Opinion

The last year and a half have brought many changes in my life. The first year I found myself trying to figure out one aspect of this job that I've never done before, reporting.That went much better than expected. Going into the second year I decided that now since I'm putting in 16 hour days that it was time that I figure out how to have just a little bit of fun.

I am not a wuss.The words that follow here may lead you to think otherwise. I hope not, but, well, welcome to America and our Freedom of Thought.Come to think of it, I am not sure that is in our Bill of Rights, but, um, I digress.In 1989 I married someone who I have always considered to be a very strong, smart, and talented woman.

Quid-pro-quo an example:In a phone call to the Great Leader of North Korea: “Leader Kim Jong-un, I have an offer and a favor to ask. Firstly I will sign a treaty with your government that the United States will never use military force against your country. In return I want you to discontinue building missiles, also I want you to move your ground forces far away from the 38th parallel, stop your threats against South Korea.

Until May 1, 1969, I was the youngest in a family of five. I was 10 years old when my mother died. Twenty-one months later my dad remarried.I became the youngest of nine siblings.It was difficult if not entirely impossible to be alone. We had one bathroom.Through all those years and until November 2015, I never gave being alone much thought.

Dear Editor, In today's world, it often feels like, our parental rights are under attack and being threatened by society and at times those that we elect to represent us in government.  A group has been formed at ParentalRights.org to pass a Parental Rights Amendment. A petition has been created at WhiteHouse.

In answer to a rebuttal published in our great web news – Vinton Today. I think it is appropriate that each one of us take a step back and take the preverbal “deep breath”. I did not vote for President Obama – in fact, I thought he was a massive mistake, and in my opinion he turned out to be a massive error in judgment by the voting public – why on Earth would we expect a person with no more experience than that of a “community organizer” and one who instead of taking a position on state politics would vote “Present” -- to hav...

This last year has found me googling, ordering, getting frustrated with and then figuring out new equipment. I opened eBay again the other night in search of another camera after I consulted my schedule for the upcoming weeks.There is only one of me and there is no way that I can be everywhere that, I need to be, should be but just can't be.

The gap between rural and urban Iowa continues to widen as population, earnings and net farm income are declining in several rural areas. Unfortunately, an unintended consequence of federal tax law changes now threatens to impose an additional financial burden on rural communities.Under the new tax law, electric cooperatives that receive federal, state or local government grants are at risk of losing their tax-exempt status.

I give up. Honest, I don't intentionally try to speed, I just have places to go, and people to see, and pictures to take and video to shoot and my mind is running 100 miles an hour, and the next thing I know there's a friendly cop saying, "Hey lady!"It happened to me on Saturday. I had taken my pictures of the cutest trick or treaters in town and thought to myself, I need a break from "work.