Month: February 2025

Property taxes & water quality: We must address these issues “Senator Green, my wife and I are 70 years old and retired. Our property taxes have been going higher to a point that if one of us dies the other would have to sell the house. Are there any tax relief bills or property tax freezes in the works for…

To the editor, In regards to the Bryan Helmus article on transgenders: I agree that transgenders need to be treated with respect and dignity. But he one aspect he failed to address was sports. We don’t need trans men in the girls locker rooms. There are only two reasons why the trans men want to be there; 1) the are…

To the editor, Dale is a retired United Methodist pastor and Nancy is a retired public librarian.  It is clear to both of us that the need to make the substitution of climate “trend” for climate “change” and “creation science” instead of “evolution” is a move to the conservative religious right – to not offend these people.  In our study…

~by Victoria Riley, GCNO editor A few years ago I was in Ames with one of my adult daughters. As we drove past Best Buy on S. Duff, she noticed the name of the access street, Chestnut St. “Hey, Mom,” she said. “When I was in high school I was hanging out with …” and she named a few friends.…

To the editor, Barbara Brown Taylor, author and theologian, in her book An Altar in the World, says “it is wisdom we need to live together in this world. Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by practicing what is right.” Think about the difference in ‘knowing’ and ‘practicing’ what is right. Thinking each person…