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Poweshiek County Letters to the Editor

Vote no on upcoming school bond proposal

January 17, 2012 Education

Editor: I attended all four of the Facility Planning Meetings. The sandwiches were great, but the focus of all four meetings was the twice defeated various plans for air-conditioning. Design Alliance then plugged in estimates for different systems of AC. Seven million is ridiculous for a school system with a falling long-term enrollment trend (disregard [...]

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Being held back a grade is bad precedent

January 17, 2012 Education

Editor: Regarding Terry Branstad’s stand on ending social promotion for 3rd graders. Governor Bradstad’s new education guideline states: “Students finishing third grade who do not meet basic literacy requirements across a broad set of measures would be retained and provided intensive reading assistance that could include one-on-one or small group reading supports, summer school programs, [...]

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Libraries are more than books on a shelf

November 1, 2011 Opinion

Editor, Libraries have long been known as the place to go for books of all types. From mysteries to biographies, romance to reference. Now, libraries are also a great source for all different types of games. On Saturday, Nov. 12, more than one thousand libraries across the country will showcase gaming programs and services as [...]

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A total community effort could solve our ills

October 18, 2011 Opinion

Editor: Kudos to you Ron Hensel, Joel Kercheval and all members of the Housing Study committee. I agree that a municipal ordinance requiring standards for property owners is of great value and is an excellent first step. In addition, I suggest a total community effort involving all community organizations and including the high school. Superintendent [...]

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There’s a lot to be proud of with our outstanding fire and EMS services

September 27, 2011 Opinion

• Bottom line is our volunteers are a valuable asset To Whom It May Concern: I am writing to commend the fire and EMS departments of Poweshiek County for the excellent service they provide day in and day out. We had an incident in our county recently where seven fire and EMS departments brought over [...]

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Disappointed that Region 6 planning results not discussed at Monte school board meeting

August 16, 2011 Opinion

Editor: I attended the Montezuma School Facility Planning Meeting on August 1 and heard various options for improvements. David Harrison, the architect from Design Alliance in Waukee also hinted of another attempt at a bond issue in November. I’m disappointed that the results of the Region 6 Planning Commission, City of Montezuma Housing Study were [...]

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Thank you for your support of my son, Tyler

August 2, 2011 Poweshiek County Letters to the Editor

Editor, Dear Communities of Deep River, Montezuma and Malcom, Thank you so much for your support when my son Tyler Sirovy returned home from Afghanistan and The Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX. The community support is so warming and welcomed and touched us all as we were escorted to our home. The [...]

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Letters to the Editor

April 12, 2011 Opinion

Budget gridlock starting to hit working families Dear Editor: Enough with the games!!! This is getting personal and is just plain wrong. This started a few years ago. I have a close personal friend that lost her job with the state of Iowa. She was a court reporter. She worked in the 8th judicial court. [...]

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Letters to the Editor

April 12, 2011 Opinion

Where’s the working solution to bond issue Dear Editor: The defeatists who find it easier to surreptitiously coerce non-property owners to abstain from voting, disseminate half-truths and flat-out lies to cause “no” votes, and vote “no,” have once again been able to crush the futures of the people who will be most affected by this [...]

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