Top essays, FIS 3rd-Grade Arbor Day, are twenty
In return, Farragut Mayor Ron Williams signed a proclamation declaring Saturday, March 15, as Arbor Day during Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen’s meeting Thursday evening, March 13.
One student from each of the 20 third-grade classes was chosen as an essay contest winner
Those winning essays were displayed on a paper “tree” in Farragut Community Center.
Winners were Rosie Rudolph, Brooks Druba, Evvie (no last name given), Riley Powell, Olivia Jenkins, Reagan Stridde, Hudson McBee, Iva Lukose, Vannshi Chheda, Nicole Griffin, Wyatt Lemond, Braden Knapper, Antonella Prieto Bermudez, Riley Glasby, Alisa Cheng, Olivia Bowers, Penelope Lorusso, Gavin Barczak, Thatcher Fowler and Annabelle Wynkoop.
Kite-Rowland
“I did get to spend time looking at your essays, and I must say, I shouldn’t be the one talking about the benefits of trees because I think you already know a lot,” said Ashley Kite-Rowland, Urban and Community Forestry Program coordinator with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. “I do hope you tell your parents about the importance of trees, and everyone else.
“I work with communities and talk about the importance of trees, how to plant them, how to take care and why you should plant more of them,” she added.
“This year, we are celebrating the 150th year of Arbor Day.”
Last year, Town of Farragut became a Tree City, and as part of that “you are celebrating your third official Arbor Day here in Farragut” with the school program, Kite-Rowland said.
As a Tree City, “you joined cities across the whole country, and you have a reputation for saying, ‘Our town likes trees and we’re going to take care of them,’” she added. “That’s awesome to live in a place like that.”
To stay a Tree City, the Town has to celebrate Arbor Day; have an ordinance on tree care; designate Town tree caretakers; and spend a certain amount of tree-care budget money.
