• City of Philomath’s Arbor Day celebration (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Public Works employee Lige Weedman at the City of Philomath’s Arbor Day celebration (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • City of Philomath’s Arbor Day celebration (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • City of Philomath’s Arbor Day celebration (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • City of Philomath’s Arbor Day celebration (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • City of Philomath’s Arbor Day celebration (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • At this year’s Arbor Day Celebration at the Public Works yard, Philomath third graders and Kings Valley kindergartners could take two trees home to be planted. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • A student writes her name on a tree to take home. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • City of Philomath’s Arbor Day celebration (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Chelsea Starner, assistant city manager, reads the city’s Arbor Day proclamation to students. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Percy, recently retired Philomath Police comfort dog, made an appearance to the delight of children. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • City of Philomath’s Arbor Day celebration (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • City of Philomath’s Arbor Day celebration (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • City of Philomath’s Arbor Day celebration (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Garry Black, Public Works operations supervisor, instructs groups of children on how to rotate through the various stations that had been set up. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • City of Philomath’s Arbor Day celebration (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)

Brad Fuqua has covered the Philomath area since 2014 as the editor of the now-closed Philomath Express and currently as publisher/editor of the Philomath News. He has worked as a professional journalist since 1988 at daily and weekly newspapers in Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, Arizona, Montana and Oregon.