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This past year's Arbor Day celebration took place at Cole Elementary School. "I wanted to gear
the ceremony towards the younger audience so instead of simply handing out the seedlings, we
set up tables where adults gave the children river birch seedlings, soil, and a plastic bag to put it
all in," explained Dold.”

The annual Arbor Day celebration was held on May 12, 2016 outdoors at the Harry Lee Cole
School. The special guest speakers were Selectman Peter Perkins, Selectwoman Mary Anne
Nay, Brian Middleton Cox, Principal of Cole School, and Dan Mayer, owner of Mayer Tree
Service. Second grade students Meryl Amaral and Michael Ellard helped Dan Mayer plant a pear
tree on the campus by the Little Red Schoolhouse. At the end of the ceremony, River Birch
Seedlings for planting were handed to each of the students.
Respectfully submitted,
John C. Dold, PE
Tree Warden