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To the editor:I read with interest the letter to the editor in the Sept. 10th edition of The Fairfield Ledger, written by Charlie Danaher of Boulder, Colorado, and a 1985 graduate of MIU, entitled ?Cherish the lives of the unborn.?He states that the ?flawed and evil premise? (abortion) leads to the tempting idea that if we?re going to kill them anyway, we might as well sell their body parts. He is referring to ...

To the editor:I feel that not having a train whistle warning is a bad idea and we need to have them back.This week I had a close call with a train. I was approaching the crossing on Fourth Street at a very low rate of speed with a semi. Just about the time the front of the semi reached the area of the crossing arms, the lights and signals came on. Luckily, I got stopped in time, or when the warning arm came ...

To the editor:Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, spoke a week ago at a celebration honoring outgoing Sen. Tom Harkin, who served 40 years in the Congress and Senate.President Clinton said Tom Harkin showed us that politics can be a noble profession, and people who disagree can get together, work together and find common ground.Bill Clinton continued: No matter what we disagree on, we have ...

To the editor:The proposed Heartland Co-op grain elevator, at the location they?ve chosen for it on Nutmeg Avenue, is not a good fit for Fairfield. Many people who spoke at Monday?s supervisors meeting detailed the mounting concerns that neighbors and local citizens have about this industrial operation?s negative impacts. These include fire and explosion hazards, health problems caused by the volume of dust ...

To the editor:I am very opposed to the proposed Heartland Project because it will be toxic to our community, creating ill health, loss of jobs, and loss of property value. Our town and community will decline in every way.It is too close to a town or populated area. ? Pam Emmer, Fairfield

To the editor:As a local business and agricultural organization the Jefferson County Farm Bureau would like to express our strong support for the Heartland Co-op project for Jefferson County.We feel this project is a benefit to Jefferson County, Fairfield and agriculture. Agriculture is the foundation of Iowa?s economy and we support this project because it is a way to service the agricultural community while ...

To the editor:Wake up Fairfield! Wake up Jefferson County!This is Iowa. One of the largest businesses of Iowa is agriculture. We have some of the richest soil in the world; why not use it to produce livestock and grain to help feed the world? Today, the average farmer must produce enough to feed approximately 170 people. In order to do this we must provide facilities to to handle these products. One of the ...

To the editor:According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, Jefferson County currently has 30.2 percent of adults who report currently smoking, which is well above the Iowa average of 19.5 percent.February is ?Heart Health Month.? Every time you use tobacco, your arteries are hardening and narrowing, making it harder for blood to flow. This puts more stress on your heart, which can lead to an aneurysm, ...