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Autumn angling

Iowa Sports

Ever since I got serious about fishing, which was at about age four, I’ve looked forward to fishing in the fall. Actually, I look forward to fishing in any season, but there’s something about fishing in the fall that has always been special to me. Maybe it’s the idea that the open water season is winding down. Maybe it’s the knowledge that autumn provides the best chance to catch a truly big fish. Maybe it’s knowing that many bodies of water will have much less pressure. Fishing in the fall is many things to many anglers. And they’re mostly good things. Some people ...

The focus should be on education

Letters to Editor

To the Editor: There is no doubt in my mind that we need a new and renovated high school. Before the bond was passed to build a new middle school, I was on the Middle School Building committee (KIDS). There were over 22 of us, nonselected, but volunteered to be on the committee. This committee consisted of people from various service clubs, middle school tutor volunteers, teachers and parents of middle students. We were under the direction of Superintendent Dennis Bahr and George Caggiano, Middle School principal. Our main goal was what was best for the kids, educational wise, ...

Viewpoints

Local Columns

On September 8, voters in the Webster City Community School District will be asked to consider three questions related to the future of our schools: approval of a revenue purpose statement, an increase in the current Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL), and a ten-year extension of the PPEL. Together, these measures would provide the resources necessary to renovate and expand the existing high school and construct a new multi-purpose activity facility for student and community use. I strongly encourage voters to vote YES on all three questions. I make that recommendation from two ...

Support our schools: Vote yes on September 8

Local Columns

Improvements to the Webster City High School are needed. As has been documented in this newspaper over the past several weeks, the facility is outdated, impedes student learning, makes recruiting and retaining educators more difficult, and no longer reflects the quality of education our community expects and deserves. As employers, business owners, and community members, we see the impact firsthand. Our ability to recruit employees and families to Webster City is affected when prospective residents compare our educational facilities with those available in other communities. The ...

“Life Gets Tee-Jus (Tedious,) Don’t It?”

Local Columns

Ever since I was a young boy I have had an interest in electronics. With a patience and a lot of luck I repaired our family TV set when I was 11 years old. Then, in sixth grade, I read a story about a young boy riding his bike along a country road when he was passed by an automobile. The driver of the car was talking on a telephone. This was in 1960 when a phone in the car was a rare sight. The story explained that a mobile car radio operated from a trunk-mounted transmitter to a regional tower that covered a radius of about 40-60 miles. More than a decade later I read a related ...