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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Friday March 7, 2008 - 3 Burlington Minor Football Association www.burlingtonminorfootball.ca THE BEST FOOTBALL IN HALTON Summer Rep. Tackle Programs (ages 13-19) House League Tackle (ages 6-14) and Fall Stampeders Rep. Program (ages 9-14) Flag Football (ages 6-16) ­ Tyke Flag (born in 1998-99) & Atom Flag (born in 1996- 97) are now FULL Registration Dates: March 8 & 15 - 10am-2pm B.M.F.A./Braves Clubhouse (in behind the Nelson Football Stadium, 4181 New St.) Please Bring Proof of Age Cash, Cheques, Credit Cards Accepted All Equipment Supplied except for Football Cleats! No Experience Necessary! E-Mail: registrar@burlingtonminorfootball.ca for more information Additional Registration sessions will be held if required! OAKVILLE BEAVER FILE PHOTO THE ENEMY: The gypsy moth caterpillar is such a threat to some areas of Oakville that the Town will undertake an aerial spraying of the sites. Town ready to battle with gypsy moths The Town of Oakville has "The gypsy moth Bacillus Thuringiensis declared war on the dreaded Subspecies Kurstaki (BTK), a population has reached gypsy moth. bacterium that occurs natuCouncil voted Monday to a critical level in select rally on dead or decaying matapprove a staff recommenda- areas of Oakville. If left ter in the soil and which is tion for the aerial spraying of untreated, the infestation permitted under the Town's around 63 hectares of Town will lead to tree Pesticide by-law. forest properties in north The spray has been defoliation, which is Oakville in an effort to hold approved by Health Canada back an expected gypsy moth destructive to our and has been used as an effecurban trees." infestation. tive way to control infestaThe Eurasian moth, contions for the last 30 years. sidered to be a major forest Chris Mark, A low flying helicopter will pest, was accidentally intro- Director spray the BTK on two separate duced into America in 1868 Parks and Open Spaces dates in May, subject to weathand since then has become er conditions. well established in Ontario A public notification of and Québec. the confirmed spray dates The gypsy moth caterpillar will be posted on the Town's larva usually hatch in late April and early May, website at www.oakville.ca. at which point they feed for six to eight weeks Oakville is not alone in its battle against on local trees. gypsy moths. It is this caterpillar feeding period that has "The Town is currently working with Town officials, who have been monitoring other municipal and regional partners and moth levels in Oakville since 2005, con- has engaged a forestry and environmental cerned. consulting firm with significant experience "The gypsy moth population has reached a in controlling gypsy moth infestations in critical level in select areas of Oakville," said the GTA," said Mark. Chris Mark, Director of Parks and Open A public information meeting on the Spaces. Town's Gypsy Moth Project will be held on "If left untreated, the infestation will lead Saturday, April 5 at the Town's Central to tree defoliation, which is destructive to our Operations building located at 1140 South urban trees." Service Rd. W. This impending destruction can be spread The meeting will take place from 10 a.m. to further by the gypsy moth caterpillar's ability noon. to balloon from one place to another using Following the meeting a free Gypsy Moth the long silk threads produced from glands in Workshop will be held, from noon to 2 p.m., their heads. in Bronte Creek Provincial Park for residents This process usually only takes the cater- and private woodland owners who want to pillar about 5 km, but has been recorded to learn ways to control the insect. take some over 50 km. Return transportation will be provided In an effort to halt this kind of spread, the from the Central Operations building to the Town will be spraying what surveys have iden- workshop site. tified as the high risk areas of North Park, A lunch will also be provided, however, Trafalgar Lawn Cemetery, Sixteen-Mile Creek seating is limited and registration is required, Park north of Upper Middle Road and Winston which can be done by calling 905-845-6601, Woods Park. ext. 3327. For more information on gypsy The spray used will be the biological agent moths visit www.oakville.ca/forestry.htm. We're putting life-saving AED's in more public places in your community. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO IT.TM www.heartandstroke.ca