Youth Organizations Week Honors Scouts and FFA
Next week will honor two youth groups, the Boy Scouts and the Future Farmers of America, designated for February 2027. Both provide opportunities and teach values, with Scouts offering wilderness camping and national jamboree experiences and FFA delivering agricultural education and diverse member experiences. The two groups pursue common projects, including Camp Mitigwa camping and local farming initiatives, shaping better citizens through teamwork and community service.
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Chronicle Letters Policy Encourages Signed Submissions
The Chronicle invites letters from readers expressing opinions on community issues. All letters must be signed by real people and may be shortened to fit space constraints.
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Hill votes to end military tax exemption in Iowa
State Senator Eugene Hill of the 35th District supported ending Iowa’s tax exemption on active duty military pay. The Senate passed the measure 40 to 8 after debate, arguing higher military pay, voluntary service, and federal tax reform make the exemption inequitable. Proponents cited revenue gains of 6 to 7 million dollars and alignment with the first 4000 of earned income. Opponents warned it would hit lower ranking personnel. supporters noted military families and returning servicemen seek quality state services.
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Paratrooper Mark Thomas’s Sicily to D Day to captivity tale
The account recalls Mark Thomas of the 508th Parachute Infantry, 82nd Airborne, transferred from Sicily in 1944, training in Ireland via Oran, and landing on D Day. He describes a midnight airborne jump, heavy flak, his separation from the plane, landing near a German post, a struggle amid German fire, being captured after a daring effort, and the stripping of his gear as he was taken toward a German CP.
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Oskaloosa council ends hitching racks in town square
In 1907 the Oskaloosa city council voted to remove hitching racks from the town square and bought nearby lots to provide new hitching space. The Chronicle called the move good for the city and criticized the square as the heart of a barnyard.
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