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Wednesday, December 13, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
LETTERS
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A woodstove chimney is believed to be the culprit in a fire in Tollgate on
Sunday.
FIRES: No injuries
were sustained in
weekend blazes
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Sisters-Camp Sherman
Fire District responded with
four emergency vehicles and
eight personnel. Additional
units from Black Butte Ranch
and Cloverdale Fire Districts
also responded to the fire but
were canceled prior to arrival.
A renter inside a home
in Tollgate early Sunday
morning smelled smoke and
noticed the roof was glowing
inside the home. The occu-
pants of the home evacuated
and called 911.
Fire units were dispatched
to a chimney fire, but during
their initial response received
additional information that
the fire was coming out of
the roof. When firefighters
arrived on scene flames were
visible on the roof surround-
ing the chimney. Inside the
home, the ceiling had visible
fire in the area surrounding
the chimney.
The fire was quickly
knocked down from both
the interior and exterior of
the home but firefighters had
to work with chain saws to
extinguish the fire still smol-
dering in the void spaces in
the rafters.
The cause of the fire is
still under investigation, but
is believed to be related to the
woodstove, which was in use
at the time of the fire.
Captain Jeremy Ast said,
“The renters had only been
living in the house for a cou-
ple months, but their landlord
advised the chimney had just
been cleaned prior to their
moving in.”
Sisters-Camp Sherman
Fire District responded with
10 personnel and four emer-
gency response vehicles.
Black Butte Ranch and
Cloverdale Fire Districts also
responded with units and per-
sonnel assisting at the scene.
The damage to the home was
estimated at $26,000.
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To the Editor:
I’m confused but perhaps that is a result
of having read Jim Cornelius’s opinion piece
about Russian interference in our 2016 elec-
tion. The best I can figure out is that Mr.
Cornelius wishes to remain agnostic about the
investigation and its outcome. But along the
way, he characterizes this as a “farcical scan-
dal” and labels Trump and his team’s state-
ments about it as “obfuscations” rather than
what they are: lies. He then concludes that as
a matter of “absolute certainty” the investiga-
tion would further divide us Americans.
So, Mueller and his team should just
pack their bags and close up shop? I guess
we shouldn’t know how Russia managed this
inference and whether the current occupant of
the White House was involved in it. Maybe
we shouldn’t worry about Russia (or some
other foreign power) attempting this in the
future.
As to divisions, I recall candidate
Trump beginning his campaign by insulting
“Mexicans” by calling them criminals and
rapists and promising a ban on any Muslim
coming into this country under his theory that
they are all terrorists or terrorist wannabes.
He then called for his political opponent to
be jailed and until the very end of the cam-
paign insisted that our first black president
was illegitimate because he wasn’t born in
this country. (The cartoon next to this column
included a reference to Trump using a racial
slur against Senator Elizabeth Warren at an
event held to honor Navajo WWII soldiers.)
I belong to a tribe. It’s called American
citizens wanting to protect their democracy.
Michael Wells
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To the Editor:
Thank you Craig Rullman for “The Mill
Party” in the November 29 edition of The
Nugget. Memories came flooding back, some
buried for decades.
The noon mill whistle, the smell of fresh-
cut lumber, and the mill worker dressed up in
a well-worn Santa suit — all a part of grow-
ing up.
My dad was an edgerman at the Harris/
Woolly Mill on Smith River, some 10 to 12
miles west of Drain, Oregon. Occasionally,
my dad would bring home a cookie or an
orange (as a treat) in his well-worn black
lunch pail.
I’m 80 now, and this article brought tears
of wonderful memories flooding back as far
as 77 years ago.
Evelyn Frost
Tualatin, Oregon
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To the Editor:
Just a reminder that Saturday, December
16, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. we will be
distributing the certificates for the Kiwanis
Food Share, the fire department’s gifts
for children and the Furry Friends pet
food.
Please, if you filled out an application,
remember to come and pick up your gift from
the community. Every year, we start about 4
p.m. calling to remind people who haven’t
been there yet to come in, and sometimes we
end up with toys, certificates, and dog food
for those who didn’t come that we struggle to
get to them.
We want everyone, volunteers included, to
have a Merry Christmas and joyful holiday!
See you at the Fire Hall Saturday, December
16!
Shirley Miller
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