Clay Hammer takes down the Blue Sitka Spruce set to be the 2011 Christmas tree for Wrangell in the backyard of Steve Miller’s property on Church Street.
The glow of the holidays in Wrangell got a little bit brighter over the weekend as the borough’s 2011 Christmas tree was cut and placed downtown on Friday, Dec. 2.
The tree, a 43-foot tall Blue Sitka Spruce, came to Front Street courtesy of the backyard of Steve Miller and his family. Wrangell’s Electrical Department Director Clay Hammer took down the tree with help from his staff and some heavy equipment.
“We had Dave Joseph, Mark Armstrong and Dwight Yancey helping out on this one,” Hammer said. “We used a bucket truck to hook a boom truck up to the tree because it was too difficult to get a...
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