Opinion

To the editor:Thank you for your articles on Fairfield reinforcing the ?positives.? The recent photo and article on the Waugh family choosing our wonderful community prompted me to write this letter of commendation to The ledger. You cover politics, government, businesses, Chamber of Commerce, entrepreneurs, our myriad volunteer programs and the new directors for volunteer activities, opportunities for ...

To the editor: A wonderful opportunity for people in the Fairfield area begins Sept. 28 and runs through Nov. 6. It is an event called 40 Days for Life. This is an international event ~ being held in over 300 cities nationwide and several foreign countries. It is 40 days of prayer and fasting to put an end to abortion and to once again make the world a place that cherishes human life. Abortion has become ...

To the editor: The article about the ?Come Home? task force Sept. 7 caught my attention. The task force is charged with working with local businesses to encourage Fairfield graduates to return to the area to fill job vacancies. I returned to Fairfield 10 years ago after several years away, and I would like to remain here. After being ?downsized? from my computer programming job, I have spent the last year ...

Jeff Wilson is publisher of The Fairfield Ledger.

Carson Tigges is sports editor for The Fairfield Ledger.

Julie Johnston is photographer for The Fairfield Ledger.

Guest columns from a variety of authors.

Jerry Edward Kiger, 79, of Douds died Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, at SunnyBrook Living Care Center in Fairfield.The body has been cremated, no local services are planned. Burial of cremains will be in West Virginia at a later date.Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua assisted the family.Mr. Kiger was born Nov. 20, 1933, in New Martinsville, W. Va., the son of Orville and Theo Adline Covert Kiger. He married Bessie ...

Clara Hergenrider, age 72, of Belfry, Montana passed away September 10, 2013, at home with hospice care.Clara was born February 12, 1941 in Glasgow, Montana, to Carl and Helen. She married Rudy Hergenrider in July of 1996, in Belfry, Montana. She lived the majority of her years in Fairfield, Iowa, and lived in Belfry for the last 16 years.Clara worked for Family Planning Clinic for 20 years in Fairfield and ...

David Lynn Bittner, 46 of Mount Pleasant, died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, at Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield.A funeral is at 11 a.m. Monday at Green Mound Church in Trenton with Nancy Baldosier officiating. Burial will be at a later date following cremation.Visitation with the family is 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Green Mound Church.Memorials for the family may be left at the church or mailed to the family ...

Martha Mae Wolfe Glaha, 73, of Keosauqua, died at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, at the home of her daughter Kimberly Maserang in Bonaparte.A funeral is at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Larry Shipley officiating. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery in Cantril.Visitation opens at 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home with family present from 4-5 p.m.Memorials, to be ...

Ann Hunt Pickford, 93, of Cottage Grove Place, Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, June 12, 2013.Memorial services at 11:00 AM on Monday at Christ Episcopal Church. Rev. Martha Rogers will officiate. Private family inurnment at Oak Hill Cemetery.Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.Survivors include a son John (Karen) of Chicago, Illinois and two daughters, Elizabeth (Craig) Schreiber of ...