20 TREES STOLEN FROM LITTLE LEAGUE.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer QUARTZ HILL - Quartz Hill Little League officials are trying to replace more than $800 worth of trees uprooted and stolen from beside a baseball field. Someone who drove a vehicle onto the baseball diamond between 8 p.m. Sept. 14 and 8 a.m. Sept. 15 uprooted and hauled away 20 four- to five-foot Italian cypress Cypress, city, United States Cypress (sī`prəs), city (1990 pop. 42,655), Orange co., S Calif. near Long Beach; inc. 1956. Forest Lawn–Cypress, a branch of the famous cemetery in Glendale, Calif. trees. ``This is such a stupid thing,'' said Deputy Bobby Rush
Bobby Lee Rush (born November 23 1946) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 1st District of Illinois, , father of a Little League player. ``Stealing from a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. Little League, how pathetic.'' Investigators are looking into the possibility some landscaping contractor stole the trees for resale but also say the trees may have been uprooted by disgruntled dis·grun·tle tr.v. dis·grun·tled, dis·grun·tling, dis·grun·tles To make discontented. [dis- + gruntle, to grumble (from Middle English gruntelen; see parents of former league members. The trees had been planted as a windbreak windbreak a physical obstruction to the passage of the wind, usually in the form of a line or copse of tall bushes or low trees or a porous fence. Of very great importance in temperate climates and periods of cold, wet, windy weather. a little more than a month before they were stolen. The thieves left behind the stakes that supported the trees. Tree planting is one of the few expenses the League allows itself aside from normal maintenance such as replacing broken sprinkler heads or lights. League officials say if the stolen trees are not found, they are unsure if they will ever be able to replace them. Anyone with information on the theft is asked to call Rush at (661) 940-3833. To make donations to help replace the trees or to donate similar trees, contact Melody Speed, Quartz Hill Little League president, at (661) 943-3754. |
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