Why voter ID is important to election integrity

JOHN STIEGELMEYER
July 11, 2012 10:12 am

  Editor,              Am I the only one who sees a definite left/progressive bias to most if not all AP Stories?  Yesterday July 9 in both the Cedar Rapids Gazette and the Des Moines Register the same AP story concerning voter ID appeared.

Sitting yourself to death: Someone has finally listened to my chair warnings

VINTON TODAY
July 10, 2012 5:49 pm

Edtor's Note: I wrote this column several years ago, and published it here in April of 2010 (Click HERE if you need proof). Now that CBS news has published a similar warning, I thought it would be a good time to reprint this.

“The Danger of Unbelief and the Life of Faith from John 1:10-13” Part 1

ZACH ZAJICEK
June 29, 2012 10:18 am

  Be honest here: were you at one time or another afraid of the dark?  What does it really mean to be afraid of the dark?  Can darkness tickle you?  Can it hit you over the head?  Can it remove your bedroom floor so you fall into the basement?   No, of course not!  Darkness is simply the absence of light.

First Light: Thoughts from the shadows when electricity first arrives

VINTON TODAY
June 27, 2012 8:17 pm

Editor's Note: As the East Central Iowa REC celebrates its 75th year, Vinton Today is helping the REC celebrate the milestone by publishing some historical stories from the perspectives of customers who experienced electricity for the first time, as well as the workers who help bring the power to the cooperative's customers.

A multitude of gray areas define the DREAM Act debate

ROSEMARY SCHWARTZ
June 22, 2012 1:55 pm

  To the Editor, I have read the responses to President Obama’s executive order halting the deportation of undocumented people, particularly those who have lived here since childhood at no fault of their own.

The three words members of Congress should have said to Roger Clemens

VINTON TODAY
June 19, 2012 12:26 pm

Now that Roger Clemens has been found not guilty of lying to Congress, one thing is clear as we approach what we can only hope is the end of the issue of performance-enhancing substances: Nobody will ever, ever accuse Congress of using them.

Dr. Q: The missing voice in the immigration debate

VINTON TODAY
June 18, 2012 11:08 am

How did one of the leading brain surgeons in the United States end up at Johns Hopkins, where his pioneer work in brain tumors has given hope to many with terminal diagnoses? He “hopped the fence” that divides Mexico and the U.

The lesson of Curlyweed and the Butterfly Ball

VINTON TODAY
June 13, 2012 8:59 am

  Almost every day, I confront the painful reality that I am a city boy trying to pretend I am something else. I love living in the country; I just wish I knew what it was doing.

What a grandpa should always know...and what he should always say

VINTON TODAY
June 8, 2012 5:01 pm

  I feel perfectly safe in small town Iowa-- safe enough to take my young granddaughters virtually anywhere in the Vinton area. I don't mind letting the girls walk on their own when I take them out in public, although we have very strict rules about streets.

In spite of ourselves...

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
June 7, 2012 11:36 am

Warning: This column is long and sappy :) This past few weeks at the Close home, have been borderline crazy. We've gone through loss, celebration, and realized the overall, life is good.