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.
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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, <I choose to
draw a combine in a wheat
field with blue skies, the sun
shining bright and one lonely
cloud because of a field trip
where I learned all about
wheat fields and Oregon agri-
culture.= A highlight of the
experience that prompted her
artwork was being able to sit
in the combine on the field
trip.
Maddie also said <I would
like to thank Ms. Kanzig for
informing me about the color-
ing contest and taking me on
an agriculture field trip!=
<The calendar contest is
a great project for teachers
and students. It gives them
an opportunity to teach and
discuss about the bounty
and beauty of Oregon agri-
culture and incorporate art
into their classrooms,= said
Jessica Jansen, AITC execu-
tive director. Each month in
the calendar features one of
the winning students9 art, and
each day of the year has a fact
about agriculture.
The 13 students selected to
be featured in our 2019-2020
calendar received a $50 award
and certificate. The winning
artwork will be displayed at
the Oregon State Fair, which
runs through Labor Day in
Salem. Calendars are free to
Oregon teachers, and can be
ordered for just $4 at www.
oregonaitc.org/shop.
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To the Editor:
I was glad to see the recent letter from one
of your readers that relieved me entirely of my
worry about racism in America.
I was enriched to find out just how suc-
cessful African Americans are. I am glad to
know they aren9t victimized by racism and are
among our most highly recognized citizens. I
will from now on discount all the reporting we
get about the victims of racism and violence;
I will stop considering the nonsense about the
inequities of wealth in our society. And I will
continue to appreciate the fact of so many
people of color who fill our political spectrum.
These fake presentations about suffering
poor of color 4 how good to know there9s
no truth about racism in any of that so-called
news, thrust upon us by Dems. Weren9t they
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Democrats, all those Southerners, who fought
so hard to protect their slaves from White
Northern Republicans? They may have been
slaveholders, but certainly not racist.
Richard Lyons
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To the Editor:
When is enough, enough?
The proposed construction of a Dollar
General Store in Sisters is absolutely appall-
ing. There already are 15,000 stores all over
the country. Do you think they care about the
quietness, charm, serenity or the quality of life
of the city of Sisters and those who live here?
Not on your life!
Did you notice that not one of the partici-
pants in this project is from this area? They
are from Eugene, Scottsdale, Arizona and St.
Louis, Missouri. Do you think they will have
our best interest in mind?
If that 9,100-square-foot building is
allowed to be built next to Bi-Mart, try to
imagine what the increased traffic will do to
the already congested area. With the traffic
from all the surrounding businesses, the resi-
dents of The Pines and Hayden Homes trying
to enter the roundabout at Highway 20 and
Barclay Drive, it will be a total nightmare. It
will affect traffic coming from all directions.
It is time for the Sisters Planning
Commission to step up and consider what is
best for the citizens and businesses of Sisters.
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