OXFORD – An Arbor Day Exhibit will be taking place at 6 On The Square (6OTS), the community music and arts center located at 6 LaFayette Park. On Saturday, April 25, while Oxford’s Arbor Day celebration is taking place. Arbor Day poster entries by students of Art Instructor, Charity Gipp of Oxford Academy’s fifth grade will be on exhibit in the venue, from 9 to 10:30 a.m

“Trees are Terrific… in Cities and Towns!” was the theme of the 2009 Arbor Day poster competition. Fourteen students entered the contest following the guidelines for the National Arbor Day poster contest sponsored by Toyota. On exhibit will be posters by: Carly Bates, Cydnee Beam, Angelo Gonzalez, Tiger Gould, Aimee Greenman, Cherrie Houck, Misty Johnson, Robert Meek, Erin Redfield, Adriana Rheinheimer, Donald Stevens, Bryan Towndrow, Marcus Vigus and Terry Whitmore.

The Oxford Village Tree Board, who sponsored the contest on the local level, made the winning announcements on Jan. 16. The winners are, in third place: Adriana Rheinheimer; in second place: Angelo Gonzalez; and in first place: Misty Johnson.

These winners will be receiving prizes from the Oxford Village Tree Board at the Arbor Day celebration which begins at 9 a.m. at the LaFayette Park bandstand. Middle School Principal principal, Kathleen Hansen said that she would accompany the students to the Park that morning and that the students are planning to read a lovely poem to the crowd along with quotes from famous people about trees. The poems and quotes will focus on what trees do for our world.

Misty Johnson’s award winning, original poster will not be available in time for this exhibit, as it is still at the NYS DEC Division of Lands and Forests in Albany. A printed reproduction of Misty’s poster has been generously provided by Rapid Reproductions, LLC, of Oxford.