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4A | WEDNESDAY EDITION | AUGUST 28, 2019 Siuslaw News P.O. Box 10 Florence, OR 97439 NED HICKSON , EDITOR | 541-902-3520 | NHICKSON @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM Opinion The First Amendment C ongress shall make no law respect- ing 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 peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Govern- ment 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 2019 © Siuslaw News 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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Website and E-Edition: TheSiuslawNews.com Letters to the Editor policy LETTERS Thank You to WLCF from Food Share Thanks to a generous grant from Western Lane Community Founda- tion (WLCF), Florence Food Share will be able to continue providing safe, nutritious food to the families and individuals in this community who depend on Food Share to help stretch their food budgets. When Food Share’s walk-in freezer desperately needed an evaporator coil to continue work- ing properly, the WLCF stepped in with a grant to fund the repairs and parts necessary to keep the freezer functioning at the required tem- perature for food safety. Over the years, the Western Lane Community Foundation has aid- ed many individuals and organi- zations through scholarships and grants, and we are truly indebted to the individuals who had the vi- sion to establish, and the generosity and determination to maintain this worthwhile organization. —Colin Morgan Operations Manager, for Florence Food Share Get news, Latin from more than one source I’m responding to two Letters to the Editor in the Siusaw News on Saturday, Aug. 24 (“Who Benefits” by Joel Marks and “Best Economy In 50 Years For a Reason” by Mar- tin Cable.) First from Joel Marks, my under- standing of his letter presents a di- chotomy: we shouldn’t let “govern- ment” dictate how we make money, use property, etc., but he says we should let some amorphous enti- ties do the dictating — presumably much wiser and wealthier than the citizenry. Huh? And by the way, the Latin for “who benefits?” is “cui bono?” not “Cumi Bono.” Second, from Martin Cable, I truly hope he’s getting his news from more than one source. The reality is that there are wor- ries about another recession. Chi- na’s economy is strong enough (and totalitarian enough) to see our tar- iffs and raise them. In the mean- time here in the U.S., there are too many citizens working three jobs and living paycheck to paycheck, there is a furious and ugly divide in our citizens and I won’t enumerate other egregious inequalities. And you ask for whom I’m gon- na vote? Anyone but the incumbent. —Patricia Burke Westlake Instead of complaining about art, get involved Recently there has been consid- erable complaining about the new mural on the Lincoln PUD build- ing. The one thing that all of these complainers seem to have in com- mon is that they failed to partici- pate at every step in the process. They failed to care enough to apply to become a public arts com- mittee member at every public- ly announced opportunity; they failed to attend regularly scheduled public meetings; and they failed to attend public comment meetings. Not one of them submitted a proposal when the call to artists was sent out publicly. In short, they failed at every one of many opportunities to offer any meaningful or constructive input. So my question is: Now that all of the hard work has been done, why should anyone care at all about their opinion? If you don’t like the way things are going, get out of your chair, turn off the TV, get busy, become involved and make your opinion count when it really matters. I would like to thank the Public Arts Committee, Central Lincoln PUD and all of the dedicated hard working people that have been in- volved with — and supportive of — this public art project. —Timothy A. Creager Florence Bear killings deserve more attention I read with dismay on Satur- day in the Register-Guard that five bears near Florence have been eu- thanized this summer. There was also information in the Siuslaw News on Saturday (“Area Residents Reminded That Feeding Bears Is Illegal.”) I understand that some people are careless with trash, etc., and other people even deliberately feed bears for the selfish thrill of seeing them. This subject needs to be publi- cized as much as possible so that eventually folks realize that they are dooming a bear’s life by feeding it. The more people talk about this, the more people may understand. Five bears in the Florence area have apparently been killed this summer alone. Let’s give this subject the atten- tion that it deserves — this is their home, too. —Cris Reep Florence ‘Who will I vote for?’ I have an answer to the question posed by Martin Cable in his Let- ter to the Editor (“Best Economy In 50 Years For A Reason,” Aug. 24), “Who will you vote for?” I would vote for the person who pulled “our USA” from the worst recession ever. Unfortunately, President Barack Obama can’t run for a third term. But alas, anyone else will do. “Our USA” will have to wait until a Democrat is elected to run. —David J. Campbell Florence The Siuslaw News welcomes letters to the edi- tor 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 sub- ject to editing for length, grammar and clarity. 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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 newspaper, at the sole discretion of the publish- er, general manager and editor, reserves the right to reject any letter that doesn’t follow the above criteria. Email 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 @oregonlegislature.gov 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