Chief Pettit retires: Thanks for supporting the department
I am announcing my retirement as Chief of Police of the Oregon Police Department effective Sept. 1, 2014. I have made the decision to leave the job I love due to my health and to spend more time with...
View ArticleMemorial game keeps soccer strong
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Kevin Gasner for organizing the 4th annual Dave Marchant Memorial soccer game between our defending state champ varsity soccer team and a really talented...
View ArticleThanks for supporting National Night Out
I want to thank all the businesses and organizations that assisted in making National Night Out a huge success by setting up a booth and participating in a safe and fun community night out!I also want...
View ArticlePettit made village a safe place to live
I have lived in the Village of Oregon for over 20 years. During that time, chief Pettit has always been chief Pettit and the village has doubled in size.This is a very safe community. It is a...
View ArticleThanks for playing pick-up soccer this summer
Thanks to everyone that came out to the Wednesday evening adult pick up soccer games this summer. They were great fun and we will do it again next summer!It was very good to meet so many new people....
View ArticleVillage lucky to have Staton
As many of you know, the Village of Oregon has concluded their investigation of former police chief Doug Pettit.The investigation remains ongoing by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, to include...
View ArticleVogeler has been a blessing to OSD
I want to community of Oregon to know they have someone very special on the Oregon School Board. Her name is Rae Vogeler.Vogeler sincerely cares about the Students in the OSD and doesn’t shy away from...
View ArticleVoter ID speaker at OSD showed bias
Are you sending your children to school or to a biased political forum?The Oregon School District recently held a mandatory assembly through the Social Studies classes. Our children were told it was...
View ArticleRinghand supports higher education
As a current college student, the cost of my education is something that’s on my mind nearly every day.I’ve had to take out student loans in order to further my education. I worry about the debt I will...
View ArticleReferenda: become informed and vote
I am writing this letter in support of the school referenda scheduled for a vote on Nov. 4.The capital referendum addresses the needs of our district. The board of education and administrative team...
View ArticleReferenda will help Oregon compete with other districts
On Nov. 4, the current generation of Oregon will have an opportunity to leave a legacy and shape the future. The referendum on the ballot is several years in the making, is the result of intense...
View ArticleSchool Referendum: Comprehensive, communicated, compelling
Congratulations to Dan Krause, Doctor Brian Busler and many others for preparing and publishing theNovember 4,2014 Referendum Newsetter. This excellent publication, in addition to the other public...
View ArticleVote yes to have appointed clerk position in Town of Brooklyn
The Town of Brooklyn will be asked if the clerk position should be appointed rather than elected. I have been observing the Town Board for two decades, and closely for the past 12 years. I know that...
View ArticleCox critics offer no factual support
I write concerning Beth and Randy Craig’s quirky letter to the editor concerning Municipal Judge Cox’s presentations to high school students on the history of voting.Quirky, how? In form and...
View ArticleCox talk followed district guidelines
This is a response to an Oct. 15, letter to the editor regarding Judge Beth Cox’s presentations to several social studies classes at Oregon High School.Judge Cox and Oregon teachers followed School...
View ArticleCox: Letter writers’ criticism was based on opinions, not facts
I was surprised and saddened by the highly personal attacks in the letter concerning my recent talk at the high school on the history of voting. And while the letter writers are entitled to their own...
View ArticlePolitics don’t belong in schools
When we cast a ballot is it private, personal. Our political views are not public information. That is our right. During the last presidential election our middle school students were asked to make...
View ArticleSpeaker at OSD did well for students
I am responding to a letter to the editor regarding a speaker at Oregon High School. Beth Cox spoke at an assembly about the history and importance of voting. The authors of the Oct. 16 letter clearly...
View ArticleAll citizens should be concerned about voter ID disenfranchisement
The Brennan Center For Justice based at the New York University School of Law published a recent report on the voter I.D. laws being enacted in Republican states. Their conclusion was that more than 5...
View ArticleOregon should be proud to have Nedelcoff
This letter is in support of Jon Nedelcoff. I have had the honor of knowing Jon for over 30 years in a variety of ways. Jon and I grew up in the rival towns 5 miles apart, he in Hazel Green and I in...
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