By Tom Millitzer

It began one Saturday when my wife and I volunteered at an event to plant trees in a local park. First was the lecture, I am not good lectures, specially nature lectures that inform me that tree manufactures kill 14 million trees a year so I can get my newspaper. I think some of the children were about to cry. My wife quickly stuffed the newspaper in her purse. I wanted to tell them about the replanting that goes on and on in these tree farms so they can stay in tree business forestever, but I was overruled by family management.

There were about 50 people at the event and all of 35 trees to plant. We were to get into small groups of about three people, take a tree and plant at the marked location. My wife and I decided our group was large enough. We planted a tree. I got another tree, it to was planted. Lisa and I planted 11 trees.