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Letters to the Editor

Compares South Tama School spending

Dear Mr Editor,As a short follow-up to some of the data I submitted earlier, I wanted to break it down a little bit more. I am using the same data from the same sources I previously cited. I just divided the schools expenditures by their enrollment numbers. As you can see, we went from spending ...

Praises Oak Park bandstand display

To the Editor:It is such a pleasure to write this letter because it is a thank you as well as an acknowledgment that there are citizens in Tama who have wonderful ideas and a strong sense of community.Joni Simpson and Julie Chyma and all the friends and relatives who helped them turn the ...

Questions South Tama re-vote on levy

Letter to the Editor:was angered a bit this morning as I popped open the online News Herald and the most recent article was the recap of the school board's meeting where they have decided to slap us in the face by having another vote on the PPEL.The fact of the matter is that the PPEL lost. It ...

Defund Obamacare

Letter to the Editor:Thomas Jefferson said that as long as we had an informed electorate, The United States had nothing to worry about. Conversely, Adolf Hitler said "Playing off the fear of the Petit Bourgeoisie towards sliding to the Proletariat class, is the key to a winning strategy". Ask ...

Urges parents to take active role in teen prescription drug misuse and abuse

Letter to the Editor:Iowa Parents: Help Stop Teen Prescription Drug Misuse and AbuseDid you know more Americans now die from drug overdoses than car crashes? It is a startling and deadly statistic. Of these deaths, 60 percent were due to the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs-making them ...

Says Chloe Hess on the right track

Dear Chloe Hess,After reading your letter to the editor in The Toledo Chronicle on November 13th, I felt I needed to respond. Seeing a need and doing something about it without pay or recognition is a sign of leadership. Bringing a concern to the attention of the public also shows me that you ...

Says Tama’s Hauted Hayride fun for all

Letter to the Editor:The City of Tama deserves a great big 'Thank You' for the Friday, November 1 chili supper and haunted hayride!!!We had as much fun as the "rest of the kids" that night.The food was delicious and the service great.The hayride around Cherry Lake was so well planned and ...

D.A.- Grassley too old

Dear Editor,I heard Chuck Grassley say the trouble with government is they spend to much money.The same Chuck Grassley was for taxpayers spending hundreds of millions for a rain forest in Iowa.This tells me Iowa has a old senile senator. Harkin is smarter than Grassley because he realize when ...

South Tama Veterans Day program and a poem – “Tears”

Letter to the Editor:Once again the STC students and staff presented a Veteran's Day Program we can all be proud of.Freedom has and always will come with a cost.Now, I would like to share a story with you.The year is 2006, the place is Fort Riley, Kansas. After having served a tour in Iraq, a ...

Cleans trash on Business 30- Asks cooperation

Letter to the Editor:After cleaning Business Hwy 30 on Oct 27th, by Nov 2nd all of our family's hard work was undone once again. This is my daughter's post to the residents of Tama/Toledo: (Melissa Johnson)"Dear People from the Tama Toledo area,Can you please avoid throwing your trash out the ...