Opinion
To The Editor: Thanks to all involved in WWII 70th anniversary event
Dear Editor,This past weekend Benton County celebrated the 70TH Anniversary of the End of World War II at Celebration Park in Vinton. There are several people I wish to thank who helped t...
Letter to the Editor: Last Hope Animal Rescue's Gain
I want to personally congratulate Last Hope Animal Rescue (formerly based outside of Shellsburg now in Cedar Rapids) on their new Adoption Center Director, Julie Havran.
J...
To the Editor: Motorcycle club member recalls dirt track bike racing in '53
By Bob Kimm, former Vinton Motorcycle Club member
Quite an article today on the 4th of July racing out at the fairgrounds. It brought back some memories for me from way back in 1953...
To the Editor: Golf cart drivers need to remember safety rules
To the Editor,
It is my understanding that the city council is entertaining a motion to ban golf carts from city streets. As owners of a golf cart we are pleased to use these streets to do our ...
Happy Birthday, Kiddo
On this day in history, well ok, so 18 years ago, I spent the day in the hospital, and the next few...but it was for a good cause, I was awaiting the arrival of a little girl.
It was one of tho... The Iffy 50: A birthday to remember, or not?
Good husbands all know
That a man sure had better
When it comes to a wife’s birthday
Not be a forgetter.
As Shakespeare declared
There’s no place in this world
...
The plight of a Pack Rat
Let's face it. I am sort of a pack rat.
Now as anyone that is labelled as such will tell you, we don't think we are.
My packratting is more in the kitchen gadget area, you know the ...
Out with the new, in with the old!
When I was a kid, my dad would take us out to a farm north of where we lived so that he could visit with his longtime friend John.
John was one of these guys that LOVED to tell stories about &l... The powerful prayer hidden in \'Pomp and Circumstance\'
To the graduates of the Vinton-Shellsburg Class of 2015, and those who will celebrate with them today – and to those from Center Point-Urbana, Western Dubuque and any other place where the em... Mighty Casey: A 21st Century revision for youth league parents
Yogi Berra said, or has been quoted as saying, “Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.”
More recently, St. Louis Cardinals manage...