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S-31-91 <br /> Protect city's trees <br /> Today there Is less oxygen for me to <br /> breathe. Less because someone thought that <br /> the great walnut and maple trees on Coburg <br /> Road were "in the way." <br /> Words cannot describe my grief at the <br /> senseless loss of two of nature's finest crea- <br /> tions. To cut down such magnificent trees is a <br /> crime against nature and the community. Is <br /> there anyone who doesn't realize that we all <br /> depend on the oxygen created by our green kin <br /> for our very existence? Trees also dean the <br /> air, and living in a valley as we do, that is an <br /> important function. <br /> No amount of tears or anguish will bring <br /> the trees back — none of us will live to see It <br /> This killing cannot be allowed to happen again. <br /> When I moved to Eugene a year ago from <br /> Gainesville, Fla, part of what attracted me to <br /> Eugene was how green it is, like Gainesville <br /> (which has earned the designation of Tree City <br /> USA). In that city a landowner must get a per- <br /> mit to cut any tree that is greater than 4 inches <br /> in diameter. I pray that our leaders will see fit <br /> to do the same in this community. Meanwhile, <br /> let's all plant an extra tree this year in homage <br /> to the great spirit of tall trees. <br /> DIANE E. ROGERS <br /> Eugene <br />