The yard of Albert and Sylvia Ramirez at 501 South Ave. has been selected for the Elgin Garden Club Yard of the Month award.A pair of retired army veterans enjoying their free time, the winners for the month of June took advantage of some necessary tree branch removals and worked with the new space.“We had trees until the freeze, and when limbs had to be removed after the storm, it opened formerly shaded areas to the sunshine,” said Mrs. Ramirez.A second-generation gardener, Ramirez inherited a green thumb from her parents, Alberto and Janie Juanita Reyna, who have won yard of ...