[Vision2020] dead trees

[bill london]

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Your memory is correct.  The Grace Wicks tree (the big spruce at edge of 
courthouse parking lot) would have been cut down if the recent 
courthouse expansion bond had passed.
Next time you are in the area, take a look at that tree.  The county 
stuff (storage shed, electrical equipment, etc) is all crowded around 
it, cutting roots, compacting the soil, and shutting off moisture.  That 
tree did not die a natural death, it was killed by the poor planning and 
lack of good care.
During the bond election, the county commissioners did promise to mill 
some of the wood into a decorative bench.
Now that the tree is dying, perhaps we will at least get the bench.
BL

Saundra Lund wrote:

>Well, this is upsetting!
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>It seems to me I recall something about the Grace Wicks Tree being "in the
>way" of the courthouse expansion . . . or maybe it was/would have been
>slated for removal had the courthouse expansion gone through?  BTW, removal
>of the Grace Wicks Tree was one of the reasons I was *adamantly* against one
>of the proposed courthouse expansion plans.
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>Can someone with a better memory than mine please remind me how the Grace
>Wicks Tree factored into the courthouse expansion plans?
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>Saundra Lund
>Moscow, ID
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>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
>nothing.
>-Edmund Burke
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com] On
>Behalf Of bill london
>Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 11:35 AM
>To: Vision2020
>Subject: [Vision2020] dead trees
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>Is there some toxic effluent leaching from the Latah County Courthouse?
>Three big maples on the south side (Sixth Street) and one on the east 
>side are dead and slated for removal.
>And the big spruce in the parking lot (known locally as the Grace Wicks 
>Tree) is almost dead.
>Where else in town is there such a concentration of dead and dying trees?
>What is the courthouse doing or not doing that is killing trees?
>BL
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