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Tree City USA Designation and Arbor Day
Arbor Day was founded by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska in 1872, National Arbor Day is celebrated each year on the last Friday in April. Morton's simple idea was to set aside a special day for tree planting, which has been observed for over 130 years. Today, Arbor Day is celebrated all over the U.S. and in many other countries too. On Arbor Day in Oxford, the last Saturday in April, the Village
flies the official Tree City USA flag; St. Joseph's church has
a chicken barbecue; and the Tree Board continues its tradition
of giving away small trees in LaFayette Park, encouraging tree
care and environmental stewardship. The local papers, the Oxford
Review-Times and The Evening Sun, always announce the event, and
people from all around come to celebrate with a tree. In recent
years, Sherburne Forester, The Oxford Tree Board encouraged interested art students, from
Oxford Academy's 5th grade, to enter the annual Arbor Day National
poster contest in 2005. The Arbor Day Foundation provides a teaching
guide which includes activities to use with fifth grade students
that emphasizes the impact that trees have on the environment.
These activities correlate with National Science, Social Studies,
Geography, and Art Standards. Tree Board
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See the Calendar of Events or the Discussion Board for further details on all the following. March 12th (Friday), 7:30 PM, famed musician/actor Ronny Cox at 6 On The Square. March 12th & 13th, 7 PM, Oxford Drama Club presents Once Upon A Mattress at OAPAA. March 14th, 7 - 11 AM, at the Oxford Legion Benefit Community Breakfast and Bake Sale for Laura Deubler Sepulverus and the Loefstedt family . March 17th, "HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!March 17th, 24th, 31st, etc., 6-8 PM, Line Dancing (Wednesdays) at NYS Veterans' Home by B & B Line Dance. March 18th, 25th, April 1st, etc "Trapshooting Thursdays" at the Oxford Rod & Gun Club. March 19th (Friday), 5-7 PM, Oxford Historical Society's Pancake & Sausage Supper at St. Paul's Church Parish House. All-you-can-eat & real maple syrup. March 20th & 27th, 9 AM - 12-noon, Oxford Civic Theatre is holding Auditions for "William Gillette and the Orphans of St. Jude” at Oxford High School Auditorium. March 27th, 7:30 PM, amazing Italian guitarist Peppino D'Agostino at 6 On The Square. |