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Editor?s note: Elizabeth Garrels, Mt. Pleasant, is chairman of the Friends of the Harlan-Lincoln House, which is located on West Broad Street, next to the Chadwick Library on the campus of Iowa Wesleyan College. By Elizabeth E. Garrels Thank you to Scott and Amy Lowe for bringing Lincoln to Main Street Cinemas. With this movie, they also provided much publicity for our local treasure, the Harlan-Lincoln ...

To the editor:I just got back from the public meeting about the effort to provide Fairfield with a new pool and gym, and at the risk of sounding like Dan Breen, I?ve got to reiterate what he said ? the time is now.My family and I moved to Fairfield from Denver four years ago. We have one child left in the school system and by the time this is built, he?ll be in college.Yet, for the less than $100 a year that ...

To the editor:Someone wrote that Branstad should ban Monsanto. Take a short drive north of Fairfield on Highway 1 at the airport turn and take a good look at the organic corn and bean crop. You won?t find much else than weeds. That land is some of the richest soil in the world. It could have fed thousands.The world population will reach 9 billion people by the year 2050. Without doubling the yields on the same ...

To the editor:Municipal Home Rule is sanctioned by the Iowa Constitution. Forty-three of the fifty states support Home Rule. Iowa City, Iowa, is a Home Rule Charter City. We would like to see Fairfield revise its charter and become a Home Rule City, as well.The two main advantages of a Home Rule City Charter are: A Community Bill of Rights; and citizens may bring issues to the ballot for a referendum vote.With ...

To the editor:There will be a very important rally in Central Park this Friday at noon and everyone is invited to come.This is an opportunity to stand with Americans all across our great nation as we join with people in over 140 American cities. These rallies are in support of religious freedom and are necessary because our President and his administration are overstepping their legal bounds as spelled out in ...

To the editor:Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk is grateful to everyone who participated in this year?s ?Rhythm and Art?-themed art walk. We had an awesome turnout on the square and once again were blessed with lovely weather. We had a superb lineup of music starting with the Art Walk Buskers. June?s Buskers included: Frank Cenatori, Robert Reeder, Taylor Ross, Tim Britton and Micah Salaberrios. For those of you ...

To the editor:My older sister who has resided in Fairfield her whole lifetime sent me your Friday, April 27, 2012 edition. The headline read: Track event renamed Brookhart-Crew Relays.Lee Crew was a senior my freshman year and an outstanding runner in his events. He always encouraged we younger ones to work hard and give your best. He continued this even while attending Iowa State Teachers College (now UNI) ...

To the editor:Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk is grateful to everyone who participated in this year?s May 4th Dance Art in Motion Art Walk.The Art in Motion Dance Showcase was a huge success and featured over 40 dancers exhibiting 17 different dance styles and genres on the Sondheim stage at the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center. It is amazing the incredible diversity of dance available in Fairfield.A huge ...