http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com?source=rss Latest posts Mon, 20 May 2013 16:05:30 CDT Mon, 20 May 2013 16:05:30 CDT en-us Copyright 2011 Inland Media http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/reflecting-on-faculty-follies/1003082?source=rss Faculty Follies 2013 is over and congratulations are in order to the talented teachers and administrators that volunteered their time to this fundraiser for the Education Foundation of Fairfield Public Schools. Your hard work raised more than $7,000 in one afternoon that will go in our endowment fund. The interest off that fund is used twice a year to award grants to teachers for extra materials needed in their ... http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/reflecting-on-faculty-follies/1003082 Thu, 16 May 2013 14:06:00 CDT ffledger@lisco.com (Jeri Kunkle) Opinions http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/school-district-s-staff-commendable/1003019?source=rss 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 the Year Breakfast, and May 4 was another successful Faculty Follies program organized by the Education Foundation for Fairfield Public Schools. I am full of appreciation for the hard work and talents of the many groups and individuals serving Fairfield area students! FCS... http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/school-district-s-staff-commendable/1003019 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:34:01 CDT ffledger@lisco.com (Art Sathoff) Opinions http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/adam-family-would-be-wise-to-stop-now/1003018?source=rss 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 of the harmful impacts the 10,000-head CAFOs can have on their health, property values and quality of life. Yet the CAFOs are moving ahead. Shawn Adam was quoted in the April 26 Fairfield Ledger saying that he feels his family went “above and beyond their duties” by ... http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/adam-family-would-be-wise-to-stop-now/1003018 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:33:37 CDT ffledger@lisco.com (Jim Rubis) Opinions http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/underage-drinking-declining-in-county/1000027?source=rss To the editor: The hard part of Jefferson County Alcohol Consumption Task Force Coalition (ACT) efforts to reduce youth alcohol abuse is how to measure “prevention.” For example, recent youth alcohol use decisions during the Fairfield Prom may have prevented potential emergency room visits, auto accidents and parent worries. How do you measure that? The 2012 Jefferson County Youth Survey (IYS) reported 46 percent ... http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/underage-drinking-declining-in-county/1000027 Thu, 09 May 2013 13:09:30 CDT ffledger@lisco.com (Don Sander) Opinions http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/political-correctness-threatens-freedoms/1000025?source=rss 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 believe. Freedom of religion is one of the basic tenets of the founding of our nation, and while we are primarily a Judeo-Christian nation, we are a nation of faith that encompasses many religions and beliefs. This nation was established to welcome all nonviolent ... http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/political-correctness-threatens-freedoms/1000025 Thu, 09 May 2013 13:09:02 CDT ffledger@lisco.com (James Lee Elliott) Opinions http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/iowa-dnr-a-poem/996893?source=rss 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 Batavia? The Iowa DNR will most likely save ya When confronting pollution They’ll find a solution They’re a government department that cares But yet they avert their porcine eyes When faced with those filthy factory pigsties Can it be our protection is only a sham? Do ... http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/iowa-dnr-a-poem/996893 Thu, 02 May 2013 13:30:43 CDT ffledger@lisco.com (Barney Potratz) Opinions http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/doyle-family-thanks-nancy-morrissey/994330?source=rss The Fairfield Chamber of Commerce held their annual awards banquet Friday, April 19, at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center. It was a great success. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our chamber executive director, Nancy Morrissey, for the excellent job she did in pulling all of the loose ends together, getting the event off paper and onto the stage! The chamber executive director is the guiding ... http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/doyle-family-thanks-nancy-morrissey/994330 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:54:11 CDT ffledger@lisco.com (The Neil & Barb Doyle family) Opinions http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/de-bortoli-grateful-for-help-with-april-art-walk-previews-next-week-s-art-walk/994327?source=rss 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 creativity of song through showcasing a variety of vocal talent at six venues around the square. A huge thank you goes to our April event sponsor, Radiance Dairy, who has always been a strong supporter of creativity and artistic expression in Fairfield and a long-time ... http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/de-bortoli-grateful-for-help-with-april-art-walk-previews-next-week-s-art-walk/994327 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:53:15 CDT ffledger@lisco.com (Dania De Bortoli) Opinions http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/parsonite-still-waiting-for-new-chapel/993683?source=rss 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 been loved so many years ago in Barhydt Chapel. I well remember the evening we were all gathered at the Barhydt Chapel. It was people who came from near and far, who had close attachments to Parsons. There were many tears. The vice president of the “new” owners of the ... http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/parsonite-still-waiting-for-new-chapel/993683 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:25:12 CDT ffledger@lisco.com (Caroline Dickey) Opinions http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/proposed-apartments-a-good-idea/993682?source=rss 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 like some things are OK, just not in my neighborhood! Long time ago it was people of a different color and recently a dog park and the list goes on. This I don’t know for a fact, but I heard some of the neighbors at the time did not want Nelson Nursing Home there, ... http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/proposed-apartments-a-good-idea/993682 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:24:41 CDT ffledger@lisco.com (Diane Shannon) Opinions http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/passing-on-debt-morally-reprehensible/993680?source=rss 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 for payment. Should one generation impose its debts on the next? This was not the view of the American Founding Fathers. They knew that the wars, economic problems and debts of one generation should be paid for by the generation which incurred them. They wanted the ... http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/passing-on-debt-morally-reprehensible/993680 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:24:09 CDT ffledger@lisco.com (James Lee Elliott) Opinions