Arbor Day 2013

On March 14, 2013, The Quail Valley Garden Club continued its pledge to enhance our community by dedicating 7 of the 14 trees given to City Centre at Quail Valley. The remaining Live Oaks will be planted after irrigation and work is completed at City Centre.

 

Mayor Allen Owen speaks at Arbor Day Celebration as well as (l to r) Patsy Armbruster, First President of Quail Valley Garden Club; Barbara Thompson, current President; and Arbor Day and Beautification Chair Jerre Anne Wagner

 

 

Besides members of the community as well as Quail Valley Garden Club members, other dignitaries included Mayor Allen Owen; Mayor Pro Tem and Councilman-at-Large Jerry Wyatt, Councilman-at-Large Danny Nyugen; and Councilman District D Floyd Emery. Tyson Stittleburg, General Manager of City Centre also attended.

Arbor Day Proclamation, March 14, 2013 proclaimed by Jerre Anne Wagner from a Proclamation developed in 2012 by Rose Ann Acosta.

Trees, the longest-living organisms on Earth, beautify and protect our environment by providing color, shelter, and shade. They renew our air supply by soaking up carbon dioxide and producing oxygen.Trees, the longest-living organisms on Earth, beautify and protect our environment by providing color, shelter, and shade. They renew our air supply by soaking up carbon dioxide and producing oxygen.

WHEREAS,    In 1872, J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees, and

WHEREAS,    this holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska, and

WHEREAS,    Arbor day is now observed throughout the nation and the world, and

WHEREAS,     trees can reduce the erosion of our precious topsoil by wind and water, cut heating and cooling costs, moderate the temperature, clean the air, produce oxygen, and provide habitat for wildlife, and

WHEREAS,    trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic vitality of business areas, and beautify the landscape 

WHEREAS,    trees where they are planted, are a source of joy and spirutual renewal,

WE, the Quail Valley Garden Club, in celebration of Arbor Day 2013, plant these 14 Southern Live Oak trees in front of the City Center, along LaQuinta and El Dorado Blvd.,  to enhance and beautify our community building so that these trees may also provide shade, gladden the hearts of all people who visit and promote the well being of this and future generations.

Planting the trees . . .

The actual tree planting was earlier in the month. Patty McKeever, Councilman Emery, Tyson Stittleburg and Jerre Anne Wagner admire one of the the Live Oaks.

 

Patty McKeever and Jerre Anne Wagner pose with members of the crew who maintain the golf courses and grounds at City Centre as well as planted the trees.