Dear Editor: Fifty-hour work weeks. Poverty level pay. Children with special needs and difficult behaviors. Parents with demands for high quality care. A hundred diapers to change a week. New program standards to achieve. High exposure to illness. Health insurance benefits rare. Is ...
Letter to the Editor:John, thank you very much for the excellent story and pix about my brother's retirement. He saw his picture in the paper and has been showing it to everyone he sees.Although my brothers were sometimes bratty little brothers times two, they were always my heroes for having ...
Dear Editor,Most of us are uncomfortable talking about sex. But let's take a moment and get past the blushing, because this conversation is so important. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and this April, communities across the country are proclaiming "It's time to talk about it!" This ...
Letter to the Editor:"Junk Days"?I was at the Tama County Historical Society, a few months ago. You know, near the brick building in Toledo, with the alarming looking defused bombs of the WW 2 and Vietnam era outside.There I came across in a historical picture book of a 1890's house I am ...
To the Editor:My name is Crystal Kaufman, I am the owner of Crystal's Cowlick Salon and Tuxedo Rental in downtown Tama. I am writing to you about the concern I have about local people not supporting Tama and Toledo businesses.For the last 8 years Crystal's Cowlick and Tuxedos has donated to ...
Dear Editor,I attended the recent school board meeting regarding the tax increase. First I will go on record saying I am not in favor of cutting any programs, teachers, etc. I think it's ironic that is the first thing Administration looks at is cutting what I would call essential staff and ...
Letters to the Editor:Lies, deceit, corruption and trickery abound in Washington and I'm pretty sure some of the legislators are for sale to the highest bidder. It looks to me like many of our legislators in Des Moines are no different. The article on lobbying in the March 25 issue of the Des ...
Letter to the Editor:I am writing in regard to the proposed hike of 28 per cent in property tax. I have already had my assessment raised by $19, 800. It appears to me that someone at South Tama Public Schools is not doing his/her job. This kind of a tax increase is unheard of.This school is top ...
Letter to the Editor:(Also posted on the tamatoledonews.com website as a response to a comment on the report of the Toledo City?Council meeting concerning police. Included in The News-Herald at the request of the author.)DearCentraliowaman; You need to get your facts straight before you accuse ...
Dear Editor,I read with interest the article "Iowa deer harvest low for the 6th straight year". Too few deer it seems. I smile as I look out my window and see the herd of 20 or 30 munching contently on my neighbors alfalfa. I recall the numerous times several deer at a time were seen entering ...