News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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An eighth-grade science project that flopped inspired a lifelong love of oceanography for a New York City kid who recently retired as chief scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Dr. Rick Spinrad credits his junior high science teacher for asking all the right questions when his echo sounder experiment was unsuccessful. “I worked on it for months,” Dr. Spinrad recalls about his attempt to build a device to measure ocean depth. “And I faile... Full story
To the Editor: I’m grieved at what I see happening in the U.S. Mass shootings, people wanting to kill the president, burn up certain political parties, killing and aborting babies after birth. Law and order not followed. Much bitterness, hatred, vitriol everywhere. Taking guns away will not cure this. This grieves me very much; it’s not the America I grew up in! We all need love, acceptance, forgiveness, understanding, tolerance one to another, bearing one another’s hurts, trials, burdens, having patience, slow to anger... Full story
