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1,1 -/3 -1Y <br /> LOCAL <br /> Eugene honors 17 <br /> for planting trees <br /> Seventeen neighborhood <br /> leaders have been honored for <br /> organizing more than 200 <br /> volunteers to plant more than 340 <br /> trees in Eugene neighborhoods and <br /> schools under the city's <br /> NeighborWoods program. <br /> Under the_volunteer program, <br /> residents obtain trees from the city <br /> and plant and care for them in <br /> public rights -of -way. Nearly 800 <br /> trees, a record number, were <br /> planted during the most recent <br /> tree - planting season, said Jan <br /> Staszewski, the city's urban <br /> forester. <br /> In many cases, residents have j <br /> planted one or two trees in front of <br /> their property. Residents honored <br /> at Monday night's City Council <br /> meeting were those who organized <br /> larger tree - planting projects. <br /> The cited volunteers include <br /> Jessica Penwell, Nancy Meyer, <br /> Allen Hancock, Steve Celeste, Mac <br /> Johnson, Fred Kinsman, Nancy <br /> Case, Jeannie Snyder, Nora Van <br /> Meter, Sara Geddes, Arthur <br /> Caplan, Paul Mainville, Jennifer <br /> Rowan, Linda Guadagni, John <br /> Brown, John Elvert and Jack <br /> Wigmore. <br />