"Nothing more valuable than shade"

By MATTHEW HUISMAN

Residents of East Montgomery County may have recently noticed lights hovering above the county courthouse west of U.S. Highway 59. The lights are for the new baseball, softball and T-ball fields.

The fields, which are currently having sod and trees installed on them, are due to open the first week in June. In all there are 10 fields: four softball, four baseball and two T-Ball fields.

“This field is not only exceptional to Montgomery County but throughout the state as well,” said David Kleimann, owner of U.S. Trees of Texas. Kleimann’s company installed 160 trees of mixed variety for the facility, including live oaks, elms, wax myrtles and red maples.

In addition to Kleimann’s trees, the Wal-Mart of Porter donated an additional 200 fruit trees.

“There’s nothing more valuable than shade,” Kleimann said.


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