4A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • AUGUST 15, 2018
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LETTERS
Better served by
creating our own
opportunity
[Regarding Ned Hick-
son's editorial “We’ve Come
a Long Way Since the Dixie
Chicks — But In the Wrong
Direction," July 25], he was
correct about that but failed
to mention how frighten-
ingly far we have fallen as a
country.
Never before have we
had “artists” and “comedi-
ans” fi nding it humorous
and apparently appropriate
to openly depict our presi-
dent beheaded... to wish his
innocent children impris-
oned... to openly portray his
graceful intelligent wife as a
common wh--e!
Very sad that the pop-
ulation of these United
States cannot comprehend
that there is more than one
opinion of how we are best
governed and that there
are literally millions who
kept their mouths shut and
prayed for an election that
they could change the tide
with; those who think their
children and grandchildren
are better served by oppor-
tunity to work and create
their own future than to live
off the dole!
—Joy Straub
Cottage Grove
Educate yourself about danger of fracking to environment
(Editor’s Note: Viewpoint submissions on
this and other topics are always welcome
as part of our goal to encourage commu-
nity discussion and exchange of perspec-
tives.)
I
love our beautiful state of Oregon;
the high desert, the mountains
and especially our incredible
coastal lakes, rivers and beaches.
Growing up in the ’50s and ’60s near
Lake Erie in Ohio, I lived through
two-headed fi sh in Lake Erie, the
Cuyahoga River catching on fi re and
the bright-red sunsets from the steel
mill in the next city. All this was
before the Clean Air Act (1970) and
Clean Water Act (1972).
Coming to Oregon in 1975 was
the best move I have ever made.
We truly have it all.
Th e natural beauty of Oregon is
beyond compare, which is why we
all need to educate ourselves on the
current threat to our rivers, streams,
forests, wildlife, air quality and recre-
ational access to our protected areas.
Th e Jordan Cove Energy Project
is a proposal to build a 229-mile
fracked gas pipeline across South-
western Oregon and a Liquifi ed
Guest Viewpoint
By Julia Tousley-Ritt
Natural Gas (LNG) export terminal
in Coos Bay.
Th e Canadian company Pem-
bina wants to build the 229-mile
pipeline from Malin, Ore., to Coos
Bay, crossing 400 rivers, streams and
other waterways including the Rogue,
Klamath, Coos and South Umpqua
rivers.
Th is is a project that has been de-
nied twice over the last 13 years.
But now, with loosened regu-
lations and secrecy, this Canadian
company is trying again. Th e Army
Corps. of Engineers and the Ore-
gon Deptartment of Environmental
Quality (DEQ) are seeking public
comments as they review two Clean
Water Act permit applications for
Jordan Cove.
We each have a responsibility to
educate ourselves about this project,
which you can do on July 16, begin-
ning at 5:30 p.m., in the Bromley
Room of the Siuslaw Public Library
Learn about the scientifi c facts
related to fracked gas, pipeline leaks,
dredging for 900-foot tankers coming
into Coos Bay, and other conerns that
we, as Oregonians, should under-
stand.
I urge anyone who values pro-
tecting the things that make Oregon
beautiful to learn about this project
and, just as importantly, who stands
to benefi t most from this project.
Send letters to:
nhickson@cgsentinel.com or cmay@cgsentinel.com
HOW TO CONTACT YOUR REPS
Oregon state
representatives
Oregon federal
representatives
• Sen. Floyd Prozanski
District 4 State Senator
PO Box 11511
Eugene, Ore. 97440
Phone: 541-342-2447
Email : sen.fl oydprozanski@
state.or.us
• Rep. Cedric Hayden
Republican District 7 State
Representative
900 Court St. NE
Salem, Ore. 97301
Phone: 503-986-1407
Website: www.leg.state.or.
us/hayden
Email: rep.cedrichayden@
state.or.us
• Rep. Peter DeFazio
(House of Representatives)
405 East 8th Ave.
#2030
Eugene, Ore. 97401
Email: defazio.house.gov/
contact/email-peter
Phone: 541-465-6732
• Sen. Ron Wyden
405 East 8th Ave., Suite 2020
Eugene, Ore. 97401
Email: wyden.senate.gov
Phone: (541) 431-0229
• Sen. Jeff Merkley
Email: merkley.senate.gov
Phone: 541-465-6750
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