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4A | WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 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anonymous, libelous, argumentative, sarcastic or contain accusations that are unsourced or without documentation will not be published.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: LETTERS Going to miss Weeldreyer Cindy Weeldreyer, former Lane County Commissioner, retires as secretary from Friends of the Cot- tage Grove Carousel as of July 31. She has served well as board member and recording secretary for the five-year life of the board. As this reader remembers, she has contributed many hours to better- ing her community, including her eight years of service to the coun- ty as a commissioner; many years of service leading various organi- zations in Cottage Grove, such as Beds for Freezing Nights, various food programs for the hungry, to name but a few; and currently as executive director for Bohemia Mining Days. She is also creator and author of “Around the Grove” newsletter. Cindy has not only contributed her expertise as recording secre- tary, but in her knowledge of de- veloping programs and her insight into the community. She will lend her expertise, in a lesser degree, to the carousel project as an advisor and working with Nadine Kelley in grant writing for phase 2 and 3, to develop a permanent home for the carousel. This group of volunteers has moved the project further and faster, in a five-year period, than any other volunteer carousel group in the west, with the exception of Shelby, Mont. I will miss working with Cindy on the carousel project. She and I have worked together on several boards — she is a wonderful team member. —Donald Williams, President, Friends of the Cottage Grove Carousel. We’ve come a long way since The Dixie Chicks controversy — but in the wrong direction opportunity to voice her opposition to the impend- ing war. “Just so you know, we’re on the good side with ya’ll,” Maines said. “We do not want this war, this vi- olence, and we’re ashamed that the president of the “dis” the president when you’re on foreign soil. I was living in Texas at the time and I can tell you that the sense of betrayal felt by the Lone Star State ran deep. Ultimately, the backlash ended what had been a U.S. Congress have used terms like “shameful” and “bizarre” to describe President Trump’s con- tinued support of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s It was 16 years ago this denial of election med- past March when the once dling — in 2016 and in the skyrocketing career of the future — the vast majority country music singing have offered little more group The Dixie Chicks came crashing back to From the Managing Editor’s Desk than finger wagging and generalities. The president Earth after making a Ned Hickson offered no such generali- comment disparaging the ties in specifically calling president while perform- out the FBI and the Robert ing on foreign soil. United States is from cosmic rise to superstar- Mueller’s investigation The Texas-based trio Texas.” dom. into collusion between of sisters Emily Robison Reaction from the other Now, 16 years later, in foreign and domestic in- and Martie Maguire, along side of the pond in Amer- a not-so-subtle twist of terests in swaying the 2016 with lead singer Natalie ica was swift and, as the irony, it’s the American election. Maines, were performing coming weeks and months people and the intelligence In an era where taking a at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire Theater in London would prove, unrelenting. agencies representing their knee in protest has created Many country fans and interest around the world so much controversy and and kicking off their Americans in general who have been — and division, it would seem international Top of the continue to be — disre- we’ve come a long way World Tour following the felt the group betrayed a sacred trust between the spected by the comments since the Dixie Chicks’ re- multi-platinum release of American people and their made by their president marks drew disdain from their album “Home.” so many Americans. At the time, then-presi- elected president, regard- while on foreign soil. The reaction? But, apparently, we’ve dent George W. Bush was less of which side of the Swift ambiguity. come a long way in the supporting the invasion of vote they had landed on. Simply put: You don’t While a few in the wrong direction. Iraq, and Maines took the 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. 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