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Photo: Saga Communications It was shovels up and dirt down for the ceremonial planting of the first of a thousand Japanese maple trees at the University of Illinois, Springfield Tuesday—the trees a gift from Gale Myers of Davidson’s Japanese Maples in New Berlin. As Myers nears retirement, the donation is her way to show appreciation for UIS’s Study Away Program, which has enabled her to study at Springfield’s “sister city,” Ashikaga, Japan. Johnathan GoldbergBelle is the program’s director. “So, we’re looking at a celebration, really, of the relationship between Ashikaga.�...