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City votes to let magnolia trees remain
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A united cheer rose from the crowd Tuesday night when McMinnville officials voted unanimously to leave seven magnolia trees in place.“The tree huggers win one,” said Rachel Killebrew. “Isn’t it wonderful? The trees get to stay.”Killebrew and fellow tree hugger Chitra Mukherji gave a passionate plea for saving the trees to city board members Mayor Jimmy Haley, Vice Mayor Ben Newman and Aldermen Mike Neal, Ken Smith, Jimmy Bonner, Rick Barnes and Billy Wood.