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Thursday, February 02, 2012 8:01 PM

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Doug Reinert, the city’s parks superintendent, stands next to the nearly 12-foot tall Norway Spruce that will replace the existing mayor’s Christmas tree in Edward E. Haley Community Park, Main and Second streets. The tree was grown by Loma Vista Nursery on one of its farm sites near Baldwin City.

City set to cut down ‘Christmas’ tree

By DOUG CARDER, Herald Staff Writer

Residents shouldn’t be alarmed if they see someone chopping down the mayor’s Christmas tree.

A new one soon will stand in its place at Edward E. Haley Community Park, Main and Second streets, Andy Haney, the city’s public works director, said. Each November, the sitting mayor has the honor of flipping the switch to light up the decorated tree, ushering in the Christmas season in Ottawa.

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