Fairfield News

To the editor:Congratulations to the Van Buren Players on their production of ?Chicago? last weekend. Such great local talent. Your hard work is greatly appreciated. ? Carolyn Louden, Fairfield

To the editor:On the weekend of Feb. 1, 2013, 200 cars were ticketed and towed off Fairfield city streets, netting the city $13,000 in revenues. They were in violation of a city ordinance that says cars parked in Fairfield city streets must move at least once over a 24-hour period, or be subject to fines, etc.The towed cars were snow-covered and many people left them innocently that way, choosing to walk, if ...

To the editor:In response to [?Large number of businesses cited in stings,? Wednesday, Feb. 6], I am not writing to discredit law enforcement for doing what they think they have to do or are forced to do by government mandated laws.I am writing to stand up for those that have to pay the price for inadequate policies, procedures, laws and fines mandated by our elected representatives.These ones that have to pay ...

To the editor:I recently visited your fine community for a short respite at the Raj. I arrived with a metal screeching sound in my car. It was Saturday evening, and I knew my chances might be slim to find someone to work on my car until Monday morning. I desperately called around and found just one mechanic to answer his phone. Keith Hyde with Fairfield Tire and Service was in working only because he was fixing ...

It?s early in the year, but we already know 2013 is going to be a banner year for our community. During the month of February we will begin to engage our citizens in becoming a certified Blue Zones Community. We also have 30,000 guests to prepare for when RAGBRAI riders and their support teams spend their last overnight in Fairfield on July 26.Since being announced in October as one of Iowa?s nine small communiti...

Some of you might have seen a byline from ?Andy Hallman? in the newspaper this week and wondered who that was. An explanation is in order.On Monday of this week I became the news editor at The Fairfield Ledger. I most recently worked as a reporter for our sister newspaper to the north, The Washington Evening Journal. I was at The Journal for more than three years, from October 2009 until just this past Friday.Al...

To the editor:I would like to thank Steve Burgmeier, Julie Johnston and Jeff Wilson for their years of service to the community. Each one of them has contributed their considerable time and talents over the years, reminding us just why we enjoy living in small town Iowa. I wish each one of them the best. ? David P. Miller, Fairfield

To the editor:Dear Gov. Branstad and lawmakers of Iowa,I am in dire need of a plant (cannabis) to stop the progression of my inherited medical condition. I have had this condition for the last 30 years. It is chronic progressive, meaning there is no cure and every day I get worse.Currently, I?m only paralyzed from the neck down. Eventually, in the not-too-distant future, I will lose my ability to swallow and ...

To the editor:Jan. 22, 2013, marked the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, that, along with the companion case of Doe v. Bolton, legalized the killing of unborn children throughout all nine months of pregnancy. We have lost 55 million Americans because of those decisions.I had heard there was a March for Life in Washington, D.C. every year on or around Jan. 22, where pro-life people ...

To the editor:Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk is grateful to everyone who participated in art walk?s February theme ?The Art of Love: Film, Photography and Poetry.? It was a new theme we were excited to try.It was a very cold night last Friday. Many chose not to leave the warmth of their homes to venture outside that windy evening. Those brave souls who did choose to attend Friday?s festivities were able to feel ...

To the editor:I just heard that Jeff Wilson, the publisher of the Fairfield Ledger, is retiring this month after over 20 years of service to the Fairfield community. Thank you, Jeff!I appreciate what a great job Jeff does to make sure an informative, accurate, appealing paper gets delivered every single day at a time when daily newspapers in major cities are folding. As publisher, he is responsible for creating ...

To the editor:Dear Jefferson County Supervisors Lee Dimmit, Dick Reed and Becky Schmitz; Sheriff Gregg Morton, State Senator Mark Chelgren; and State Representative Curt Hanson,Representative Tom Shaw, himself a lawman in his hometown of Laurens, Iowa, is sponsoring a bill in the Iowa House, the Iowa Safe Schools Act of 2013. Senator Kent Sorenson has agreed to sponsor a companion bill in the Iowa Senate. ...