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The Village of Villa Park observed Arbor Day with a tree planting on Friday, April 3 right) at the tree planting at the village’s Franklin Park, located at 218 N. Third Ave., ar your loca Trustee Christine Murphy, Justin Shlensky—chair of the Villa Park Environmental C sion, Margaret Schiefer—a member of the Villa Park Environmental Concerns Com Village Trustee Cheryl Tucker, Contact me forVilla a Park Village President Albert Bulthuis, Villa Park V Village President-Elect) Nick Cuzzone and Leslie Allison-Seei—chair of the Villa Park 630-514 LOCAL AGENT. LOCAL RESULTS. Villa complementary Park Veterans of Foreign Warson (VFW) Post 2801 held itsApril. Memorial Day service Commission. Arbor Day is observed the last Friday of each The National Arb 630-514 ing at Cortesi Veterans Memorial Park. Post Commander Jim Blankshain is pictured kdrury@atpro has recognized Villaanalysis Park with Tree City USA designation for 36 straight years. To reb market Willowbrook High School students Hendrickson and a Anna Seelbach soundataps kdrury@atpro tion, a community must have a tree Lily board or department, tree-care ordinance, co Kate Drury ofThe your home!! ceremony. post’s 2020and Memorial Day event was canceled because of the COVIDmunity forestry program an Arbor Day observance. 630.514.9961 630.514.9961 LOCAL AGENT. LOCAL year’s observance included a reading of the names of the Post 2801 members whoRh kdrury@atproperties.com kdrury@atproperties.com That list included World War II veteran Charles “Sid” Bergh, who served as the mas I would to help! LoveVillaPark.com LoveVillaPark.com of the post’s annual Memorial Day service for several years. A veteran of the U.S. N October 2020. He was 94 years old. Bergh was the post’s last surviving World War II v 461504
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