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Spring Valley’s new tree board takes root · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Spring Valley’s new treeboard takes root. Written by Emily Beebe This
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  Everlett. Spring Valley's first Arbor Day event with a newly formed tree
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  board culminated in the planting of Carlos, a Kentucky coffee-e-tree. The tree,
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  planted Friday across from John F. Kennedy School at the corner of
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  Janey Avenue and Strong Street, got its name from a name-that tree,
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  contest held among the second grade classes who joined the tree board
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  for the inaugural Arbor Day event. Contest winner Luke Clydesdale will be
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  recognized with a plaque alongside the tree, donated in part by Graphic
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  Electronics, according to a news release. Next year's Arbor Day tree will
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  be named Luke in his honor. Local arborist Josh Taylor of Taylor
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  Trees met with students ahead of the event to talk about the
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  importance of trees. This company donated the tree and provided planting expertise,
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  ensuring it was properly placed and cared for from day one according
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  to the release. We were excited as a newly formed board to
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  plan this event and to include them. Students in planting a tree,
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  said members of the Spring Valley Tree Board in the release. Having
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  the John F. Kennedy second graders involved, and letting one of their
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  own name the tree made it personal for them. They will all
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  be able to watch it grow for the rest of their lives.
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  The event reflects the board's broader mission: to maximize the benefits trees
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  provide their community while minimizing cost and risk, the board said in
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  the release. Arbor Day events will be annual, with students and the
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  public invited back in April to plant another tree.