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macca
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Posted: Jul 21st, 2006 07:28 pm |
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| Oh! Were y'all those guys I saw sweating like crazy plantin' trees and diggin' holes this week??? It's gonna look great!! ♥♥♥
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DToney
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Posted: Jul 21st, 2006 08:24 pm |
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weren't me out there sweatin up the storm!
But someone sure did & it does look good!
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DToney
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Posted: Jul 22nd, 2006 11:46 am |
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| looks like they're bout ready to plant another 2 doz or so trees... now I know what you mean about "arboretum"
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Posted: Jul 22nd, 2006 04:39 pm |
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Ah yes, community involvement at its best. What little i know is that the trees were donated as was equipment to dig the holes. Thanks to those planting the trees providing the hard labor. If anyone knows who stole 2 of the purple leaf trees...........
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DToney
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Posted: Jul 22nd, 2006 05:32 pm |
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dang thieves! I swear.. folks should ride around & look for anyone in the area that has 2 new ones...
 
Last edited on Jul 30th, 2006 12:31 pm by DToney
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Posted: Jul 22nd, 2006 05:48 pm |
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Actually, I think there were 4 stolen over the course of a couple of days. The thing is, these guys would've given them the trees -- they didn't have to steal them.
This is a great story! Some folks offered the trees to a local resident b/c they knew of his interest in planting, and he decided that the downtown area would be a great place for them if it was okay with the donors. (He lives along Highway 68, not in the downtown area.) Folks along Stokesdale Street gave permission for them to be planted, so a very small group (none of whom live in the downtown area) has taken on this whole project. Basically 4 men have done all the work you see! They measured the area, located the underground utilities, marked where trees should go and then dug the holes. The man who donated the trees also brought his Bobcat down, fitted with an auger, and he dug all the holes. Then they mulched and watered the trees. There are approximately 2 dozen in the area nearest the fire station and will be another 5 dozen or so in the area between there and the light at Bi-Rite. While this isn't the best time to be planting trees, it must be done because the donor had an Aug. 1 deadline to move them. The trick now will be making sure they have enough water to make sure they survive. Neighbors along Stokesdale Street will help, but this group is hoping others will join in, since it will benefit the whole town. They will be planting again Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, so I'm sure they'd welcome any help. Folks are driving by and waving, some even stopping to thank them, but even though we've had folks say what a great idea it would be, no one else has stopped by to give them a hand.
I've talked with most folks involved, have a few more to contact and have lots of pictures, so there will be more about it in an upcoming issue of the Northwest Observer.
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Posted: Jul 22nd, 2006 08:09 pm |
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rather than "wishing" for help... communication would have GOTTEN some help. an article in the NWO would have gotten all of the help needed and then some! ya gotta let folks know or all they'll do is wave.......
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Posted: Jul 22nd, 2006 08:19 pm |
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| Sorry... I guess I left a piece out of the story. This has all taken place over the last two weeks, so there really was no way to get the word out.... Just time to get to work and get it done.
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 04:31 am |
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DToney wrote: rather than "wishing" for help... communication would have GOTTEN some help. an article in the NWO would have gotten all of the help needed and then some! ya gotta let folks know or all they'll do is wave.......
I gotta take up for the NWO staff just a little bit here DToney. I know you probably didn't mean that post to sound the way it did (or the way I took it anyway) but I think the NWO staff does a FABULOUS job communicating to us through their articles what is going on around the tri-town area.
It's up to the folks who need help with various projects to get the info to the NWO staff via community notes or letters or even the forum, and then as Vicki stated, sometimes the "help needed time frame" and the paper deadlines just don't line up.....
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 01:41 pm |
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Thanks, Cracker Jax. I guess I was just making note of a thought by these hard-working gentlemen but I just didn't express it very well. It would be nice if they could get some help as they're out there working during the next few days. Scott (my husband) stopped and offered to help with spraying for bugs, and the neighbor of one of the men brought him some ice water while I was there Friday.
Again, this whole thing fell together VERY quickly... Just within the past 2 weeks. The trees needed to be moved from their current location and planted right away. These guys could've just given them to family and friends, but they decided to give them to the residents of the town. They have spent HOURS (their estimate is an average of 5 man-hours per tree) doing this. They called on people they knew to pitch in, and would welcome help from anyone who'd like to help.
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 02:50 pm |
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| I wasn't implying any fault in the NWO staff for not getting the word out... just thinking that a post on the Bi-Rite Bulletin Board or someone getting the word to NWO would have produced a little aid...
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macca
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 03:09 pm |
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| Well, NOW it's been posted here, so I guess we'll see some more follks out there helping this week!!! ♥♥♥
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DToney
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Posted: Jul 23rd, 2006 03:11 pm |
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| there you go!
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DToney
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Posted: Jul 27th, 2006 10:42 pm |
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is the new arboretum area town land? If so.. could the town council possibly enhance the area with some additional mulch and maybe a park bench? (or two...)
Just an idea.... sounded good
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Posted: Jul 28th, 2006 12:15 am |
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| This area is where the railroad bed was. While it is separated from the adjacent properties by Stokesdale Street and U.S. Highway 158, it belongs to property owners along there. The town had talked with these landowners in the past about turning over rights to the property to the town but that process was evidently incomplete. Part of the process the men who have been working on this project went through was getting permission from all of the property owners to plant the trees.
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