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Wednesday, February 23, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
LETTERS
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health, as depression and suicide rates
have hit unimaginable levels.
We tolerated tyranny and we gave up
liberties in the name of <safety.= Good
luck to us getting it all back. But it abso-
lutely starts with unmasking our vulner-
able children immediately.
Jeremy Davis
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Masks and fear
To the Editor:
On Wednesday, February 2 at the
Sisters School Board meeting, two
deputy sheriffs came demanding I leave
the meeting. It begs the question: Why?
School board meetings are public meet-
ings. I9m a citizen that lives in and pays
taxes to the school district. Why was I
denied my right to address the school
board with my concerns? Was my
behavior outrageous? No. Was I being
obnoxious and disruptive? No. Was I
being loud? No.
When I spoke to the superintendent
prior to the start of the meeting, he
informed me that if I wanted to speak
in the public comment portion, I would
have to go home and do it on Zoom. I
was set aback but I did not argue, I sim-
ply took a seat in the back of the room.
During the flag salute I did say <one
nation under God,= without a pause
because there is no comma in that
phrase. Was that my offense?
So why was I asked to leave? For the
chairman of the board, it was about my
refusal to wear a mask. He said I had to
either put on a mask or leave. I chose to
peacefully not comply because I don9t
believe he has the authority to make
that medical decision for me. The other
20-plus people that filled the room made
the decision to wear a mask. And that9s
their choice to make. What I9m not OK
with is being forced to live at their level
of fear; that9s not liberty. Remember
that phrase in the flag salute, <with lib-
erty and justice for all.= If other people
need a mask to alleviate their fear, that9s
fine. If, by being in a room wearing a
mask while I9m unmasked is too high
of a level of fear for them, it is they who
should leave and watch on Zoom from
the safety of their own home. My being
unmasked has not infringed upon their
liberty to make their own choices.
The officers that were called, upon
entering the room, demanded that I
leave. There was no curiosity of the cir-
cumstances nor investigation of facts.
As near as I can recall their demand was
<Mr. Cooper, you need to leave now or
you9re not going to like what happens
next.= Under the weight of such heavy
intimidation, I chose to leave.
Later I conversed further with one of
the officers. I asked him why I had to
leave the public school board meeting,
when Sheriff Nelson has stated that he
will not enforce the mask mandate.
It wasn9t really about masks. The
officer told me the phone call he
received from the superintendent indi-
cated the meeting was <by invite only.=
This raises another question: Why are
some people allowed to assemble physi-
cally at the public school board meeting
while others can only join on Zoom?
Are we back to pre-1964 where there
were separate <drinking fountains= for
the maskers and non-maskers; the privi-
leged and the bullied?
Rodney Cooper
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horizontally, or diagonally.
Sisters Middle School Honor Roll
Fifth Grade
4.0: Berger-Brown, Gustav;
Bilderback, Clara; Brang, Cameron;
Cogdill, Katharine; Dean, Caroline;
Durham, Marshall; Erdekian, Ajax;
Faldmo, Kinley; Jaschke, Josie;
Johnson, Brennan; Keeton, Kyanne;
Kiefer, Wyatt; Liddell, Paige; Moffat,
Brennan; Myagkov, Elizaveta; Nordell,
Ryah; Reid, Opal; Scott, James;
Singleton, Will; Taylor, Ashylin;
Vitelle, Alex; White, Jasmine.
3.5 and above: Backouris,
Kaia; Barlow, Jade; Behnke, Max;
Labhart, Maren; McShane, Keagan;
Molesworth, Annabelle; Morris, Kole;
Roberts, Tucker.
Sixth Grade
4.0: Anderson, Carter; Anderson,
Quinn; Benton, Phineas; Chapen,
Amelia; Davis, Kennedy; Durham,
Madison; Freeland, Avery; Gibney,
Tanner; Jensen, Jasper; Ladd, Meron;
Magner, Lola; McGee, Kadence;
Newton, Olivia; Nieto, Alexander;
Riemer, Brecken; Van Handel, Mason;
Walker, Ella; Willard, Christopher.
3.5 and above: Beaver, Elizabeth;
Brent, Verbena; Fredland, Molly;
Fuentes, Josta; Jordan, Addison;
Kennedy, Teague; Luhning, Camas;
Roberts, Mary; Smith, Wynonal; Stelle,
Ryan; Talus, Henri; Alvarez, Lara;
Berry, Maxwell; Clark, Sophia; Cohen,
William; Harry, Isabella; Howdyshell,
Bella; Hoyt, Willa; Johnson, Bjorn;
Kirkpatrick, Makayla; Marsh, Dillon;
Moss, Natalie; Pulver, Olivia; Roth,
Ellie; Sybesma, Corbin; Vanhouten,
Ariana; Warren, Addison; Dean, Skye;
Farmer, Simon; Huffman, Dominic;
Jarvis, Leila; Johnson, Parker;
Kirkpatrick, Madison; Maloney,
McGinnis; Miller, Josie; Moen, Stella;
Nickelson, Connor; Osegueda, Bryan.
Seventh Grade
4.0: Backus, Juliette; Buller,
Emmitt; Corcoran, Audrey; Crabtree,
Althea; Davis, Spencer; Ellis, Bauer;
Few, Shanitah; Goe-Alayon, Kainoa;
Grimes, Jesse; Hamerly, Thomas;
Hubbell, Liam; Labhart, Kieren;
Lindsay, Brooke; Morris, Kayden;
Morris, Luxen; Ryan, Josie; Velikonia,
Juliette.
3.5 and above: Chadsey, Daniella;
Brang, Mason; Quistgard, Hunter;
Retherford, Axton; Riemer, Daniel;
Benson, Vivienne; Fogarty, Allison;
Keyes, Penelope; Roberson, Grant;
Stahn, Jessica; Carter, Caitlin;
Howdyshell, Nevaeh; Wright, Lucas.
Eighth Grade
4.0: Bick, Rylie; Burks, Jonathan;
Dean, Weston; Duey, Brooke; Fendall,
Gracie; Gerke, Sophia; Gordon,
Trent; Miller, Georgia; Nieto, Olivia;
Nothiger, Addison; O9Neill, Ava;
Parker, Kalvin; Roberts, Colby;
Singleton, Kate; Skeels-Sutton, Bailey;
Welsh, Teagen; Yoakum, Brenden.
3.5 and above: Fedder, Landis;
Heuberger, Haven; Landon, Ian; Moen,
Charles; Schwartz, Teagan; Eby, Ethan;
Gibney, Alexis; Riemer, Reagan; Smith,
Serafina; Thorsett, Norah; Weston,
Hailey; Beutler, Josh; Polachek, Jesse;
Stotts, Ava; Bafford, Zoee; Derksen,
Joseph; Funtanellas, Sailor; Hummel,
Jayce; Jordan, Cash; Roth, Audrey.
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across, each column
down, and each
small nine-box square
contains all of the
numbers from one
to nine.
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is a math equation.
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