Fairfield News

To the editor:Susan Komen for the Cure (breast cancer) wisely decided but then unfortunately reversed it?s decision to end their significant funding of Planned Parenthood, Komen also fails in its programs to address the causes of this terrible disease especially by abortion and contraception, a major part of the business of Planned Parenthood.Abortion and contraception are long known to be causes of breast, ...

To the editor:Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk is incredibly grateful to everyone who contributed this year to the February Film Festival of Iowan Shorts. This year?s film festival was different than previous festivals as it focused mainly on Iowan short films. These films were screened at six different locations around and near the Fairfield town square. Further, the films ran in continual loops so that participan...

My 14-year-old daughter is a quiet, serious soul who isn?t prone to hysterics or drama, so you can imagine my reaction when I heard a shriek and a ?slam? come from her room Jan. 18. Was it a mouse? A rabid raccoon in the backyard? No, the Internet had ?crashed? right as she was trying to access information while writing an English paper.Teenagers, lawmakers and otherwise sane adults sounded a collective ?gasp? ...

To the editor:Thoughts of Fairfield, IowaAre mostly happy, not forlorn.I?m so lucky to have lived thereWhere these memories were born.Our little town was a ?cultural mix,?Characters that we knew.Some who walked, some who talked,Leaders and followers, too.Some were colorful, some were shy,Some thrived upon attention.Most deserved our love and praise,A few we best not mention.There was George Anderson, ...

To the editor:MidAmerican Energy is pressing the Iowa Legislature to pass a bill that MidAmerican could not get passed last year: HF 561, which would allow MidAmerican Energy to bill Iowa consumers in advance for new MidAmerican nuclear reactors, and let MidAmerican keep the money regardless of whether any nuclear reactors are ever constructed.Want to see how well this has worked elsewhere? In 2006, the Florida ...

To the editor:In regard to the proposed changes on Highway 1 South, I have a suggestion. Since there are several vehicles turning into the hospital, there should be a right turn lane for them. Some of the traffic goes ahead and passes in a restricted area rather than slowing down. ? Dean Pettit, Fairfield

To the editor:There are some people who are meant to star but are not able to finish their goal. We lost a great musician this past week who was reaching for his star. Ryan was a brilliant musician and will be greatly missed. ? ?Fiddlin? Granny? Joanne Ancell, his former teacher

To the editor:I would like to make a few statements about the current jail in Fairfield, Iowa.Last summer I was arrested and placed in the jail on Grimes Avenue. I had made a statement that was considered to be false witness. The officers came to my door, interrogated me, put me in handcuffs and carted me off. I spent the night there.I could not breathe in that jail cell and because there are no windows except ...

At 6 feet, 3 inches tall, a 24-year-old Glenn Hill barely fit into his cramped, nose-gunner turret position during World War II B-24 bombing missions.?Getting in there with a parachute was a real squeeze,? said the 92-year-old Fairfield resident last Saturday. ?If I didn?t have someone pushing me into my seat, it was easier just not wearing one sometimes.?Hill?s neighbors on North Main Street asked the Fairfield...

To the editor:The businesses in town are being charged $3 per month on their water bill to help the city pay for the recycling program. Yet we are not allowed to have a recycling bin or the curbside service that the residences receive. Councilman Michael Halley stated that since the city didn?t have enough funds for the program, they decided businesses could help pay for it even though we are not allowed to have ...

To the editor:Warren Buffett was on the cover of TIME magazine recently. The cover story discussed his many laudable points about how to improve life in America, and noted the inspiration he took from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?s observation that, ?It may be true that the law can?t change the heart, but it can restrain the heartless.?Speaking of laws to restrain the heartless: Mr. Buffett will never see the ...

To the editor:It takes great courage to admit you are wrong. To say that, after much research and study, it has been determined that mistakes have been made and steps need to be taken to ensure these mistakes are not allowed to be made in the future.Since the United States Supreme Court legalized abortion on demand throughout all nine months of pregnancy in 1973, over 53 MILLION unborn babies have died in our ...