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r er a 1€ ,J <br /> 1 E { <br /> hort time ago Tex Matsler, George Jette, and I attended one <br /> A s ene Tree Foundation with the <br /> of the monthly meetings of the Eug <br /> purposes and current programs. <br /> intention of finding out about its p ur p <br /> ated being able to participate in the work of the <br /> We anticip rise <br /> organization, for its name suggested a type of volunteer enterp <br /> in which we had a strong interest. <br /> During the meeting we were shown the plot plan of a project by <br /> Dennis <br /> Lueck for the embellishment of Willamette Street between <br /> 11th and 13th. Although Dennis was not present at that meeting, <br /> the other members presented the plan as a prime example of the <br /> 'ects which they hoped to carry throughout the streets of <br /> other proj <br /> the City of Eugene. <br /> We left that meeting with some reservations about what we had <br /> seen, and I was fortunate to receive a visit from Dennis Lueck, We <br /> lan and he described the positive reactions of the <br /> examined his p � lan. He said they <br /> Public Works personnel in their review of this P <br /> would include it in their annual budget et review. The p are as follows' <br /> features of the plan, as we understood it, <br /> -foot wide planting island raised by curbs would be <br /> 1. An $ Douglas <br /> installed down the middle of Willamette from 11th to 13th . <br /> firs ( and perhaps some Oregon oaks) would be planted in an informal <br /> tern throughout the length of the island, but no other <br /> "native" pat <br /> plant materials are specified on the surface. <br />