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jri horary cisjhe seasoritq- 50 cents including gst 36 pages thursday dec 101998 to reach us 905 6402 00 j 0 j- i i i i i i i r i j i i i i i environment ffoiir hundred trees to fall as conservation authority thins out forest j i 5 parent councils want end to labour strife by jennifer brown staffwriter v after three years of strikes work- ing to rule and most recently jock- outs york region parents want an end to labour strife in their schools during the public v elementary teachers lockout a group of parents got together and decided theyd had enough they plan to pressure provincial politicians to prevent any further interruptions to their chil drens education fprmreeyearsin a row weve r had jbactibnand it has been very disruptive to families said ronnie spark a parent at unionville public school j v -y- pspark arid v group of otherpar ente from york region school cbun cils iricludirigballantrae public have beguri a fax campaign called put our children first asking people i to fax their mpp leaders of allprpyiri- r a parties and the ministry bf education jj pouring the strike frus trated par- enteulce sparkigotv together to a their concerns and determine what they a 3 readianytiiing raboiifthe strike youwould read the j uiiiortfs comments arid me boards but theres never asp6kespersdnfor the parents of the kids saidspark whose i three children have all been affected by strikes vf lat a meeting one night we had 30 v schools represented and everybody thoughtwe should do something j ut we didnt know wliat she said j v u see unions page 6 byjoanransberry staffwriter in the name of proper forestry the axels about to fall on 400 trees in stouffvilles pangman springs conservation area adjacent property owners in the warden avenue and aurora sideroad area have been notified that the lake simcoe region conservation authority lsrca is about to carry but a thinning program by removing 400 trees spread over a 20acre site in the regional forest most of the trees inthe240acre forest are sugar vfriaple while a contractor has been hired to do the work lsrca forester graeme davis will over see the cutting expected to begin in the new year lsrcas thinning program fol lows a principle of mother nature by removing a few you give 2 in the mixed hardwood forests many a healthier arid longer life of southern ontario the trees davis said actually depend orisuchhatural by n selectively removing disturbances such as hgtriing mature unhealthy or bmerfifewind or disease to remove selected trees every 10 to 15 yearsi individual rrees orgroups of trees the natural process of regeneravdrriake i wayforyoungtrees to tion is iniitated davis saidvlgrbw davis said this system maintains a each tree facing the- axe has healthy and diverse mature forest been assessed and tagged by with a wide range of species of dif- t ferent sizes and ages he added r 1 see trekpage 3 vi lake sirncoeregibn conservation forestergraeme davis says the authoritys thinnuig progr h stouffvilles pangman springs will allow younger tfeespace they nees to growhferei davis fui- ishes marking a tree with a yellow line meaning itwill come down i v r oh v not m ti ij z i the little dealership with a big v 5336 highway 7 0ust east of mccowan- t 2941440 toll free 18008922209 fa santa has arrived early at r hetfflti i mill wwwlautonetcanorthpointe r s tsy- r t as low as hoi i jiwiwj a ob r6i r kf333wfi