f -Iý The Canadian Champion, Tueaday, Decemnber 14, 1999 -3 ~~'_~a~ __7_ SRestoration work begins at Miii Pond Work to drain the debrls-choked MiIl Pond has begun. An invasion of milfoil has stran- gled native plant life in the pond and created an aesthetic and ecological mess (above). But workers have now fenced off the pond (left) and opened up the dam to let water run Into the Sixteen Mile Creek (rlght). Draining the entire pond could take up to two waeks. Photos by GRAHAM PAINE BONUS' M Fuj Mîm !s Îm lud2 Ir extendeô limited warrati;