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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Winter is a great time to prune… 
there’s no leaves, and there’s no pests or pathogens around to move
into the pruning cuts.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>It's never too
late to have a happy childhood.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>-Tom Robbins<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>              
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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>             
\\ - - //<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>              
( @ @ ) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'> Gary Letteron<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'> <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address tabIndex="0"
 style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
 w:st="on">330 Ilchester Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:City>,
 <st1:State w:st="on">Maryland</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">21218</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'> h (410) 366-3434<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'> w (410) 396-4369<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'> <st1:PersonName tabIndex="0"
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on">glue39@verizon.net</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>----------------------Oooo-------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>                
oooO (  )   /\<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>                
(  )  ) /  / \<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>                 
\ ( (_/  /\ / /\ \<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>                  
\_)    //\\ /\ / \ \<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>                        
/ /\\\ \/ / \ \ \<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>                       
/ / /\ \\ \ / \<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>                          
ll \/ \ \ \<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>                              
\\ \/ \ \ \<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>                            
/ \ \ \ ll<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>                               
ll</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info</st1:PersonName>] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Goucher<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, December 19, 2010
4:40 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">The
 Charles Village Chat List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Chat] trees in the
2700 block of Calvert</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I agree, their treatment was not good.  The young pin
oaks, which did not need to be trimmed at all, took a particular
beating.  However, the <st1:place w:st="on">bradford</st1:place> pear in
front of our house was desperately in need of having its bottom branch removed
before it fell off and onto someone, so grateful to see that one trimmed. 
I sadly can't imagine that proper training is high on the budgeted priority
list- not an excuse, just a sad reality.  </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cathy</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:langwidge@comcast.net" title="langwidge@comcast.net">Christine
Gray</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:PDuvall@greaterhomewood.org" title="PDuvall@greaterhomewood.org">PDuvall@greaterhomewood.org</a>
; <a href="mailto:discussion@charlesvillage.info"
title="discussion@charlesvillage.info">'Charles Village Discussion List'</a> ; <a
href="mailto:chat@charlesvillage.info" title="chat@charlesvillage.info">'The
Charles Village Chat List'</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Sunday, December
19, 2010 3:07 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> [Chat] trees in
the 2700 block of Calvert<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'>Was anyone else
bothered by the butchering of trees on their block in CV.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'>Yesterday, three
city employees were hacking at the tree in the well in front of my house. 
These people obviously knew/know nothing about tree pruning.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'>After finishing
with that oneand removing major limbsthey went to the next and took off every
branch except those at the very top.  The tree looks comical now, like
something out of Dr. Seuss with a top knot.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'>They kept on up
the block and across the street.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'>Peter, are these
people given any instruction on how to prune a tree?  And I dont
think December is the time of year to prune.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'>Christine Gray <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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