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Letter to the Editor: Had Enough Yet???

Dear Editor, $750 for hurricane victims.  $2200 a month for illegals.  The hurricane victims paid by direct deposit will take 10 days.  They need help now.

Letter to the Editor: Vote "Yes" for improvements to CPU School Facilities

To the Editor:As I begin my 38th year of teaching, I reflect on many years when change was painful, exciting, or long overdue. At Center Point-Urbana School we have done what many smaller schools with a low tax base have had to do for years, make something out of very little.

Letter to the Editor: John Deere and U.S. Jobs a rebutal

Editor:All of the critics are missing the point. I am not a globalist, At one time I flirted with that propaganda, but there are limits as to what the working class needs to buy and what they don't.

Letter to the Editor: Manufacturing leaves the United States

Dear Editor, John Deere has làid off hundreds of employees in Waterloo and perhaps in Moline. The company is moving some manufacturing to Mexico. Trump will impose tariffs, and that's exactly what a President should do.
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The preacher said what?

The city council met on Thursday evening. As part of the meeting was the Citizen’s Input segment. It's a grab bag of thoughts that come before the council in this department.

Brought to you courtesy of the Red, White and Blue

September 11, is not a day that anyone forgets. Toby Keith summed up all of my feelings in his song, "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue."He sang, "American Girls and American Guys, We'll always stand up and saluteWe'll always recognize, When we see Old Glory FlyingThere's a lot of men dead, So we can sleep in peace at nightWhen we lay down our headMy daddy served in the army, Where he lost his right eyeBut he flew a flag out in our yard, 'Til the day that he diedHe wanted my mother, my brother, my sister and me, To grow up and live happyIn the land of the freeNow this nation that I love, Has fallen under attackA mighty sucker punch came flyin' in, From somewhere in the backSoon as we could see it clearly, Through our big black eyeMan, we lit up your world, Like the 4th of JulyHey, Uncle Sam Put your name at the top of his listAnd the Statue of Liberty, Started shakin' her fistAnd the eagle will fly, And there's gonna be hellWhen you hear Mother Freedom Start ringin' her bellAnd it'll feel like the whole wide world is raining down on youOh, brought to you Courtesy of the Red, White and BlueOh, justice will be served, And the battle will rageThis big dog will fight, When you rattle his cageAnd you'll be sorry that you messed with The U.
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