Tree planting officially kicks off Cheney being a Tree City

By DAVID TELLER

Staff Reporter

A new tree was planted in Sutton Park on Friday, May 29, by a group of Reid Elementary fourth-graders as Cheney takes its first steps to becoming a Tree City U.S.A.

The program, which has been a goal for Mayor Allen Gainer, is not only to plant more trees, but also take care of the ones the city currently has.

“We're finally getting it kicked off,” he said, adding that other projects have delayed initiating the program which was first introduced early last year.

Tree City U.S.A. is endorsed by the U.S. Forest Service while the Urban and Community Forestry Program...