Wednesday, February 15, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
LETTERS
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use these humane traps with daily checking.
Oregon must follow as well. The use of sharp-
toothed traps results in severe and painful
injures that are barbaric.
I support the American Veterinary Medical
Association Policy of banning conventional
inhumane traps. Legitimate science and man-
agement practices that necessitate the capture
of wildlife must employ the most humane
traps and techniques. These humane traps and
techniques reduce injury and stress as well as
minimizing pain and suffering to wildlife.
Moreover, these humane traps prevent cap-
ture of non-target animals such as pet dogs
and cats.
David Johnson, DVM, DACLAM
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To the Editor:
I very much want to thank Wendie
Vermillion for her letter in the February 8
issue of The Nugget Newspaper reporting on
the Women’s March and support her senti-
ments as they are mine as well.
I looked up the United States population
and found the following statistics on Country
Meters: As of December, 2016 our current
population was 325,697,685. The break-
down was 160,788, 300 men and 164,909,385
women.
That indicates there are 4,121,085 more
females than males in this country.
I’m just saying.
Phyllis Lewis
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To the Editor:
Many of us were appalled, depressed, and
terrified when Trump won the presidential
election. And we were right to feel this way. In
his first two weeks, Trump attacked many of
our country’s basic values both in his cabinet
picks and in his executive orders.
As of February 2, after just two weeks in
office, a total of 55 lawsuits had been filed
against the Trump administration. Compare
that to five for Clinton, four for Bush, and
five for Obama. A total of 40 of those lawsuits
involved the order on refugees and travel; nine
involved civil rights; four involved general
immigration issues; one involved a financial
conflict of interest; and one involved cutting
off federal funds to sanctuary cities, including
Portland.
The order on refugees and travel is based
on fear, not facts. Most violent extremists in
the U.S. are citizens — right wing extremists.
The next major group is naturalized citizens.
After that come legal residents. Some are of
unknown origin. Only a few are refugees,
illegal residents, or are here on a temporary
visa. Remember, all of our ancestors were
immigrants!
What can we do with our anger at these
injustices? Leave or fight! I’m choosing
to fight. How? “Indivisible: A Practical
Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda”
was written by congressional staffers who
know what works in politics. Groups of
defiant people are registering on the web-
site and more people are joining every day
(https://www.indivisibleguide.com/about-us/).
There are eight groups in Central Oregon so
far. There’s even one here: Indivisible Sisters
Oregon (formerly Sisters Democrats Support
Group). I started this meetup group after the
election because I was depressed and needed
to talk to others who felt the same. Now there
are more than 35 members. If you’d like to
join us, please go to https://www.meetup.com/
Indivisible-Sisters-Oregon/.
Paula Surmann
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Be careful out there...
PHOTO PROVIDED
Sisters’ relay swimmers broke several school records.
Swim records fall
at district meet
No one was quite sure
what the Outlaws swimmers
had in them when they hit
the pool for the District meet
last weekend. Their season
has been badly disrupted by
weather — events and prac-
tices canceled.
“We actually had a really
tough season,” said Coach
Brittany Morioka. “It was
really up in the air in terms of
how they would do.”
The last two weeks were
the first and only consistent
training time the Outlaws got
this season. They made the
most of it. The relay teams
set new school records on
their way to earning berths in
state competition, and Brooke
Robillard broke her own
school record in the breast-
stroke with a time of 1:11.80
to supplant her previous mark
of 1:13.02
The 200 medley relay
squad — Lydia Bartlett, back-
stroke; Brooke Robillard.
breaststroke; Meredith
Mandal, butterfly; Hawley
Harrer, freestyle — clocked
1:57.22 to beat the old mark
of 1:58.82
The same girls edged
their old time of 1:44.80 to
set a new SHS standard of
1:44.38200 in the 200 free-
style relay and hit 3:48.90 to
supplant 3:51.19 in the 400
free relay.
Bartlett and Mandal
placed second and fifth
respectively in the 500 free-
style, also earning individual
state berths.
The Outlaws will travel
to Mt. Hood Community
College next weekend for the
meet.
Morioka said that the
Outlaws trained hard on
their own to achieve such a
high standard under trying
conditions.
“They just really stepped
up and believed they could do
it,” she said. “And they did.”
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