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Body found in Ashland ... Calendar: Saturday, Oct. 4 ... Herb Rothschild: Peace begins at the table ... Body found in Ashland ... Calendar: Saturday, Oct. 4 ... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters to the Editor, Oct. 3 DailyTidings.com Writer Posted Oct. 3, 2014 @ 12:01 am Posted Oct. 3, 2014 @ 12:01 am » Social News Thanks for saving water Your efforts to use water wisely these past several months have brought us through the worst drought summer in recent memory with a full reservoir and without mandatory water curtailment. Typical summer water use by our community is upwards of 6.5 million gallons of water per day. This summer, despite the heat and drought conditions, our community reduced its water use to an average of 4.5 million gallons of water per day. That’s 2 million gallons of water a day that was not used on irrigating our lawns and shrubs, washing our cars and sidewalks and all the other things we often use water for during the summer. You heard the call to action: “use water wisely,” and you did. As a result, the city never had to initiate mandatory water curtailment. It’s the mark of a great community that people can come together for a common purpose under the most adverse circumstances and triumph over those circumstances. That’s the story of Ashland’s drought in a nutshell! We proved again why Ashland is so special. Thank you Ashland. Please continue to use water wisely! Mayor John Stromberg and City Administrator Dave Kanner Deer carry diseases This week a doe died four feet from the back door to our house. She was foaming from the mouth as she expired. Curious about what disease she carried, I was shocked to learn of the possibilities. In addition to the well-known lyme disease transmitted by the black-legged tick, a rarer malaria-like infection called human babesiosis can also be contracted from ticks, sometimes along with lyme disease. Deer ticks can infect your pets, too. Other diseases carried by deer are: spinal meningeal worm, deer flukes, brucellosis, tuberculosis, anthrax and chronic wasting disease (transmissible spongiform encephalopathies). I believe our urban deer pose a public health risk and should be treated as such by our city. Marilyn Bolstad, Ashland Vote Dyer for business It's time for a change in Jackson County. Small-business owners know how frustrating it can be dealing with county bureaucracy. There is only one candidate, Rick Dyer, who sees this as a major issue for the future. Rick, who is running for Jackson County commissioner, position 1, is a small-business owner himself. He knows firsthand the potential pitfalls that small-business owners can face in dealing with governmental bureaucracy. And, what's more, he wants to do something about it! If you go to Rick's website (electrickdyer.com), he spells out his goals. He not only wants to streamline the overall process small-business owners face in dealing with the county, he also wants to do everything he can to attract new businesses to Jackson County, thereby creating new jobs. Vote for a pro-business candidate on Nov. 4, Rick Dyer for Jackson County commissioner! 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