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Letters to the Editor

Seesk winter quarters for South Tama Baseball Club

To the Editor,I am writing this letter to you because we need help finding an indoor facility that we can use for the winter. The facility will be used for youth baseball, I have two 12' x 70' batting cages used to help youth develop batting and pitching skills at a very early age.... I started ...

D.A. on ticket for governor’s driver

Letter to the Editor:Old people in town riled Barney Fife because a big car was parked illegelly. Barney gave ticket then found out it was governor car. Then governor wanted to see Barney and Barney was worried.The governor thank Barney for doing his job. In Iowa the guy stop governor car was ...

Defends horse slaughter

Dear Editor,If Mr. Redford, PETA, HSUS, and others insist on pursuit of banning slaughter in the USA then might I make a suggestion.That they might actually use their monetary resources for regular contributions to rescues, your homes to house these horses, your time to care for them, your ...

Questions horse slaughter plant in Iowa

-Letter to the Editor:Iowa has become ground zero in the national debate on horse slaughter, now that the USDA has cleared a horse slaughter plant to begin butchering horses here. Not only will our state earn the disdain of 80 percent of Americans who disapprove of horse slaughter, but Iowans ...

Free clinic for children with orthopaedic condition

Letter to the Editor:Citizens of Tama County, if you know of any child up to the age of 18 in your area with an orthopaedic condition (muscle, bone or joint related) please inform families about a free evaluation clinic.The Shriner's Hospitals for Children in the Twin Cities will host a free ...

Career Development staff, participants reflect

Letter to the Editor:The staff and participants of the Tama Career Development Center wish to take this opportunity to thank the community for their support of our participants and ongoing programs during the duration of the Iowa Valley Community College District operations of this program. The ...

Questions T-T Aquatic Center ticket policy

Dear Editor:It was brought to my attention today after I already purchased my family's season ticket for the Aquatic Center, that since my Fiance and I filed our taxes separate and are not legally married that he and I couldn't be on the same season ticket. Even though we both live in the same ...

National Debt

Letter to the Editor:I would like to comment on the letter to the editor by Anne Michael where she states the projected debt for the United States in 2013 is $600 billion, along with some other inaccurate figures concerning the National Debt. I wonder if she is confusing the deficit with the ...

Zabel and Tama

Letter to the Editor:A few years ago David Hamilton from Grinnell (long-time financial advisor to the Men's Golf League in Tama) was having a conversation with Jim Zabel when the subject of Tama arose.Zabel immediately said: "Tama! I spent a week one night there in the Town Pump."There ...

Appreciates community help at Toledo Library

Letter to the Editor:Thanks!Gratitude! Appreciation! These are the words I would like to express to our wonderful, hard-working library staff and generous community for all the many hours they put forth in assisting with library data entry in the recent weeks.It is pretty fantastic to work in ...