Opinion

To the editor: Teachers know what they want to teach. And when they want to teach it. That is why …

You may have seen teal-painted pumpkins decking out a neighbor’s porch, or teal pumpkin signage on front doors and staked …

Brad Heald was still weed eating 45 minutes before his daughter’s wedding. He wanted everything to be perfect for his …

It’s Sunday afternoon and were are cruising down Interstate 70, heading for Hocking Hills. We have another 230 miles until …

To the editor:Recently, the Fairfield Community School Board announced that it is now time to begin implementing many changes to our beloved Fairfield Community School District. Often, change by itself is hard to accept, but it appears to me that most of these changes have got a lot of people pretty cranked up.As a parent of three children who are currently part of the FCSD, I understand that it?s easy to be ...

To the editor:On Monday, the community will find out the fate of Libertyville Elementary School. Before that takes place, I'd like to publicly thank Paul Miller, School Board Member, for the extra time and effort he has put into researching other districts and actively exploring every other avenue to avoid closing the doors of a beloved elementary school. It is apparent to me and other members of this community, ...

To the editor:I was a confident and self-assured teacher. I knew what I was doing and I loved it. The students could see that. I rarely appeared anxious or confused, much less fearful and insecure.Problems were not daunting and the work was rarely overwhelming. I did not ever despair of holding my own or my position at the school. But that was in the school, the classrooms, the halls, the playing fields and ...

To the editor and voters of Jefferson County:With slightly less than a month until the election, it is time to look seriously at the choices we as residents of Jefferson County have to make. We have four candidates running for two seats on the county Board of Supervisors. It is vitally important that we retain Lee Dimmitt as one of our supervisors. He has been on the job working for us for eight years. He ...

To the editor:The upcoming election in Jefferson County has many important facets to it, but none more important than the election for Jefferson County Supervisor. It has been stated by one candidate for supervisor, and may very well be sustained by more than one candidate that Jefferson County has ?evolved? beyond agriculture and that farm families do not represent a necessary ingredient for Jefferson County to ...

To the editor:On the upcoming election day, we urge you to vote for Margaret Dwyer for Jefferson County Supervisor.Marg's long involvement in community service combined with her executive experience at Cambridge Investment Research gives her a solid background in action and decision-making. She also possesses a level head, the ability to see and assess both sides of an issue, and a knack for galvanizing people ...

To the editor:As the election for supervisors draws closer, I thought I should share my experience working with Marg Dwyer on the Fairfield School Board of Directors.I served with her for about four years. During her term, the ?alternative? school was opened and Project Lead the Way (a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math program) was implemented. As our board president, Marg was always fair, open-minded, ...

To the editor:A unanimous decision by seven unelected judges of the Iowa Supreme Court in the Varnum vs. Brien case, dated April 3, 2009, held that the state?s limitation of marriage to opposite-sex couples violated the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution. That decision established same-sex marriage in Iowa.In November 2010, Iowa voters defeated the retention of three of the judges responsible for ...