Fourth grade students receive trees to plant in honor of Arbor Day

With a generous donation made by Sterling Bank, all fourth grade students within the Lind and Ritzville school districts received a Ponderosa pine tree to plant in honor of Arbor Day.

Tree Board member Mike Schrag and Sterling Bank manager Chad Hoeft visited the local schools to distribute the trees and speak to the students briefly about Arbor Day on April 18.

While Arbor Day is celebrated on the fourth Friday of April, the trees arrived early and were distributed to the children in the hopes of having all of the trees planted prior to Arbor Day.

The donation allowed the students to have a di...