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Wednesday, April 8, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
The Nugget Newspaper Crossword
LETTERS
Continued from page 2
By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service
on the front end, even if it9s as simple as washing our hands.
My mom was right all along. And I9m grateful because I
don9t remember being sick very often when I was growing
up. And her hand washing rules are strictly enforced in my
home now, too.
Judey Berray
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To the Editor:
Oregon is a very unique state to have placed into law the
<pumping of gas by attendant= law back in 1951
In 2015, this law was relaxed somewhat in rural areas as
there were operating pumps, but no attendants, and often
not a convenience store attached to warrant one. On March
24, 2020, this law was further relaxed (until April 11, 2020)
to allow anyone to pump gas if the attendant was <busy= or
not available.
Some people think Oregon has been in the <Dark
Ages= regarding this issue. Personally, I love having
someone else pump my gas. I try to use cash, but if the
attendant uses my credit card, I have a zipper bag I place
it in to clean later. I don9t have to touch that grimy noz-
zle that everyone else touches, particularly those guys
I saw three months ago in California (and many times
before on trips) using the restroom, not washing their
hands, then going to the gas pump and handling the gas
nozzle.
We have been instructed that if we pump our own fuel,
we should wear gloves. We should carry a bag full of anti-
virus solution to put the glove in so our car doesn9t get
infected after pumping fuel.
I really wonder if this new law was really given
much thought. Wouldn9t it be better if one guy with
a mask and gloves pumped the gas and handled the
hose? And, are we all supposed to put our credit cards
in the slot and punch our numbers in on those filthy key
pads.
Also, remember not to touch the sides of the credit card
slot as you enter and exit the card.
The new relaxed law for pumping gas was to offer more
options for motorists, but I wonder if it might not allow
more opportunity to contract COVID-19.
Bill Anttila
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To the Editor:
I am wondering whether our local health care clinics 4
St. Charles, High Lakes, BMC, doctors and staff 4 could
come up with a plan to get all people within the City of
Sisters tested in a drive-up setting, and then those who live
outside the City, and then those who live in Camp Sherman.
Certain days and certain times everybody could be tested
as to whether or not they have the virus. Then maybe we
could re-open the City of Sisters and proceed with life.
Could that be possible?
Diana Raske
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To the Editor:
During this worldwide disaster, partisan politics again
raises its ugly head, in its forever effort to divide us. How
can we, as intelligent humans allow this biased BS to prevail
over our common sense?
For our party leaders to be spending valuable time dur-
ing this phase of the pandemic arguing about which party is
right or wrong is unconscionable and serves absolutely no
purpose toward resolution.
I firmly believe that the media on both sides are guilty
of deliberately creating this divide. The corporations that
own these news outlets are in it for profit, controversy cre-
ates division, and without those two components profits are
minimized.
Envision the media consisting of two groups, within each
outlet. One group is NEWS the other Opinion or Fact and
Fiction respectively. The NEWS side of an outlet, CNN,
Fox, ABC, MSNBC etc. are not lying, until you the reader,
reads outside the NEWS. The truth is your interpretation of
the NEWS, Fake NEWS is the opinion-makers9 presenta-
tion of their one-sided belief in an event. Fake NEWS is
exacerbated by readers of opinions who spread this BS on
Facebook and the like.
Terry Coultas
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