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4A | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 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anonymous, libelous, argumentative, sarcastic or contain accusations that are unsourced or without documentation will not be published.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 Thank you to our community for support The Friends of the Cottage Grove Carousel wishes everyone in our community a happy New Year. We also wish to thank The Sen- tinel for the superb coverage of the carousel for the last few years. Pos- itive press means so much to a vol- unteer organization that is working towards the good of the communi- ty. As most in our community know, the carousel project is an all-vol- unteer organization, and it needs extra volunteer help from time to time. For example, the carou- sel committee has a booth around town at different events, such as the Pancake Breakfast with Santa at the Fire Department, the Art Walk in downtown, Bohemia Mining Days, and many more throughout the year. To the casual viewer, these are small events. But in the big picture of promoting the carousel before the community, it is necessary for the carousel to be present in the public as much as possible. Parades are another necessary event requiring two to three hours to help us create a parade entry. I’m not asking for a person to dedicate all their spare time to a worthy cause. But anyone who has a desire to help the carousel project can feel free to call me at 541-942- 4752. An hour or two a month would be helpful. Thank you to our community for all its support. — Don Williams Friends of the Cottage Grove Car- ousel Moving into 2020 after a year of positive changes With the new year looming, it was once again time to sort through the past in order to benefit our newsroom’s future. (Coincidentally, it also got me out of washing the dog, but you didn’t read that here.) Over the course of a few hours, one can time-travel through 130 years of local history captured in aged clippings, folded newspa- per pages and pamphlets. They are also things you’ll never find with a Google search. They exist now only in the memories of those who wrote the stories, lived the experience or, in this case, remain preserved in the archives of our small newsroom. I have to admit, I came into the New Year without any concrete resolutions aside from the usual — and ongoing — intentions of eating healthier, exercis- ing more and procrasti- nating less (something I invariably keep putting off). However, a trip through striving for your trust and partnership on these pages each week. “Integrity” is a term that has come into question within the realm of jour- nalism far too often over the last few years, partic- ularly at the national level where the need to be first visits here in the office or while waiting for a cup of coffee. It’s these conversations that build the trust and partnership I spoke about earlier, and the integrity I hope you will feel is re- flected on these pages with each issue. Over the course of the past year, we’ve seen From the Managing Editor’s Desk some changes here at The Ned Hickson Sentinel, including a new page design and, as of Dec. 5, a new publication the past serves to reinforce is sometimes more im- day of Thursdays instead portant than the responsi- of Wednesdays. the unique responsibility and privilege we have, as a bility of being factual. All of these changes And while we aren’t newspaper, to be the keep- were made to improve ers of the past, chroniclers perfect, we certainly try — what we do as your com- even if it means holding of the present and spark munity newspaper. conversation for the future a breaking news story to Hopefully, someday make sure the information when another editor for — all while serving as a reflection of our commu- is complete and not based The Sentinel is reading and on speculation or assump- organizing the archives of nity’s hopes, challenges and particular moment in tion. our history, like me they As we head into 2020 time. will be moved by the same That being said, I’m not and the 131st year of The sense of responsibility and Sentinel, I look forward making a resolution as privilege that now rests to the conversations we’ll much as offering you our easily in our past archives resolve, as your communi- have together on the as well as the archives yet ty newspaper, to continue phone, through emails, to be written. 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. 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 Gerald Santana, Multi-Media Sales Consultant... Ext. 1216 gsantana@cgsentinel.com Veronica Brinkley, Multi-Media Sales Consultant... 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