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Posted by: thepinetree on 04/17/2014 03:49 PM
Updated by: thepinetree on 04/20/2014 07:40 PM
Expires: 01/01/2019 12:00 AM
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Brummund Tree To Be Replaced and Rededicated April 18 At White Pines Park.
Arnold, CA....(Update....Murphys Nursery has graciously donated a replacement tree and a re dedication ceremony will be held tomorrow afternoon. The public is invited to arrive around 2pm and some Sacramento TV Stations are expected to arrive about 2:30pm) Our earlier story....White Pines Park Committee's Ginny Kafka was cleaning and checking on the restrooms last weekend and and noticed something very wrong. The Dogwood tree that had been planted in honor of fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Gavin R. Brummund had been torn out and thrown on the roof. Everytime she has cleaned the restrooms she has watered the young tree and watched it grow. Lance Cpl. Gavin R. Brummund was killed on June 10th, 2010 by a remotely detonated roadside bomb in Afghanistan. All of Calaveras County mourned his loss and for anyone who was a resident or in the community during the week after his death will remember like it was yesterday the thousands who lined the roads to honor his family and him as they returned to the county....
Pictured above is the uprooted tree on the roof of the restroom building at the park, L Cpl. Gavin Brummund, Son of Debbie Morris and Gregg Brummund, who was raised in Arnold CA and graduated from Bret Harte High School in 2006. The above image was taken by AP photographer David Guttenfelder of Gavin during a firefight with the Taliban in the battle for Marja in Afghanistan. This photo made numerous appearances in the national press. Below that is a photo of Gavin that was displayed at his service at Frogtown.
Nothing saddens us and many more in the community more than thoughtless, and senseless acts of vandalism such as this. Not only is it offensive to see the loss of a tree that was planted in a public ceremony. It shows a lack of empathy and caring for your friends, neighbors and community that is sickening.
Many of the facilities in our communities are maintained not by paid staff but by volunteers and those who donate countless hours just to make their communities better.
One can only hope that it was done by a young person who may not have fully realized what they had done.
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