Dear editor,
We thank the Iola Register for reporting Carl Slaugh’s comments regarding methods of economic development in Saturday’s paper. We believe all three strategies are accurate and they have been used by Iola Industries, and now Thrive, for a number of years. In fact, several years ago, Iola Industries paid for a study of the best opportunities we have for new business and industry. The verdict: Grow from within.
The fact is, we have always favored “within.” For 61 years we have felt that we must protect the jobs that Iola already has and we must encourage local entrepreneurs whenever possible.
For six decades Iola Industries has been committed to the City of Iola, its citizens and those in the surrounding area. What’s good for Iola and Allen County benefits all of us . The city, Allen County, Iola Industries and Thrive have all worked hard and will continue to do so. The rest is “details” and we’ll figure them out.
John McRae,
president, Iola Industries,
Mary Kay Heard,
chairman, Iola Industries
Dear editor,
I personally think selling the farmland is a big mistake. It’s surely paying for its own upkeep, plus.
Once it gone it gone. Where will you ever buy another piece of ground with good fencing/pond, nine miles from the college on good paved road? All it’s going to do is increase in value. You may want it a few years down the line.
As to not being able to buy cigarettes till you are 21 years old, I haven’t smoked one cigarette or drank a beer, but if an individual is old enough to join the Army at 17 years old he ought to be able to make his own decisions.
