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Arbor Day~FrocCamation 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 Harold S. Turville, Jr., Mayor of the City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida, do hereby proclaim January 20, 2006 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 10th day of January in the year of our Lord Two T?~ousand Six. Atte ._ `^ , .~ Trac ckroyd, ity Clerk CITY OF CLERMONT _.,.---~ HAROLD S. TURVILLE, JR. MAYOR •