An open letter to all the people of central Iowa: During this season, we often reflect back on the things and the ones we have loved, and in some cases, lost. I find myself wondering today, from New York City, do you, the people who live in Tama, Toledo, LeGrand, Montour, Traer, and all ...
Letter To the Editor: In this day and age, it just surprises me that if someone would have a complaint about someone that they would actually take the time to cut the words out of a magazine glue them on a sheet of paper, and mail this in an envelope with no return address, to someone who ...
Dear Editor, In response to Mr. D.A. Benda - the cost of abortion VS. Childbirth “The answer is ABORTION costs more” it costs a human life-and life is priceless, a gift from GOD! What if Mother Mary would have chose abortion? Where would we be without JESUS? CHRISTians where are you??? This ...
Letters to the Editor: Thank you to those who cared enough to influence the placement of barriers on the north end of the new highway 63 overpass. Apathy is a community killer. This community will be as safe, thriving, and attractive as the citizens who live here make it. “Mainstreet” is a ...
Editor, If a child is born poor and needing public assistance D.A. believes it should have been killed so it wouldn’t use tax dollars. Why stop there? Should anyone on welfare be sent to a concentration camp and “liquated”? How about someone who loses their job and goes on food stamps? ...
Dear Editor: I am looking forward to more of the history of Tama County’s towns by Joyce Wiese. Garwin’s story is really neat. Joyce, Would you want to come to Benton County and do the same?* Best to you for the holidays! Dawn Pettengill Mount Auburn EDITOR's NOTE: Keep watching for ...
An open letter to the people of Toledo, Tama and all of Iowa: Recently my Mother-in-law, Rachel Coye, (whom God broke the mold when he made) sent me a clipping of the front page from the “Toledo Chronicle” about the stoplight in the center of town. In the article, I noticed that some local ...
Dear Editor: What cost more? Federal funding of abortions or federal funding of childbirth with welfare programs for that baby. If a woman cann't afford abortion she surely cann't afford childbirth. Mr. D. A. Benda Toledo
Dear Editor: Live in Toledo, Iowa, if you have cable tv you can get Des Moines, Waterloo, and Cedar Rapids tv stations. If you have Directv you can get only Cedar Rapids, Waterloo stations. My brother lives in Marshalltown and has Directv and gets only Des Moines tv stations. Why does the ...
Dear Editor: Members of two labor unions – AFSCME and SPOC – deserve the thanks of their fellow Iowans for voluntarily sacrificing a portion of their wages to help balance the state budget. hese hard-working public employees have proven again that not only are they part of the backbone of ...