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• The Children who Might Have been

  By Steve Epley - Jan 24
  January 22, 2013 Wayland, Iowa To the Editor: Four decades ago, on Jan. 22, our Supreme Court voted to legalize abortion. There was an outcry ...
  

• Bowling going unnoticed

  By Boys and Girls ... - Jan 03
  December 10, 2012 Washington, Iowa To Whom It May Concern: For the past 12 years there is a sport that has gone unnoticed by several media ...
  

• Unanswered questions about jail death

  Dec 27
  I am sending this in regard to the death (by hanging) of Ronald Boileau while in custody of Washington County Jail. Ron was arrested on Dec. 5, ...
  

• Tribute to Elsie Huber

  By Jeanne Prochaska Kos - Dec 20
  December 19, 2012 Washington, Iowa To the Editor: “If you can’t say anything nice about someone, don’t say anything at all.” That was an example ...
  

• We Lucky Few

  By Donna and Bob Koehler - Dec 13
  December 10, 2012 Washington, Iowa To the Editor: We would like to identify that “local retirement facility,” pictured in the Friday, Dec. 7, ...
  

• Leave Demon logo alone

  By G. Genkinger - Nov 30
  November 26, 2012 Washington, Iowa To the Editor: The school board has taken over our town. They pushed the vote their way and got a new school. ...
  

• Disappointed with local politicians

  By Sunday Sommers - Nov 19
  October 23, 2012 Richmond, Iowa To the Editor: I moved to Washington County from Texas with my husband seven years ago. Now, Texas politicians ...
  

• Declare the Demon as our mascot and logo

  By Elaine Giardino, Jake ... - Nov 05
  October 25, 2012 Washington, Iowa To the Editor: The Demon mascot is one that we — as alumni of Washington — have associated with our whole ...
  

• Double Demon

  By Pat Pacha Sidler - Nov 05
  October 23, 2012 Chicago, Illinois To the Editor: I graduated from WHS as a Demon in 1980 and DePaul University as a Demon in 1991. I’m a double ...
  

• Response to Mangold on lagoon

  By Bette Brant - Oct 30
  October 26, 2012 Richmond, Iowa To the Editor: As a resident of Richmond I would like to comment on County Supervisor Adam Mangold’s response to ...
  

• Guns stop crime

  By Tom Thomas - Jan 08
  January 4, 2013 West Chester, Iowa To the Editor: The shooting in Connecticut is horrible beyond description. How can an intelligent person do ...
  

• Supervisors should set own salaries

  By Wilfrid Vittetoe - Jan 02
  December 27, 2012 Washington, Iowa To the Editor: In his column of Dec. 18, 2012, David Hotle stated that he is not a fan of the use of Compensat...
  

• Live up to character pillars

  By Laurie Wittmayer-O’Neill - Dec 20
  November 7, 2012 Washington, Iowa To the editor, Before our county was Washington, Iowa, it was “Slaughter County” to reflect the name of some ...
  

• Christmas memories

  By Anonymous - Dec 20
  December 19, 2012 Washington, Iowa To the Editor: It was the first Christmas after my husband John passed away. He and I always put the Christmas...
  

• Pleased Obama will be around

  By Gary A. Kallaus - Nov 30
  November 26, 2012 Richmond, Iowa To the Editor: If anyone needs to find evidence as to why the Republicans got beat badly in the Nov. 6 general ...
  

• Finishing what they began

  By Cynthia Anderson - Nov 20
  November 7, 2012 Washington, Iowa To the Editor: In ads aired REPEATEDLY Election Day, Mrs. Obama stated, “Iowa is where it all began for us ...
  

• Celebrating education

  By Kate Glinsmann - Nov 13
  November 12, 2012 Washington, Iowa Dear Editor: November 13-19 will mark the 90th annual observance of American Education Week. Our AEW tagline, ...
  

• Brighton did turn out

  By Paul Shelangoski - Nov 05
  October 25, 2012 Brighton, Iowa Re: Brighton – how they treat people To the Editor: In regard to Mr. Larry Turner’s letter to the editor that ...
  

• The greater moral offense

  By Stephen J Swaffer - Nov 05
  Oct. 30, 2012 Brighton, Iowa Dear Editor, I have watched with some interest the legal proceedings with regard to the supervisor candidates. Mr. ...
  

• An open letter to Jerry Dunbar

  By Miriam Timmer-Hackert - Oct 30
  October 30, 2012 Coralville, Iowa (To the editor) Dear Sheriff Dunbar and other concerned Iowans: Thank you for being willing to talk about ...