Kankakee Valley helps with Statehouse tree

December 29, 2011

For the sixth year in a row, Kankakee Valley REMC crews have a helped a local nursery prepare Indiana’s official Christmas tree for its journey to the Statehouse in Indianapolis.

Co-op member Hensler Nursery in Hamlet supplied both the 25-foot Concolor Fir that now stands in the Statehouse Rotunda, along with an eight-foot Fraser Fir for Lt. Governor Becky Skillman’s office. 

Kankakee Valley REMC provided a bucket truck and digger truck to assist the nursery in the delicate operation of cutting the 28-year-old tree and preparing it for transport. Co-op linemen Ron Mann and Chris Brown, Energy Advisor Darrell Marks, and groundman Chris Frank worked with the nursery.

 “As a company, we look forward to the opportunity to assist one of our cooperative members and local businesses,” noted Kankakee Valley REMC CEO Dennis Weiss.  “The employees from our Operations Department took great pride in being able to assist this year. It is an honor to see a local tree grower highlighted at the Statehouse with a magnificent tree to celebrate this joyous Christmas season.”