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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
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