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Article: OAK TREE VIGIL CONTINUES RELIEF ACTIVIST WILL ALTERNATE IN LOFTY PERCH.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- January 2, 2003
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Byline: Amy Raisin and Naush Boghossian Staff Writers
STEVENSON RANCH - John Quigley and his longtime girlfriend eschewed formal attire and fancy champagne at midnight on New Year's Eve, instead toasting the occasion with sparkling cider as they perched in a grand oak tree.
In the more than two months since Quigley took up residence in the centuries-old tree - which was to be removed so developers could install a new road - the 42-year-old environmentalist has spent only a few days on the ground.
``This is our fifth straight New Year's together and we wanted to share it up in the tree,'' Quigley said Wednesday. ``We even made it to midnight. ...