Community Thanks May 8, 2011

PROGRAM: A big success again

On behalf of the Kootenai County Arbor Day Committee, we would like to thank all the volunteers and businesses who participated in making the 2011 Arbor Day school program a big success again this year.

The Kootenai County Arbor Day program has given away more than 51,000 trees over the past 25 years to fourth graders all over our county.

The program is run entirely by volunteers that donate hundreds of hours to make the program a success. The annual costs for trees and commemorative buttons is nearly $2,000 per year, so please thank these companies and organizations for their generous support for this year:

Project CDA High School, Stimpson Lumber Company, Specialty Tree Service, Potlatch Corporation, Idaho Veneer Company, Greenleaf Landscaping, Inland Empire Paper Company, Out on a Limb Tree Service, Transtector Systems, Northland Nursery, Grace Tree Service, Coeur d'Alene Safeway, Coeur d'Alene Press, Coeur d'Alene Master Gardeners and the U.S. Forest Service.

If you would like to be a corporate sponsor or support this program in other ways, please contact us.

We also want to thank all the hardy souls that attended the official Coeur d'Alene Arbor Day celebration last Saturday. Although the weather was a bit chilly, it was heart-warming to see the public support for Arbor Day and thanks to Sun Valley Tree Service for providing a pancake breakfast and free trees. We encourage everyone who received free seedlings to take good care of them. They will be a living legacy of 2011 Arbor Day.

JOHN SCHWANDT and KAREN HASKEW

Coeur d'Alene

LITTER: Crew did great job

I would like to give thanks to the Sheriff's Litter Crew. They did a great job cleaning up the trash that was left along Highway 41 last weekend. Their efforts are appreciated to keep our highways and streets beautiful and clean of litter.

Sincerely,

DOROTHY CAMPBELL

Spirit Lake

CENTER: Provides quality education

As parents of children attending Noah's Ark Learning Center, we'd like to publicly acknowledge and thank the center's staff for providing a top-notch education to our children over the years.

The teachers are dedicated, committed, enthusiastic, and caring individuals who have partnered with us in training our children. Thank you, Emmanuel Baptist Church, for this incredible ministry! We love your small class sizes, high expectations, field trips, and quality education of the whole child.

CHAD and

JODI BOOTH

TONY AND CHRISTINA COX

Coeur d'Alene