Letters To Editor
Letter to the Editor: Stop using Mozingo name for infant who died
Mozingo is not and never will be the baby’s name that was found deceased at the lake at the end of May. This baby has a mother and father, if you want to call them parents. Give that baby the name that belongs to (him). Don’t disgrace the Mozingo name like that. My great-great-grandparents were…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Local letter writer responds to columnist look at Trump
Dear Editor, I was happy to see Larry Anderson’s column of October 10, 2024. We share much. We are both retired English teachers with a belief in the power of the press and the opportunity a free press gives us to carry out political dialogue from widely different viewpoints in print Anderson has focused his…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Veteran voting Democrat, shares views
Dear Editor, My name is Ron Petersen. I am a Vietnam combat veteran who served in-country from 1969-70 with the 86th Combat Engineers. I retired from AT&T in Illinois after 35 years as a design engineer. I was an active member of the I.B.E.W. union for over 20 years. My wife and I moved to…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Remember her name
To the Editor Remember Her Name–Amber Nicole Thurman, Her death was preventable. An important step in becoming a doctor is pledging the Hippocratic Oath to “first, do no harm.” First. Primary. The primary duty of a physician is to aid the patient. Yet, women, like Amber Thurman, are dying in our country because doctors are…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Typical Nodaway County politics
Dear Editor: I read with much interest your front-page article concerning the new 911 board. There had been some discussion between myself and a commissioner about what qualifications would be required for members. We agreed that there should be some technical expertise in the field and some members who had served on boards such as…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Trump doesn’t deserve a second term
Dear Editor, In most cases, I ignore columns that contain assumptions and false information. I agree with Daniel Patrick Moynihan who said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.” Therefore, I want to share a different opinion to Larry Anderson’s column “Trump Deserves a Second Term” and a few…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Propane versus electric buses
Worth County R-II School District was recently awarded federal transportation funds totaling $1,725,000. The EPA Clean School Bus Program intends to help districts replace diesel buses with cleaner units. However, the intention fails to achieve results. Perhaps the EPA should go back to school. Math Class: $1.725 million will purchase only five electric buses. The…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Making common sense decisions
Time for the farm bill to be renewed and of course, the Republicans want to cut SNAP benefits. Fine, but why allow convenience and liquor stores to be SNAP eligible? Why count pickle relish as a vegetable? Why allow cookies and ice cream to count as allowable items? Go to any liquor or convenience store…
Read MorePearls: Who says you can’t come home?
One occupational hazard of working as an educator in the district where I attended school is that my senior picture is hanging in the hallway. And my portrait is in a bunch of yearbooks. It doesn’t take long for kids to find me, to figure out that there was a time when I was a…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Reader responds to editorial
Dear Editor, I read with great interest your opinion column about American families and how they are, “each summer” keeping “the old traditions “ and “home keeps on keeping on, just like you never left”… I agree that many families are spread across cities and states, less tied than ever to a particular, physical place.…
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