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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ MARCH 24, 2018
Siuslaw News
P.O. Box 10
Florence, OR 97439
NED HICKSON , EDITOR
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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
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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