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City of Clermont
Arbor Day Observation
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 can reduce the erosion of our precious topsoil by wind and
water, cut heating and cooling costs, moderate the temperature, clean the air, produce
oxygen and provide habitat for wildlife, and
WHEREAS, trees in our City increase property values, enhance the economic
• vitality of business areas, and beautify our community,
NOW, THEREFORE, I Robert A. Pool, Mayor of the City of Clermont,
Lake County, Florida, do hereby proclaim January 18, 1997, as
ARBOR DAY
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal
of the City of Clermont to be affixed this 14~h day of January in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and ninety-seven.
CITY OF CLERMONT
Robert A. Pool, Mayor
Attest:
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• Ann Whitlock, Deputy City Clerk