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Wednesday, October 5, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
LETTERS
Continued from page 2
beautiful natural landscape is the go-to place
for recreational activities, dozens of breweries,
wine-tasting rooms, great restaurants and food
carts, an active nightlife scene and numerous
marijuana businesses.
This economic and population boom has
brought with it a host of problems. Sheriff
Shane Nelson has the experience, personal
integrity and leadership necessary to deal with
those problems.
He is “homegrown.” After graduating
from Mountain View High School and OSU,
he continued his education, accumulating an
impressive list of professional certificates in
public safety, management, and leadership,
and worked his way up the ranks, starting as
a reserve deputy sheriff with DCSO in 1993.
Sheriff Nelson was unanimously appointed by
the Board of County Commissioners in 2015.
Sheriff Nelson believes in identifying prob-
lems, and holding those accountable who do
not uphold the standards and values of the
DCSO. He is an active member of our commu-
nity, and is continually finding ways to expand
public outreach as a way to solicit citizen input
and improve the DCSO.
Sheriff Nelson is committed to providing
for our public safety, protecting our most vul-
nerable, and preserving the rights of all indi-
viduals. Deschutes County needs people with
his vision, commitment and integrity.
Sam and Carolyn Davis
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To the Editor:
The recent front-page story about deer being
hunted down by dogs is horrifying, and I hope
dog-owners will take action to prevent these
incidents in the future. But am I the only one
who finds it ironic that on the same front page,
two stories appeared that described another
animal’s ill fate at the hungry jaws of a domes-
ticated critter? I’m referring to the “SPRD bur-
ies the beef” and “Seed to Table invites town
to dinner.” Both feasts included beef, which we
can easily forget is a cow that didn’t ask to be
on our plate.
Why do deer deserve our compassion, but
cows (and pigs and chickens and fish) don’t?
As Melanie Joy so eloquently writes in her
excellent book, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs
and Wear Cows, “We send one species to the
butcher and give our love and kindness to
another apparently for no reason other than
because it’s the way things are.” Not a good
enough reason, in my opinion.
Bonnie Lynch
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Chinese lute in concert...
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To the Editor:
Sometimes if you seek out what is right
with the world you find it. On September 27,
the Science Club put on a very relevant and
enlightening talk by Dr. Emily Ho. It was fasci-
nating to learn how much work the community
members have done (after overcoming a huge
winter obstacle) and building a greenhouse for
teaching about the importance of the produce
link.
Dr. Emily Ho had such an excellent pre-
sentation showing her scientific data and the
nutrition-cancer link. The talk was interwoven
with family examples on how to help with bet-
ter nutrition choices. There is a huge interest
in epigenetics here with such a large audience,
many of whom stayed to ask questions.
A huge thank-you goes to the Science Club
and Dr. Emily Ho. It helps involve commu-
nity members and makes me feel good about
a healthy foundation for the kids of our future.
Lindy Zeeman
photo provided
World-renowned pipa (Chinese lute) artist Zhou Yi will visit
Sisters schools and perform in concert on friday, October 7, at
7 p.m. at the Sisters high School auditorium.
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