Jessica Lewis
For The New Era
“Which end goes in first?” Bill Marshall of Cascade Timber Consulting jokingly asks the students of Hawthorne Elementary School, pointing to the flowering dogwood tree they are about to plant on the school’s front lawn.
The Sweet Home Tree Commission donated the tree to the school in honor of the fourth-grade students, who drew pictures representing the importance of trees for Arbor Day, which in Oregon takes place during…