News from the world of trees. (Clippings).TREES TAKE CENTER FIELD Sunday, September 8, was a perfect day for baseball. As a breeze wafted the smell of peanuts and hot dogs onto the field and the grounds crew prepared for the game against the Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Tigers have played in Comerica Park. , the Yankees took the field ... to plant a tree. Relief pitcher relief pitcher n. Baseball A pitcher who replaces another during a game. Noun 1. relief pitcher - a pitcher who does not start the game fireman, reliever Steve Karsay The crabapple was the first of AMERICAN FORESTS' Memorial Trees to be planted in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ; one tree will be planted for each of the victims and heroes who died at the World Trade Center. Memorial plantings will also take place in Virginia and Pennsylvania. "It was amazing to be standing in front of thousands of screaming fans to present the tree to the city of New York," says AMERICAN FORESTS' senior vice president Richard Crouse, a lifelong Orioles fan who admitted to backing the Yankees for that one day. "Many people came up after the ceremony to thank us for planting trees for their friends and family. It was a touching experience." Accompanying Crouse on the field for the pregame ceremony were Elise Gourley and Mariann Dicarlantonio, district directors for retailer Eddie Bauer, which is sponsoring AMERICAN FORESTS' Memorial Tree Groves campaign; deputy city parks commissioner Liam Kavanagh; and baseball fans Chris Fedor, 5; Ethan Fedor and Charlie Nelson, both 7; Guy Steward, 9; and Corey Fedor and Matt Wheelright, both 13. "I was proud to be standing out there on the field to present the tree to the Yankees," said Eddie Bauer's Elise Gourley. "It was one of the most memorable experiences of my life." AMERICAN FORESTS' Memorial Tree Groves campaign was created as a living tribute to the firefighters, policemen, and other victims and heroes who lost their lives September 11. Eddie Bauer has pledged $5000,000 to support the campaign and is asking customers to add a dollar to their purchase totals through January 2003 to help plant Memorial Trees. Donations can be made at any Eddie Bauer retail store, through the Eddie Bauer catalog 800/426-8020, or online at www.eddiebauer.com. AMERICAN FORESTS will plant more than 2,800 of the 6- to 10-foot-tall trees in New York; 40 at a fire fighting training facility in Somerset, Pennsylvania; and 368 near the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. At least 184 trees will be planted on Washington, DC's Kingman Island, to show the national scope of the tragedy. AMERICAN FORESTS is working with local groups and agencies to plant the trees, including: New York City's Parks and Recreation Department; Hudson River Park Hudson River Park is a waterside park on the Hudson River that extends from 59th Street south to Battery Park in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Bicycle and pedestrian paths span the park north to south, opening up the waterfront for recreational use. Trust; Lower Hudson River RC&D; SUNY SUNY - State University of New York at Stony Brook; Washington, DC's Office of the Mayor; and officials from Arlington County, Virginia Arlington County is an urban county of about 203,000 residents in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the U.S., directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. [1] . |
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