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3 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate NEWS NOW Local Take: How are you coping with all the smoke? ... Our View: Time to move on ... Mochas, midrash and mysteries: The problem with atheists and believers ... Local Take: How are you coping with all the smoke? ... Our View: Time to move on ... Mochas, midrash and mysteries: The problem with atheists and believers ... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters to the Editor, July 20 DailyTidings.com Writer Posted Jul. 20, 2015 @ 12:01 am Posted Jul. 20, 2015 @ 12:01 am » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2324,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> No grass at all I am surprised that there are only two proposals: real grass and fake grass. How about some alternatives? We could let the grass turn brown, but that would not take care of the mowing problem in the spring. A more aesthetic and environmentally sound approach is to eliminate grass altogether, fake or real. I propose native plants. Native plants are low-maintenance, require little water, they attract and feed pollinators, butterflies, and birds. Native plants add beauty. It is my personal opinion that plastic grass is not the route we want to go. Instead, the city could employ someone to tend the plants just as they have done to mow the grass rather than pay the high up-front cost to install the fake grass. Using native plants would support local businesses that grow plants. Also, most soy is GMO. Substituting something real with something fake is one solution to a problem. But again, what do we want to support? I say let's support local businesses and promote the values we as a community say we have adopted, which is that we are a GMO-free, bee-friendly community. Donna Jenson Ashland Happy with turf I am the happy owner of an artificial lawn on a big corner property. I replaced my ugly grass lawn about six years ago and could not be more pleased. Besides the savings on water and labor mowing the old lawn, I get more compliments and praise for my new grass. I am all for the city replacing the median strips, just please use a good-quality product, it really makes a difference. Gayle Titus Ashland Do them all I do hope the artificial turf near Omar’s is just the beginning and soon all the meridians will have this attractive, water -saving grass replacement. Char Hersh Ashland Shooting is no game I wholly agree with Barney Spera's letter July 14, "Y game inappropriate." It endorses violence. Making a game of shooting at anyone gives the message that it's OK to try to hurt someone.We must not become inured to accepting violence as an OK thing to do. Giving these assault weapons as toys sends our children a very destructive message. A message to the managers of the "Y": Please take a hard look at this game. Ask yourselves whether it is life-enhancing, desirable. Carola Lacy Ashland Listen to Kennedy Recently Robert Kennedy Jr., Waterkeeper Alliance, spoke here confirming what we know: that our Southern Oregon counties are pawns in the foreign and domestic oil and gas industries' determination to sell fracked gas to the Far East countries at a handsome profit (four times its value here). Environmental destruction to Coos Bay and the 232 miles of forest, private lands and waterways and spewing carbon into the atmosphere, adding to global climate change, is not a consideration for such a mammoth industry. I suggest our senators would profit from spending an hour with Robert Kennedy Jr. and becoming more informed. I’m sure he would meet them if invited. The trade-off for a small number of jobs is not worth it. Think about the jobs lost in recreation and tourism. The final decision about permitting the project will not be made until September or October: still time to influence our elected officials. Call Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley with this suggestion. Contact Wyden at 202-224-5244 or locally at 541-858-5122 or  www.wyden.senate.gov/contact/  . Reach Merkley at 202-224-3753 or locally at 541-608-9102 or  www.merkley.senate.gov/contact/ . 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