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4A | WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Cottage Grove Sentinel 116 N. Sixth St. Cottage Grove, Ore. 97424 NED HICKSON , MANAGING EDITOR | Opinion 541-902-3520 | NHICKSON @ CGSENTINEL . COM 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anonymous, libelous, argumentative, sarcastic or contain accusations that are unsourced or without documentation will not be published.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: Today’s fi reworks aren’t what they used to be First, the good news: According to the Na- tional Council on Fire- works Safety (NCFS), fireworks-related injuries have dropped by 75 percent in the last decade. The bad news? Any- one over the age of 30 can tell you that today’s fireworks are about as exciting to watch as a pile of smoldering socks. For example, it used to be that “sparklers” actually sparkled. They showered the air with tiny crackling embers so bright you could see them through your eyelids. The bravest kids would spin them like propellers, knowing full well their eyebrows would grow back by mid-summer. 5) Any and all sky- rockets capable of leav- ing southern air space must be pointed north. The fact is, even though I whine about having wimpy fireworks here in Oregon, at least we have them. In Georgia, they are illegal. This means From the Managing Editor’s Desk watching public fire- Ned Hickson works displays or, as many Georgians do, go- ing outside and facing toward Alabama. shower of sparks. Just a plunger. Even though these 3) Though there is momentary flame as the no limit to the number displays are beautiful, paper wick ignites and it’s still not the same as then, upon reaching its of M-80s you can join being knocked uncon- together with a single climactic flash point, scious by a runaway fizzles into a puff of flat- fuse, the Department ground flower. Being of Homeland Security ulent-smelling smoke. as I lived in Atlanta for warns it can’t be held Those who live in responsible should your six years, I can tell you Alabama or Tennessee area, as a precautionary illegal fireworks do have no idea what I’m measure, be swept with make their way across talking about. That’s the Alabama border. heat-seeking missiles. because they have real This, of course, is a 4) If you have studded fireworks. The kind that tires, you must remove huge problem. Espe- childhood memories cially if your boat trailer them. (and a good portion of isn’t big enough. (This has nothing to our nation’s first-strike All joking aside, best do with fireworks; it’s capabilities) are made just a friendly reminder wishes to all of our of. readers for a fun and In addition, the only from the folks at the Highway Department.) safe Independence Day real restrictions they celebration tomorrow. And lastly, have are as follows: My kids don’t believe me when I tell them this. That’s because, each July Fourth, they are handed “sparklers” that are basically sticks of incense that smell like sulfur. No crackle. No 1) If a skyrocket is longer than your boat trailer, it must be flagged during trans- port. 2) You must, by law, inform neighbors when using any fireworks that require a dynamite 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. Send letters to: nhickson@cgsentinel.com HOW TO CONTACT YOUR REPS Oregon state representatives Oregon federal representatives • Sen. Floyd Prozanski • Rep. 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