Dear Editor,   Much is being written each day about the quality and cost of our health care system. Figures and comparisons are made to our cost vs. other countries. Still no one is asking…

God bless her, Susan Lynn has been a great example of fairness in her reporting of the hospital trustee proceedings. Her family genes dictate this wonderful writing ability.But when I read the article chronicling Tuesday’s…

How does the pool management justify the extra money charged when people leave the pool to go outside, but not leave the vicinity.When they try to come back in they will have to pay full…

I see the hospital board has flip-flopped on the site of the hospital. If the pungent aroma of bovine bother you, there are a number of land parcels large enough to accommodate a new hospital.…

 Dear Editor,   The late Floyd Smith, principal of Iola High School, once asked the students: “Isn’t it a smart man who changes his mind?”This could be applied to the trustees who changed their minds…

Greed is a terrible thing. No good ever comes from it. And greed is the only thing holding up progress on the new hospital.I don’t know the property owners, but they have been offered way…

To the person or persons who defaced one of the Elm Creek Community Garden signs:I commend you on the accuracy of your spelling.However, you may want to retake biology as your knowledge of human anatomy…

Dear Editor,Sixteen years ago I left Iola, because I didn’t like some of the rules that were being put in place. Now I find myself back here trying to raise my daughter.Well, to get to…

 Dear editor, It appears from the article in the Wednesday, March 23, paper that Allen County and Iola have an outstanding opportunity for the new hospital. Purchasing 20 acres at $5,000 per acre versus 17…

Dear Editor,David Broder was a great journalist because he thought not to tell the whole story would be the same as a lie.The late Paul Harvey made a whole career out of “That’s the rest…