Arbor Day Obervation City of CCermont
ProcCamation
.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 or 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, T111 RE,'ORE, I, Harold S. Turville, Jr., Mayor of the City of Clermont, Lake County,
Florida, do hereby proclaim January 20, 2012 as
ARBOR DAY
IN 1N I�NESS 1N3 I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
City of Clermont to be affixed this 10 day of January, two thousand and twelve.
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Harold S. Turville, Jr., Mayor
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Tracy o MMC
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