Opinion
To the Editor: Thanks for how you loved my brother, John Scriven
Dear Children and Dear Friends,
No words can express the deep gratitude I feel toward each and every one of you. Your outpouring of love and support for my brother John has filled my heart wit...
“Out on a Limb”
With the Parks and Recreation Department
That old saying goes “If you don’t like the weather in Iowa, just wait fifteen minutes and it will change”.&nb...
Remembering John: The future history of a first Important T-Shirt
Any adult who has ever had a T-shirt to commemorate a special event, team, or season, knows what it’s like, years later, to find that T-shirt in a box of old clothes – perhaps stained o... To the Editor: Why outcome-based education is not working
To the editor:
I've received what I can only characterize as an overwhelming amount of support and feedback since the initial publication of my Letter to the Editor late Wednesday.
I...
To The Editor: \'Blanket of Blame\' covers more than just teachers
By Daryn J. Hamilton
To the Editor:
I would like an opportunity to respond to the Opinion: VS top 25 ranking is nothing to be happy about
Mr. Tilson, the problem you’ve...
To the Editor: VS top 25 ranking is nothing to be happy about
Vinton-Shellsburg Schools ranked #25 in the State
To the Editor:
Just reading the headline on this letter, one would think that we've achieved a distinction worthy of public attention....
Letter to the Editor: Better security technology is the answer
Recently on one of Neil Cavuto's shows a security executive explained how the "man trap" works. It would not matter whether a staffer were in the school or not. Video cameras and sens...
Pastor\'s Blog - JOY INTO OUR LONGEST NIGHT
Friday, Decemter 21, was the first day of winter, the longest night of the year. On that day, the sun rose at 7:38 am and set at 4:48 pm. That gave us a little over... The unseen sign of growing old
Signs of aging, for me, are nothing new. Most of them however, I have been able to see clearly.
Like the day the radar gun said my 12-year-old could throw a baseball way faster than ...
How remembering 2012 should (but probably won\'t) inspire changes
The President was named the Time Magazine "Man of the Year" after defeating a stiff, boring, flip-flopping rich dude from Massachusetts. The president -- whose party had lost big in...