Opinion

To The editor:I would like to thank the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors, Mayor Ed Malloy and our city council Members for their patience and graciousness, in hearing the major concerns raised by the proposed Heartland Co-op industrial complex, on the east edge of Fairfield. To be sure, there are some who wish the issue would just be dropped, or that opponents of the project would quietly accept defeat.The ...

To the editor:?You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.?If what this nation considers to be great minds such as scientists, scholars, gurus, theologians, world leaders, politicians, judges, etc. have a problem knowing truth, then how did shepherds, tentmakers, fishermen, tax collectors and a homeless carpenter know from which truth came?Any hope founded upon ...

To the editor:When Heartland builds their grain elevator, many hard working Jefferson County farmers will get a better profit on their corn due to reduced travel costs. Also, there will be 30 construction jobs lasting six months and six permanent jobs at the grain elevator when it opens. Those are all good things for the economy and the community. But who will pay for the accelerated road damage resulting from ...

To the editor:Fairfield Economic Development Association appreciates the difficult decision facing the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors and thanks the board for their hard work and consideration on this matter.Agriculture is the backbone of Iowa?s economy and grain elevators dot the landscape throughout our county and state. Jefferson County produces an average of 11.6 million bushels of corn and soybeans ...

To the editor:?What do you get when you reunite a choir, whose members are over 50? Sight-reading of the music because you can?t remember the arrangements,? quipped Jim Edgeton.That is what happened on Monday night as the Fairfield Community Chorus met for the first time in over a decade. The rehearsal was for the memorial service of their late director Charlotte Lamb. A few younger singers joined in to replace ...

Since I last wrote for The Ledger, I have done a bit of driving; Texas (twice), Florida, South Dakota, Nebraska, Illinois, and British Columbia and of course many spots between.Most recently I let someone else drive and took a bus trip to Minnesota with former Fairfielder Matt Wetrich, who is serving as Carroll County?s naturalist. Helping Matt coordinate the adventure for 40 bird lovers was Warren County ...

For the second time in three months, I applaud our wonderfully supportive community for their continued support of the Fairfield Women?s Club. Thanks to you, we again had a very successful event with the lasagna luncheon this month.Thanks also to co-chairs Karen Fulton and Janet Roberts and their team of workers for the fantastic organization of advance preparation, in-house serving and deliveries. Our delivery ...

The Lions Club of Fairfield would like to thank the entire Fairfield community for making our latest spaghetti fundraiser so successful. We served a record number of people this year and the final amount we will be able to give back to the FHS sports and fine arts programs will be more than $4,000.This fundraiser has grown larger each year since we started it in 2009 and without the great team effort of the FHS ...

To the editor:In the Friday, March 7, front page story ?Survey: Quality housing in short supply,? Andy Hallman reports that Adam Plagge, FEDA?s executive director, suggests addressing Fairfield?s housing shortage by building new homes for high-income families. That ?would free up existing homes and allow low-income households to upgrade their living arrangements by moving into those recently vacated homes.?So ? ...

To the editor:If we do not know from which we came or how we got here, we will soon not know who we are and for which we stand. Today, most seem not to know what we believe as America seems to have become a confused nation that has lost its identity.Mark Twain once said that, ?A conspiracy is nothing but a secret agreement of a number of men for the pursuance of policies which they dare not admit in public.?The...

To the editor:After reading about the pandit incident in Vedic City, my first reaction was enormous respect and appreciation for Sheriff Gregg Morton and the other law enforcement personnel involved. Their cool-headed, measured and professional response turned a potentially hazardous situation into one that was quickly resolved with no one harmed. And while Sheriff Morton credits good training for this positive ...

To the editor:So much for world peace pandits. Peace keepers like that, we don?t need. When they take them to the airport, make sure they get on the plane. Don?t give them a choice.They said on the news that they weren?t directly associated with M.U.M. Then why are they here and who had them brought here?The cop and vehicle were attacked and had rocks thrown at them and windows broken and no charges were filed ...