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Appreciative of community support for our books

Last week, we came to Marshalltown to launch our books: Geese on the Streets: Blossom and Frankie’s Love Story by Deb Elliott and Frankie and Blossom: A Honkin’ Great Love Story by K. S. Wuertz. We want to thank you for your overwhelming support and great kindness during our days in Marshalltown in mid-August. We’re proud to say we were raised here, graduated from MHS (’75), and are the recipients of the great love and Iowa values that being a part of Marshalltown gave us. What our town has been through over the past few years could seem insurmountable, but as Iowans know, we ...

A valley full of dry bones

There are many lovely stories in the Bible. In the book of Ezekiel, this priest was ordained to take a message to the kings, leaders and those speaking false words from God. Ezekiel, Jeremiah and Isaiah were contemporary preachers who God used to bring this message to a very sinful nation. He has promised His people that destruction is coming because they refused to repent and change. Northern Israel had already fallen and is amid the “dry bones.” in this scripture. You can compare Israel to America today. Israel promised to be faithful to God in the Old Testament. In the New ...

13th Street LGBT event

It has taken me a while to get the courage to respond to the July 15 TR article about the LGBT 13th Street Event. Questioning or opposing anything to do with LGBT takes one through a minefield of deep emotions which in the past has most likely erupted with the outsider being targeted for destruction or at the very least called derogatory names. I was raised by parents who were very sensitive to the emotions of other people. People were to be loved and respected and I have tried to follow that practice all my life. I expect to be treated likewise. This is still a free country and I have a ...

Supporting Nan Benson for Auditor/Recorder

Thank you James Jackson for your support. However, I think Nan Benson has done a fantastic job and I do not foresee that changing. I will be voting for Nan Benson for Auditor/Recorder. I suggest that everyone else do the same.

Feenstra’s gaslighting

In the Marshalltown Times Republican Editorial Forum, Rep. Randy Feenstra has a habit of writing editorials to make it sound like he’s busy doing his job and not just collecting PAC money from Bruce Rastetter. The July 22 issue of the T-R was no exception. Instead of writing legislation about our cancer rates or our dirty rivers and lakes he’s gaslighting about voter fraud. He wants to “Safeguard American Voter . . .” What makes this silly is that all these laws are already in place and enforced. Regarding our last presidential election: “The November 3rd election was ...

The clock is ticking

Tic-Toc Tic-Toc the clock is ticking for all of us. Old people die of old age, young people don’t know when the clock will stop ticking for them. The Bible says seek the Lord while He may be found. Look around you people, the world is in complete chaos, ran by mankind. The Bible tells us this is the way it will be during the end time. Peter St. Onge, economic research fellow at Roe Institute for economic policy studies, said in an article that before 2020 the richest 1% of Americans controlled $30 trillion according to the Federal Government. Now four years later, they control $45 ...