Arbor Day in Simi isn't just for the trees
2009-04-03 / Front Page
Photos by WENDY PIERRO/Acorn Newspapers SEEDS OF LOVE—Santa Paula resident Cynthia Macias, above, along with other family and friends of victims of the Sept. 12, 2008 Metrolink collision, take turns helping to plant a tree last Saturday at the Simi Valley Arbor Day Celebration at Rancho Tapo Community Park. This year four trees were planted in memory of John Boething, Walter Madrid, Paul Molé and all the victims of the train crash. Macias lost her son Manuel Macias Jr. in the Metrolink accident. At left, Simi resident Landen Adair, 2, who lost his grandfather Alan "Buck" Buckley in the crash, is ready with shovel in hand.
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