Fairfield News

To the editor:An exciting event is about to take place in the Fairfield community. The 2012 Fall 40 Days for Life campaign begins Wednesday, Sept. 26, and will end Sunday, Nov. 4.40 Days for Life is 40 days of prayer, fasting, and community outreach to end abortion.The first organized campaign began in 2007, and through the power of prayer and fasting, continues to experience many blessings. Caring people have ...

To the editor:Someone wrote that Branstad should ban Monsanto. Take a short drive north of Fairfield on Highway 1 at the airport turn and take a good look at the organic corn and bean crop. You won?t find much else than weeds. That land is some of the richest soil in the world. It could have fed thousands.The world population will reach 9 billion people by the year 2050. Without doubling the yields on the same ...

To the editor:Municipal Home Rule is sanctioned by the Iowa Constitution. Forty-three of the fifty states support Home Rule. Iowa City, Iowa, is a Home Rule Charter City. We would like to see Fairfield revise its charter and become a Home Rule City, as well.The two main advantages of a Home Rule City Charter are: A Community Bill of Rights; and citizens may bring issues to the ballot for a referendum vote.With ...

To the editor:I am appalled by Dear Abby?s column regularly and rarely read it. However, I did read it in The Fairfield Ledger from Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Abby?s advice to TAKEN ABACK IN CALIFORNIA was, at best, politically correct. At its worst, the advice adds to the moral decline of America! Abby?s last comment was, ?It?s called REALITY.?Businesses should have the legal right to require an employee dress ...

To the editor:Last week, I received an email from a company I had recently ordered some products, that the order placed on August 18th was shipped on August 22nd. This company was promising next-day shipping on all orders, meaning orders received on the 18th would go out their warehouse the next day, or on the 19th. I was feeling the squeeze, because I was hoping to receive the package delivered to my house by ...

In this morning?s Ledger mail there arrived a complimentary copy of the 2013 Old Farmer?s Almanac. I buy one every year and there is more information in it than one might expect. The 2013 edition is no exception.The first page states that this almanac contains, ?besides the large number of Astronomical Calculations and the Farmer?s Calendar for every month in the year, a variety of New, Useful and Entertaining ...

To the editor:In response to the recent letters and articles in the Ledger concerning the swimming beach at Bonnifield Lake, I say, ?It isn?t big enough.?Concerns have been voiced by our police chief over people swimming beyond the ropes. So why don?t the ropes go out past the first yellow buoy? Every pool I have ever been in has some sort of marker that designates where the shallow water ends and deeper water ...

To the editor:For 20 years, Park and Rec Board Chair Dr. Terry Cochran has been my doctor (a superb one) and a friend. I much regret that we have disagreed on the use of Bonnifield Lake beach and hope that he might, at some point, reconsider his position.With regard to the Aug. 7 Ledger article [?Cochran restates opinion to close Bonnifield Beach?], some years ago in Fairfield, we had a fisherman, who did not ...

To the editor:The Aug. 14 Ledger article [?Lake?s future rooted in compromise?] mentioned 200-300 beach users. I swim often and I see half that many people on a typical nice day. I am sure the total number of Fairfielders enjoying the beach over the course of a summer exceeds 1,000. It is a very popular place.Regarding safety, no amount of rules will make the water as safe as offering more swimming lessons. ...

To the editor:How coincidental. The day I received my tax bill from Jefferson County is the same day The Ledger reported that The Jefferson County Health Center had a net income of 2.3 million dollars last year.I need someone to explain why the residents of Jefferson County were taxed over 1.2 million dollars designated for the hospital, when the hospital had a 2.3 million dollar net income. I believe the ...

To the editor:Much has been bantered about in the national news about Obama?s Stimulus Plan, officially known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Before anyone draws conclusions about it, take a good look at how this Act has helped our own community in the last two years.Here are just some of the titles of articles in the Fairfield Ledger that cite how the American Recovery and Reinvestment ...

To the editor:Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk is grateful to everyone who participated in Art Walk?s 10 year anniversary and ?Bark in the Park? themed Art Walk. We had an exceptional turnout on the square and a ?doggone? fun good time!A HUGE thank you goes to our August Event Sponsor, US Cellular on the square. As a means of showing community support and introducing themselves to Fairfield, US Cellular generously...