Wednesday, November 28, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 9
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LETTERS
Page by Paige
Continued from page 2
By Paige Bentley-Flannery
Community Librarian, Sisters Public Library
It’s 1922, if you lost
everything, where would you
go? Paris! Broke and alone,
Pauline Mertens is forced to
leave her family in Belgium.
They believe that her fiancé,
George Everard, and she
stole millions from them in a
con game. Escaping to Paris,
she creates a new identity
and becomes Frenchwoman
Vivienne Gregsby. Her mis-
sion is to find her father’s
art collection and prove her
innocence.
When the art collec-
tor, Edwin Bradley, offers
her an amazing art job in
America, she’s surrounded
by post-Impressionist paint-
ers Gertrude Stein, Henri
Matisse, and more. Her life is
a dream with a new museum
in Philadelphia and a pos-
sible romance. But George is
lingering close by and up to
his old tricks. What con is he
doing now, and is she safe?
Bestselling author of
“The Art Forger,” B.A.
Shaprio’s latest art histori-
cal fiction, “The Collector’s
Apprentice,” is a fabulous,
suspenseful tale. Readers
will enjoy traveling back
in time and stepping into
Gertrude Stein’s salon and
being surrounded by poet-
Impressionist painters.
Picture yourself surrounded
by Matisse’s art!
Visit your local library
and discover a nonfiction
book about Paris in the
1920s.
four ears.
I do not have the technological ability to
alter photos. I do not, nor have I ever huffed
mushrooms or any other substance to induce
hallucinations. I also have no experience in
Lagamorphology. I do have two other family
members having witnessed this rabbit. One can
go online and see other photos of this anomaly,
one in particular located in Ontario, Canada,
state park in the wild. I would suggest that this
animal had a very slim chance of encountering
“Edward Scissor Hands” or any other mechani-
cal device that would surgically alter the ears.
I would encourage any input from individu-
als that actually have experience with the study
of rabbits that may be able to offer a rational
explanation of this phenomenon. Would be
great to hear from them.
Richard Skupa
Camp Sherman
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It amazes me that the Kate Williams article
never mentions harvesting the replenishable
trees as a part of fire prevention or forest man-
agement. We are currently spending an enor-
mous amount of money to fight forest fires,
when the forest could pay for itself if it were
properly managed.
Harvesting the replenishable trees and thin-
ning the forest would have numerous benefits.
Oregon could become one of the wealthiest
states in the nation. More lumber means more
high-paying jobs, less unemployment, more
taxes for our schools and other government
agencies which could lower taxes on Oregon
residents, there would be fewer fires, it would
make it easier to do the few necessary con-
trolled burns, the air would be so much cleaner,
fewer homes would be burned, fewer people
would be in danger of being burned alive…
If carbon in the atmosphere is causing
global warming/climate change, why are we
dumping millions of tons of carbon and other
pollutants into the atmosphere by burning up a
valuable resource? It is time to change repres-
sive laws and rules promulgated by misguided
“environmentalists” and let the forest be a
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all Oregonians.
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