Culture of Acceptance

CURT WHEELER, PREVENTION SPECIALIST
August 20, 2012 8:04 am

Most of us would like to see our kids live healthy, successful, and addiction free lives. Youth substance use can put all of these hopes in jeopardy.

Remembering what I did not see in Kentucky

VINTON TODAY
August 13, 2012 10:55 am

My second trip to Kentucky included something I never thought I would see  (a road on fire), a few things I have not seen for a while (a rainbow), some cool places I had not yet seen ( The Blue Heron coal mine and Cumberland Falls) -- and something cool I have only seen once before.

Letter to the Editor: In a word PROUD

MAYOR ALLAN R. LINDSEY
August 9, 2012 12:43 pm

I have been the mayor of Garrison only since January of this year.  I cannot believe all that has been accomplished already this year.  Our fire station has been rebuilt from the storm of July 11th of last year, we have a new park thanks to Mandy and Shaun Fisher and family, Becky Decker and the many volunteers and donors.

The inspiration for my old cap -- and why I waited so long to get a new one

VINTON TODAY
August 8, 2012 1:47 am

  The clock on my laptop reads 11:35, but that’s Iowa time. It’s 12:35 Eastern Standard Time here in central Kentucky, where we have been working a couple hours south of Lexington, in a beautiful and very remote region of the Appalachian foothills.

New life for an old house

VINTON TODAY
August 7, 2012 7:39 am

June moved in the old house 18 years ago. For years, the widow has lived alone at the end of a quiet street in Kentucky. We met June on Monday, and went to work on her house.

Kentucky Mission, Day 1: Long, winding road

VINTON TODAY
August 6, 2012 7:19 am

Dean, they said you gotta take a picture of this. It was the first time anyone had ever asked me to take a picture of a screen. We were just about to our destination -- Eagle School Road near Parkers Lake, Kentucky.

From the trail to the Appalachians...

VINTON TODAY
August 5, 2012 8:20 am

My allergy medicine is missing -- which is not the best way to start August. All of the caps that keep the sun from putting wrinkled raccoon-like red circles on my eyes are hanging on the rack 530 miles to the northwest.

200th anniversary of the beginning of the War of 1812

ALEX VASQUEZ
August 2, 2012 3:16 pm

June 2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the War of 1812.  This event, usually overlooked in most history books and courses, was a very important part of the Early American Republic and of North American history.

To the Editor: What if voter fraud helped conservative candidates?

JOHN STIEGELMEYER
July 30, 2012 3:08 pm

The Voter ID Discussion? It would seem that the liberal/progressive argument is, no restrictions to voter participation regardless of who they are or say they are or when and if they register properly.

The queen and the dog, and Vinton Today’s comment policy

VINTON TODAY
July 24, 2012 11:18 am

  An area politician walked by me at a recent baseball game, gave me an understanding smile and patted me on the back. I laughed, because I knew what he was saying.