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4 A ❘ SATURDAY EDITION ❘ MARCH 24, 2018 Siuslaw News P.O. Box 10 Florence, OR 97439 NED HICKSON , EDITOR ❘ 541-902-3520 ❘ NHICKSON @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM Opinion USPS# 497-660 Copyright 2017 © Siuslaw News Published every Wednesday and Saturday at 148 Maple St. in Florence, Lane County, Oregon. A member of the National Newspaper Association and Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Periodicals postage paid at Florence, Ore. Postmaster, send address changes to: Siuslaw News, P.O. Box 10, Florence, OR 97439; phone 541-997-3441; fax 541-997-7979. All press releases may be sent to PressReleases@TheSiuslawNews.com. 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Mail subscription includes E-Edition. Website and E-Edition: TheSiuslawNews.com L ETTERS LETTERS S AD THAT CHILDREN BEING USED AS PAWNS I felt great sadness at the front-page photo in the March 17 edition of Siuslaw News of the school walkout kids. Sad that our children are used as pawns by corrupt politicians, statists and anti-American media. Statistically, school shootings have remained fairly constant for more than 150 years. A child is nearly as likely to be killed on a school bus as in a shooting. More so if one removes the mass shootings of recent years. And about 100 times as likely to be killed in a motor vehicle accident involving texting. The photo reminded me of student manipulation in an earlier time: the 1933 book burnings in Nazi Germany. Der Stürmer and Völkischer Beobachter were as equally corrupt party organizers as the NYT, WP, CNN, etc. Lenin said, “Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” The Hitler Youth began in 1922 and by 1939 millions of young were willing to kill and be killed for the glory of the Reich. Just as surely, perhaps in as little as 10 years, millions of brainwashed young adults will be clamoring to give away their rights. “They that can give up essential lib- erty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Those who sacrifice liberty for securi- ty deserve neither. He who would trade liberty for some temporary secu- rity, deserves neither liberty nor secu- rity.” — Benjamin Franklin —Ian Eales Florence D ATA BACKUP IS CRUCIAL , FUNDAMENTAL In regard to the “Ransomed” story (March 21), backing up important data on your computer is critical not only because of malware but also because of hardware failure. Windows, Apple and Android oper- ating systems are vulnerable to a wide variety of viruses, trojans, worms and malware. The Linux operating system is safe from most of these attacks. It was built with security as its first priority. It was still vulnerable to such things as the KRACK Attack, which attacks a Wi-Fi’s security protocol. All devices that use Wi-Fi are vul- nerable until they are patched or updated. A Linux distribution like Ubuntu automatically updates its security software. I’ve used Ubuntu for 10 years and have never had a security issue. It doesn’t use virus protection because it doesn’t need it. — James Sherwood Florence T HANKING F LORENCE WITH BREAKFAST As a thank you to the amazing com- munity support for the last 17 years, the Men’s Club of Resurrection Church is inviting the community to a free pancake breakfast, today, March 24, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Yes, I said free. No lectures, just a free breakfast with pancakes, eggs and sausages. So come please come. We are glad to serve you and shww our apprecia- tion. The Resurrection Church is on Highway 101, about a mile south of the bridge. —Don Frerichs Resurrection Church Florence The First Amendment C ongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peace- ably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. TO THE P OLICY E DITOR The Siuslaw News welcomes letters to the editor as part of a community discussion of issues on the local, state and national level. Emailed letters are preferred. Handwritten or typed letters must be signed. All letters need to include full name, address and phone number; only name and city will be printed. Letters should be limited to about 300 words. Letters are subject to editing for length, grammar and clarity. Publication of any letter is not guaranteed and depends on space available and the volume of letters received. Letters that are anonymous, libelous, argumen- tative, sarcastic or contain accusations that are unsourced or documented will not be published. Letters containing poetry or from outside the Siuslaw News readership area will only be pub- lished at the discretion of the editor. P OLITICAL /E LECTION L ETTERS : Election-related letters must address pertinent or timely issues of interest to our readers at-large. Letters must 1) Not be a part of letter-writing campaigns on behalf of (or by) candidates; 2) Ensure any information about a candidate is accu- rate, fair and not from second-hand knowledge or hearsay; and 3) explain the reasons to support candidates based on personal experience and per- spective rather than partisanship and campaign- style rhetoric. Candidates themselves may not use the letters to the editor column to outline their views and plat- forms or to ask for votes; this constitutes paid polit- ical advertising. As with all letters and advertising content, the newspaper, at the sole discretion of the publisher, general manager and editor, reserves the right to reject any letter that doesn’t follow the above crite- ria. Send letters to: nhickson@thesiuslawnews.com WHERE TO WRITE Pres. Donald Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 FAX: 202-456-2461 TTY/TDD Comments: 202-456-6213 www.whitehouse.gov Gov. Kate Brown 160 State Capitol 900 Court St. Salem, Ore. 97301-4047 Governor’s Citizens’ Rep. Message Line: 503-378-4582 www.oregon.gov/gov U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden 221 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg Washington, DC 20510 202-224-5244 541-431-0229 www.wyden.senate.gov U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley 313 Hart Senate Office Bldg Washington, DC 20510 202-224-3753/FAX: 202- 228-3997 541-465-6750 www.merkley.senate.gov U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio ( 4 th Dist.) 2134 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC 20515 202-225-6416 541-269-2609 541-465-6732 www.defazio.house.gov State Sen. Arnie Roblan ( Dist. 5 ) 900 Court St. NE - S-417 Salem, OR 97301 503-986-1705 FAX: 503-986-1080 Email: Sen.ArnieRoblan@ oregonlegislature.gov State Rep. Caddy McKeown ( Dist. 9 ) 900 Court St. NE Salem, OR 97301 503-986-1409 Email: rep.caddymckeown @state.or.us West Lane County Commissioner Jay Bozievich 125 E. Eighth St. Eugene, OR 97401 541-682-4203 FAX: 541-682-4616 Email: Jay.Bozievich@ co.lane.or.us