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The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday December 17, 2003 - A5 June court date for tree-cutting charges Defendants facing more than 40 charges stemming from the destruction of 45 acres of trees in an environmentally sensitive woodJot on the Oakville/Milton border w ill appear in court next June to stand trial. Two days had been set aside for the trial this week, but after pre-trial conferences in September and November, it was decided that four days would be set aside in June (3. 10. 17 and 24) to hear the case in a Milton courtroom. The property owner. 1255732 Ontario Inc.. and George Vastis, a director and company officer, each face 21 charges in connec tion with the tree cutting incident last spring on a property located near Sixteen Mile Creek. In addition to the 40 original charges for cutting down mature trees, two charges were laid fol lowing an investigation into an allegation that heavy equipment moving around on the property destroyed a number of saplings. The charges were laid last June against the landowner under the Region's tree-conservation bylaw for allegedly cut ting hardwood trees. Each charge carries a maximum fine of $20,000 under Ontario's Forestry Act. The total amount of fines could be $840,000. The property, located east of Fourth Line and south of Lower Baseline Road and straddling the Oakville-Milton border, is desig nated as an Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA ), as well as a regional Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (A N SI). Until the cutting, the property contained a 60-acre woodlot. Then contractors using excava tors cleared about 45 acres of land, allegedly at the request of the landowner. About 50 of the 60 acres are located in Milton. The woodlot contained a number of species of trees in the 80 to 100-year-old range that offered interior forest habitat for songbirds such as scarlet tanagers, wood warblers and Coopers hawks. W E L L E Q U IP P E D F R O M s398 /M O . 39 M O S . S60 AW D LEASE RATE: 2.8% W E L L E Q U IP P E D F R O M Driver succumbs to injuries from collision Funeral services were held Monday for a 28-year-old OUcville woman who was injured in a collision at Upper Middle Road aid Eighth Line on Dec. 7. Chery Denney. of Westminster Drive, died in hospi tal last Friday. Denney's funeral was held Monday at Qramalea Alliance Church in Brampton. The Halton Regional Police Traffic Bureau is still investigat ing the accident. It was around 12:30 a.m. on that Sunday moming that police, fire and ambulance officers found a heavily damaged 1998 Toyota on the south shoulder of the road. The Toyota had been travelling eastbound on Upper Middle Road when it turned in front of another car. Denney was extricated from her car and taken to Hamilton General Hospital with serious head injuries. The other vehicle involved was a 1997 Toyota, whose 34year-old female driver was not injured. Anyone who witnessed the accident, or who had contact with Denney after 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 6 is being asked to call 905-8785511, ext. 5108. S 498 /M O . 39 M O S . XC70 AW D P L U S $ 1 2 5 0 IN A C C E S S O R IE S LEASE RATE: 3.8% W E L L E Q U IP P E D FR O M Busy schedule for Queen's Park Pages ming, jogging and shopping. In addition to their page duties, And courtesy of Queen's Park, they attend classes in the legisla the pages visited Casa Loma in ture process, social studies, the Toronto, made Christmas orna arts, and mathematics. ments for the Lights Across Julie and Gabrielle must get up Canada, went skating at Nathan at 6:30 a.m. - and hour earlier on Phillips Square, and had fun at a Thursdays because the legislature cookie exchange and Secret Santa sits Thursday mornings - to catch gift exchange. The girls were taken the GO Train and subway to for lunch by their MPPs, Kevin Queen's Park. They arrived home Flynn and Madeleine Meilleur, and on the GO Train at 7:30 p.m. were formally introduced to the "On the weekends we try to speaker, lieutenant-governor, and sleep in until 9 o'clock, but we're Hansard director. Premier Dalton so used to getting up. we just get McGuinty, Opposition and up," said Gabrielle. Progressive Conservative Party " Yeah, getting up at 7:30 a.m. leader Ernie Eves and NDP leader to go to school will be like sleep Howard Hampton. ing in." added Julie. For Julie, working as a page for "On the weekends we got to the past month "is cool. I've seen see daylight, because during the a page featured on TV. and also week it's dark when we get up and my mom told me about it." dark when we go home," said Gabrielle found out about the page Gabrielle. program from her older brother Weekends were spent swim who participated two years ago. (Continued from page A1) S 598 /M O . 39 M O S . XC90 AW D "he had found out from my mom. I don't know how she found out about it." Both girls found working as a page to be an interesting learning experience. "1 liked the debates," said Julie, adding she's not sure if a career in politics is in her future. "I like law." said Gabrielle. " I'm thinking about becoming a lawyer but I'm not sure. It's a little too early..." To qualify, students in Grades 7 and 8 must have an 80 per cent average. Julie's has an 86 per cent average, and Gabrielle has 81 per cent. Julie found that no one in her class knew about the page pro gram. and only one of Gabrielle's classmates was aware of it. The Queen's Park Legislative Page Program receives hundreds of applications from which 20 are chosen for each session. LEASE RATE: 4.8% V O L V O for life V olvo of O akville w w w .v o lv o o f o a k v llle .c o m 770 Pacific Road, Oakville <qew and Bronte Rd. s.) 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