To the editor:I am proud to be a part of the Tama-Toledo communities. The evening when community members met to begin the mission of preserving the State Juvenile Home, I was amazed at and proud of the number of people who filled the high school gymnasium. I was proud of the people who ...
Letter to the Editor:I would like to make one last summary and encourage all citizens especially business owners, property owners and senior citizens to get to the polls and vote NO on the tax increase for the next ten years.First off I must commend teachers. Some of the greatest people I know ...
Letter to the Editor:"Home is where the heart is."It is more than just words.It tells a story.93 hearts were broken when their lives were uprooted at the closure of the "Home."It also broke many other peoples hearts to seen the ringing of he bell at the home.It was like crying out that famous ...
Letter to the Editor:I would like to take this opportunity to thank your Toledo Fire Department for once again taking charge of getting our Christmas decorations put up, and getting them down. Also a thank you to Scharnweber Water Conditioning for the use of their equipment for the project.Just ...
Letter to the Editor:The residents of the Iowa Veterans Home need you! Volunteering at IVH will make you feel great and make a difference in the life of a veteran and their families! We are looking for help getting our residents to and from recreational activities, arts & crafts, and ...
Letter to the Editor:I have heard and read about Democrats blaming Governor Branstad for the problems at the State Juvenile Home in Toledo. Editor John Speer of the Tama News Herald wrote an excellent article explaining that the organization "Disability Rights of Iowa" started the ...
Dear Editor:I like to tell republicans president Clinton took a huge Reagan-Bush deficit and turned it into a surplus. So what did the republicans do?They tried to throw president Clinton out of office because they didn't like his sex life. Then the same Iowa republicans wanted Jim Nussle for ...
Letter to the Editor:My name is Chelsea and I am 17 years old. I have heard about all the recent controversy regarding the Iowa Juvenile Home, and the news It will be closing down. I was a youth at the Juvenile Home for 3 years. From 2009 to 2011, and then returned for an additional 7 ...
Letter to the Editor:There has been a lot of negativity going around regarding the Affordable Care Act..aka ObamaCare. I would like to present another slant on the subject by relating my personal story.In 2001, while living in Arizona, I was widowed. I made the decision to return to Iowa to ...
Editor's Note: A copy of a letter Toledo resident and Iowa Juvenile Home employee Allison Graham write to Iowa Governor Terry Branstad was provided to The Chronicle by Graham for the Letters to the Editor section.Dear Governor Branstad,I have heard the best way to get through to politicians is ...