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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2018 Siuslaw News P.O. Box 10 Florence, OR 97439 5 A Opinion LETTERS T HANKFUL FOR CURRENT C OUNTY C OMMISHIONER I imagine some readers remember when we were trying hard to get Archie Knowles Park re-opened here in Mapleton. We really had our work cut out for us because the Forest Service already had plans for it and it wasn’t going to continue being a park. Our community needs tourist dollars because we have no real family-wage jobs in our town — and that park was important to us. There were so many reasons to have it there. It’s a beautiful place that we worked hard to keep open. But we needed somebody with clout — and that’s where Jay Bozievich came in. He accomplished things on our behalf that we couldn’t have possibly done alone. He made it happen for us. Today, the county has the park and it is better than ever. It would not have happened without Commissioner Bozievich taking the time to help us, and we are thankful. We are pretty small and insignifi- cant in the scheme of things, but he came aboard and saved our park. I appreciate him and hope to see him reelected. —Linda Jensen Mapleton G OOD PEOPLE AT LOCAL GUN CLUB I thought I would give my two cents on all the gun talk going on around our town and elsewhere. We have a really great gun club here. The Siuslaw Rod and Gun Club has a nice club house, covered pistol and rifle ranges, as well as a cowboy action shooting range. It’s a membership club with dues that are reasonable to support its many programs, including many that are open to the public. Folks there are always available to answer questions. Yes, I’m a lifetime member of the NRA, along with a lot of our other members who, like myself, also own an AR-15 because they are great target rifles. We have a good group of people in the club, so come on down and meet them. Anyone here would make you feel welcome. —Darryl Parsons Florence D ID YOU KNOW ? Did you know Physicians for a National Health Program, (PNHP) is a non-profit research and educational organization of 20,000 physicians, medical students and health profes- sionals who support single-payer national health insurance? These people are our country’s care givers laboring in hospitals and clinics in a system that all too often rewards the bean counters and neglects the plight of families finding themselves facing medical bankruptcy. While PNHP has its sights set on a national plan for single payer health care in the U.S., there are at least 20 states delving into creating a state ver- sion that does away with needless insurance industry involvement and profit taking. Oregon is one of those states. 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