I want for people to have their new school. I really do. I wish you the very best. I just don't want to pay for it. At least not in a disproportionate manner, or against my will. This is not about a school, this is about how you're going to pay for it. Nobody is explaining anything. It's ...
Letter to the Editor:When I first read Anne Michael's recent letter regarding the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System (IPERS) I wasn't going to respond. Her claims about IPERS weren't just wrong, they were incoherent, so I thought few would pay attention to it.In her letter Anne claimed ...
Letter to the Editor:Down with AmyAmy Klobuchar claims to be the best Democratic candidate to win the Presidential race because she has so often succeeded by "reaching across the aisle" in her home state.Let's set the record straight. The Minnesota Wildlife Organization reports that Amy has ...
The economy is humming and most people who want a job have one. This is great news.If you are an employer with positions to fill, though, things aren't so great.The struggle to find workers is especially evident in rural America. Help-wanted signs are plentiful in our small towns' restaurants, ...
B ySouth Tama Consolidated School District Board of EducationPenny Tyynismaa,PresidentMandy LekinVice PresidentRon HoughtonDirector District 1Alan KlineDirector District 4Clint WernerDirector District 5On March 3, community members will vote on three ballot questions. If all three are approved, ...
The four ladies in the photo last week in front of the concession stand left to right are Pam Kacer as the duck (she also made her costume), Judy Chamberlin as a black cat. Standing behind the counter left to right are RLou Snyder and Sherrie Zimmermans as clowns.They were dressed for Halloween ...
Letters to the Editor:We will soon vote to build a new middle school. While the education and safety of our children is always the first concern, the quality of our schools has another important impact.All growing and successful communities have growing and successful schools. To continue to ...
Newsletter for January 16, 2020The 2020 session of the Iowa General Assembly has begun in earnest. As always, the first week of a session is marked by ceremony and speeches, along with the day to day work of drafting and filing bills.On Monday the House elected our new leadership. Rep. Pat ...
Do you ever get those times where there is nothing, absolutely nothing coming our of your head?You don't? Hmmmm............I get those days quite frequently. Intelligent thoughts and ideas get very lonely inside my head. So when that happens, I try to think of some of the things of life that ...
Jumping in the car, I noticed how messy it had become! I cleaned and vacuumed the car, washing and waxing it three weeks ago. Now, it looks like a gravel truck spillage, smells like something died in it and its true color is mud road gray.Why cannot things stay clean, orderly and pleasant? Does ...