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WV Arbor Day poster contest now accepting entries Jackson Newspapers West Virginia fourth and fifth grade students can showcase their artistic talents by creating posters for the 2021 Arbor Day contest. The poster contest theme is “Trees are Terrific.and Growing.” The West Virginia 2021 poster contest is presented by the West Virginia Division of Forestry (WVDOF), the Urban & Community Forestry Council and the West Virginia Forestry Association. Teachers whose classrooms will participate in the contest can utilize a free educational guide from WVDOF. The guide includes in-depth lesson plans, hands-on activities and contest information. “The guide will teach students about the subject before they create their posters,” state contest coordinator and WVDOF partnership coordinator Andy Sheetz said. “Through this contest, students have the opportunity to learn how trees grow and develop an appreciation of what trees provide us.” ....
From its large lumberyard in eastern Henrico County, the Ruffin & Payne Lumber Co. ships out building products to construction projects around the Richmond region. With 40 years of experience in the lumber industry, company President George E. Haw says he hasnât experienced anything quite like what has happened this year with lumber prices, as the COVID-19 pandemic has played havoc with them almost all of 2020. âItâs been crazy,â Haw said. âIâve been around a long time, and I have never seen a lumber market behave like this in 40 years.â On a recent ride around the lumber yard, his son, George W. Haw, the companyâs vice president and director of purchasing, pointed out some of the varieties of lumber stacked around the operation and how prices have been affected. That includes some of the most common types of lumber used in home construction â southern yellow pine, which is often used in house framing, and spruce fir pine. ....