Wednesday, November 1, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
virtue-signaling.”
Jensen Newton
LETTERS
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administration.” Wow! That is a mouthful and
I’ll be honest, I’m not sure I even know what
some of those “isms” and “phobias” are.
Diversity is not actually something that can
exist in a like-minded group. By definition,
diversity requires opposing and competing
viewpoints. So for example, if one agrees with
the nasty women’s group (that feels really
wrong, but they made their name, not me) one
would not actually be considered diverse as
it relates to their mission. One would have to
oppose the group’s sentiments and then, in the
presence of these competing ideals, we would
find diversity. Diversity cannot exist in soli-
darity; it can only exist in opposition.
The signs in question end with the line
“diversity is celebrated.” Now for us to truly
celebrate diversity we would actually need
to celebrate opinions differing from those
expressed on the signs. One cannot celebrate
diversity by celebrating diversity — this
would be a prime example of what I believe
Jennifer Hills meant by her phrase “vacuous
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To the Editor:
During the recent Milli Fire I became
acquainted with Warren Bielenberg, an infor-
mation officer on the national fire team that
directed control work on that fire. We visited
briefly almost every day and have exchanged
emails since Warren returned home to
Tennessee.
Warren was a career employee with the
National Park Service. Since retirement he
has been an information officer on wildfires,
the Gulf oil spill and Hurricane Sandy. After
getting home from Sisters, he spent another 13
days on wildfires in Glacier National Park.
His biggest thrill while being here was
seeing the Three Sisters after the smoke had
cleared. In addition, he was truly impressed
with all the people that he met while in Sisters.
He summed it up with this comment: “Sisters
was the most knowledgeable, welcoming and
understanding community I’ve been in.”
Jim Fisher
Affidavit: Accused man offered money
EUGENE (AP) —
Authorities are investigating
whether a man accused of
raping a University of Oregon
student allegedly offered her
$10,000 to drop the case.
A search warrant affidavit
filed in Lane County Circuit
Court last week sought to col-
lect the man’s social media
messages.
T h e R e g i s t e r- G u a rd
reports that the affidavit
states the 18-year-old woman
accepted the offer through
social media messages
exchanged with the 25-year-
old man’s girlfriend and with
him.
University of Oregon
police are investigating the
rape, which was reported in
April. The man has not been
charged.
In early September, a
university staff attorney for-
warded to police a copy of
a Facebook message that the
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victim had received from the
man’s current girlfriend.
The girlfriend reportedly
told detectives the follow-
ing week that her boyfriend
pushed her to forward his
offer to the victim in order to
have her drop the case.
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Operation Christmas
Child getting underway
The Samaritan’s Purse
project Operation Christmas
Child will open drop-off
locations around Central
Oregon November 13, to
receive gift-filled shoeboxes
for Operation Christmas
Child.
During the project’s
National Collection Week
(November 13–20), Sisters
residents can transform
empty shoeboxes into gifts
of hope filled with school
supplies, hygiene items
and fun toys. Operation
Christmas Child will deliver
these shoebox gifts to chil-
dren affected by war, dis-
ease, disaster, poverty and
famine.
This year, the Bend
Oregon Area Team hopes to
contribute more than 8,168
shoebox gifts toward the
2017 global goal of reaching
12 million children.
“We are honored to join
the nationwide effort to col-
lect gift-filled shoeboxes for
children who may have never
experienced the true meaning
of Christmas,” said Regional
Director Michael Ishmael.
“Through these simple gifts
and a message of hope, chil-
dren learn that God loves
them and has not forgotten
them.”
This year, the Bend
Oregon Area Team vol-
unteers hope to con-
tribute 8,168 shoebox
gifts to reach children in
need.
The Sisters drop-off loca-
tion is at Sisters Community
Church, 1300 W. McKenzie
Hwy.
For more information
on how to participate in
Operation Christmas Child or
to view gift suggestions, call
253-572-1155 or visit www.
samaritanspurse.org/occ.
Participants can donate
$9 per shoebox gift online
through “Follow Your Box”
and receive a tracking label
to discover its destination.
Those who prefer the con-
venience of online shopping
can browse samaritanspurse.
org/buildonline to select
gifts matched to a child’s
specific age and gender,
then finish packing the vir-
tual shoebox by adding a
photo and personal note of
encouragement.
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