HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 2019 - 02 Arbor DayArbor Day May 15, 2019 C I T Y r,
Mayor Jerry Merrill REXBURG
35 North 1=t East mayor@rexburg.org Phone: 208.359.3020.Lumlmi FLmity (amm.,Wy O"
Rexburg, ID 83440 www.rexburg.org Fax: 208.359.3022
PROCLAMATION
No. 2019 — 02
2019 Arbor Day Proclamation
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: The 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, lower out
heating and cooling costs, moderate the temperature, clean the air, produce oxygen and provide
habitat for wildlife, and
WHEREAS: Trees are a renewable resource giving up paper, wood for our homes, fuel for our
fires and countless other wood products, and
WHEREAS: Trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic vitality of business
areas, and beautify our community, and
WHEREAS: Trees, wherever they are planted, are a source of joy and spiritual renewal,
NOW, THEREFORE: I, Jerry Merrill, Mayor of the City of Rexburg do hereby proclaim May
15`s, 2019 as Arbor Day in the City of Rexburg, and I urge all citizens to celebrate Arbor Day
and to support efforts to protect our trees and woodlands, and
Further, I urge all citizens to plant and care for trees to gladden the heart and promote the well-
being of this and future generations.
ATTEST:
Deborah Lovejoy
REXBURG CITY CLERK
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Seal of the City of
Rexburg to be affixed this 15`s day of March in the
year of our Lord two thousand nineteen.
APPROVED:
Zy Mex
YOR