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Proc. 2010-38 Arbor Season Celebration Day 04-15-08PROCLAMATION N09 2010 -38 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 this holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska; and WHEREAS in Texas, in 1889, the citizens of Temple conceived an Arbor Day Resolution which the Texas Legislature passed into law, and Arbor Day was first celebrated in Texas in 1890, and is held in Texas the last Friday in April each year; and WHEREAS Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world, as 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 habitatfor wildlife; and WHEREAS trees are a renewable resource giving us paper, wood for our homes, fuel for our fires and countless other wood products; and WHEREAS trees in our City increase property value, enhance the economic vitality of business areas, and beautify our community, and, wherever they are planted, are a source of joy and spiritual renewal. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested in me as Mayor of the City of Huntsville, Texas that: APRIL 15, 20o8 be declared: ARBOR SEASON CELEBRATION DAY in the City of Huntsville and invite all citizens of Huntsville to participate in the celebration by planting a tree. PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED on this the 15th day of April 2010.