Thankful for Soopers’ generosity
Re: “Denver Rescue Mission short of turkey goal,” Nov. 18 news brief
I was reading the Sunday paper and learned that the Denver Rescue Mission needed 7,000 12-pound turkeys for Thanksgiving. I told my two young boys that we were going to buy a bunch of turkeys after breakfast.
We went to King Soopers and loaded a cart full of 10 turkeys and went to the self checkout. We paid for them and were loading them back into the cart when a employee came over and asked me what all the turkeys were for.
I told him we were buying them for the Denver Rescue Mission’s Thanksgiving Dinner. He said I’d like to give you the sale price for all of these (not just the one allowed). I said that would be great. He said do you want to buy more? So we went and loaded up another cart!
My boys and I were able to deliver 18 turkeys thanks to King Soopers’ generosity. It was a win, win, win for everyone.
J. Linden Hagans, Lakewood
Wrong to reject Trump entirely
Re: “Rebuild Colo.’s GOP by rejecting Trump and embracing voters,” Nov. 18 commentary
Owen Loftus suggests that in order to rebuild the Colorado GOP it must reject Donald Trump. And he doesn’t say to merely reject his pomposity or rude bluntness, which could and should be cleaned up.
He advocates rejecting his policies. So where do we start? Do we reject his economic policies as they relate to low unemployment, higher wages and increased manufacturing?
Perhaps we should reject his wanting to keep people from illegally entering the country. Or perhaps we should reject the fact that North Korea has stopped testing nukes and missiles. Because if the GOP rejects these examples of Donald Trump’s accomplishments then it is left with only the Obama legacy of failure.
Denny Cannon, Littleton
Killing bird a thankless task
Re: “I killed my own turkey for Thanksgiving,” Nov. 18 Life&Culture story
I was deeply troubled by this article. The writer came across giddy, self-indulgent, and infantile. Taking a life should never be taken lightly whether for food or “pleasure.” There was no attempt to educate.
There was zero respect. This type of callousness masquerading as entertainment is beyond disappointing. Shame on you, Denver Post, for meeting the lowest bar of sensationalism. I am thankful I am not the writer.
Robyn Weber, Denver
Allyson Reedy writes a kill-and-tell about dispatching a turkey for Thanksgiving which brings back a memory from right after the war years, World War II that is. Dad thought it a great idea to get a live duck, feed it for a couple weeks, dispatch it when the time was right, and then feast upon it.
Everything went well as my younger brothers and I enjoyed the experience of feeding it. Then doomday arrived. We watched a neighbor use a hatchet to neatly remove the duck’s head and watched as the now headless duck ran around the yard with blood spurting from his neck.
I’m sure our mouths were hanging open.
Our mother cleaned and cooked the duck the next day and we all sat down around the table. As she brought it in, all of us boys broke into tears. So much for that Thanksgiving.
Harry Puncec, Lakewood
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