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4A | WEDNESDAY EDITION | NOVEMBER 21, 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. 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Mail subscription includes E-Edition. Website and E-Edition: TheSiuslawNews.com Letters to the Editor policy LETTERS Thanks to the community for tribute to Leah Many, many thanks to all of the parti c- ipants of the tributes to the memory of our beloved daughter, Leah Goodwin. There were so many organizations and individuals involved. It is hard to find a place to start. We will try to thank everyone personally and in this letter. If we miss anyone, we know Leah is thanking them from heaven. We would start by thanking Kevin, Matt and Kim at the FEC for donating time, labor and equipment. Several people gave testimonials about their relationship with Leah, the Florence Methodist Church and oth- ers where Leah was a member or vol- unteered provided cookies, and more than 400 people attended the celebra- tion of her life. Two plaques, a large stone and a brick were given in tribute to Leah at the FEC, where she was in- volved in numerous plays and produc- tions as an active member of the Last Resort Players and other local theater groups in what she called her “home town” of Florence. We would be hard pressed to name all of the many good friends who were instrumental in the celebration, but they know who they are — and so does Leah. At a seperate meeting, she was awarded the Paul Haris Fellow Award sponsored by Chrystal Farnsworth and Dana Rodet at the November Ro- tary Club meeting. Our heartfelt thanks and appreciate to the community for celebrating Le- ah’s life. — Butch, Roise and Machelle Goodwin Florence Democracy in action In the Nov. 17 edition of the Siuslaw N ews, in a Letter to the Editor (“Call to Action”), Michael Allen “condemns” Mayor Henry’s partisanship position on such issues as sanctuary city sta- tus, gun violence prevention, climate change and support for educational upgrades. One can only conclude that Mayor Henry’s position is contrary to Mr. Al- len’s clearly partisan position on these issues. In addition, he makes an “ardent Call to Action” on this matter. It seems to me that the results of that “ardent Call to Action” were received when none of the partisan candidates ran against Mayor Henry in the re- cent election. Furthermore, it is over- whelmingly conclusive that Mayor Henry’s position on these issues and his overall job performance is laudable and highly supported by the residents of Florence when one sees that Mayor Henry garnered 94.09 percent of the votes cast for mayor. This looks like the “democracy in action" that Mr. Allen identified. —Ron Duzy Florence (Note: Mayor Joe Henry ran unapposed in the Nov. 6 midterm election.) When will local gas prices drop? Is anybody else curious as to why gas prices in Florence have not fallen? For many years, the price of regular gas was always 10 cents a gallon cheap- er in Florence than Eugene and was al- ways cheaper than Medford. At the time of writing (Nov. 16), Florence has seen the price drop just 3 cents a gallon in the past week while the price has dropped 10 cents in Eu- gene during the past couple of days — and is now 25 cents a gallon cheaper than Florence at some stations. Even in Medford, the price dropped 9 cents in the past two days and is cur- rently as much as 15 cents cheaper than Florence. It would seem that here in Florence, if no gas station drops its price, the other stations are more than happy to maintain their prices. —Frank Keavy Florence Where was the president? Our Commander and Chief, Donald Trump, has humiliated our military and country. As a political stunt prior to the midterm elections, he sent 5,200 Army troops to the Mexican board- er to help ward off the “invasion” of about 4,000 migrants from Central America who he warned will “invade” our country. Now these troops have laid barbed wire on top of “the wall” at the tune of $200 million and the troops are biv- ouacked miles from the border. In the meantime, Secretary of De- fense James Mattis stated that, other than laying the barbed wire, he did not know what their other functions were. Next we had the observance of both WWl and Veterans Day, when it seemed a bit of rain hindered the president from flying in a helicopter to the Asine-Marne American Cemetery, where 2,289 American service men are interned — only an hour’s drive by car from Paris. Then we have Veterans Day and — once again — he was a no-show, this time at the Arlington National Ceme- tery observance because a bit of rain. Neither did he attend any other func- tion honoring our service men and women that day. I served my country in the U.S. Army for three years. I was both humiliated and embarrassed by his actions. —Win Jolley Florence An undiscovered Christmas treasure I have a magnet on the side of my car that says, “Florence Nativity Festival,” and I am always quite surprised at how many people stop and ask me, “What is that?” For a small town, it is amazing how many fun, giving or spiritual things go on in Florence — especially during the holidays. But, instead of a large ser- vice club or nonprofi t project, this one started with just a few women sharing their prized Nativity collections over a weekend. Now there are over 400 that can be seen for free by the public. If you haven't discovered it yet, it is a good thing to share with your family and friends and maybe start a yearly tradition. Th e festival is always the fi rst weekend of December from 1 to 5 p.m. at the church on the corner of Munsel Lake and North Fork roads. Th is year, the Friday showing falls on Nov. 30. —Sherry Harvey 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
