Arbor Day Poster Contest winners pose for a photo with Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs and members of the Cullman Tree Commission, Alabama Forestry Commission and 4H Thursday at Cullman City Hall. (W.C. Mann for The Cullman Tribune)
CULLMAN, Ala. – On Thursday morning, Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs met with the City’s Tree Commission and local students to celebrate Cullman’s 31st consecutive year as a “Tree City USA.” In attendance were City Arborist Darrell Johns and Alabama Forestry Commission representatives Albert Mayo and Jason Downs, along with Tree Commission Chairman Everett Wier and members Michael Sullins, Barry Slatton and Peggy Harris with 4-H representative Beth Glasscock. Tree Commission members Nona Moon and Helen Marie Dahlke were not able to attend.
Arbor Day Poster Contest
The student poster contest was open to fifth graders from all public and private elementary schools in the city.
First-place winners
- Gracie Stidham – Cullman Christian School
- Alexander Nacilla – St. Paul’s Lutheran School
- Kate Seidel – East Elementary School
- Max Scosyrev – West Elementary School
Max Scosyrev’s poster also took second-place honors in the state 4-H poster contest; it is currently on display in Montgomery.
Second-place winners
- Nolan Jackson – Cullman Christian School
- Madison Johnson – St. Paul’s Lutheran School
- Jacob Taylor – East Elementary School
- Max Dial – West Elementary School
The Arbor Day Foundation offers this description of Tree City USA:
The Tree City USA program has been greening up cities and towns across America since 1976. It is a nationwide movement that provides the framework necessary for communities to manage and expand their public trees.
More than 3,400 communities have made the commitment to becoming a Tree City USA. They have achieved Tree City USA status by meeting four core standards of sound urban forestry management: maintaining a tree board or department, having a community tree ordinance, spending at least $2 per capita on urban forestry and celebrating Arbor Day.
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