Wednesday, August 28, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon LETTERS Continued from page 16 Which leads to a hopeful (if ironic) point: We can9t reduce racism (and several other isms that we may care about), if we don9t acknowledge it. The very upfront and obvious nature of its expression by some of our leaders and SOME of their happy followers, makes it easier to see, discuss, and confront. There is an argument to be made that the more blatant the hate, the more repugnant it appears, the greater the pain, and the greater the backlash against it will be. Laura West Maddie Durham’s artwork is featured in Oregon agriculture calendar. s Sisters student’s art celebrated at State Fair Maddie Durham, a third- grader at Sisters Elementary School, was honored dur- ing a reception held at the Oregon State Fair along with 12 other students on August 25. Maddie9s artwork was selected from 2,100 entries submitted to the AITC Calendar Art Contest, spon- sored by Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation (AITC). The AITC Calendar Art Contest showcases Oregon9s diverse agricul- tural and natural-resource commodities. This year, artwork was submitted by students kin- dergarten through sixth grade across the state in public, pri- vate, charter and homeschool education systems. The entries received celebrated Oregon9s diverse agriculture with art- work depicting a wide variety of Oregon9s 220 agricultural commodities. Maddie9s artwork featured a wheat field being com- bined and can be viewed on the July page of the calendar. In describing her artwork, Maddie said,