Why Americans need to take time to remember on Memorial Day

ALEX VASQUEZ
May 24, 2012 10:09 am

  This coming Monday is Memorial Day.  Memorial Day observances are considered to have formally begun in 1868, with the Grand Army of the Republic’s decree that the graves of Union servicemen who had died during the War of the Rebellion were to be decorated on 30 May, which was to be known as “Decoration Day”.

Letter to the Editor - Support Ben Lange for U.S. Congress

BETHANY GATES
May 23, 2012 3:07 am

  This year Iowans in the 1st Congressional District have the chance to send Bruce Braley home.  Bruce Braley has not listened to his constituents and has continued to vote for bills that only serve to send our country deeper into debt.

Speaking in favor of Rod Blum for Congress

BILL KELLER
May 21, 2012 11:38 am

  To the Editor: The First District of Iowa has the distinction of having two solid, committed and well versed candidates vying for the top spot on the Republican ticket for this fall’s election.

The legend of the accursed camera

VINTON TODAY
May 16, 2012 11:57 am

  I do not believe I am superstitious. I do not think that what I do in any particular area of life has an impact on any other area. I ignore Friday the 13th.

Pastor's Blog - So, What Does it Say About Me if I Am Last?

PASTOR MARK AND LUANN URLAUB
May 12, 2012 2:55 pm

  I noticed in a local publication a list of the names of the 2012 Graduates of Vinton-Shellsburg High School with an invitation to sponsor a senior in a future edition.

Pastor's Blog - Hacking at Golf

PASTOR JIM BLAIR
April 26, 2012 12:50 pm

  My children and grandchildren dragged me out to a local golf course a couple of weeks ago. You know – one of those fantastic summer days in the middle of March.

Pastor's Blog - 'He could have given up!'

PASTOR LANETTE S. VAN
April 20, 2012 8:21 am

  I Corinthians 13:7   Love Endures All Things Jesus, who was one with God, infinite and all powerful, could have called it quits when he found out he was to be confined to the finite space of a womb and the weakness and frailty of a human body.

10 years...

VINTON TODAY
April 19, 2012 9:03 am

Venus was looking over my shoulder. I wonder what Grandpa would have thought of that. I am sitting, right now, on the concrete slab that when I was born was used to support the metal framework of a corn crib.

A sad reminder of what opponents have in common

VINTON TODAY
April 17, 2012 12:13 pm

  This afternoon, when the Vinton-Shellsburg boys track team travels to the Solon track meet (although the event is being held in Tiffin due to construction on the Solon track), it will be encountering a city, and a school district, in mourning.

Letter to the Editor-New taxes coming

JOHN STIEGELMEYER
April 11, 2012 12:43 pm

  New taxes coming with the Affordable Health Care Act: (1) Individual and employment mandates to purchase health insurance. (2) Medicare Payroll tax hike from 2.