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The city parks department is exploring the idea of becoming a Bee City USA to promote pollinator gardens and possibly provide educational programs about bees.
City Parks Commission members want to know more, though, about the benefits of being a Bee City USA.
Commission Chair John Panezott said he knows the importance of bees, but if the commission is going to pay an annual registration fee of $200, “tell me what I’m going to get from them for my $200.”
Parks Director Shane Franks said two or three people approached him about the idea of Bee City USA, which is along the same lines as Tree City USA but with bees. He approached Salem Mayor John Berlin to see if there would be any issue with it and he said there wouldn’t be.
Staff Writer
SALEM The city parks department is exploring the idea of becoming a Bee City USA to promote pollinator gardens and possibly provide educational programs about bees.
City Parks Commission members want to know more, though, about the benefits of being a Bee City USA.
Commission Chair John Panezott said he knows the importance of bees, but if the commission is going to pay an annual registration fee of $200, “tell me what I’m going to get from them for my $200.”
Parks Director Shane Franks said two or three people approached him about the idea of Bee City USA, which is along the same lines as Tree City USA but with bees. He approached Salem Mayor John Berlin to see if there would be any issue with it and he said there wouldn’t be.
SALEM Operation Harassment has begun against the geese at Waterworth Memorial Park.
On Wednesday, city Parks Director Shane Franks and Parks Foreman Jim Grimm informed parks commission members about the scare tactics being employed to thin out the goose population.
Those methods include firing off noise effects known as bangers and screamers twice a day, in the morning and in the afternoon, and equipping police with laser pointers to harass the fowl later in the day during park patrols.
Franks said the intentional harassment techniques were recommended by the Columbiana Soil and Water Conservation District in a management plan accepted by the board last year for improving water quality and eliminating geese.
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Morning Journal/Mary Ann Greier
This strip of land along Park Drive in Salem has been selected as the site for the Garden of Memories by Stark Memorial.
SALEM A strip of land stretching from State Street to Pershing Street along Park Drive, leading into Centennial Park, will become a place where residents can sit and remember loved ones lost.
To be known as The Garden of Memories by Stark Memorial, the park land will be transformed gradually with annual donations of trees, benches or other items by the funeral home in memory of the people who have passed on.
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This strip of land along Park Drive, which is city park property and leads into Centennial Park, has been selected as the site for the Garden of Memories by Stark Memorial. The funeral home is partnering with the park district to donate trees, benches or other items each year to transform the area into a place of reflection to remember loved ones lost. This yearâs donation will include a flag pole in memory of people lost in 2020 and a bench in memory of Russell Loudon, former owner of Stark Memorial, who recently passed away. (Salem News photo by Mary Ann Greier)