COMMUNITY TREE–The Red Bud Community Christmas tree arrived and was set up in Santa’s Village (located in city hall park) on Nov. 6. This year’s tree was donated by Quinn Walster. Pictured with the tree are: Kim Berg Walster, Quinn Walster and Chas Walster.
On the morning of Nov. 6, the Red Bud Community Christmas tree arrived and was set up in Santa’s Village.
This year’s tree is a 30+ foot spruce tree donated by Quinn Walster of Waterloo.
He noted that he planted the tree in his yard back in 2002. He had received it as a tiny sapling from the conservation department at a fair. The tree thrived, albeit a little too well and began to outgrow its space and needed to be taken down.
Quinn’s grandson, Chas Walster, had the perfect idea for what to do with the tree.
For more on the tree, please see this week’s print edition.