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Arbor day efforts
A day after Middletown was recognized for the first time as a Tree City USA, the city Tree Commission held a small Arbor Day ceremony by planting a sawtooth oak tree at Dixie Heights Park on Friday, April 25.
Carolyn Keiffer, tree commission chairwoman, said the fast-growing oak can make acorns in five years, while most oak trees don’t drop acorns for 20 to 25 years. Keiffer said the Butler County Bombers baseball organization, which uses the park as its home base, has promised to water and take care of the newly planted tree this summer.
Also participating at the Arbor Day planting were representatives from Keep Middletown Beautiful and Bull’s Run Arboretum.
Keiffer said the city’s tree nursery, which is operated by the tree commission and other volunteers, has trees to give away to city residents if they promise to regularly water the tree during the summer. For more information, contact Keiffer at (513) 705-6685.
Also as part of the city’s efforts to keep Middletown green, the Middletown Area Federation of Women’s Clubs will be donating 1,400 trees to fifth-graders in the Middletown City School District for them to plant at their homes.
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