Loss of a Peru State Campus Fixture

For the past twenty years, I and many, many others took great pleasure from the autumn colors of a Maple Tree between the Fine Arts Building and the Old Library.

Unfortunately, the tree failed to produce foliage this past spring, and a large limb broke off, so the tree posed a danger to the campus community.

We will all miss this Maple Tree's refulgent spring canopy and its dazzling fall displays. 

I created a brief slide show that includes taken over the past few years and the tree's removal completed today, September 23, 2013.