Past due planting

It was a little past Arbor Day, but it's the spirit that counts. Homeowner Rob Carroll waters a newly planted scarlet Hawthorn tree in front of his home on Stevens Avenue in Coulee Dam June 3. The city tries to plant at least one each year in keeping with its Tree City USA status, and Carroll said he'd appreciate one back in the city-owned planting strip that once held trees at regular spacings. From left are Mayor Bob Poch, Clerk Stefani Bowden, and the city crew members who did the hard work, Troy Sanford and Nate Massey. - Scott Hunter photo