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Show Garden Club to honor Arbor Day Trees are so commonplace in our environment that it's easy to overlook the vital role they have in making our communities more livable. Tree roots hold the topsoil. times. The date observed by Utah is the last Friday in April. The National Arbor Day Foundation Founda-tion offers a free Colorado blue spruce as part of its Trees for America Campaign. The only charge is $1 for shipping and handling. handl-ing. For a free 6- to 12-inch tree (to be shipped between Feb. 1 and May 31), send $1 with your name and address to National Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City, Neb. 68410. Closely related to the planting of trees is the recycling of paper products pro-ducts to conserve trees. Recycling of one ton of paper will: Save approximately 17 trees. Save 4,100 KWH energy (e tough to power the average home tor six months). Keep almost 60 pounds of air pollution effluents out of the air. Save 7,000 gallons of water. Be produced in a cleaner, less toxic process than non-recycled paper. Eliminate three cubic yards of landfill material and reduces the need for more landfills. Turn "trash" into valuable resources. Save taxpayers money on waste-disposal. (Source: Conservatree Paper Company) Let's all plant a tree in 1991 and recycle wherever we can. For further information on the Garden Club, call Gerry Burwell 451-2766, Janice Ariotti 295-53(4, Donna Gibson 295-8232 r Suzanne Wright 292-5235. Their branches provide cool shade from the summer sun, conserve moisture, keep the air clean and help quiet traffic noise. In addition, trees provide a home for birds and wild life. Members of the South Davis Garden Club will be investing in the environment and observing Arbor Day by planting a flowering pear tree at the Bountiful City Complex at their monthly meeting on March 20. Arbor Day is observed on various dates throughout the United States according to proper planting |