Dear Editor, I normally don’t get involved in politics, but after hearing all the remarks and untruths I felt like I had to speak up. I have known Sue Fletcher for 32 years. She is not only a neighbor,a good friend, but a very good person.
But being a friend, good person and neighbor is not qualifications for eing County Assessor. You need Assessor qualifications. Sue has worked for the county for 20+ years. She has completed every qualification for being Assessor. She went to seven schools, passed her tests the first try on everyone of them. This in itself is a big accomplishment not many of us can do. She has worked hard at every job she has had. An agriculture degree plays no part in being a County Assessor. You need knowledge in reading leagals, assessing the whole county and all the property within, including real estate, personal, businesses, farm equipment, marijuana, wind tunnels, and oilfield, cadastral mapping, mass apprasials, and a lot of other duties. It takes dedication and yearly training for this job.
If you want an honest hard working person who will be fair to everyone SUE FLETCHER is your person to vote for for Washita County Assessor.
Sandra Etris, Cordell, OK
Dear Editor, The recent passing from this life of long time Dill City School principal and educator, Duane Nicholas, of Norman, Oklahoma, stirs me with desire to inform your readers of the tremendous greatness of this humble man of Southwest Oklahoma. Mister Nicholas, as he was known to all the Dill City students, was one of the most respected educators to have walked the halls of our school. He graduated from Western Michigan University in 1956 and first began his career in Dill City in the fall of 1958. He served in the Oklahoma Department of Education beginning in 1979 and remained there until his retirement. The respect we had for him flowed into every aspect of our lives, from our studies, our dress, our love of country and to our families. As a result of his direction as principal, that little school produced scientists in the agricultural field, pastors of the cloth, military leaders, medical doctors, future educators and overall, just plain great people.
He touched so many lives with his pleasant humor and kindness, yet every day, we students knew what he demanded of us and that was to do and be our best. It was simply built into his nature to be the example of a great man, because his walk of life carried on long after he retired from being an educator. He touched the lives of so many of his fellow man in making the world a better place.
I so wish there were more people in the world like Mister Nicholas. Maybe then we could hold a little pride in our lives and be more prideful of our communities. Even though the school is not present in Dill City today, the community is still there and the pride this man taught each of us just doesn’t seem to show in the little town today. He will be greatly missed by all.
As a tailor cuts his fabric for a fine suit, so too did God cut the fabric of Duane Nicholas for his time on this earth.
Perry Unruh, Class of 1962, Retired, USMC/DFC 9712 Quail Hollow Blvd
Pensacola, Florida