Letters To The Editor

Police should have let deer return home

Why did they shoot? Why didn’t they let her go? She was headed home.

We live on the North Side, two blocks south of Beacon Hill. There’s a field at the end of our block. Deer are often seen feeding and just browsing around. They don’t bark, bite or become a nuisance. They are just hungry.

This is what happened on Friday, Jan. 10, at 4:15 p.m.:

I was on the floor playing with my grandson. It was getting dark. I heard pop! pop! pop! right out front. I knew it was a gun. I ran to the door.

There were police cars at both ends of the block.

There was a doe standing confused in the street.

There were two more officers on foot behind the deer. They shot two more times, with houses behind their target.

Her back legs collapsed. She was trying to get home on two front legs. She had only half a block to go. She made it out of the field on two legs.

I watched police search with lights for one-and-a-half hours.

If police must shoot, can’t they shoot to kill?

I’m still upset this morning.

Did they find her? Did she have to suffer? Where was SpokAnimal Care?

How sad. Gail D. Stanley Spokane

Mead’s father-son night a great success

On Jan. 14 I had the opportunity to be a volunteer dealer at Mead Junior High’s father-son casino night. It was wonderful to see hundreds of fathers and sons playing black jack, high low, acey ducey and roulette.

They were trying to win as much money as possible. At the end of the night they pooled their money to purchase raffle tickets for prizes that included tickets to concerts, hockey games and Mariners games.

A father-son basketball tournament was also played.

This entire event was put on by the Mead Junior High leadership class. It was highly organized and I felt it went off without a hitch.

I know I had a fabulous time and wish these sort of events could happen all of the time.

Great job and keep it up, Mead Junior High parents, students and staff. Shannon Stookey Colbert