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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 A School Like No Other Preschool - Grade 8 905-257-0022 Hero soldier Page 2 FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2010 www.fernhillschool.com PRINTER EMPTY? REFILL AND SAVE UP TO 60% Upper Oakville Shopping Centre 905-842-5600 www.thinkrefill.ca refill A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 78 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" 40 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Porch music Big bill to fight small bug Controlling Emerald Ash Borer could cost taxpayers $447,000 By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF The Town of Oakville is preparing to commit $447,000 towards fighting the ash treedestroying pest known as the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). The funding allocation, which was recommended by the Community Services Committee Tuesday, would see $310,000 used to inoculate 1,600 municipal street and parkland ash trees with the bioinsecticide TreeAzin, $112,000 used to pay consultants to help deal with the EAB threat and $25,000 used to let residents what they can do to save their ash trees. Town staff say the insect has the potential to cause millions of dollars of damage if not properly controlled. The allocation will go before council for final approval on Tuesday. Emerald Ash Borer The EAB was introduced to North America from Asia and was first detected in the Detroit area in 2002. Since then, it has spread throughout the Great Lakes basin from Michigan to New York State and parts of Ontario and Québec. See Emerald page 3 MICHELLE SIU / OAKVILLE BEAVER COMMUNITY CONCERT: Craig Cardiff performs on the front porch of Blake and Carmelina Martin's Oak Park home in Oakville on Tuesday evening. The Oakville residents host this unique event to provide a greater sense of community. Donations were collected for the two artists who performed. For story, see Artscene.