Letters, letters, letters

The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writer's name, address and phone number. Letters to the Editor is an open forum for the community and contains unsolicited opinions not necessarily shared by the Editor. The Nugget reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted to the Editor. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is noon Monday.

To the Editor:

This is in response to last weeks paper pertaining to the article "Pedestrian Killed in Traffic Accident."

In my opinion the picture presenting the article was very distasteful. I did not know the person who incurred this tragedy. I feel if it were one of my friends, family or acquaintances I would have that morbid picture in my head forever.

Please keep in mind that a picture speaks a thousand words.

Sincerely,

Nicole Brandt

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To the Editor:

I must say how disappointed I am in the judgment of your newspaper. After I saw the picture that accompanied the article, "Pedestrian killed in traffic accident," I thought of many things to say.

I have now decided on one thing to say, and I am sure many of the community will agree. This picture was upsetting to those who did not even know this woman, imagine how those who knew her felt when they saw this picture.

I hope better judgment is used in the future for the sake of the people in this community.

Debora Crawford

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To the Editor,

I am writing in response to your front page picture in the August 8 issue.

It is in very poor taste to have the photo of the deceased woman, covered or not, anywhere in the paper. As a camp counselor, she is close to many children, and I'm sure her death was traumatic enough for them. They didn't need to see her picture on the cover of any paper.

If it were your friend or relative, how would you feel...and is that how you would like to be remembered?

Lisa Swanton

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To the Editor

On August 19, Keith and Barbara Petrie of Crooked River Ranch in Central Oregon will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary.

Even in this time of short marriages and quick divorces, a 50th anniversary is not all that unusual . In this case, however, Keith is the last of four Portland reared brothers who will all have reached this bench mark of marital bliss and then some: Gordon and Shirley (long-time residents of Sisters), 57 years, Bruce and Jean, 56 years, Ross and Charlene, 51 years, and now Keith and Barbara, 50 years.

Keith and Barbara met and married while students attending Oregon State College in Corvallis, Oregon -- Class of 1952. A family gathering and luncheon will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the original Crooked River Ranch house. This will be followed by a reception for friends and neighbors from 2 to 5 p.m.

Family will be coming for the event from Anchorage, Alaska, Seattle, Washington, Boise, Idaho, Sisters, and Portland.

When asked what they owed their marital longevity to, one brother is reported to have said, "We owe it all to our mother who taught her four sons to be tolerant of the idiosyncrasies of others."

Mrs. Ross Petrie