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• Be a trailblazer, be a Girl Scout

  By Kendra Ashendorf - Mar 15
  She's almost here! My newest neighbor and daughter of my and my husband's best friends, was due to arrive last Friday, just missing International ...
  
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  Making an Imaginative Little Library

  By Autumn Rozario Hall - Jun 09
  You can probably imagine my excitement when I learned that my proposal for the Fairfield Art Association's Imaginative Little Library Installation ...
  

• Ag Day to salute farmers, ranchers

  By John Whitaker - Mar 21
  I speak for the people working for USDA’s Iowa Farm Service Agency. We all are proud to be partners with the men and women who farm and ranch in ...
  

• Blue Zones project, RAGBRAI to make 2013 ‘banner year’

  By Ed Malloy - Feb 14
  It’s early in the year, but we already know 2013 is going to be a banner year for our community. During the month of February we will begin to ...
  

• Grandin: Farmers need to be bolder

  By Laurie Johns - Dec 13
  In an age of political-correctness overload, it’s down-right hypnotic to hear someone speak without filter or fear. But then again, Temple Grandin ...
  

• Home care, hospice provide key service

  By James Maize - Nov 15
  Our country is facing a crisis that is summed up in two numbers: 5 and 50. They stand for the 5 percent of patients who account for 50 percent of ...
  

• Up before dawn

  By Laurie Johns - Oct 04
  The sun’s not up yet, but I know it’s cold enough outside to see my breath. This time of year the cold of morning doesn’t just sneak up on you; it ...
  

• ... An immigrant, artisan and waitress

  By Art Sathoff - Sep 13
  I recently watched a video sent to me by GPAEA Chief Jon Sheldahl, featuring a conversation with Thomas Friedman and Marc Tucker, moderated by ...
  

• City officials act responsibly on meters

  By Michael Halley - Aug 09
  I’m writing in response to Lisa Ashelman’s letter [“Utility meter group explains petition,” Aug. 2] as well as the numerous letters regarding the ...
  

• Farm subsidies need big changes

  By JENNIFER L. CRULL - May 11
  Anyone who follows the current political or financial scene is painfully aware of the financial crisis that our government is in. The Joint Super ...
  

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  FFA’s lasting impact on my life

  By Kendra Ashendorf - Feb 22
  As I sit in my high rise condo, looking out over the modern east coast city I've called home for the last six years, I remember back more than 10 ...
  
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  Convention center welcomes new board chairman

  By Mark Cohen - Oct 16
  To the editor: It is an honor to be the new board chairman of your Fairfield Arts & Convention Center. I have previous board chair experience with ...
  

• Medicaid expansion right for the county

  By Deb Cardin - Mar 14
  I have the privilege of serving an organization whose mission and vision uphold the moral conviction that every person deserves access to health ...
  

• Farm bill extension leaves off programs

  By John Crabtree - Jan 10
  In the waning hours of 2012, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Vice President Joe Biden negotiated a nine-month extension of the ...
  

• Paying for 1949 health care

  By Deborah D. Thornton - Nov 29
  Recently I found a 1949 pamphlet, “How Shall We Pay for Health Care?” The options were clearly outlined on the cover: The family could send their ...
  

• Fairfield’s growth evidence very clear

  By Ed Malloy - Oct 25
  Dear Mr. Gillander: You raise a good point about the total costs of the projects being in place that needs some clarification. As these are city ...
  

• Lessons plentiful at early-1970s Co-Ed

  By Richard Sandler - Sep 27
  It has been more than 39 years since my family left Fairfield, and I have only been back to town a handful of times since then. Yet, I can’t help ...
  

• Spending tracked by Iowa Vote Tally

  By Jennifer L. Crull - Aug 30
  Iowa Vote Tally is a modified version of the National Taxpayers Union Foundation’s Vote Tally. The purpose of Iowa Vote Tally is to let you know ...
  

• Utility meter group explains petition

  Aug 02
  On behalf of the Fairfield Coalition for Safe Utility Meters, this statement accompanied the petition which was handed to the city council Monday ...
  

• Property tax ratios need right balance

  By DEBORAH D. THORNTON - Apr 26
  The flip side of the business property tax discussion is the homeowner property tax status. Managing the balance between the two is critical to ...