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16 — THE CHRONICLE community COTTAGE GROVE THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2020 Pickleball, peace and volunteering I f you have driven by Coiner * Do not use any playground Park recently, you have prob- equipment, sports courts or ably seen a fl ash of bright skateparks. green and blue jump out at you. * Wash your hands immedi- The City of Cottage Grove is ately upon returning home. using the conditions forced upon * The Centers for Disease it by the Coronavirus to do some Control recommends using a projects it normally doesn’t have face covering when in public. the time to get around to. One new feature at Coiner Case in point has been the Park gave me particular joy. On resurfacing of the tennis/pick- Feb. 17, the Hiroshima Peace leball and basketball courts. Tree was planted. Fresh vigor- DANA MERRYDAY ous growth seems to indicate Since the courts and the other park amenities have had to be shut that this green ambassador has down due to social distancing restrictions, put its roots down in Cottage Grove to stay. the Public Works have been able to move on It is planted where there used to be a grand a number of projects that regular use of these Douglas Fir that stood long before there was popular facilities has prevented. Make lemon- a park or even a town here. Sadly it had to be ade when life gives you lemons. taken down for safety. Some noted improvements will enable the An old injury had led to internal rot and two tennis courts to be more usable for the grow- independent arborists regrettably concluded ing number of pickleball enthusiasts in the that the tree couldn’t be saved. Grove. Almost 75 years ago a horrifi c event ended Contractors installed new post sleeves for another horrifi c event. Aug. 6, 1945, a single permanent pickleball nets at the four courts atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on the east end of the tennis courts in Coiner instantly taking 70,000 lives and incinerating Park. the city center. This led to the end of WWII, Up until now pickleballers have been using but surprisingly something miraculous also portable nets that they set up and take down occurred. Six ginkgo trees that were within each day. The new permanent posts will save a mile of the bomb’s epicenter, and despite a setup time and allow for more use of the heavy charring, sprouted out buds the follow- courts throughout the season. The new strip- ing spring. This became a symbol of hope for ing will be added soon and when reopening the ravaged city and all of Japan. They gave allows, it will be a very inviting playing expe- these trees a special name, “Hibaku Jumoku”, rience that awaits the local tennis, pickleball, or nuclear survivor tree. and basketball players. The thermonuclear blast was not the gink- Getting out of the isolation and into the go’s fi rst brush with survival. The family parks is a good idea for both physical and history goes back 200 million years. mental health. There are a few common sense Despite fl ourishing in large parts of what guidelines that will allow you to keep your- is now Asia in the Jurassic period and diver- self and others to do this activity safely. Here sifying into many branches, the Ginkgoinae is the offi cial city protocol. If you plan to visit family began to disappear from the fossil a park, strict adherence to physical distancing record over the passage of millions of years. and equipment closures are mandatory: After the last major ice age ginkgoes were * Maintain a physical distance of at least down to a single species in a few isolated six feet between anyone not of the same valleys in China. All the ginkgoes now found household. worldwide come from these survivors. * Stay home if you are feeling sick. Having medicinal qualities as well as being * Avoid crowds by going early. a naturally beautiful tree, caused them to be * Visit parks close to home to minimize cultivated and spread by the hand of man. your travel. The tree has interesting fan-shaped leaves The multi-purpose courts at Coiner Park aren’t getting much use these days. which turn bright yellow in the fall, giving it a distinctive look. The Ginkgoes came to Japan between the years 1300 and 1400. It was noted that some survived the earthquakes and the fi restorms which followed, such as the great Kanto Quake in 1923 near Tokyo. Surprisingly many of the burned ginkgoes sprouted back to life while other types of burned trees did not. The ginkgo tree’s deep roots and inner core of living material seem to give the tree the ability to withstand such intense heat and even radiation with little lasting effect. Seeds collected from the six famous and named survivor trees have been sprouted and sent out as a message of peace from the people of Hiroshima. In addition to the one planted in a cere- mony in Cottage Grove, Creswell received its own Hiroshima Peace Tree, planted on March 30. You can visit this peace messenger on South 2nd Street, behind the New Hope Baptist Church, representing indeed a new hope that something like that blast will not happen again. There will be a walk-by tribute to the life of Susan “Sujo” Tryk in the windows of The Bookmine on Main Street. Besides examples of her art, there will be printed stories, and photos. Social distancing prevents coming together to remember her so this is something very appropriate and fi tting considering all she did to promote art and downtown gallery space for displaying work of local artists. She will be on display, and while we can’t have our Art Walks right now you can take your own and remember the life and work of a great lady. 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