On Friday, the Register-Star reported that the white pine, ceremoniously planted last October and unceremoniously uprooted sometime this spring, had been turned over to Marilyn Cederoth of Cedar Farm in Ghent by the tree's rescuer, Lloyd Koedding. Although the article gave the impression that the exchange of custody was a fait accompli, it didn't actually happen.
Koedding had arranged to meet Cederoth at an agreed upon location on Thursday, but when Cederoth arrived at the appointed hour, prepared to take custody of the tree, Koedding and the tree were not there, nor did they appear within a reasonable time. So a new plan was made. On Saturday, Koedding would bring the tree to the Hudson Farmers' Market, where Cederoth is a regular vendor, and Cederoth would take it from there to her 25-acre garden, where the tree would be planted and cared for until it was healthy and strong and ready to be transplanted to a site in Hudson. The tree was seen by many on Saturday at the Hudson Farmers' Market, among them the Gossips reader who provided this picture.
The next day, Sunday, the tree was found in Seventh Street Park. Koedding was nowhere in sight, so the people who found it took the tree to a member of the Conservation Advisory Council, in whose custody the tree currently resides. The tree will soon be examined by an arborist. Its future placement is yet to be determined.
Earlier today, Koedding issued the following statement. (Click on the image to enlarge.)
According to reports received by Gossips, the Hudson Police Department continues its effort to identify the vandal(s) who uprooted the tree and tossed it over the fence at Promenade Hill.
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If ever there was an example of small town politics town politics, the intervention by the Mayor into this comedy takes the cake. Two citizens, working to rescue the gifted tree, are thwarted by the Mayor. Don’t you have “bigger fish to fry” Mayor Ferris.
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