Three Lancers post two wins at CK relays
Petrolia offers residents fall colours
October 8, 2013
Petrolia homeowners have a chance to add a little fall colour to their backyards.
The town is once again offering about 100 free trees on a first come, first served basis.
Three trees will be available this year; silver maples which has yellow fall leaves, autumn blaze maple with fire red fall colour, and tulip trees, which produces yellow-green flowers which bloom in the spring.
“If you’re interested in getting a tree and putting it in your yard, all you have to do is pick it up and dig a hole and put it in your yard,” says Mayor John McCharles. “It’s quite interesting that we can actually get some free trees to do that.”
The town gets funding from the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority for the trees from Windover Nursery.
Residents have until Oct. 15 to obtain a certificate for a tree and the pick up and planting will be from Oct. 15 to 30.
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Three Lancers post two wins at CK relays
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Kole Chapman, Xander Knapp and Megan Munro all won two events each at therecent CK Relays in Chatham. Chapman won the junior boys’ 100 metre and 300 metre finals setting a record inthe longer of the events. His time of 44.14 seconds was almost two seconds fasterthan the previous meet record set a decade ago. Munro crossed the finish line
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Heather Wright/The Independent It seems counter intuitive to set fire to a protected wildlife habitat. But that’s just what wildlife groups were doing over the past week. Jill Crosthwaite of the Nature Conservancy of Canada says setting fire to parts of the Karner Blue Sanctuary in Port Franks will bring wild flowers and other fauna to life on the forest
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Bkejwanong mourns young accident victim; elementary school closed until Monday
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The holders of the last three per cent in the Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong election
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