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4A | SATURDAY EDITION | JUNE 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 Government 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 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. 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Jenna Bar tlett Ned H ickson Erik Chalhoub Publisher, ex t. 318 Editor, ex t. 313 Co n s u l t i n g E d i to r 8 3 1 -7 6 1 -7 3 5 3 echalhoub@register-pajaronian.com M ar k e t i n g Di re c to r, e x t . 3 2 6 O ffice Super visor, ex t. 312 Pro d u c t i o n Su p e r v i s o r Pre s s M a n a ge r Su s a n G u t i e r re z Cathy Dietz Ron Annis Je re my G e n t r y DEADLINES: Wednesday Issue—General news, Monday noon; Budgets, four days prior to publication; Regular classified ads, Monday 1 p.m.; Display ads, Monday noon; Boxed and display classified ads, Friday 5 p.m. Saturday Issue—General news, Thursday noon; Budgets, two days prior to publication; Regular classifiedad,sThursday 1 p.m.; Display ads, Thursday noon; Boxed and display classified ads, Wednes- day 5 p.m. Soundings, Tuesday 5 p.m. NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In Lane County — 1-year subscription, $76; 6-month in-county, $52; 10-weeks subscription, $23; Out of Lane County — 1-year subscription,$99; 6-month out-of-county, $65; 10-weeks subscrip- tion, $29; Out of State — 1-year subscription, $125; E-Edition Online Only (Anywhere) — 1-year subscription, $71. Mail subscription includes E-Edition. Website and E-Edition: TheSiuslawNews.com Letters to the Editor policy A moment of pause, but only a pause ists do. She’s right. And without Even at our small paper question, Thursday’s tragic with a news staff of four shootings have had a ripple and within a community as effect through newsrooms tightly knitt as ours, near- everywhere that has cul- ly each of us has received minated in a collectve mo- threats — veiled and not-so ment of pause. One of our reporters here vield, anonymous and di- But only a pause. at Siuslaw News, wanting to offer condolences and support, made a late-night From the Editor’s Desk phone call Thursday to the Ned Hickson Capital Gazette, which du- tifully answered its phone at 2:30 a.m. Maryland time, rect, physical and financial, Because, as I told her, the “Newsroom.” through messages left on work of dedicated jour- While shattered glass and voicemails at work and at nalists in newsrooms large the blood of fellow journal- home — that came as a re- and small, in communi- ists was being cleaned up, sult of reporting we’ve done ties around our country, members of the editorial on controversial subjects or will continue — and must staff at the Gazette were community forums we’ve continue — despite what working dilligently to re- held. has evolved into a discern- port the news and uphold In a Facebook message able tone of mistrust and, their commitment to read- this morning from a friend in some cases, outright ers who depend on them and past editor here at the hatred for journalists that for information about their Siuslaw News, she wrote, has trickled down to even community. “I couldn’t sleep last night the smallest of community So, early this morning, thinking about every news- newspapers. less than 24 hours after a room and editorial office That being said, I still of- gunman killed four jour- I’ve ever been in and what ten work into the evening nalists and a sales assistant it means to be in that line with my back to a large in its newsroom, today’s of work. The good and the window facing the street, edition of the Gazette land- bad. Because of the shoot- and I do so with little con- ed on people’s front porches ings in Maryland yesterday, cern — because regardless and in newspaper stands I know this will be a hard of the occasional threat, I around Annapolis. day for you and the folks at trust that the community Because it’s what journal- the Snews...” we serve has our back. Ultimately, the relation- ship between every news- paper and its readers — much like journalists and those who agree to speak with them off the record — is one built on trust. Trusting to be fair. Trusting to to get it right. Trusting to own up if it isn’t. And trusting to pro- tect one another through shared knowledge and be- ing an informed commu- nity. As I write this, I can hear each of our reporters typing away, preparing stories for this edition. At the same time, I know that each of them is thinking of the Ga- zette staff members who were lost — Rob Hiaasen, Wendi Winters, Gerald Fis- chman, John McNamara and Rebecca Smith — and dealing with that notion of loss in their own way. This editorial is mine. However, serving our community each day, and with each edition of this newspaper, is our way of dealing with the loss to- gether. Because it’s what we do. LETTERS What is happenning to my America? I am 75 years old. I have seen pres- idents come and go — some good, some not so good. This mob mentality is not the American way. We are a democracy. We have the right to disagree, but we do not have the right to impose our will on others. We are the greatest country on Earth and this mob men- tality is going to lead to violence. It will get someone hurt or killed. The issue is not who you voted for, whether you agree with the policies or whether you personally like or dislike someone. The reality is this: Donald Trump is the President of the United States of America. He was democratically elected and the office of the presi- dency must be respected. If not, we are endangering our own democracy. Let’s tone it down a bit and let de- mocracy work the way it was intend- ed It is time for the adults in each po- litical party to step up, take control and talk respectfully to each other. —Vickie Hymer Florence No end in sight to hypocracy Th e June 27 edition of the Siuslaw News published a letter from Ian Eales (“No Limit It Seems To Liberal Hypocracy”). I fi rst thought it was written in jest but then realized it was no joke. “Many of the recent images of ille- gal immigrant children in cages were taken during the Obama administra- tion,” he wrote. How about the many real-time images taken within the past few months? Eales went on to say that the Dem- ocrats (by name) “... are on record ... stating ‘Illegal immigration must be controlled.’” Th at has been known and attempt- ed by administrations for many years. He went on to say “Now that [Democrats] are out of power, no level seems too low to stoop in order to dupe an ignorant populace.” Well, his letter seems to me to be a refl ection of that populace. No doubt that populace receives its false information from the likes of Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh. “It seems liberal hypocrisy has no limit,” he fi nished in his letter. Well, Th e Donald has taken hy- pocrisy well over that limit — with no end in sight. —Win Jolley 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. 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Candidates themselves may not use the letters to the editor column to outline their views and platforms or to ask for votes; this constitutes paid political advertising. 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