The view from my corner of the world

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 8, 2011 6:56 pm

It's a date and time everyone remembers. It's the event that our generation will always remember.  At the time, we were living in Washington AND Independence.

Pastor's Blog - GOD'S PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO TELL

PASTOR LANETTE S. VAN
September 8, 2011 6:51 pm

Matthew 16:13-20 If you were at a party, and you saw someone slip something into someone's drink, and they wouldn't believe you when you told them, what would you do?  Would you be willing to create a scene, knock the drink out of his or her hand, risk looking like a fool? Jesus asked his disciples who people said he was.

Time to stop the out-of-control political fighting

JEFF HOLMES
September 8, 2011 9:34 am

  I’m a Trekkie. In other words, I love the TV show Star Trek. That’s the original one, not all of that spin-off nonsense.

Looking through the window

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 6, 2011 1:12 pm

The guys and gals downtown always have my attention. I am especially amazed at the window displays, as well as the arrangements inside the stores.

VSHS volleyball player inspires father with unselfishness

VINTON TODAY
September 6, 2011 12:12 pm

  Dear Editor,   I just wanted to share a story for everyone to read, about a young lady that lives in the community of Vinton.   She is 17 years old, going to be 18 at the end of this month.

Jerry Lewis and Dino and the MDA Telethon lesson of 1976

VINTON TODAY
September 4, 2011 7:30 pm

       In decades of Jerry Lewis MDA Telethons, this is probably the funniest line:     "You know there were all of these rumors about us breaking up, when you weren't here when we started the show, I thought they were true.

Pastor's Blog - GOD'S PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO BUCK THE SYSTEM

PASTOR LANETTE S. VAN
September 2, 2011 7:08 am

    Matthew 15:8-28 James Dean was the original rebel without a cause.  From the movie screen, he became a symbol of rebellion and wild, reckless behavior as he bucked the system.

The night the fireworks cried

VINTON TODAY
September 1, 2011 10:40 pm

    I hope, wherever Osama bin Laden was on Saturday night, they interrupted his eternal torment for a few minutes to let him watch as Vinton residents saw the first commemoration of the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

The empty space where Paul Harvey's words used to be

VINTON TODAY
August 31, 2011 5:04 pm

Paul Harvey's last Saturday Broadcast, Feb. 7, 2009...  [VIDEO]        "A great tree has fallen, and left an empty space in the sky…"      No, this is not a column about the July 11 storm, although I have seen enough storm-damaged yards to know that many of you can understand that feeling.

Who's the smart aleck that invented the English language?

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 31, 2011 11:14 am

I've had fun catching up with a neighbor "kid" I used to play baseball with, and well, I practically lived at their house during my childhood.