Cub Scouts plant tree on La Cañada trail to mark Arbor Day

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Webelo Clayton Smith, 10, helps to free a tree from a planter with help from parent Jeff Hanna and the rest of Den 2. The scouts planted the tree at the entrance to Horse Lane Trail.

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Webelos Clayton Smith, 10, and Cade Bender, 10, at the entrance to Horse Lane Trail, across the street from St. Francis High School.

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Cub Scout den mother Krista Smith reads to her Den 2 Webelos about Arbor Day.

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Pack 507, Den 2 Webelos, with the help from parent Jeff Hanna, lower a tree into a hole at the entrance to Horse Lane Trail.

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Webelo Christopher Hanna, 10, with several hands from other scouts in his den, try to free a tree from the bucket.

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Webelo Collin Massey pours a scoop of dirt into a hole for a tree he and fellow Den 2 scouts planted at the entrance to Horse Lane Trail.

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The Webelos of Pack 507, Den 7, with the tree they just planted at the entrance to Horse Lane Trail.

(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

By Carol Cormaci

May 2, 2017 2:30 PM PT

A popular trail in La Cañada known as Horse Lane gained a new source of shade and summer color near its entrance on April 28 when Cub Scouts from Den 2, Pack 507 at St. Bede School held an afternoon tree-planting ceremony to celebrate Arbor Day.

The youngsters, who were guided in the project by the nonprofit La Cañada Valley Beautiful, raised the funds necessary to purchase a crape myrtle — which they nicknamed “Arby” — for the project.

Den mother Krista Smith gave opening remarks at the ceremony, bringing the scouts’ attention to the significance of their endeavor. After the tree was planted, La Cañada Valley Beautiful member Carolyn Hanna thanked the boys for their work.

The newly-enhanced trail lies immediately east of the school the Cub Scouts attend and across Foothill Boulevard from St. Francis High School.

carol.cormaci@latimes.com

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