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To the Editor:

I agree with the comments on how nice it is to have the flags present. However, I may be wrong, but I believe flag etiquette requires the flag to be lighted if left up after sundown.

I have a flag pole at my home in Portland and a visiting retired Air Force friend pointed out it must be lighted if left out at night so I have an upward beaming light on a sensor so it goes off at daybreak.

The rule may have changed, but you might want to research this and give us all an update on flag care and use in a special article.

Sincerely,

Lucia Warren Powers

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To the Editor:

Tollgate Property Management's philosophy -- DUE IT OR ELSE.

In last week's Nugget, my fellow neighbor Chet Davis complained about our "due-gooder" members looking for infractions and threatening letters being sent giving the owners 60 days or you will be fined.

I have lived in Tollgate for the last 12 years under the threat "do it or else" policy and feel now is the time to change! Instead of a threat, why not ask how we can help? Obviously, Mr. Davis' health demands it.

As a Freemason and a Shriner, I was raised with the Masonic vow (one of many) how to help my neighbor when I could.

Whenever a fellow Mason came upon hard times, he wasn't given a demand to pay or quit. We found a way to help.

Mel Collom

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To the Editor:

On August 6, approximately 15 Sisters residents and two friends from Salem met at Paulina Springs Book Company to discuss the Howard Dean for President Campaign.

Dr. Dean's campaign has created "meet ups" in hundreds of cities and towns across American and approximately 70,000 people attended the August 6 meet ups.

The purpose of the meeting was to introduce people to Dr. Dean and to his positions on key issues, including homeland security, health care, the economy and the environment.

Those attending the initial meeting plan to continue to meet monthly, and others are invited to join them.

The next Sisters area meet up for Dean will be at 7 p.m. on September 3, at a place to be determined.

For more information, contact Dick Sandvik ([email protected]