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manager of facilities and park; Fie§ta is a mineral-baked herbi- cide that utilizes iron chelate as the active ingredient. according to the company? Website. Weedshatetheoompound. while gmss has no adverse reaction to it. People and pets can use a Heated area within a couple of hours afier it is applied. according to the com- pany's website. Fiesta is currently being tested on about 50 per cent of the munici- pality’s open space. most of which isintheurbanarea.accordingto Richardson. “Even though many municipali- ties have had success with it. we want to make sure it works well hem." he said. So far. so good. “We are very happy with Fiesta It is quite effective. We will know for certain once we get the second treatment done.” Richardson said. Using Fiesta this year will cost $1,120 per acre. awarding to Rich- ardson. Weedman is the company doing the spraying. It is only being applied twice this season to the Herbicide to cost town $1,120 per acre open spaces The town's 33 acres of sports fields are being treated the old fashioned way â€" an integrated pest management program (1PM) of aerating. top dressing. over-seeding and cutting. That pfogmm costs $1,600 per acre for the entire season. according to Richardson. “We’ve constantly told we have the best fields.” he said. The open spaces not being treat- ed with Fiesta are also undergoing a less-intensive version of the IPM The grass was cut weekly during the spring and then in the summer it will be [educed to every other week or as needed. according to It's 1m 'ble to maintain the sports level of upkeep on all open fields. he said because it is very labour intensive. “Ifyou can do it ofien enough. it's quite effective.” he gaid. _ fl ' In 2009.1: number of Canadian provinces banned synthetic herbi- cides. insecticides and fungicides for cosmetic use. SUNâ€"TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolanOyrmg.rom Souvankham Thammavongsa was so prepared for someone else to win the Trillium book award for poetry. she started clapping when her name was called Once she undersrood she won. mammavongsa. 35A. began crying. “I realized for the first timer! wasn't alone in my feelings and that really moved me.” she r The Stouffville resident won the Trillium Bbok awaxd for Eng- lish? language poetry for her book “This was my last chance to win i! because it was my third book." This was. however. the first time one of her books was shortlisted for the award. hi the spring of this year. Ugh: won the CBC Bookie award in Thamniavoligsa is not only a writer. but also a visual artist. “l was' so happy for the grateful- “It felt almost like a miracle. ’riter earns’miracle’ award for poetry She earned an honourable men- tion last year in Latcham Gallery's annual iuried show. Her anwork was also featured in the gallery‘s 2013 curated show Home: Stories From Here and Away. The book's 42 entries share a common theme: light. Whether it be illumination. weight or what its linguistic equivalent is in other languages fineâ€"book was inspired by Don- ald ludd's sculpture of 75 alumiâ€" num boxes. "I thought it was so interesting you could repeat a material like aluminum, yet each one was so difierent. but pulled together to create one project.” she The poem ‘Perfect'. about a young homeless woman who does her homework under the street- lights. took 20 years for Thamma- vongsa to write. Another of the book’s entries â€" ‘Parsley’. about a herb field that looks like a crowd cheering a foot- ball game. took an afiemoon to come together. "maximavongsa has been self- publishing her work since she was 16. making books from stationary Stoufl'ville resident Souvankham Thnmmavongsa recently won I mVAhIIAI 'MKIIA“)NG}K bought at card stones. In 2003. one of the people to purchase Thammavongsa's books ended up becoming her publisher. Thammavongsa became a poet because she heard fiction and other genre writers say their work was only good when it read like a “Well. why not just start off beingapoet." she reasoned. r Thammavongsa also knew there was no money in being a poet. so for the past 13 years she has been working in the research department of a downtown Toronâ€" to company that provides inde- pendent financial advice. Next up for Thammavongsa is a collection of short stories cen- tred around difficult or unlovable female characters. Thammavongsa said she is going against the grain of hav- ing lovable protagonists. because “people are more complicated than that”. She will also use the $20,000 she won from the "lfillium award to have her roof repaired â€" some- thing she has avoided the past number of years