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The Town of Superior celebrated Arbor Day on Saturday April 21, 2007. This
year’s celebration featured activity at both Purple Park and Community Park.

At Purple Park, celebration featured:

• Several speakers
• Announcement of the finalists and winner of the poster contest
• Presentation of the Tree City USA award
• Children’s craft activity (painting ceramic tiles) sponsored by local business Pots n Paints

Matt Schovel of Swingle Trees, gave a talk on trees. His discussion followed the
contents of a useful tree care pamphlet that was passed out to event attendees.
The talk paid particular attention to the timing and method of pruning trees.

Sophia Chen won the poster contest. T-shirts with her artwork were given
away to the Arbor Day celebration attendees.

Keith Wood, of the Colorado State Forest Service, was on hand to present
Mayor Muckle with Superior’s Tree City USA designation. This is the fourth year
in a row that Superior has been designated Tree City USA. Keith explained the Tree City USA requirements; the community must:

• have a tree board or department. Superior’s Planning Commission fills this role.
• have a tree care ordinance.
• spend at least $2 per person on planting trees.
• must have an Arbor Day observance. This is it!

Immediately after the Purple Park portion of the celebration wrapped up, people
went down to Community Park

for the tree planting part of the celebration. Members of the Superior Mustangs
football program were in uniform to help with the planting of 20 cottonwood trees. The trees were planted in two areas: on the north and south sides of Rock Creek just north of the Williams Field (the new synthetic turf field), and close to the houses just north of there.

Here’s a checkup on the current state of the trees of Arbor Days past: