ALS OUVER WEDNESDAY Khouth and Hughes CBC teen soap stars Now spotlight: 22 30 cherry trees removed after merchant uproar THE FELLING of a row of 30 cherry trees early Monday bore bitter fruit in Edgemont Viilage. Chainsaws. were buzzing busily 7 — before 8 a.m. in the North Van- By Michne! Gecker couver District neighborhood after News Reporzer the district approved the removal - of the trees that had been planted “The fruit used to fall down eight years ago along Edgemont and dirty the street. Some of the Boulevard. stores have carpets. The carpets Said Capilano Road resident would stain from people tracking Harry Seddon, who happened the fruit in on their feet,’’ she upon the scene while travelling to _ said. work, “I can’t believe council But North Vancouver District could do this. The whole place Parks Supt. Dirk Oostindie said looked like Baghdad. It’s just the cherry trees are being replaced sheer, bloody vandalism as far as with maples. I'm concerned. Those cherry trees Said Oostindie, ‘‘It’s very likely were beautiful in the spring. Peo- the private contractor who put the ple are going to be mad when they trees in years age was misinform- see what happened.’’ ed by the supplier. They thought Seddon stopped to speak to one they had a flowering cherry and of the tree choppers, and he was they got a fruiting cherry. Ap- told that council had authorized parently they had a lot of ccm- the cutting after Edgemont plaints. {t’s too bad, but the businesses had complained to whole street was just purple some- council of the problem created by _ times.’’ mashed cherries being tracked A plan to spray the trees to through the village and on to shop prevent them from beaving fruit floors. was ruled out as an cption that But said Seddon, ‘“‘The whole was potentially too huzardous to thing just smells to high heaven.’’ public health. Brian Craig sees the cherry tree “With the size of the trees you chopping as a travesty. would have needed a helicopter,’’ “We had paid a lot of dollars Oostindie said. to beautify the village. As the Attempts were made to uproot result of some bad choices on the and transplant the trees, but tree part of the district, everybody is pluckers found they could save going to suffer. Those trees are just 10 per cent of the root system available as non-fruit. bearing when a tree was removed from its trees,”’ he said. sidewalk enclosure. “‘The other thing that is ironic is that they sent someone around But said Vellani of the stumps to prune those trees recently, and along Edgemont, ‘‘It looks dread- now they're lopped off to knee- ful. When they were cutting them high level,’’ added Craig. out I felt sick. We could have About 30 trees, planted eight done other things. I wish we could years ago along Edgemont Boule- could have had someone pick vard, were cut down. them (the cherries) and sell them According to Edgemont Village as jam or whatever. | feel sad to Merchants’ Association president say it was just two dress shops Fatima Vellani, the merchants that made a racket. When went to council in the summer for everybody was shouting about it action on the trees after com- there was not much you could do. plaints from businesses and cus- But I’m sure the maple trees will tomers. look lovely.”" e mam | (Quake hits N. Shore ° NORTH SHORE residents were rocked by 2 short, sharp e ee 1S O | ) e earthquake Tuesday afternoon. The quake, which rolled the Whistler area. . . through the Greater V: G R . ji ii DALE GAVEL carves up a cherry tree in Edgemont Village Monday morning. All cherry trees in area A about 3:05 p.m., measured with the Paciie Science Contra the village were removed after merchants and residents became fed up with having to step on four on the Richter Scale and Sidney, said the quake was fallen fruit every year. New maple trees are expected to be in place by the end of the week. lasted for several seconds. “reasonably shallow and woutd The quake epicentre was located have been felt out to 100 just east of Mount Garibaldi in kilometres."’ REACHING EVERY DOOR ON THE NORTH SHORE SINCE 1969 ae Display Advertising 980-051! Distribution 986-1337 56 pages 25¢