{"id":2194,"date":"2022-04-14T12:14:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T18:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/?p=2194"},"modified":"2022-04-14T12:14:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T18:14:54","slug":"arbor-day-in-cochrane-considered-by-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/?p=2194","title":{"rendered":"Arbor Day in Cochrane considered by council"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wpfai-list\"><li class=\"wpfai-list-item facebook\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbillbelsey.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F2194&amp;t=\" title=\"Facebook\" class=\"wpfai-facebook wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack \">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-facebook fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item twitter\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbillbelsey.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F2194\" title=\"Twitter\" class=\"wpfai-twitter wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack \">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-twitter fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item google-plus\">\r\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbillbelsey.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F2194\" title=\"Google Plus\" class=\"wpfai-google-plus wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack \">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-google-plus fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item pinterest\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbillbelsey.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F2194&amp;description=&amp;media=\" title=\"Pinterest\" class=\"wpfai-pinterest wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack \">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-pinterest fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item linkedin\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbillbelsey.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F2194&amp;title=\" title=\"Linked In\" class=\"wpfai-linkedin wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack \">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-linkedin fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item tumblr\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\/link?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbillbelsey.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F2194&amp;name=&amp;description=\" title=\"Tumblr\" class=\"wpfai-tumblr wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack \">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-tumblr fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item stumbleupon\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbillbelsey.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F2194\" title=\"Stumble Upon\" class=\"wpfai-stumbleupon wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack \">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-stumbleupon fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item envelope\">\r\n      <a href=\"mailto:?subject=&amp;body=http%3A%2F%2Fbillbelsey.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F2194%20-%20\" title=\"E-Mail\" class=\"wpfai-envelope wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack \">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-envelope fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item bullseye\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.specificfeeds.com\/follow\" title=\"Specific Feeds\" class=\"wpfai-bullseye wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack \">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-bullseye fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committee of the Whole sees the council review everything from a Grade 6 class&#8217; request to recognize White Spruce as the town&#8217;s official tree to population growth and bike paths<br>by Jessica Lee Mar 23, 2022 12:00 PM<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Arbor+Day+in+Cochrane+considered+by+council&amp;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cochranetoday.ca%2flocal-news%2farbor-day-in-cochrane-considered-by-council-5185836&amp;via=CochraneEagle\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vmcdn.ca\/f\/files\/cochranetoday\/2022\/220324\/town-of-cochrane-meeting-rancheview-school-grade-6.jpg;w=960;h=640;bgcolor=000000\" alt=\"The Grade 6 class of RancheView School gave a presentation to council March 21 about the importance of trees in the community at a committee of the whole meeting. (Town of Cochrane)\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Grade 6 class of RancheView School gave a presentation to the council March 21 about the importance of trees in the community at a committee of the whole meeting. (Town of Cochrane)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochranetoday.ca\/local-news\/arbor-day-in-cochrane-considered-by-council-5185836#\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vmcdn.ca\/files\/texttospeech\/5185836-f45edb4d-6546-4ca9-bdbc-3bffd0839817.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to this article00:06:03<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Grade 6 class of RancheView School\u00a0presented to the council, under the leadership of\u00a0their teacher Mr. Bill Belsey, about the importance of trees in the community in a March 21 Committee of the Whole meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In their presentation, they\u00a0asked the council to map out areas where students can plant trees near or on the school grounds and that council\u00a0consider\u00a0declaring\u00a0the White Spruce as Cochrane&#8217;s official tree because of\u00a0the popular\u00a0300-year-old &#8216;Grandfather Tree&#8217; of the same variety at Cochrane Ranche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Grade 6 class also seeks to declare the\u00a0first Saturday in June as\u00a0Arbor Day in Cochrane and hopes the council\u00a0will consider writing a letter of support to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to create a National Arbor Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayor Jeff Genung said he was impressed with the class&#8217;s presentation and forward-thinking mentality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The asks that you have before us are I think&nbsp;very timely,&#8221; he said, citing the trees being taken down along Cochrane Ranche where the highway is being widened.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We were talking about what do we do and how can we replace trees like that. So, you&#8217;ve brought forward a solution to that for us that we can utilize.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether the class can plant trees on the grounds of RancheView school would be a decision for Rocky View Schools to make, however, explained Genung. Though, they could consider mapping out areas in public parks and spaces for the class initiative&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;As much as I learned some great things about trees, it was also just great to be reminded of how important and energized our youth are,&#8221; added&nbsp;Coun. Tara McFadden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Council received the presentation as information and expects a decision at a future meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Committee of the Whole sees the council review everything from a Grade 6 class&#8217; request to recognize White Spruce as the town&#8217;s official tree to population growth and bike pathsby&#8230; <span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/?p=2194\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2196,"href":"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194\/revisions\/2196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}