LETTERS
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taken on the mantle of these values, Cliff has
a proven record of unambiguous conservative
leadership.
We need the honesty, integrity and work
ethic Cliff has always demonstrated and he
will take those values with him to Washington,
D.C. as our congressional representative.
Cliff is an authentic person. He did not
show up a few months ago presenting himself
as an Eastern Oregonian. He didn9t need to as
he was born here. He does not stick his finger
in the air to see which way the wind is blow-
ing and then craft positions which would be
most advantageous to winning a given elec-
tion. Cliff9s positions don9t change for politi-
cal expediency.
We need his wisdom and leadership in
Washington, D.C. now more than ever.
Please join me in voting Cliff Bentz for U.S.
Representative, 2nd District.
Andy Sichler
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To the Editor:
A quick shout out to 2020 graduating
seniors 4 my daughter being one of them.
Yes, this kind of sucks. However, just a few
quick thoughts:
You are a unique group in a very unique
time. I can barely remember my high school
graduation, though I am pretty sure I received
a diploma. (Quick shout out to current and
any possible future employers: I9m practi-
cally positive I graduated. Undoubtedly,
with a bunch of Latin sounding condiments
on my degree. No need to check.) Though
the conclusion of your high school chapter
probably feels very anticlimactic, you will
never forget this surreal but very real, awful,
bonding, screwed up period in time. This
will definitely be one to bore the grandkids
with.
Seniors, your final game was not rained
out. Rather, you are part of that small
group that happens to be in the stands to
witness a rare no-hitter. Not to suggest
that this horrible virus is anything to cel-
ebrate, but it is truly historic. And you were
there.
As the great philosopher Mike Tyson once
mused, <Everybody has a plan until they get
punched in the mouth.= We have all been
punched in the mouth by this pandemic; some
certainly have been hit harder than others. You
have been smacked, but you are in the very
early rounds. It is certainly better to have a
plan than not, but you are all experiencing and
living a plan that didn9t go as planned. You
are learning to positively adapt to the unex-
pected, which has to be one of life9s biggest
lessons.
Having to deal with the consequences of
this historic pandemic now may very well
put you in a better position to deal with the
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To the Editor:
My wife Carol and I moved to Sisters in
June of 2019. Previously we lived in Paradise,
California where they had the devastating fire.
I had lived there for 39 years. Although many
people suffered greatly and are still feeling the
effects, the whole experience turned out to be
a giant opportunity for us in many ways, for
which we are grateful to God.
About a year before the fire we had deter-
mined that we wanted to relocate to Sisters,
my family having most of their roots in
Oregon and Washington. We subscribed
to The Nugget and after the fire, when we
called to update our mailing address with
the newspaper, they upgraded our subscrip-
tion to first class mailing at no additional cost
to us, an early indication that we are mov-
ing to the right place! Reading The Nugget
helped us to look forward to our reloca-
tion, and not look too much in the rear view
mirror.
Regarding the Paradise fire my wife and I
agreed that our worst loss was the loss of com-
munity. The familiar patterns of seeing friends
at church, and visiting stores and restaurants,
Les Schwab, etc., and being served by familiar
faces that we had known for years.
Our sense of community was quickly
restored when we moved to this unique and
wonderful place and we have met so many
friendly and helpful people (too many to men-
tion) that have helped us feel right at home.
Of course, now we are all adjusting to the
coronavirus and its effect on everyone in so
many ways. We are again strengthened and
encouraged by the inhabitants of this caring
community and the unique role your newspa-
per plays in binding us together and preserv-
ing the important sense of community. Many
thanks to you and your staff for all you do.
Grayson and Carol Sorrels
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C o m m u n i t y L a b y r i n t h
Committee, and the non-
profit organization New
Oregon Arts & Letters. Last
year, she helped revital-
ize Sisters Farmers Market,
r e b r a n d t h e n o n p r o f i t
Scalehouse, and teach local
children through Kid Made
Camp.
Known by many by her
byline T. Lee Brown, she
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said, <I9m also juggling
what they call a PPD, per-
manent partial disability.
Throw a pandemic on top of
all that and things get pretty
darned challenging. Thank
you so very much, PEN
America!=
The organization9s mem-
bers have included John
Steinbeck, Maya Angelou,
Sam Shepard, Susan Sontag,
Toni Morrison, Barbara
Kingsolver, James Baldwin,
and Chimamanda Ngozi
Adichie. A PEN mem-
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to Brown as part of her
grant.
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The result is a junky-looking trail.
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