Stop the bond To the Editor, This is not about the children. This is about banks and construction firms. I walked around the community last week talking to residents; most people are upset about the cost and timing of this 20 million dollar bond. One woman told me she felt “lied to.” When she participated in a town hall on…
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Huckabee campaigns in Greene County
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas, spoke for about an hour to 75 persons, including some curious Democrats, in Jefferson July 30. He said his reason for visiting all 99 Iowa counties during this campaign cycle “is to convince you that America is not on the downhill of its greatness, that America can be great again. But…
Read MoreReynolds applauds Ernst’s effort against abortion while protecting women’s healthcare
No Medicaid abortions in Iowa in past two years DES MOINES – Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday issued the following statement after the United States Senate took up Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst’s proposal to protect the most vulnerable, the unborn, while still preserving funding for women’s healthcare.
Read MoreThe conundrum of our times is time
~a column by Colleen O’Brien The final week in July doesn’t signify anything, as far as I could find out from Mrs. Google: it’s not Jello Week or “Let’s Celebrate Hopscotch Week.” But, I know the last days of July signify the sun change — we can now tell that the days getting shorter by the minute even as the…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – John Thompson
Letter to the editor, Somebody needs to be offended? I don’t think it’s Huckabee or Israel. Now that media companies offer DVRs and online content, it’s harder for advertisers to get consumers to watch commercials. People now get much of their news from social media with banner ads. However, if journalists want their messages to be shared to a broad…
Read MoreTree Tracings
~by Valerie Ogren, Greene County Genealogical Society Meeting notice: The next meeting of the Greene County Genealogical Society will be Saturday, Aug. 1, at 10 am in the basement meeting room of the Jefferson public library. Jim Copeland will share with us some history of his family which was researched by his grandfather. The library is handicapped accessible and guests are always…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Kevin Neal
To the community, Whenever we travel, I check tripadvisor to get information and other traveler’s reviews on “Things to Do”, restaurants, and hotels. After benefiting from the reviews of many other people, I decided to post some of my own reviews of places here in Greene County this past month.
Read MoreA legendary traveler takes one more boat
~a column by Colleen O’Brien Jefferson, being the center of the universe that many of us believe it is, has always produced folks who are legends in their own time. Some of them have been widely famous (George Gallup comes to mind, Doreen Wilber). Most are simply exceptional people who go about their business here with little fanfare but a…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – John Thompson
Letter to the editor, You don’t have to be Pro-Life to be upset with Planned Parenthood. Last week a Pro-Life group released an undercover video of a Planned Parenthood medical director discussing the harvesting of fetal organs while drinking wine and eating lunch. This week another video was released of a Planned Parenthood advisor haggling over the price of baby…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Cheryl Stidwell Parker
To the editor, Thanks for the continued writings of Colleen OBrien Clopton. She poses important questions and reminds me why I still find a way back to Jefferson every few years. I enjoy reading about my old classmates who now seem to be in charge at last. Sincerely, Cheryl Stidwell Parker Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
Read MoreLetter to the community – Lisa Brown
I would like to thank all of those who stopped to help us on Sunday July 12, with our motorcycle accident at Highways 141 and 4. We are doing well, and will recover quickly.
Read MoreThe most important social and moral issue of our time is…..?
~a column by Colleen O’Brien This is a question like What’s your favorite pie? Twenty persons, 20 pies. But, it is a question worth thinking about on a personal level; personal meaning not what “they” are going to do about a moral issue but what I can do. If I can articulate what I think is the Big Question, I’m…
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