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The Champion, Thursday, March 26 - April 1, 2015 LOCAL Page 11A Native Tree LLC used a tree spade to transplant an American holly to Blackburn Park. Photos by Carla Parker From left, Brookhaven councilmembers Joe Gebbia, Rebecca Chase Williams and Bates Mattison shovel in dirt around the tree. Brookhaven celebrates Arbor Day with tree planting Court Continued From Page 10A new trials for Reid and Pope. “Without challenging the truthfulness of Lewis’s testimony, the trial judge— admittedly incensed by what she considered to be the abhorrent’ criminal conduct of all involved—emphasized that Lewis was a public of ficial, this was on his watch, he stood by. And then he hindered and interfered with and tried to stop the com pletion of a rightful, lawful investigation,’” the appeals court stated. “Although sympathetic to the trial court’s plight given Lewis’s criminal cul pability, we nonetheless held that the court was bound to sentence Lewis in accor dance with the terms of the plea agreement so long as his material testimony to the state’s case against Reid and Pope was truthful,” the ap peals court stated. The case was sent back to Becker so she could “identify specifically the testimony she considered of questionable credibility, to determine whether that tes timony was material to the prosecution, and to provide Lewis.. .an opportunity to respond,” the appeals court stated. “We have no trouble concluding that the trial court erred in reversing Reid and Pope’s judgment of con viction,” the appeals court stated. by Carla Parker carla@dekalbchamp.com March 20 is Arbor Day in Georgia, and Brookhaven officials celebrated by trans planting a tree in Blackburn Park. Native Tree LLC trans planted an American holly tree from Brookhaven For est subdivision to the park, and Patrick Fisher of Na tive Tree demonstrated how larger existing trees are spade and moved. “I got involved with [Brookhaven resident] Mike Elliot over on one of his projects on trying to save some tree for his new devel opment and he’s donating one of the trees to the new park,” Fisher said. “So we’re transplanting it with our tree spade.” A tree spade is a special ized machine that mecha nizes the transplanting of large plants. City officials gave free seedlings of bald cy press and saw tooth oak to residents. An Arbor Day Proclamation was read by Brookhaven councilwoman Rebecca Chase Williams to commemorate the day. “Here in Brookhaven we celebrate our trees,” Wil liams said. “The challenge is trying to strike the balance between all the booming growth that we have and higher density growth, but we’re dedicated to preserv ing our beautiful canopy of trees, and really adding more trees along the way.” In August 2014, the city council adopted a revised tree ordinance designed to preserve the city’s tree canopy, protect the wooded character that older trees create in the city and respect the rights of private prop erty owners to manage their trees. “We’ve learned from our arborist that the best solu tion to have a healthy urban forest is to have a good mix of trees,” Williams said. “It’s often been said that the best time to plant a tree is yester day. So we just keep planting as many trees as we can.” The city planted 250 cherry trees throughout the city, leading up to the city’s Cherry Blossom Festival, which will take place March 27-28 in Blackburn Park. The cherry tree is the official city tree. “But, we love all trees,” Williams said. “Our whole city council and mayor are dedicated to preserving our trees.” LSBE/MBE/WBE SUBCONTRACTORS REQUESTED DeKalb County Pump Repair Service ITB # 3003476 Bid date: March 26, 2015 at 3 p.m. Cole Technology, Inc. Please contact Chelsea Campbell: 404-460-8446 Tim Wilkie: 404-472-1276 CITY OF BROOKHAVEN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING: TUESDAY, APRIL 7,2015 AT 7:00 P.M. CITY OF BROOKHAVEN COUNCIL CHAMBER ADDRESS: 4362 Peachtree Road, Brookhaven, Georgia 30319 The following Traffic Calming Petition involving sheets located within the City of Brookhaven is scheduled for Public Hearings as stated above. TRAFFIC CALMING PETITION: TC14-03 STREETS AFFECTED: GREEN MEADOWS DR FROM WILFORD DR TO CHESHIRE WAY PROPOSED TRAFFIC CALMING SPEED HUMPS
