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Wednesday, May 27, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters
salutes...
The Sisters High
School chemistry classes
would like to thank all
those who made their bal-
loon project possible.
Sisters Eagle Airport
gave the SHS chemistry
classes so much support
through the entire process
of their balloon project
this month! Thank you to
the Bensons and David
Campbell for graciously
providing the students
and mentors space to
construct the payload for
their experiments and tar-
mack space to launch the
balloon on May 7. Even
in these times of dis-
tance learning and social
distancing, your support
has provided a means for
our students to continue
inquiry-based hands-on
investigations and inter-
actions with professionals
in this field. Thank you!
Steven Peterzen of
ISTAR provided leader-
ship, mentorship, and lots
of time and energy work-
ing to make the prepara-
tion, launch and recovery
a fantastic success. Thank
you!
Ron Thorkildson
taught and mentored the
weather and trajectory
team.
Rod Moorehead men-
tored the experiment
teams, helped build the
payloads, and supported
during the launch and
recovery.
Thank you!
LETTERS
Continued from page 2
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To the Editor:
Any one who9s paid any attention
to what is going on politically is very
worried about November 3 election and
the god-awful campaign that we are all
beginning to watch.
Did you see Biden on the news the
other night? Of course not, because the
TV vacuum that is President Trump
sucks it all up. I thought the media
learned a lesson in 2016 but here we go
4 no coverage for his opponent. I doubt
there will even be a debate. Hopefully,
Biden will debate an empty chair to push
the point.
Sadly, the Republican Party is truly
bleeding membership. The Huffington
Post report in February 2020 noted that
national counts of Independent regis-
tered voters outnumber Republican reg-
istered voters for the first time! It is so:
Democrats, 39.66 percent of total regis-
tered voters, Independents 29.9 percent
and Republicans are 27.87 percent.
Yup, Democrats are fewer than they
were in 2016 at 46 percent or 2018 at
44 percent, but the GOP remained a few
fewer than Democrats in the same time-
frames. However, now, the GOP needs
a tourniquet. This means the GOP is no
longer one part of a major-two-party sys-
tem but a bystander.
This is huge news that the media is
not really that excited about 4 who
knows why not. These numbers scream
that this nation needs to adjust its cam-
paign and elections systems to accom-
modate at least three political parties
rather than two having all the power/
attention.
Time for huge campaign reforms and
I am for removing advertising out of the
campaign business forever 4 but the lat-
ter is a whole other can of worms.
I share this because we are in for a
very, very bumpy campaign. We need to
bond rather than fight with each other. I
want to encourage you to not be afraid to
talk it out with family and friends, to lis-
ten to each others9 concerns and hear one
another out, even if you do not agree.
There will be all kinds of political fights
on the news and social media and it will
be crazy, but do not give up your right to
vote out of frustration or anxiety or both.
This election is critical to the survival of
this Republic 4 no exaggeration.
Please, remain informed and vote.
Susan Cobb
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To the Editor:
One reads with consternation a let-
ter in The Nugget (May 20, 2020),
by the Sisters City Councilor no less,
demanding an end to Governor Brown9s
quarantine because, he claims, it is
unconstitutional.
Said councilor has a right to attempt
suicide by exposing himself to a lethal
disease, but he has no right to threaten
the rest of us with death by demanding
an end to the quarantine before it is safe
to do so.
He is morally wrong, dead wrong.
Gary Leiser
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To the Editor:
I loved the column in The Nugget
<A time for good neighbors,= (May 20,
page 2).
I personally choose to wear a mask
inside a business. Sometimes I want to
wear a mask and sometimes I feel it9s
silly. Maybe face coverings aren9t as
efficient or full proof as I want to believe
they are. I know they aren9t comfort-
able...but I do feel that wearing one
is the least I can do for myself and my
neighbors!
Kathleen Blesius
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To the Editor:
Reading Jim Cornelius9 editorial of
May 20 (<A time for good neighbors,=
pg. 2), I found myself agreeing with
every word.
But at the same time a part of me was
screaming inside with anger and frus-
tration at what seems to be the worst
national response to a major crisis in
living memory. As was pointed out, in
this kind of complex situation there are
no absolute right answers for everyone.
But is it untoward and overly partisan to
point out incompetence and obfuscation
on an unheard-of level? Ignoring science
(including the <science= of economics)
helps no one. No one likes the shutdown
See LETTERS on page 21
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Portraits OF SISTERS
PHOTO AND STORY BY
Cody Rheault
A 12-year stint as a middle school
teacher was enough to convince Renee
Reitmeier to switch careers. Now owner
of Fika Sisters Coffeehouse for the last
year, she finds her joy and passion more
in the gathering of people and less in
the craft of coffee. Fostering an environ-
ment for people to commune and find
each other is the foundation at which
Fika was founded. The young coffee
shop has seen a brief downturn during
the pandemic, but a loyal following and
determined patrons waited through rain
and shine to support the little coffee
shop. “I had my nights of tears,” Renee
said. “But the people are what I’m here
for. I’ll keep working for them.”
This week’s “Portraits of Sisters” presented by The Nugget Newspaper.
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