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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Neil...as usual a factual and emotional and knowledgeable and stimulating letter....guess you know by now I am in total agreement with you and will be eager to see any responses that come to you. I thank our lucky stars to have you on our team. Did you also think of sending it on to the Regional staff (Chris G. Etc.) and Regional Council. I hope you will do so Thanks Ginny Q.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Neil E Taylor [mailto:neiletaylor@sympatico.ca] <br><b>Sent:</b> March-01-12 10:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> carl.zehr@kitchener.ca; scott.davey@kitchener.ca; berryv@kitchener.ca; john.gazzola@kitchener.ca; yvonne.fernandes@kitchener.ca; kelly.galloway@kitchener.ca; paul.singh@kitchener.ca; bil.ioannidis@kitchener.ca; zyg.janecki@kitchener.ca; frank.etherington@kitchener.ca; dan.glenn-graham@kitchener.ca<br><b>Cc:</b> all@gren.ca; 'deanfishy'; 'Wellhauser, David '; 'Schmidt, Dave'; 'Quinn, Ginny '; 'Garry Fitz-Henry'; 'Hilker, Dennis and Dorris'; 'Johnson, Dallas '; 'Gord & Daphne Nicholls'; fn.gib@sympatico.ca; 'James Taylor'; Joshua.Shea@kitchener.ca; jgilhuly@rogers.com; 'John Roe'; 'Voisin, Mary'; 'Vanden Elzen, Mary Ann '; 'Virgil Martin'; 'Frind, Michael'; 'Townsend, Syd'; 'Lachance, Sandra'; 'C. Honderich'; 'Armand Caenen'; 'Cassidy, Gord'; skywear@rogers.com; SStrickland@regionofwaterloo.ca; julie@wildontario.com; 'Cappleman, Jim'; 'Himmelman, Monica & Larry'; 'Jean Haalboom'; 'Schneider, Thomas'; 'Titia Taylor'; 'M SILVA'; 'Campbell, Mike & Helen'<br><b>Subject:</b> Hidden Valley - A Nature Reserve<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>March 1<sup>st</sup>, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Office of the Mayor and Council <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kitchener City Hall <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>200 King St. W. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kitchener, ON N2G 4G7<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Greetings to each of you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please see the attached letter dated March 1<sup>st</sup>, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I look forward to acknowledgement and responses to this matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Respectfully submitted,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Neil E. Taylor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>C.c.: Interested parties<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Please check my Birdathon porgress at:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256458">http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256458</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'>“If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come." - Chinese Proverb</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'>You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush" - John Burroughs (1908) essay: Art of Seeing Things<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'>For Nature! For now! Forever!</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'><a href="mailto:neiletaylor@sympatico.ca">neiletaylor@sympatico.ca</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/costa_rica_birds2012/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.flickr.com/photos/costa_rica_birds2012/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'>Neil E. Taylor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><ns0:Street w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z"><ns0:address w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z"><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#003300'>1016 Wilson Ave.</span></b><span class=msoIns><ins cite="mailto:Neil%20Taylor" datetime="2012-03-01T09:36"></ns0:address></ins></span></ns0:Street></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><ns0:place w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z"><ns0:City w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z"><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#003300'>Kitchener</span></b><span class=msoIns><ins cite="mailto:Neil%20Taylor" datetime="2012-03-01T09:36"></ns0:City></ins></span><b><span style='color:#003300'> </span></b><ns0:State w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z"><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#003300'>ON</span></b><span class=msoIns><ins cite="mailto:Neil%20Taylor" datetime="2012-03-01T09:36"></ns0:State></ins></span></ns0:place></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'>N2C 1J2<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'>Tel. 519-893-6469<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'>"In the end, we conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand and we will understand only what we are taught." -- Baba Dioum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'>“I have a room all to myself; it is Nature. It is a place beyond the jurisdiction of human government.” - (Author unknown)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'>“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'>“The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.” - Claude Monet</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#003300'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'>Life Member – Bird Studies </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><ns0:country-region w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z"><ns0:place w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z"><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#003300'>Canada</span></b><span class=msoIns><ins cite="mailto:Neil%20Taylor" datetime="2012-03-01T09:36"></ns0:place></ins></span></ns0:country-region></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'> (BSC)</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#003300'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'>Life Member – </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><ns0:State w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z"><ns0:place w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-01T09:36:00Z"><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#003300'>Ontario</span></b><span class=msoIns><ins cite="mailto:Neil%20Taylor" datetime="2012-03-01T09:36"></ns0:place></ins></span></ns0:State></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'> Nature (ON)</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#003300'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'>Life Member – Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'>Honorary Life Member – (2008) Kitchener-Waterloo Field Naturalists (KWFN)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300'>Conservation Award – (2008) Kitchener-Waterloo Field Naturalists (KWFN)</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>