To the editor:I?m at a loss here! What is wrong with our government? It?s not working right that?s what?s wrong with it. Here?s the way it?s not working right.Our government is for the rich, sure they give a little here and a little there to the poor. But why do they not encourage more small business? Because they are rich and that?s who they cater to.If loans were made available to people with perfectly ...
To the editor:Tis the season to be responsible.The holidays are almost upon us, a time of pies, cookies, turkey, Christmas festivities and the temptation to overdo alcohol consumption. While holiday related adult alcohol use is something to be aware of, there is cause for concern of a corresponding rise in teen drinking.This time of year, the news is full of preventable alcohol related tragedies from ...
To the editor:Why does it seem that when it comes to the topic of the future of the high school building, that we only get part of the facts and even those are cherry picked to support the position of a new high school? Superintendent Art Sathoff recently was quoted in the paper of saying that ?it is not uncommon to find high school space of more than 223 feet per pupil? [?Debate on high school facility begins ...
To the editor:Stop inflation!From testimony before Congress: When President Franklin D. Roosevelt complained to his Secretary of the Treasury that there wasn?t enough money to do all he wanted to accomplish, the Secretary replied, Oh, don?t worry! We can make all the money you want, and it won?t look like stage money either; it will look real, and they will take it!That is the money we are dealing with ...
To the editor:?What if conservatives who preach small government wake up and realize that our interventionist foreign policy provides the greatest incentive to expand the government,? Ron Paul before the US House of Representatives, Feb. 12, 2009.It baffles me how some conservatives who rail against the excess and waste of big government here at home, in particular its uncanny ability of mismanaging and ...
To the editor:Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk and the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce would like to express deep appreciation to the sponsors, partners and volunteers that contributed to making the Dec. 2 Gingerbread Extravaganza such a successful event.With gratitude we would like to acknowledge the contributions of the following organizations and individuals:A big thank you goes to the Fairfield Art ...
The Ledger?s regular driver who takes papers to Van Buren County everyday has been under the weather and it was my turn to fill in yesterday.Dick Corry has been running the Birmingham, Stockport and Keosauqua route for years. He?s so reliable it?s easy to forget what he does.So I took off for Birmingham at 2:50 p.m. knowing that I had to be in Keosauqua before 3:45 p.m. when the post office closes down ...
To the editor:I was seriously wronged back in 1999 and 2000 by part of our local government. I was told the statute of limitations won?t allow me to sue. So I guess that?s water under the bridge.Now I?ve got this question! Is everyone blind or what? I wrote a letter to our governor back in 2005 explaining how to stop meth and it would work.Why is it these state representatives still allow pseudoephedrine ...
To the editor:DID YOU GO TO THE WEDDING??The date: Dec. 3, l981, Sunday, Thirty years ago.Scheduled time: 1:30 p.m., actually happened 1.5 hours late.The place: New $750,000 dome where laborers worked furiously on MIU campus to complete the 24,000 square foot women?s golden dome in time for the wedding.The groom: Douglas James Henning age 34, born in Winnipeg Canada in l974 started practice of TM ...
I like mysteries that can be figured out quickly.Last week my morning shower water pressure at Southgate was a little more than a trickle. I was more concerned about a water heater going bad than the annoyance of a less-than-satisfying shower.When I pulled out of the Southgate drive at 7 a.m., the ditches on the east side of Highway 1 were filled with water. I assumed it rained a little more than I thought ...
To the editor:Readers, I want you to consider the voices of those that you do not hear, to listen for the sounds of nature that are diminishing or no longer there. They have been waning for decades and in one century alone, have disappeared forever from the planet.During this summer, I kept my eye on the telephone wire near my house where at least three or more mourning doves sat each day. Sometime in very ...
The Nielsen Company telemarketer is my new best friend ? just check the call log on my cell phone. Line after line of missed calls from the company?s 800 number fill the little screen.I?m already participating ? diligently, I might add ? in the Nielsen survey; I don?t feel obligated to answer their incessant calls as well.For the past week, I?ve been following the simple instructions in their little ...
To the editor:My name is Robert Miller. I am 96 years old. I live in Iowa in the little town of Batavia. My home is one short block from the BNSF railroad track.While many folks are complaining about the rumble and noise; about the whistles blowing day and night, I have to say, it?s music to my ears.There are many, many stories I recall about the interesting things that I had to do, because the railroad ...
To the editor:Hey?ever see that Iowa movie where they build a baseball diamond inside a cornfield, with the hopes some players from long past will appear? Well guess what? In March, F.A.C.T. put on a show called WAITING FOR OPRAH at the Walton Club. The play was about a book club waiting for Oprah to arrive. At the end of the play, they open the door and yell in unison ?Oh My God!? Well?it took a few months ...
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