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14 Wednesday, March 20, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon LETTERS Continued from page 2 lives and performing so many other vitally impor- tant tasks each and every day. Their exceptional work often goes unnoticed, but it is the heartbeat that keeps our community alive. David Adler s s s To the Editor: This is an open letter to the residents of Sun Mountain Ranches. Once again I find myself pleading with my neighbors to help save Sun Mountain Ranches Special Road District. Without three board members (each serves a three-year term), the District could be forced to be disbanded. Who will plow the roads when snow comes? Where will your children catch the bus if the roads deteriorate due to lack of maintenance? What about the value you will lose on your home? Do you know how your tax dollars are being spent? The prevailing attitude seems to be: <someone else will take care of it.= But <someone else= isn9t always going to be there. Unless you want this to happen you need to become involved. I for one would hate to see all the money and time we9ve put into this end up a waste. Jo Kilmer Secretary/Sun Mountain Ranches Special Road District s s s To the Editor: It seems those of us who oppose the book Holistic Mental Health Solutions Medication Management Counseling • Functional Medicine <George= being required reading for fifth-graders are being characterized as <book banners!= by those who support it. I would like to make it clear that this is categori- cally untrue. I have not seen one person suggest the banning of this book. To the contrary, most of us believe no book should ever be banned. We are simply requesting that our children not be required to read a book that encourages (even praises) the denying of one9s biological reality. If it became required reading, it9s not like the book would end up on the list by accident. Since the majority of the world9s books don9t end up there, it9s obvious that the ones that do are very carefully selected in order to teach children certain values, or for their literary merit. I9d venture a guess that those who support this book would not want, for example, the Bible on the list. Our children can and will learn to be compas- sionate individuals who are kind to those who are different, without being required to read a book that encourages denial of biological reality. The author9s own bio states: <They are proud to have served on the board of NOLOSE, a fat-positive, queer, femi- nist organization dedicated to supporting radical fat acceptance and culture.= Seriously? It isn9t even grammatically correct to refer to oneself as <they.= No. The people who are harming our children are those who think such a book should be required reading. Woe to you. 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