PUBLIC FORUM : KILLING OF BEAR BY GIRL, 9, ANGERS READERS.Re ``Virginia girl, 9, hunts down and slays bear'' (Daily News, Dec. 5): Shooting a bear out of a tree is hardly newsworthy even if the hunter is a 9-year-old girl. Here's how it is done: Turn dogs loose where bears might have traveled. Listen to dogs barking. The dogs have four stages of barking. Stage one is when they have a scent and are following it. Stage two is when they actually have the bear in sight and are chasing it "Chasing It" is the eighty-first episode of the HBO original series, The Sopranos,and the fourth episode of the second half of the show's sixth season. The episode was written by Matthew Weiner and was directed by Tim Van Patten. . Stage three is when the bear is cornered and defending itself, and finally, stage four, when the bear has no other choice but to climb a tree to get away from the annoying dogs. The hunter can tell by the way the dogs are barking exactly what stage they are at. Now all he or she has to do is find the dogs. The bear is up the tree, 10 to 20 feet, depending on the size of the tree, most likely looking down at all of the commotion. At this stage of the hunt the hunter sights in on a point between the bear's front paws where the heart is and pulls the trigger. - Peter G. Glowaski Northridge What is so heroic about having a pack of dogs chase and terrorize ter·ror·ize tr.v. ter·ror·ized, ter·ror·iz·ing, ter·ror·iz·es 1. To fill or overpower with terror; terrify. 2. To coerce by intimidation or fear. See Synonyms at frighten. a bear, and when the animal finds a refuge in a tree, helpless to fight back, ``PawPaw'' (father) lets a child take a rifle and pump bullets in him? I wonder if a thought of possibly orphaned cubs crossed the mind of this little animal killer? Probably not. And so, while we are trying to help wildlife survive in their ridiculously limited territories, some people are bringing up a generation of future nature destructors. - Gino Hasler Arleta I was disgusted reading about the 9-year-old Virginia girl being thrilled about killing a bear. It's incredibly sad to me that children would be taught to glory in killing a living being. It's also sad that you would choose to report this in the News Lite section as if it was a lighthearted funny event. - Pam Konyk Van Nuys Remember that young boy's dying wish to the Make-A-Wish Foundation The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that grants wishes to children (2.5 years to 18 years old) with life-threatening medical conditions. to go to Alaska to kill a Kodiak bear? It is very scary that these young people, and probably countless others, find great pleasure in hunting and killing. - Ms. Marion Winkler Winkler may refer to:
Sherman Oaks LAUSD's `party animals' The extraordinary diligence the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Unified School District's accounting, auditing and budget departments have shown in planning their holiday gala, devoting hundreds of hours to the task on taxpayers' time, has given me an idea. Why not harness this energy for the greater good of the school district? Now that we know what motivates these downtown bureaucrats, it's a simple matter to get them to do their jobs. I propose these fun-loving bean counters should be given party incentives for keeping tabs on the district's money. How about for every thousand dollars saved, we chip in a few bucks toward a deposit on a swank hotel banquet hall Definition A banquet hall is a room used for social gatherings like receptions, reunions, parties, and business events. ? Should they come up with $10,000 saved - almost enough for 300 new textbooks if the savings were applied toward a crying need in the LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) - let's say we pick up a partygoers' bar tab. I'm sure my plan would give LAUSD Chief Financial Officer Henry Jones' party animals reason to really apply themselves. As it is, the knowledge that trimming LAUSD budget fat means freeing funds for resources that directly aid the education of L.A. kids does not light a fire under these folks. This is all the more reason we should pass 95/5, the California Educational Efficiency Initiative next June. If made law, 95/5 would limit the central office operating budget Noun 1. operating budget - a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g. of every school district to a lean 5 percent of funds earmarked for education. That leaves 95 cents of your tax dollar going straight to the school site and the classroom. - Day Higuchi President United Teachers Los Angeles If it wasn't for the Daily News' excellent investigative reporting, the public would never know what's really happening behind the scenes in the LAUSD. It would be funny if it wasn't so tragic. For a bunch that is trying to stop the Valley secession, they are stumbling over their feet to further antagonize everybody. - Barbara J. Talbert Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Los Angeles school The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. administrators just don't get it, do they? For them it's business as usual as they plan a lavish holiday party that lasts five hours, for which the attendees get paid for two hours of work. What unmitigated un·mit·i·gat·ed adj. 1. Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; unrelieved: unmitigated suffering. 2. gall. How insensitive and arrogant. Then, to top it off, the district's attorney, Howard Friedman, has the audacity to compare the party to similar situations in the private sector. Wrong, Mr. Friedman. The private sector does not spend taxpayers' money to plan and stage the office Christmas party. Every single member of the board should be held accountable for this insensitive and self-serving behavior. - Harlan Campbell Tujunga This is in response to Carolyn Whitehead's letter of Dec. 7 (``LAUSD party time''). I'm a retired LAUSD employee with 25 years of service. I have to agree with Whitehead's position. Nevertheless, there are other elements to this story that are troublesome. First, this Christmas party planning scam involves the district's financial division. These people had to charge more than 1,000 hours of overtime to get basic work done. Then we come to find out that they have spent seven months planning this party. This is an outrage, not to mention poor planning. Who takes seven months to plan a Christmas party? The most disturbing part of the story is the apparent shakedown of local businesses to help finance the deal. Between the LAUSD and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, it's any wonder that the taxpayers have any money left. - James P. Biddle Quartz Hill I have always appreciated the way the Daily News digs around and gets the story behind the story, as with the MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. and the Los Angeles school board voting itself generous raises. However, your criticism may be unfair. After all, didn't Janet Reno Janet Reno (born July 21, 1938) was the first and to date only female Attorney General of the United States (1993–2001). She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, and confirmed on March 11. , the attorney general, just declare President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore Noun 1. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948) Albert Gore Jr., Gore innocent of any wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do when they did essentially the same thing? Obviously, what you and I have done is adhered to that old thing called accountability, instead of moving into the present, where who you are is what counts in determining any wrongdoing. - Joan Downey Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Victoria Falls holds the rifle she used to kill a 175-pound bear. Associated Press |
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