To the editor, We want to cast another point of view on the upcoming bond issue vote. We would like to start with giving you a personal experience that we have faced in our family. Last year our 10-year-old daughter was playing at church. While doing so, she sprained her ankle badly enough that she had to be on crutches.…
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Letter to the editor – Amy Milligan
To the Editor: I’ve lived in Greene County most of my life and have been paying close attention to the comments and thoughts of my fellow community members regarding the upcoming school bond vote. It would be easy for me to vote No and say that the bond doesn’t affect me because I don’t have children. I could say it…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor – Mark VanderLinden
To the editor, As a Pay It Forward Committee member, I have had several opportunities to speak with residents of the school district who are both farmers and non-farmers. When I’ve discussed the project plans with individuals, the overwhelming response is that the plans seem like a good idea and that they appear to make sense. However, for some individuals,…
Read MoreWhaddya do with this stuff?
~a column by Colleen O’Brien About once a month I attack one box of attic stuff to see if I need to keep any of it. It takes all afternoon to go through a box because I have to touch everything, read everything make a decision on everything. By the time I’m done, all of those everythings are right back…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Patti Edwardson
To the editor, Hog confinements, those innocuous-looking long and low buildings dotting our countryside, are much more than they seem. Housing thousands of animals in tight quarters on slatted metal grates that allow the manure and other wastes to fall into a noxious mix, these buildings represent an industry that is consuming rural Iowa.
Read MoreLetter to the editor – David and Teresa Skalla
Dear editors- We have been asked WHY we will vote ‘yes’ on a school bond vote. Here is our lengthy, but thoughtful response: We COULD vote ‘no’ for these reasons:
Read MoreTree Tracings
~by Valerie Ogren for the Greene County Genealogical Society Meeting notice – The Greene County Genealogical Society will meet Saturday, Aug. 6, at 10 am in the basement meeting room of the Jefferson public library. Sharlene Handley will have the program. She is one of several in our group who have delved into the DNA research program. Guests are always welcome. The meeting…
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Peg Raney
Letter to the editor, I am writing in support of the upcoming school bond issue that I supported quietly the last time. I regret that I didn’t speak out and hope others will now speak up too. I have several perspectives to address. I retired from teaching literature in a classroom on the third floor of the middle school. I…
Read MoreThe sounds of a lifetime
~a column by Colleen O’Brien It’s said that the most potent memory jogger is scent. The whiff of cut grass was one of my favorites — used to make me feel like a kid. A waft of Old Spice always made me think of my husband.
Read MoreLetter to the editor – John Thompson
To the editor, On Sunday Republicans lost the best Democratic National Chair they’ve ever had. Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced she would step down after leaked emails revealed the supposed-neutral party committee was backing Hillary Clinton ahead of the Democratic nomination. The disgraced chair immediately took a job with the Clinton campaign.
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Stacy Stream
Dear Editor, As a JSHS graduate, (class of 2003) I honestly never pictured moving back to Greene County. As a teenager, I longed for the city life: full of fun, exciting things to do, and bountiful, high paying job prospects. However, after hearing police sirens and ambulances speeding by at all hours, as I graduated college I opted to move…
Read MoreControlling the animals
~by Tori Riley, GCNO publisher As a steering committee headed by Don Orris moves forward with building a new animal shelter to serve the county, part of the conversation is about the need for an animal control officer. Discussion centers on the need and funding for a dedicated animal control officer. That cost is part of the $225,000-plus annual operating…
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