Raiders look to ACGC in hopes to stay alive in playoff race
After the loss to Van Meter on Friday, the Raiders slipped to 12th in the RPI rankings, just ahead of their final regular season opponents in Adair Casey-Guthrie Center, who sit at 13. History This is only the second time the two teams have met, additionally, never having played Adair-Casey or Guthrie Center in the…
Read MoreRaiders fall to Van Meter after fourth quarter woes
Van Meter 28, MA 0 The Raiders fell to a ranked Van Meter Bulldog team Friday night by a score of 28-0, but the score doesn’t tell the story. The Bulldogs scored late in the first quarter on an Ian Abrahamson three-yard run, followed up by the point after to go up 7-0, where the…
Read MoreTo the editor: This past week, Scrooge McTrump reached a new low of callousness by proposed changes to the food stamp program that could leave nearly 500,000 children without access to free school lunches. Obviously Trump and his wealthy associates do not care whether American children get something to eat during the school day. As a former teacher, I know how important breakfast and lunch programs are to hungry children. For many children school lunches are the only food they will receive in a day. In the richest and most overfed country in the world, how can the administration justify saving money by not feeding kids? The proposed changes in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, could result in 3 million people losing their food assistance. Proponents of the current system point out that it “helps low-income families who have work but have huge child care, housing, and other expenses that leave them with insufficient money to buy food aid.” Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue estimates that these changes, at the expense of the poor, could save the government $2.5 billion a year. Oh good, more money for trips at taxpayers’ expense to Mar-a-Lago and other Trump properties and for campaign rallies. Also, this past week, the White House announced that the G-7 Summit in June of next year will be at Trump’s Doral Resort near Miami. Attempting to justify this decision, acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said this was “by far and away, far and away, the best physical facility for this meeting.” Interestingly enough but really not surprising, the Doral resort had been losing money. I say the choice is not surprising considering the fact, that in the history of the United States, no other president has “actively used the power and prestige of his office to line his own pockets: landing loans for his businesses, steering wealthy buyers to his condos, securing cheap foreign labor [often illegal immigrants] for his resorts, preserving federal subsidies for his housing projects, easing regulations on his golf courses, licensing his name for overseas projects, even peddling coffee mugs, and shot glasses bearing the presidential seal. How crass is that? Mary Kathryn Gepner Benton
To the editor: This past week, Scrooge McTrump reached a new low of callousness by proposed changes to the food stamp program that could leave nearly 500,000 children without access to free school lunches. Obviously Trump and his wealthy associates do not care whether American children get something to eat during the school day. As…
Read MoreThis marvelous universe
To the editor: I read Psalm 104 and this is what I gleaned from it. I call it “God’s resume.” God is clothed with honor and majesty. He made the sun, to give her light by day, the moon to shine at night, and all the starry host of Heaven for mankind’s benefit. He made…
Read MoreFight climate change locally
To the editor: Here in the heart of the midwest, in rural Iowa, we often feel we may not have an impact on the world. Yes, we know our farmers feed the world and we have certain businesses that have state, national and world connections. But we sometimes get the feeling that solutions to national…
Read MorePlan for ‘Unplanned’
To the editor: Next week, Monday and Tuesday night, at the Princess Theater, God’s Shepherds and Wishard Chapel are offering a free showing of the movie UNPLANNED. The story of the reality about the abortion industry and the effects that it has on people. People today are wondering about the increased violence that seems to…
Read MoreLooking Back by Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, November 19, 1919.) During the war, the American people gave unsparingly and cheerfully of their time, labor, and money for the people of stricken Europe. Drive after drive was successfully carried through. Charitable institutions here at home have suffered a vast extent in consequence. How…
Read MoreCity moves to borrow $2.5 million
At their regular meeting Monday, October 21, the Mount Ayr city council took the next step toward borrowing up to $2.5 million in general obligation bonds for use in upcoming infrastructure projects. Michael Maloney of the financial services firm of D.A. Davidson met with the council to clarify the bonding process and further explain how…
Read MoreSpooktacular Halloween on tap
The Halloween season wraps up with Tingley Fun Night, Trick or Treat Nights, and the final performances of the Nightmare on Madison Street. Tingley Fun Night Tingley will hold their 73rd Halloween Fun Night on Saturday, October 26. A pumpkin decorating challenge is the first activity underway. Pumpkins are available free at the Tingley Community…
Read MoreMount Ayr, Diagonal renew academic sharing agreement
At their October meetings, both the Mount Ayr and Diagonal school boards unanimously renewed the academic sharing agreement for another three years. In place in one form or another since 1992, the sharing agreement allows Diagonal students in grades 9-12 to attend academic and vocational classes in Mount Ayr each morning. In exchange, the Diagonal…
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