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Echo celebrates 30 years as a Tree City
By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN
STAFF WRITER
When Echo fi rst became a
“Tree City USA,” none of the
school’s students were born. But
as it celebrated its 30th anniver-
sary as a Tree City on Thursday,
Echo city staff and teachers taught
their youngest residents about the
history and science of their local
trees, with the hopes that those
students will carry on the tradition
for many years. Students spent the
afternoon visiting several differ-
ent stations to learn about trees
and apply their knowledge. In
George Park, the students took
paper and crayons and made bark
rubbings, looking at the differ-
ent textures on various species of
trees. In “leaf bingo,” they learned
how to identify different types of
trees based on their foliage. They
wrote letters to their future selves
in 30 years, to be sealed in time
capsules.
Students drew posters follow-
ing the theme “Echo Trees Now
and In 30,” to be entered into a
poster contest later that day. The
winner will be displayed on a sign
in George Park.
Several fi fth-grade students
helped out at each station, pass-
ing on their tree knowledge to the
younger students.
“I’ve been doing this since I
came to this school,” said fi fth-
grader Sarah Morrison, who was
helping out in George Park. “I
think my favorite part is going
to the library, where Miss Nelson
reads us a story about trees.”
The students also got to witness
city manager Diane Berry receive
an award from the Oregon Depart-
ment of Forestry and the Oregon
Community Trees organization.
Berry received the President’s
Award from Oregon Community
Trees, an organization that pro-
vides grants to help cities put on
Arbor Day events, and provides
education programs for arborists.
The Oregon Department of
Forestry helps administer the Tree
City USA program for the state,
and commended Berry for 30
years of work on the program.
“Thirty years is a milestone,”
said ODF’s Jim Gershbach, who
was at the event. “We don’t come
out to every tree celebration, but
this was worth marking.”
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