Workers involved in the recently completed tree planting project at Emmett Kelly Park gather as Travis Mills of the Missouri Department of Conservation presents a check for ,576 to Joe Kirkman of the City of Houston. The funds were from a Tree Resource Improvement and Maintenance (TRIM) grant provided through a cost-share program administered by the MDC in cooperation with the Missouri Community Forest Council. Front row, from left, Dale Adey (City of Houston), Mills, Kirkman and C.J. Moore (MDC). Back row: Scott Gettys (Houston park board), Albert Foxworthy (City of Houston), Travis Campbell (City of Houston), James Harlan (MDC) and Bryant Chilton (MDC).

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