Letters to the Editor

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• Reflecting on Faculty Follies

  By Jeri Kunkle - May 16
  Faculty Follies 2013 is over and congratulations are in order to the talented teachers and administrators that volunteered their time to this ...
  

• Adam family ‘would be wise to stop now’

  By Jim Rubis - May 16
  To the editor: A host of Batavia and Eldon area residents have repeatedly asked Nick, Shawn and Jeff Adam to not build Valley View Swine because ...
  

• Political correctness threatens freedoms

  By James Lee Elliott - May 09
  To the editor: The level of tolerance for religious differences in this nation is much greater than the politically correct crowd would have us to ...
  

• Doyle family thanks Nancy Morrissey

  By The Neil & Barb Doyle ... - Apr 26
  The Fairfield Chamber of Commerce held their annual awards banquet Friday, April 19, at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center. It was a great ...
  

• Parsonite still waiting for new chapel

  By Caroline Dickey - Apr 25
  To the editor: Many former “Parsonites” will be gathering at the civic center to be a part of the dedication of the beautiful windows that had ...
  

• Passing on debt ‘morally reprehensible’

  By James Lee Elliott - Apr 25
  To the editor: It has always been popular in many countries to justify the practice of passing on the debts incurred by one generation to the next ...
  

• School district’s staff commendable

  By Art Sathoff - May 16
  To the editor: May is School Board Appreciation Month, May 8 is the morning that the school district holds its Staff Appreciation and Teacher of ...
  

• Underage drinking declining in county

  By Don Sander - May 09
  To the editor: The hard part of Jefferson County Alcohol Consumption Task Force Coalition (ACT) efforts to reduce youth alcohol abuse is how to ...
  

• Iowa DNR, a poem

  By Barney Potratz - May 02
  To the editor: They’re charged with protecting our water and air And keeping the land from becoming too bare Wannta fend off 10,000 hogs from ...
  

• De Bortoli grateful for help with April Art Walk, previews next week’s Art Walk

  By Dania De Bortoli - Apr 26
  Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk is grateful to everyone who participated in the April 4 “Sing in Spring” Art Walk which captured the diversity and ...
  

• Proposed apartments a good idea

  By Diane Shannon - Apr 25
  To the editor: I’ve been reading about “Future of the former Nelson Nursing Home” debated and a few things come to mind. Through the ages it seems ...