Empire residents plant daffodil bulbs

From staff reports

Empire Chamber of Commerce chair Paul Skinner reported that approximately 30 Empire Village and Township residents planted almost 12,000 daffodil bulbs on Front Street last weekend. Those helping were as young as 3-year-old Solomon Boothby along with his two brothers and parents Rob & Sarah. The bulbs were purchased by the Empire Chamber of Commerce and special thanks should go to Deerings Market, Anchor Hardware, Lighthouse Insurance, State Savings Bank, Grocers Daughter Chocolate and especially Heidi Skinner.

The team also included Chris and Randy Nelson, Lyn Hudson, Sharon Radke, Kim Para, Erin Trame, Carrie Turner, John and Lucia Poole, Ovide and Cindy Pomerleau, Frank and Ellen Clements, the Eland & Trap Families, Jack & Kim Gyr, Beryl Skrocki & Family, Karen Baja, Joseph Heringlake & Barbara Young, David Diller, Mel Laracey, Jack Gardiner, the Vanderberg Clan, Margaret Hodge, Traci Apsey, Cheryl Manning, the staff at State Savings Bank and Grocers Daughter Chocolate. This community effort was described succinctly by Frank Clements when he wrote “This is a time when a community can get behind a good idea, one that benefits the whole community, and then individually and collectively help with its implementation. This feat will become even more apparent in the spring when the bulbs are in full bloom.”

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