Opinion

Letter to the Editor - Thank you to community

THANK-YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE, I want to take this very public approach to thank all the wonderful, caring individuals who worked together to save me, Monica Lynn Stark.   I almost die...

Letter to the Editor: The choice between liberty and tyranny

  These are troubling times. Families are struggling to keep their houses and to put food on the table. They see their paychecks, if they haven’t already lost them, remaining stagna...

The qui“zz”ical challenge of typing with a missing “z”

  It’s cray and its any But now I clearly see What happens when your keyboard No longer can say “z”   The other day I wanted To write about ...

The lessons of a sunset over a cemetery

The Thursday sunset over Bear Creek Cemetery inspired some serious thinking.   The sunset last Thursday was so much more fiery than usual, and the red burned on the western horizon ­much longer than I had ever observed, that it seemed more like a message from t...

Why Sept. 12 should be a National Holiday

  This week, Americans observed the 11th anniversary of 9/11. Unlike the 10th anniversary, there were not as many stories about that historically horrible event. But still, in NYC and DC, ...

♫♪Music to my ears♪♫

Okay.  I'm a musician, sort of. This weekend I was asked to play music for a wedding that had me breaking out in a sweat. The ol' "I'd can't read notes so therefore I ...

Letter to the Editor - Local officers thanked

Behind the scenes helpfulness. The Vinton police department and the Benton County Sheriff's department do many helpful deeds that largely go unnoticed. One of those helpful good deeds ...

Letter to the Editor - The Legal System Does Work.

For fear of opening this over commented topic of voting suppression again, I just want the readers of Vinton Today to know that this week in three separate states with judges appointed by Republic...

Letter to the Editor: Two near misses within 5 minutes at C/13th

  From the vantage of my office window I have a clear view of the intersection of C Avenue and 13th Street. This is a very difficult intersection as 13th Street does not line up on either ...

♪♫ Happy 25th Anniversary to us ♪♫

Back in June I wrote about how I was grateful for our family. Dean and I have been married for 25 years, Wednesday. That's a long time...and especially in marriages. Unfortunately, there is...