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BEAVER Wednesday, August 16, 2000 Photo by Ian Ross LEVELO R SUMMER SALE Held Over i Sheena Eglington and Greg Clark stand in front of massive poplar tree that split in half on Thursday night in Bronte. The massive branch that came down damaged Eglington's roof and backyard patio. The tree is on Greg Clark's property. No one injured when tree pays unexpected visit By Scott MacArthur SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Talk about things that go bump in the night. For the Eglington family on Mississaga Drive, the above could be the understatement of the year after part of a neighbours' tree crashed into their yard early last Friday morning, causing damage to their roof and backyard patio. "It woke up the neighbourhood," said Doug Eglington of the crash, which occurred at about 12:45 a.m. on Friday. "One neighbour thought a plane had crashed into our house and another thought it was an earthquake." The tree, a poplar more than 100 years old, is situated in the backyard of the Eglington's nextdoor neighbours. The branch that fell, approxi mately 120 feet long and 12 metres in circumfer ence, showed early signs of rotting from the inside. The tree landed on the backyard patio, squash ing the family's barbecue and damaging the deck, and the roof, breaking the chimney off. Emergency services were called immediately when, after hear ing a hissing noise, Eglington realized that some gas lines had been severed. `T he response by all emergency services was phenomenal," he said. `T he firemen and police were on the scene within minutes of our 911 call and shortly after the Union Gas people were there. We had our gas and water back working very quickly, so from that point o f view there was no problems." An arbourist will be brought in to help deter mine the fate of the remaining part of the tree, which Eglington believes was designated as a her itage tree. "It really is a big, beautiful tree," he said. "It's too bad that this had to happen, because it was a nice sight to see." The family is currently working with an insur ance adjustor to determine damages. Eglington who shares the house with his wife, Sheena, and two kids, Mark, 15, and Michelle, 12 - is in good spirits despite the inconvenience. "Obviously, it's not a nice feeling at all, but I'm thankful because if the branch had fallen a couple of feet over, it would have crashed directly on top of our (master) bedroom and that could have been fatal," he said, noting that there might be some structural damage to the house in the master bed room area. `T his is just something that happened and unfortunately we weren't able to enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend with a patio barbe cue." New p ro d u ct lines included WINDOWS BV BRUCE '/ n \ x · Free In-hom e Consultation · Free Installation (9 0 5 )8 2 7 -1 8 7 6 S u m m e rfe s ts ta r tsF rid a y EN N ISC LA R E INTERIO RS A T R A D I T I O N S T O R E W I D E O F |S E L E G A N C E U M M E R This weekend's 16th annual Summerfest brings three days of family fun at Nottinghill Park in Glen Abbey. The fun begins Friday Aug. 18th at 6 p.m. with amusement rides and games for the kids, rock climbing, the Bavarian Garden, 6 to 11 p.m., and the Much Music Video Dance Party, 9:30 to 11 p.m., for the teens. Friday highlight is the return of the Teddy Bear Slumber Party from 7 to 8 p.m., with the duo Jam Sandwich, featuring Mary Lambert and partner Ellen Yeo. Children are invited to come in their paja mas. Later, New Hollywood returns for a second year, hit ting the stage from 9 to 11 p.m. for Rockin' in the Park. Saturday is jam packed with activities, starting with a pan cake breakfast from 8 to 10:30 a.m., followed by the 5K Run at 8:30 a.m., the Wheels Parade at 10:30 a.m., pony rides from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., the return of the popular Lip Sync Contest from 5 to 8 p.m., a Rotary com roast from 6 to 8 p.m., and New Hollywood is back on stage from 9 p.m. to 1 am. Ongoing throughout the day will be amusement games and rides, rock climbing, food concessions from 11:30 am . to 8 p.m., Bavarian Garden from 11:30 am . to 1 am ., communi ty displays from noon to 4 p.m., Children's Craft TenL 1 to 4 p.m., operated by the Oakville Parent Child Centre, and a bubble blowing area 1 to 4 p.m., The fun continues Sunday with Family Races from noon to 2 p.m., Jazz in the Bavarian Garden with the return of Killin' Jive from 12:30 to 3 p.m., the Pie Baking contest and Photo Contest judging at 1 p.m., Storytelling with Alphabet Soup from 1 to 2 p.m.; a dog show from 3 to 5 p.m., and the Children's Stage Show with magician Aaron Patterson and juggler, and Summerfest master of cere monies, Johnny Toronto. Sunday's activities run from 11 am . to 7 p.m. with ongoing amusement rides and games, rock climbing, pony rides from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., food con cessions from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and face painting from 11:30 am . to 2:30 p.m. Nottinghill Park is at the comer of Nottinghill Gate and Pilgrim's Way. Summerfest is sponsored and organized by GARA - the Glen Abbey Residents Association, and supported by several local businesses and organizations. E N D S S A T . A U G . 2 6 G e n t ly c u r v e d t u x e d o - s t y le s o fa . S o f t y e llo w t a p e s t r y f a b r ic . 2 t o s s p illo w s , k id n e y c u s h io n . S t a r t in g g r a d e . R e g . p r ic e , f r o m $ 3 0 2 9 . S a le , f r o m $2 2 6 9 A s s h o w n , S a le : $ 3 0 9 9 . u C o n t e m p o r a r y s ty le , t o p g r a in a ll le a t h e r s o fa . C h o o s e f r o m a la r g e s e le c t io n o f le a t h e r s a n d c o lo u r s . R e g . p r ic e , f r o m $ 2 2 2 9 . 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