Viewpoints

To the Editor:
Deer and vehicle collisions are at record numbers. High deep populations have caused fatalities, people shot during hunting seasons, property damage and increases in insurance rates.
You cannot drive in early mornings or evenings without high risk of a deer collision. It’s like this because deer are purposefully managed to be at high populations to satisfy a minority of zealots who find fun in killing, wounding and causing misery to another species.
None of this is done for “need.” Wildlife should be managed by neutral personnel (or even animal rights activists) instead of by avid hunters and trappers as it now is. For more information on this, see www.all-creatures.org/cash.
This letter is not against the Second Amendment.
Back in the ‘60s and ‘70s we didn’t have four vehicle-deer collisions every 24 hours in the county and there was little or no deer “hunting” at that time.

by Mike Breitbach, District 28 State Senator

by Dick Schilling, Editor Emeritus

by Mike Breitbach, District 28 State Senator

by Dick Schilling, Editor Emeritus

by Steve and Robin Oden

by John Edgecombe Jr.
Publisher, The Nebraska Signal, Geneva, NE
and President, National Newspaper Association

To the Editor:
As leaders in the State of Iowa consider measures to improve and repair the state’s transportation infrastructure, multiple measures should be used to prioritize investments. Certainly, a pragmatic approach is necessary and routes which offer vehicular efficiency and access to markets for manufactured and agricultural goods are critical.

by Laurie Moody, Allamakee County Environmental Health Sanitarian

We’re all familiar with the U.S. Surgeon General’s warning on the hazards of cigarettes. But what many don’t know is that the Surgeon General also warns against a substance that is the second-leading cause of lung cancer, can be present in any home or building, is especially prevalent in Iowa and may be presenting a health risk to your family right now. That substance is radon.
Radon is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas that comes from the breakdown of naturally occurring uranium in the soil. Radon can enter homes through cracks in the foundation and other pathways. Any home can have radon, regardless of age or foundation type. High-rise apartments, commercial building and schools can also have high radon levels.

To the Editor:
On Christmas Eve 2014, CoOpportunity Health, an Iowa-based health insurance provider, was taken over by the state of Iowa causing confusion and many questions amidst insurance providers and customers. The world of health insurance is a complicated one, but looking at CoOpportunity’s situation “differently” helps to clarify what’s really happened.