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Letters to the Editor, Nov. 7 Monday Nov 7, 2016 at 12:01 AM Remembering Johnny I read the article about the sawmill to be built and financed by Ewauna Box Co. I knew E.J Semon (Johnny). I worked with John in 1944 and again after I came home from the service in 1946. He told me his dad owned the bank that was on the west end of Main Street just after you cross Link River. When I asked John about the bank, he said it went broke during the recession and they lost every thing they had. I worked for another company called Big Lakes Box Co., but knew some of the help. The lake that Klamath borders is called Ewauna Lake. Their holdings were all sold to Weyerhaeuser after the war and the mill was demolished. It was 70 yeas ago that I worked with John, a guy with a great sense of humor. Bob Casebier Medford Why stop there? Now that Oregon has found a way to make a ton of money by making marijuana legal, why don't "we" make even more money: Make prostitution legal. Ha. Curt Kline Medford Expand the monument As I write this I am looking at a beautiful meadow that would be included in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument if it is expanded. Animals such as bears, mountain lions and wolves consider this meadow part of their home and are essential to keeping this ecosystem in balance. If this place is not protected from industrial interference, these animals may not survive here, as they already are challenged by severe climate change which is wreaking havoc everywhere. Scientists who have studied the monument have made it abundantly clear that in order to preserve the high level of biodiversity present in the monument, the monument’s current boundaries must be expanded. Several private landowners who own land in the current monument or next to it have told me they will not experience any restrictions if the monument is expanded. In 1994 I started my career as an artist while living on Highway 66 in what is now the middle of the monument. I am deeply grateful for the inspiration this place gave me to create landscape paintings which many people throughout the Rogue Valley now have in their homes. Deb Van Poolen Ashland Vote yes on 15-161 I urge all Jackson County residents to vote yes for Measure 15-161, the Jackson County Vector Control District Option Levy. Mosquitos spread diseases such as West Nile Virus to us, our pets and livestock. Fortunately, we have Jackson County Vector Control District in place to monitor mosquitoes and the diseases they carry, minimizing their impact on our population. West Nile Virus arrived in the U.S. in 1999. It took only five years to arrive in Oregon. the speed at which people and goods now travel increases the chance that more diseases and invasive species of mosquitoes will reach us. The current budget of the Jackson County Vector Control District is not adequte to deal wiht these additional threats. It is not a question of "if" a new disease will arrive, but when. Please join me in voting yes on 15-161. M. Chris Carris Central Point