Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - New Lone Oak Tree dedicated Mayor Bea Blomquist Ted Wachter - 5/28/1984`New' Lone
Oak Tree
dedicated
DEDICnâșTION OF the
"new" ', Lone Oak Tree
was hek l May 22 during a
warm, windy ceremony
at Trinity Lone Oak Luth-
eran Church in Eagan.
The "nett" Lone Oak was
transpl rnted in May,
1983, to replace the
original 200 - year -old
Lone C ak Tree, which
was ren oved from the in-
tersecti >n of Highway 55
and Lot e Oak Road April
9 of his year. The
dedica ion ceremony,
which Alas emceed by
Eagan :ouncilman Ted
Wachte r, featured re-
marks 1 y Rev. Don Wilke
of Trii Illy Lone Oak
Churc t, Assistant
Mn /DC T Commissioner
Larry 11cNamara, Dist-
rict E igineer Kermit
McRae and Mayor Bea
Blomquist. Children
from 1 rinity Lone Oak
School also sang a selec-
tion. B asides the dedica-
tion, a plaque honoring
the Lo re Oak Tree was
unveil ad and Mayor
Blomq rist was also pre-
sented with a colored
photograph of the
origina l Lone Oak Tree
to hang in city hall. In
the trop photo, Rev.
Wilke :aid a prayer over
the "new" Lone Oak
Tree, while students
from the school looked
on. In the middle photo,
Mayor Blomquist,
center, read the plaque
flanked by McNamara,
left, and Wachter. In the
bottom right photo,
Lone Oak students took
their turn at the plaque,
while in the bottom left
photo, Blomquist and
McNamarar are seen
with the colored picture
of the original Lone Oak
Tree.
Photos by Jeff I3urrill
4A MP 28, 1984 THISWEEK
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