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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
Fallon Forum Fair Fun And Foibles
Dear Friends, (Check out and “like” my Facebook Page for pics, videos and impressions of the presidential candidates . . . and for updates on my exploits with chickens and organic gardening). “Hey kids! Forget the pony rides. This year, … Continue reading
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5 Take-Aways From The Wing Ding
Clear Lake, where the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding was held Friday, was an impossible venue for most Iowa working people. Over 160 miles away in my case, driving there after work was not an option. To make up for the … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Iowa Caucuses
Tagged 2016 Iowa Caucuses, Iowa Caucus, politics
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Senator Joni Ernst Staff Office Hours
This email came from Senator Joni Ernst’s office late Friday. It is a chance to express your opinions and seek help from her staff: The office of U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) will host upcoming traveling office hours in your … Continue reading
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Taking Local Out Of Local Food
Ingredients for this kale salad were grown within 100 feet of our kitchen. It is as local as food gets. We enjoy garden produce in high summer — when nature’s bounty yields so much food we either preserve or give … Continue reading
Oak Leaf Tatters And Herbicides
What to make of a study of the impact of herbicide drift from farming operations on oak trees? In a peer reviewed 2004 study at the University of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences in Urbana, Ill., scientists … Continue reading
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Tagged chloroacetamide, environment, Forestry, Herbicides, industrial agriculture
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Senator Rob Hogg's Vision For Iowa's Future
CORALVILLE—The Johnson County state Senate delegation —Bob and Sue Dvorsky, Joe Bolkcom, and Kevin and Deb Kinney— hosted their colleague, Senator Rob Hogg at a fund raiser Tuesday afternoon. Under a tent erected on the manicured lawn of Backpocket Brewing … Continue reading
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They Didn't Ask
They Didn’t Ask By Don Place When I returned from Vietnam, family and friends surprised me by not asking or wondering, about my nearly two year absence. These are a few things I wondered about. . How many different places … Continue reading
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In Andrew Jackson's Name
It is fitting the Iowa Democratic Party plunge into navel gazing in the wake of the June 17 shootings at the Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. by renaming, or considering whether to rename, its annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner. … Continue reading
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Progress Iowa Corn Feed Speakers
Tom Harkin, Dave Loebsack, Lincoln Chafee, Joaquin Castro, Ben & Jerry to speak at Progress Iowa Corn Feed on August 30 DES MOINES — Senator Tom Harkin (Ret.), Congressman Dave Loebsack, Governor Lincoln Chafee, Congressman Joaquin Castro, and Ben Cohen … Continue reading
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Bakken News From Ed Fallon
Dear Friends, Good news in the battle to stop the Bakken Oil Pipeline! Landowners and attorneys have formed the Private Property Rights Coalition (PPRC) to take the fight to the courts. PPRC’s lawsuit maintains that “the Iowa Utilities Board has … Continue reading
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