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Show Page 6 Thursday, October11, 1979 Treeman Wants Tree Law One local businessman has been involved in a pretty shady project for the past several years, and he now hopes the city will incorporate incorpor-ate the idea into law. Park City resident Tom Ligare for the past four springs has conducted a "Tree Day" in City Park to encourage homeowners and developers to help spruce up the town. The project has a two-fold benefit: local yards look nicer, and the city matches the dollar amount of trees sold that day and purchases trees for public property. "Treeman" Ligare said the day-long event has grown in popularity every year, and with building on the upswing in Park City, it should enjoy continued success. But he hopes to draw up an ordinance ordi-nance that could be incorporated incor-porated into city law to insure the inclusion and maintenance of trees in new developments. Ligare said some problems have been experienced in the past with city trees not being properly maintained, and hopes instruction in-struction and specific responsibility re-sponsibility could eliminate them. Ligare said he met with two area foresters Tuesday to look into federal funds to help with the purchase of new trees. He commented that Tree City, U.S.A. a national organization, is a strong possibility. "The foresters were great," Ligare said. "And Tree City is organized to make funds available for forestry rangers ran-gers to work with cities and municipalities to help in disease control, maintenance mainten-ance and selection of trees. We could also get a price break on the purchase of trees through them." Ligare said the primary thrust of the new ordinance would be to include landscaping land-scaping and the purchase of trees as a requirement for subdivision approval. "In my opinion, somebody was sleeping when Park Meadows was approved," Ligare'saiJ. ''There are no smalF parcels' of land that have trees where the kids can go and play off the streets. That's the kind of thing I would like to see happen in Park City." Ligare said he originated "Tree Day" as a way of getting people to his newly opened State Farm Insurance Insur-ance office in Mt. Air Mall four years ago. "One thing I didn't like about Park City was its lack of trees," Ligare said. "And ', Lr4 ' V M il ;f; Yt 4m m' yuttyh , h ' so when I opened up this office, I thought it would be a good project that was non-political non-political and a positive thing for the city. And people had to come here to my office to order the trees it was good for me, too!" Ligare said he intends to work on the formation of an ordinance and an application applica-tion to Tree City, U.S.A. The application must be prepared pre-pared before the end of the year to qualify for funds in 1980. Tree Day has come a fir way with Tom Ligare rii ins "T i ! .1 if4 - r nil ui,X IS for sale CALL 272-9414 or 649-61 ask for Bruce, owner-agent "If there is anyone who has an interest in seeing more trees in Park City, boy I'd sure like to know who they are," Ligare commented. "I hope to put together a three or four person committee to research maintenance, what species are suited to Park City, etc." Ligare said continued research re-search will highlight other aspects to be included in the new ordinance besides subdivisions. "Talking with these rangers, ran-gers, they pointed out some interesting things about shade trees," Ligare said. "They have many environmental environ-mental impacts. They are good for pollution control to hold down flying dust, if they line the streets it cuts down on noise and they are energy savers because they keep houses cool in the summer when they are planted nearby." near-by." Ligare said the only other city in Utah that has qualified for funds from Tree City, U.S.A. is Murray. Other cities have written shade tree ordinances, but none have qualified for funds. Should Park City not qualify for the funds, Ligare said he won't feel he was barking up the wrong tree. "Qualifying for the funds would only be a small part of what we are really trying to do here," Ligare said. "What we're after is a better looking Park City." Gov. Matheson Declares Oct. 14 Energy Sunday Conserving energy is something you do by telling 1 your teenage sons to "take a walk." Yet you think nothing of driving that 4,000 pound behemoth of yours three blocks to church each week. Next Sunday, join the Utah Energy Office in celebrating Energy Sunday. With any luck at all, it promises to be one of the quietest celebrations celebra-tions ever held. October 14 is a Sunday reserved for low energy consumption. con-sumption. Furthermore, Governor Scott M. Matheson has officially declared the day "Energy Sunday." The household chores can just as easily wait till next Saturday or Monday, if need be. Your clan will appreciate a simple meal just as much as the traditional feast. And chances chan-ces are you'll get better mileage driving down memory lane with the family scrapbook perched on your lap than you would cruising up the canyon. "The American lifestyle is surrounded with energy consuming con-suming pasttimes," according accor-ding to Jack Lyman, director direc-tor of the Utah Energy Office, Of-fice, "and Sunday has traditionally been the day that we enjoy them." "Boating, motorcycling, snowmobiling, scenic driving even NFL football and gourmet cooking share a commonality: they consume con-sume energy," Lyman said. October 14, he explained, is a day designated for minimum energy expenditures. The Utah Energy Office has asked people to walk to church or carpool, if possible. Perhaps even staying home to read that long neglected book is a good idea. Rather than using every appliance in the kitchen kit-chen to prepare an array of tantalizing tidbits, the Energy Office suggests a simpler meal, prepared with only the most efficient cooking methods. Pressure cooking and microwaves are both excellent examples, he said. Lyman suggest, reading and playing games as alternatives to the "Sunday "Sun-day Drive." "We're asking people to examine their Sunday routine, and cut back energy consumption wherever it's feasible," he continued. 'More than anything, Energy Sunday is a day to encourage energy consciousness." con-sciousness." Energy Sunday is one of several activities sponsored by the Utah Energy Office to promote energy conservation conser-vation and innovation. The entire month of October has been designated "Energy Month" by Governor Scott M. Matheson. PAUL BUNYUN's FIREWOOD COMPANY PRIME PINE WOOD r m. Winter is a coming! 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