As a resident of Luverne who has had the pleasure of having Fledgling Field in my backyard for the past 23 years, it was painful to watch its century-old trees destroyed. How ironic that these trees survived the "storm of the century" only to be cut down by our own city workers.Contrary to the article in the Nov. 24 Star Herald, the majority of these trees were not unhealthy (had the photographer walked around the field she could have photographed the healthy stumps) and were no more unsightly than hundreds of other leafless trees in the winter. Almost more baffling is why the city felt it necessary to cut down the row of smaller trees on the east border of Fledgling Field. It would seem these trees were bothering no one and surely were more attractive than the backs of our houses. At any rate, the trees are gone forever and cannot be restored. Let’s hope that the city makes decisions of a more positive nature in the future. Lona KlosterbuerLuverne