Re-elect John Nelson to D21 School Board

To the editor,

John Nelson is an experienced, thoughtful, and long-serving volunteer in The Dalles: I encourage people to support for another term on the District 21 school board.
John has served for 12 years on the board, through many challenging and turbulent times, always trying to help our school district weather the storms, while caring for and educating our children the best it can.
Additionally, John volunteers in our community in many roles. While many people define themselves by their politics or opinions, John defines himself by his efforts, his service, and having a consistent good attitude. He does the hard, good work of making our community a little better, bit by bit, on the school board, the forest collaborative, the beautification & tree committee, and in many other ways.
John’s experienced, too, not just as community volunteer and school board member, but as a retired public school teacher with more than 24 years on the job. He has hard-won perspective.
We are lucky to have people like John stepping up for the challenging job of school board director. Vote John Nelson for school board.

-Dan Richardson, The Dalles