Fairfield News

To the editor:I am 83. I live down on a dead end county road and I didn?t own land south on the east or west side so the county needs to grind and put on rock.The county has not grinded or put on rock for three years. I have called and talked to county engineers and maintenance and supervisors.I have put rock on the end of the county road two years ago. I have not got the road done.They have raised my ...

Our complicated world just gets more complicated.I hope Fairfield never gets around to installing mounted cameras above our streets to record traffic violations.Last month I received a letter with a nice snapshot of my car near Menards in Muscatine. It was only a warning and informed me I was going 59 miles per hour in a 45 speed limit area.About the time I started thinking it couldn?t have been my car, ...

To the editor:Thursday, June 23, there will be a public meeting at the Fairfield Public Library, 7:30-9:15. Find out what is already being done in Fairfield to help stop and reverse the erosion of our constitutional rights, and to open up direct and honest communications with all our elected officials and law enforcement officers. Don?t just complain about how things are, or criticize others while you wait for ...

To the editor:Great News!! Last week City Council once again for the second time voted to open the beach at Bonnifield Lake/Waterworks Park. Better yet, Council reduced the restrictions on swimming. They ended the requirement to take a qualifying test in order to swim outside the roped off swimming area. That means no more tickets for swimming outside the boundaries. This is great news. A special thanks to ...

To the editor:WOW. Monday I participated in laying out the new labyrinth at the First United Methodist Church. This is the third one I have had the privilege to work on creating. Our culture has become so ?heady? that we have lost touch with much of the work of the heart we talk about often rather than doing the experience. Labyrinths are an ancient Christian experiential prayer form. They are found in the ...

To the editor:Growing food on our own land is a fundamental right. The city council is seriously considering taking the first step to take that right away from us. With reference to the June 14 article ?Vegetables won?t be allowed in city right-of-way,? here is a simple suggestion to those who ?don?t want vegetables in their front yards?: Don?t grow vegetables in your front yards (but don?t prevent others from ...

To the editor:To the town of Fairfield, parents who have children at Pence Elementary and the Fairfield Middle School and pick them up, the superintendent, the city council, the mayor and local law enforcement.I live on South Sixth Street and am seriously upset by the parking problem that occurs EVERY school day by the people picking up their children from the north end of the building. Please know that I ...

To the editor:Congratulations to all the cast, crew, orchestra, and set design team, and all who took part in the Fairfield Area Community Theatre production of Willy Wonka! What a fantastic show! I smiled until my face hurt. You all did such an amazing job and it was such a delight! Thanks for presenting such a fabulous family show and doing it so very well! Kids ? once again you knocked my socks off! ...