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Saturday, August 18, 2007
Ind. Courts - "Courthouse tree landmark gets long overdue trimming"
From the AP, a story that begins:
This southeastern Indiana city's top landmark _ a mulberry tree that juts from the roof of the Decatur County Courthouse's tower _ is now a little bit leaner following what city officials call a long overdue pruning.A two-man crew armed with saws and pruning sheers was hoisted by a crane to the tower's roof in a metal basket Thursday to cut away dead limbs and perform other tidying up duties.
Marty Turner and Dave Howell pruned away the dead wood, removed grass that was growing between roof tiles and cut out a smaller mulberry tree that had sprouted from roof crevices.
Their last assignment was to take close-up pictures of the structure to help determine what kind of maintenance might be needed to preserve the tree and the tower. Those photos showed that the roof tiles and the area where the tree exits the rooftop could use some attention.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 18, 2007 05:22 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts