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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.
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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
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