Dear HCN,
Thank goodness for Ted
Williams – -Hunters Close Ranks, and Minds’ – he’s a national
treasure (HCN, 3/3/97). I would like to point out to your readers
that Orion-The Hunters Institute has recently initiated a project
called “Winsor Dinners,” named after a Colorado hunter who first
held a potluck at his home for hunting, non-hunting and
anti-hunting friends two years ago.
Winsor
Dinners are designed to bring all viewpoints of the community to
the dinner table and to share in the bounty of the hunt. No
auctions or raffles or fund raising, but rather storytelling,
discussions of issues from all sides and, hopefully, the raising of
consciousness and shared concerns. Most recently, Ted Kerasote, an
Orion board member from Kelly, Wyo., organized a dinner in Jackson,
Wyo., for 114 people, including the Rocky Mountain field
representative of the Fund for Animals. Civil discourse ensued, a
wonderful meal was shared, and people were heard to say afterward,
“Now I understand where the other side was coming from.”
For more information on the Winsor Dinner
project, contact Orion at 219 Vawter Street, Helena, MT 49601
(406/449-2795).
Ken
Barrett
Bozeman,
Montana
The writer is
president of Orion-The Hunters
Institute.
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Guess who’s dining together.
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