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4A | WEDNESDAY EDITION | MAY 30, 2018 Siuslaw News P.O. Box 10 Florence, OR 97439 NED HICKSON , EDITOR Opinion | 541-902-3520 | NHICKSON @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM C The First Amendment ongress shall make no law respecting an es- tablishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Gov- ernment for a redress of grievances. “I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” —Thomas Jefferson (1800) USPS# 497-660 Copyright 2018 © Siuslaw News Published every Wednesday and WEDNESDAY 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. 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Mail subscription includes E-Edition. Website and E-Edition: TheSiuslawNews.com Letters to the Editor policy LETTERS No ‘us’ without ‘them’ Great piece in last Saturday’s Guest Viewpoint by Mitch Sparks (“A Na- tion Is Forever Grateful To Its Fallen Soldiers,” May 26) regarding past and present veterans. It would be hard to improve on it. However I think one other group not mentioned that we owe so very much to is our veterans of the Revolu- tionary War. If they hadn’t stood up then, there would be no “us” now. —Tony Cavarno Florence Apology to family of fallen Hero I would like to apologize to the family of F allen Hero Army Sgt. Bryce D. How- ard for incorrectly providing the name on the wreath that was purchased by the family to be presented at the Me- morial Day Ceremony at the Veteran’s Memorial Park on May 28. I understand that this time is very important to the families and friends of Fallen Heroes. I in no way take this mistake lightly and am extremely sorry for the error. I also understand that my apology alone will not make the family and friends of Sgt. Bryce D. Howard feel any better for my error. The name provided was for a Sgt. Bryce Morgan and should have read “SGT. Bryce D. Howard.” I again apologize for my error. In an attempt to show my sincerety — though I know it will not make up for my error — I have made a contribu- tion in Memory of Army Sgt. Bryce D. Howard to “The American Fallen Sol- ders Project.” My sincerest apologies again to the family and friends of Army SGT Bryce D. Howard. —Gary Cargill President of Flowers by Bobbi, Inc. Florence We can do better in Florence In response to J. Zinn’s Letter to the Edi- to r (“Reality Totally Bites,” May 26): Of course there’s a better way. I’ve had friends all across the United States with all kinds of political views. Heck, my own family doesn’t even agree on various issues. But in all my years I have never experienced family members, friends or professional en- counters result in boycotting a friend- ship because of political choice. Until now. There’s an old saying: “The fish starts smelling first from the head.” This president, and the GOP admin- istration supporting him, is setting the tone for a discourse of bullying, swear- ing, cheating, lying and creating an “us against them” attutude. That’s the difference — and that’s why we are seeing this kind of behavior across the country. I am not hearing is- sues being discussed. What I see is a lot of sideshow distractions and propa- ganda, to the point where it makes it impossible to decide which end is up. Did we ever get a clear definition of what is being referred to as “the swamp” and do we know what’s going to replace “the swamp?” You may think you know the truth but we won’t know until it’s complete. And it may be quite different that what you expected. Education is our essential tool against ignorance. Just because Flor- ence is a small town doesn’t mean we have small-minded attitudes. We don’t have to jump on the band wagon of ha- tred and emotional tantrums. Hatred has never solved anything. So yes, we in Florence can do better. —Linda Abell Florence 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, gram- mar and clarity. Publication of any letter is not guaran- teed and depends on space available and the volume of letters received. Letters that are anonymous, libelous, argumentative, sarcastic or contain accusations that are unsourced or documented will not be published. 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As with all letters and advertising content, the news- paper, at the sole discretion of the publisher, general manager and editor, reserves the right to reject any let- ter that doesn’t follow the above criteria. Emal 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 Oregon 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 (4th 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
