On March 18th, 2017 at 10am, a Deodor Cedar Tree was planted at the Riverview Tribute Grove at Woodward Park to honor Haig and Virginia Chooljian. The tree was planted in a beautiful location near a bend in the road on Yosemite Rd, south of the playground. Dr. Steven Chooljian, MD gave a heartfelt dedication to his father who had passed some time ago and to his mother, Virginia who was in attendance. Steven told everyone that his parents influence made him the person that he is today. The family all helped plant the tree and put on the “Tree Tag”. Also present were Karen Chooljian and Suzann Yengoyan as well as other family members. Lee Ayres performed the dedication and explained how this tree will continue to work for the valley by cleaning the air. The exact coordinated were noted as N36* 52.173Latitude and W119* 46.953 Longitude
