less damage Almost everything has to be labelled Carlos Naguera owner and president of The Label Factory at Sinclair Avenue Georgetown said of his business that he sees great potential After all as he puts it almost everything has to be labelled Currently the company is highly specialized dealing only in the pro duction of pressure sensitive labels Mr said the manufacturing company fills orders ranging from small and simple to large and colored custom labels Wardair American Express Kodak and Maple Lodge Farms in Halton Hills on Winston Churchill Boulevard are some of his customers However he explained there are a number of other companies in industries ranging from com puter technology to he has yet to tap into But Mr Naguera is currently un sure of how he will take advantage of these opportunities There are always different avenues opening and whichever one presents itself and is best suited to the company is the one well take Mr Naguera said Mr Naguera expects that within the next five years the company will be expanding Expansion will include the addition of a label pnn ting machine he has two that operate 16 hours a day and a move to a larger location But he will only move once the market stabilizes During its short life span the company has already experienced significant growth Mr Naguera founded the company four years ago as a one man one machine operation that did a month in business Since then the com pany has grown to include eight employees and it does 10 times the business it initially did Although the company is based in Georgetown it services all of Southern Ontario Mr said he sees this fact as an exam pie of the companys stability and growth potential The companys only setback resulted from the purchase of a full color laser copier that is able to copy an original to its exact col or It can also reduce and change the colors of an original print However Mr Naguera said the cost of the copier for large volumes is too much relative to the price printers can offer Mr Naguera said the market he was aiming at never materialized Mr however will not let one setback pull him down He will have a display booth set up at the Canadian Business Forms Distributors Association trade show May 12 to show off the com panys wares done to the lawn and there are no leaves to contend with Besides the rates are lower This winter he and assistant Mark Watson were kept occupied planting trees at the new Civic Centre on Maple Avenue They also took courses to upgrade their knowledge of various areas of the business Tree servicing is a com plicated business the complex ities of disease and environmental problems keep Brian on his toes Acid rain isnt the primary cause of dying trees its disease Deciduous trees are especially pro ne to them Theres a fairly recent disease called vacillia that is wip ing out sugar maples Its transmitted by insects Birch trees and bass wood trees are not doing well either Although he has a certificate in hazard tree diagnosis he doesnt yet have the equipment to really administer insecticide He is hop ing to eventually obtain his license in the field The area of tree servicing is understaffed and not properly publicized Brian believes This is an up and coming field but people arent aware of it well send you anywhere Make the globe your playground Theres a whole world to see and enjoy on vacation and well help you get there Our agents are on hand to arrange and coordinate the trip to fit your itinerary and budget Travel SINCE 1955 Theres nothing in the high school to really direct you into the area We need publicity trees are very important and we need to save them People fertilize their lawns all the time how often do they think of fertilizing the trees Acid rain is causing acidity in the soil and the need to counteract that is growing ever more important The trend these days is to smaller trees on new properties People don t want trees to over power their property They don t want to get into a maintenance pro blem later on Nursery growers are to that providing a greater of smaller species Brian and Ins wife Debbie have lived in the area for years now He is a member of the Ontario Shade Tree Council 235 Guelph Street Georgetown Ontario 8770103 Brian Sutler owner of Colonial Tree Service stands behind home of his tools of the trade From len to right are a Brush Chipper which churns branches up to four inches in diameter mulching them into chips a chain saw and a Vermeer Stump Machine which is used to remove and mulch tree stumps Herald photo PARTICIPATE THE INSURANCE HOUSE From Left to Right Joan Anderson Armstrong 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