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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 are a renewable resource giving us paper, wood for our
homes, fuel for our fires and countless other wood products; and
WHEREAS: trees, wherever they are planted, are a source of joy and spiritual
renewal; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Laura Wheat, Mayor of the Town of Westlake, do
hereby proclaim September 25, 2010, as:
Arbor D
in the Town of Westlake, Texas and urge all citizens to celebrate Arbor Day and to
support efforts to protect our trees and woodlands, and I urge all citizens to plant
trees to gladden the heart and promote the well-being of this and future
generations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused the
official seal of the Town of Westlake,
Texas to be affixed this 18th day of
September 2010.
Laura Wheat, Mayor