Opinion
Yet one more reason to remember America's original Patriot's Day
Today's bombings at the Boston Marathon took place during Boston's official "Patriot's Day" celebration, and just four days before the 18th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, when Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols set of a large fertilizer bomb in a truck outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168, including dozens of children.
Congress comes clean; future Iowa leader confesses
I dreamed last night that I read a breaking news story from the year 2023:
"A federal grand jury has indicted dozens of members of Congress for using illegal performance-enhancing substances during what has been called the 'Season of Spectacular Success' – the ‘Miracle Years’ between 2013 and 2019, when Congress balanced the budget, eliminated the need for foreign oil, reduced carbon emissions, permanently solved the Mexican border issue, drastically reduced the national crime rate and even eliminated all murders from the Greater Washington, D.
To the Editor: Band Boosters share concerns about VS music department
PARENTS! GRANDPARENTS! COMMUNITY FINE ARTS SUPPORTERS!
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCTIONS IN OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT STAFF IN THE VS SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. WE NEED YOU TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!
There are changes recommended in the Fine Arts Staff in the Music department and it is Budget decision time for the VS Administration and School board.
Thank you, from the Woman of the year
What a night!
A TOTAL surprise!
Many thanks to the Vinton Women's Club for our 2013 Woman of the Year honor selection.
How blessed I am to be in the company of, and feel the love from family friends. and neighbors.
The emails and cards I received were enjoyed and appreciated.
Love you,
Marcia Hite
Vinton Today readers still amaze us!
The 11th of March marked our 3rd birthday here at Vinton Today.
It was also a record breaking day for the most visits in one day!
As we pass our third birthday, I for one am simply pleased with the response of our wonderful community!
Having only worked with the "traditional" newspapers, I wasn't real sure how this was going to work.
FPFR: Future Poultry Farmers' Regrets
You never know when a phone call is going to change your life.
I walked into the Vinton Family Restaurant as a grandfather, and left as a chicken farmer.
Oh, I am still a grandfather – the admiration that the babies had for baby chicks was part of the reason their mom, grandma and aunts conspired to drag me into the poultry business. Pastor's Blog - THE LIGHT OF LOVE INTO OUR APATHY
In a bacon and egg breakfast, the chicken is involved, but the pig makes a personal sacrifice.
Now, I'm not saying Joseph was a chicken, but his initial decision about ending his relationship with Mary was a safe one, for him. He decided to do right by Mary, but when it was over, Joseph would walk out of Mary's life. Viking Pride still felt from former grad
By Kim Davis
These past few weeks I have definitely been feeling some Viking Pride with Vinton qualifying for State basketball and Grand View wrestling winning the NAIA Wrestling National Champion title.
I think I can speak for almost all of Vinton by saying how awesome it is that our boys basketball team is going to state.
Representative clarifies education bill
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
Nine years at the Capitol and for the very first time, last Thursday all of the House and Senate meetings were canceled for snow and look what happened...NADA. You can imagine over the last 8 winters, the precarious road conditions I've traveled in to get there and work was not even delayed, let alone canceled.
Dreaming of a white... Washington's Birthday?
Christmas was barely white this winter, but a few other more recent significant days have been decorated with white from above. Today -- the 281st birthday of President George Washington -- is also white, as six to seven inches of fresh snow covers the ground and delayed the start of school for two hours.