Obituaries

To the editor:Recently we experienced a wonderful surprise; we came home to find our driveway void of snow!We later found out the ?Booster Club? and the student athletes of Fairfield High School were responsible.Such a wonderful organization that hopefully everyone supports to help our young people in the same way they helped us. These fine young members showed their appreciation and had such an important ...

To the editor:With the upcoming special election for county residents to vote for the support of the pool and gym project, I would like to share some of the reasons I feel a yes vote is important to our community.When I say community, I mean all of Jefferson County because we truly are all one.As a lifelong resident and business owner I believe these facilities are very important to the continued growth and ...

Fairfield can lead the country for creating a net export of solar energy and solar technologies.The implementation of solar power everywhere in Fairfield will make the city self-sufficient in energy. By having the world?s largest per capita city array of solar panels, Fairfield can sell excess energy to America to help create a healthier and more prosperous nation.Fairfield?s city hall, police station, all ...

The Hawk Eye, June 28Iowa proud: Supreme Court rulings show the Hawkeye State is doing things right. Iowans can be forgiven for feeling a little smug following major U.S. Supreme Court rulings this week.In both the Voting Rights Act and Defense of Marriage Act rulings, the court majority affirmed our state is on the right side of history and interested in treating its citizens fairly and equally.First, the ...

Last week, I put my youngest daughter, Sage, on a plane bound for Anaheim, California where she competed at the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference. The way I carried on about it, she might as well have been flying to Timbuktu unaccompanied. She graduated June 2. I shed only a few tears. She turned 18 on June 19. I made it through that relatively unscathed, as well. So the total ...

I?m writing in regards to statements made by Jack Eddy and others regarding recent city employee pay raises.Jack and I spoke the same day his letter-to-the-editor was printed and discussed several city issues. He was kind enough to say that he doesn?t believe the council members are of below-average intelligence (thanks, Jack); he just fears that we?re being led around by our administration.I?d like to share ...

To the editor:In a grading scale, an A+ is the best score. An A+ represents dedication and commitment to learning and achievement.Schools are also rated by their curriculum, faculty, and physical structure. The Fairfield Community School District and community must dedicate and commit themselves to improving Fairfield High School.These needed improvements will be an A+ decision. On April 2, eligible voters ...

I have the privilege of serving an organization whose mission and vision uphold the moral conviction that every person deserves access to health care.At Jefferson County Health Center our commitment to serving as a healing presence to the most vulnerable among us means the debate over whether Iowa should expand the Medicaid health insurance program comes down to a moral question. We believe caring for the least ...

To the editor:When asked about Iowans too poor to afford health insurance, Governor Branstad talks about health care savings accounts, increasing co-pays, and people drinking at open bars at weddings.Governor, making health care more expensive won?t help people who can?t afford it in the first place.Iowa?s governor has no idea what it is like to be unemployed or to work for the minimum wage.He?s been on the ...

To the editor:A blueprint is used to construct a baseball camp with pitching machines. DNA is a spiral helix (twisting) blueprint. DNA blueprints construct proteins and every part of our body. DNA creates all creatures and plants.The DNA study of cancer identifies 236 mutated human genes, which lead to cancer.MALDI imaging mass spectrometry was used to classify patients with melanoma cancer remissions and ...