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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
LETTERS
Continued from page 2
To the Editor:
Democrats and their perpetual negativity
toward anything Republican is totally mis-
guided and non-productive. While utilizing
hate-filled rhetoric, misinformed rumor and
conjecture to make their point, they have pro-
duced the opposite reaction.
It9s kinda like Newton9s Third Law, <For
every action forward there is an opposite but
equal reaction backward.=
Simply put; when all you have to say is
filled with hate and lies, your desired effect
becomes negative movement. In their attempt
to further persuade their followers and justify
their latest revelation they have merely created
the opposite reaction.
A perfect example to this is their continued
effort to convince the public that Chick-fil-A is
a homophobic conglomerate of Christian fun-
damentalists that are trying to fill your stom-
achs and your minds with poisoned chicken.
Never having tried Chick-Fil-A and hearing
that I should boycott them, has turned me into
an avid customer. There is absolutely no way
that everything that Trump says or does can
be taken negatively: Boycott Hate; Eat Mo
Chicken and vote Republican November 2020.
Terry Coultas
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Sisters salutes...
Taylor Fendall gath-
ered with family, friends
and fellow athletes last
week for the official sign-
ing of his commitment to
play football at Linfield
College next year. Athletic
Director Gary Thorson and
his coach Neil Fendall, also
his proud father, praised
Taylor for his commit-
ment to his craft, his work
ethic 4 and most of all
his leadership and commit-
ment to putting team above
self.
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To the Editor:
If the recent words and tweets by the presi-
dent regarding the Coronavirus outbreak, his
actions and level of intellectual acuity do not
give the American people an insight as to how
to cast their ballot in November, our country is
in significant jeopardy.
David Hiller
Honor Flight postponed due to virus
By Cody Rheault
Correspondent
Honor Flight of Central
Oregon (HFCO) post-
poned their annual flight
to Washington, D.C. amid
concerns of the COVID-19
pandemic.
Veterans from Central
Oregon were slated to depart
May 6 for the four-day trip.
World War II and Korean War
veterans, 22 in total, would
tour the U.S. Capitol, memo-
rials, and monuments on an
all-expenses-paid trip.
HFCO observed the grow-
ing pandemic two weeks prior
to making the decision and
carefully considered their
options. Dane Prevatt, the trip
organizer, stated his concerns
over exposing the high-risk
age group to the virus.
<Safety of our veterans is
our number-one priority,= he
said. <We couldn9t risk expos-
ing our most susceptible gen-
eration to this virus.=
The HFCO board was
summoned to find a solution
on March 8, and made the
decision to postpone the trip
until October 14 of this year.
Three days later, on March
11, the national organization
announced the postponement
of all national Honor Flights
to Washington, D.C. That
same day the CDC officially
labeled the coronavirus a
<pandemic,= and Washington,
D.C. confirmed cases of the
virus within the city.
With HFCO having a con-
necting flight in Seattle 4
ground zero for COVID-19
cases in the U.S. 4 the risk
was too high according to
Prevatt and the trip doctor, Dr.
Jana Van Amburg.
The response to the change
in plans was met with under-
standing. Local veterans,
upon receiving the news,
were relieved with the deci-
sion. Prevatt says many were
nervous about the outbreak.
Vendors, airlines, and hotels
also worked together to adjust
reservations and expressed
their continuing support for
the trip now in October.
Hal Busch, a Sisters resi-
dent and Coast Guard veteran,
was <ready to go= but <glad
they canceled,= he said.
<You9ve grown up your
whole life reading about that
place, and to see it would
have finished that chapter in
my life,= he said. <That was
on my bucket list.=
Now, Busch doesn9t know
if he9ll make the October trip
but hopes he9ll find himself
writing that chapter this fall.
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