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4A | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2019 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Cottage Grove Sentinel 116 N. Sixth St. Cottage Grove, Ore. 97424 NED HICKSON , MANAGING EDITOR | 541-902-3520 | NHICKSON @ CGSENTINEL . 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#133880 Copyright 2019 © COTTAGE GROVE SENTINAL Letters to the Editor Policy The Sentinel 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, grammar and clarity. Publication of any letter is not guaranteed 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anonymous, libelous, argumentative, sarcastic or contain accusations that are unsourced or without documentation will not be published. Letters containing poetry or from outside The Sentinel readership area will only be published at the discretion of the editor. Political/Election Letters: Election-related letters must address pertinent or timely issues of interest to our readers at-large. Letters must: 1) Not be a part of letter-writing campaigns on behalf of (or by) candidates; 2) Ensure any information about a candidate is accurate, fair and not from second-hand knowledge or hearsay; and 3) explain the reasons to support candidates based on personal experience and perspective rather than partisanship and campaign-style rhetoric. 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 publisher, general manager and editor, reserves the right to reject any letter that doesn’t follow the above criteria. LETTERS Send letters to: nhickson@cgsentinel.com Thanks to our City for brush site A big thank you to the City of Cottage Grove for allowing us to dispose of our brush on its site. Can you imagine how terrible the smoke would have been if all this debris had been burned in our yards? Perhaps part of the trash prob- lem could be solved if a few dumpsters and Buck toilets were available to the homeless. Might save the city some clean up time. —Pat Coutierier Cottage Grove A poem for children of abuse In darkened bedrooms late at night He yells at her and then they fi ght I just lay there with no light And dream of days that were so bright We are children so confused Our bodies battered, souls abused We reach for love and then get bruised Yet in the end, we all lose It must not be, so many children just like me I only wish they would talk with me Hold my hand and walk with me Say the things I long to hear “We really love you and we want you here” Why can’t it be? We re children runnin’ scared Just because no one cared We never tough, we never dared Th is love inside, we never shared It must not be So many children, so many wom- en, there’s So many people, just like me. It must not be. —Ron O’Keefe Cottage Grove ( Editor’s Note: As part of our month-long collaborative with community newspapers in Cre- swell, Florence and Newport on the subject of suicide, we have agreed to share Letters to the Ed- itor submissions on that subject within each of our newspapers. While letters are generally only printed from within our reader- ship areas, we each agreed that letters that result from this collab- oration warrant sharing as part of encouraging conversation within our communties on this import- ant subject.) Suicide series can open our communities to talking First, I want to thank the Cot- tage Grove Sentinel, Siuslaw News, Creswell Chronicle and Newport News-Times for taking the time to talk about a complex and hard topic: Suicide. Th is is an important topic that should be talked about. My personal touch with suicide happened in sixth grade when my older brother, Ben, who was in the eighth grade, choose to take his life. I wish that I would have known he was in so much pain. I didn’t understand the signs. I still grieve everyday for his loss and wonder what he would have been like in high school; what kind of career he would have chosen. He’d have been a great dad and I think about the positive things he could have been. But I also think about how his actions have shaped me and how I have become as a result of it. For those who experienced this suicide within your family, friends and community, you’re not alone and our stories are unique. Honor that person and remember them. It is ok to grieve in diff erent ways and stages. Do what works for you. I want everyone to know they are loved, no matter what — even when we disagree. And if you are having a hard time, please talk to someone, make art, write — whatever it takes to express your feelings. For those who shame people about this topic and say “You’re going to hell” for those thoughts, please take another look at this topic and don’t judge; you’re not in their shoes. Th ank you for the opportunity to share and for opening up our communities to this discussion and in understanding that we are more connected than we think we are . —Jo Beaudreau Florence, Ore. HOW TO CONTACT YOUR REPS Oregon state representatives Oregon federal representatives • Sen. Floyd Prozanski • Rep. Peter DeFazio District 4 State Senator PO Box 11511 Eugene, Ore. 97440 Phone: 541-342-2447 Email : sen.fl oydprozanski@ state.or.us (House of Representatives) 405 East 8th Ave. #2030 Eugene, Ore. 97401 Email: defazio.house.gov/ contact/email-peter Phone: 541-465-6732 • 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 • 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 S entinel C ottage G rove 541-942-3325 Administration Jenna Bartlett, Group Publisher Gary Manly, General Manager... Ext. 1207 gmanly@cgsentinel.com Allison Miller, Multi-Media Sales Consultant... Ext. 1213 amiller@cgsentinel.com Gerald Santana, Multi-Media Sales Consultant... Ext. 1216 gsantana@cgsentinel.com Gina Nauman, Inside Multi-Media Sales Consultant... Ext. 1203 gnauman@cgsentinel.com Editorial Ned Hickson, Managing Editor... 541-902-3520 nhickson@cgsentinel.com Damien Sherwood, Staff Reporter... Ext. 1212 dsherwood@cgsentinel.com Zach Silva, Sports Editor... 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