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—Letters To The Editor—
Thank You!
To The Record-Courier:
Thank you for your support. Thank you for your vote. And thank you for your energy. Last night’s victory could not have happened without your hard work and I am forever grateful for all that you did.
I am honored to be the nominee of the Republican Party to be Oregon’s next Governor. Oregon's comeback is one step closer to reality.
But now is no time to rest on our laurels. We have a lot of work ahead of us.
I’m traveling around the state to begin uniting Oregonians. Whether you come from a farm or live in the city, our needs are the same: a good paying job to put food on the table and a good education for our children. I believe that by bringing people together we can create jobs, improve our education system and control reckless spending.
With your continued support, we will win this fall and put Oregon on the path to prosperity.
Chris Dudley
Candidate For Oregon Governor
Thank You Merchants
To The Record-Courier:
The Huntington Museum and Chamber of Commerce would like to thank all the Baker Merchants that were so kind to donate items for our May Day Auction that was held on May 1, 2010. We had a rainy day so had to have it in the VFW Hall. We did very good on raising funds and appreciate all the Baker Merchants for their donations. Thanks to All.
Norma Barton,
Secretary/Treasure of Museum
Huntington, Ore.
Statement On Primary Election
To The Record-Courier:
I am very thankful that so many Oregonians had my back and gave me their vote of confidence while I have been stuck in Washington, D.C., fighting to rein in the Wall Street banks that received an outrageous $700 billion bailout with taxpayer dollars. Wall Street greed, the war in Iraq, and Bush tax cuts for the most fortunate few in our society wrecked our economy and cost us millions of jobs, and Republicans, Independents, and Democrats alike are sickened by these examples of unlimited federal government and special interest politics.
I intend to campaign hard this year to make certain that Oregon interests - not Wall Street interests - are represented next year in the U.S Senate.
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden
Aircraft Carriers In Jeopardy
To The Record-Courier:
An article in the Navy Times titled “Strike group mission expands far beyond simple escort” has me concerned.
The aircraft carrier strike group is composed of a carrier and air wing, a submarine, and five or six escort destroyers and cruisers. The escorts protect the carrier by interdicting enemy units attacking the group.
Unfortunately, at times the carrier has only one escort because the other ships are dispersed hundreds or even thousands of miles from the carrier to carry out “patrol missions, exercises and port calls”. An example of this policy occurred in 2008 when the Carrier Theodore Roosevelt visited South Africa while some of its escorts were in the Mediterranean and another escort went to France for a D-Day event.
As stated, the Navy is comfortable dispersing the ships because we are not “facing direct, hot war threats,” but what would happen if Russia or China with its submarines and missile delivery systems decides to launch surprise attacks against our carriers? One escort and the air wing cannot protect a carrier from a large scale attack.
Our carrier strike groups should remain intact when they are deployed, and ancillary events should be handled by other ships in the fleet, or possibly not at all.
We currently have 283 naval ships, which is the smallest U.S. Navy since 1916, and it is 17 ships short of the recognized minimum of 300 ships. It is a woefully inadequate number of ships.
We need more ships.
Donald A. Moskowitz
Londonderry, NH
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