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2-The Canadian Champion, Fniday, Match 23. 2001 r!~~N'il1 Pond rejuvenation W project nears completion Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Excavation of the Mili Pond is now com- pleto. The pond has also been rofilled. By FANNIE SUNSMINE The Champion Restoration of the Mill Pond was com- pleted earlier this week, but some work at the site is stili under- way. 'We're putting in a ga.zebo at the end of the month and we're doing some shoreline restoration.' said Jennifer Reynolds, director of com- munity services of the Town. "We're restocking lte pond with finit npecies. A dock is iteing rebuiît and should be ready in about six weeks." T'Me pond will "officially" open July 1 with a ceremony for the naming of the gaze- ho, shc said. "Mie feature of the pondi s significant Ilir downtown. I'm hoping over lime (the pond wili serve as a) natural experience for the communi- VTe pond was drained dur- ing the winter of 2(XX) and excavated ihis past fait. The prohlems hegan when an overgrowth of miltoil invaded the pond in lthe pas[ kew years, Ms Reynolds said. The milloil choked oîui native plant species such as huirushes and lily pads in the pond. That in turn contriied tRi a decrease in the lish, ampitibian and reptile popu- lations. An attempi to nid the pond ot miltoil last summer didn't go t'ar enougit, resulting tn an aimost immediate regrowth oif the plant. In order to gel at the moot of the problem, the Mill Pond suh-committee, coin- prised of representatives tif the Ministry of Envtronmct and Energy, Ministry ot Natural Restturccs and Towtt and Haltoti Conservationt staff' suggested temporarity draining the pond. The cosati otie rc-develtp- nient tof thte pond was $650,(X)O. 1878-88SE7 7 *ETTElSERVCE 5a5 pn thff ,, RDA an] -hd, .5t .T5.G, 1.(lipl-,0 Ad.,,,, PST, CST -,, Rs,'s n, $td(, ,, R.,,,K,,,n, , h,.,,5 ,,j 1.Il. RDA ,sLatatd Pst (N 'tghi. A, Lit, Adn,. d h- .hu,,t? u, ,ý.,,,,a S ,F- -] We'll * Trade YouY $750 Toward A Ne t ra doe 0 i t Toward A New0 Get Cash For Your Old Furniture During La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries® Trade-In Days.* bea imtt taît , ' ot1,nl Ai t t i ,,rnto$2 2 3 t hc pr, hix .lus >1 a rw nî im , iotr,, i har Gsmrnh up ti $75. àLtmil, il U til(l turnihun- i, in p -l u'n'allc , nilutn,n, im t nsil,- drranp n,,ttnî ti,r it t, li (l,siat, t ,m,- n', h(IIti-r i. In ur anàanil irv t,, nssnni% a dianitahi,, I1,natnn pi ('h,,, Irnn hunîlr,,k ilî nic ,î,, ail al tUth i b atinin, I 'i ,miisrl andi Quaiti. -\r1lor îustînîr n i rtn s t r al(, tIl i>t, msi si Iiya ani tanin-,ý 'n. oll a itlL .1 1 ), i nîh i ,i t u, , .