Saving money by shopping American Made

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
June 21, 2011 12:19 pm

This weekend I did the traditional, loaded the kids in the car, took a road trip to visit my dad,  and we went shoppng for dad for Father's Day.

Representative Pettengill answers

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DAWN PETTENGILL
June 20, 2011 1:09 am

Dear Editor, Normally, I do not respond to her hateful letters, but Rosemary Schwartz consistently attributes her world view as mine and it is just not so.

Writer questions Pettengill's words

ROSEMARY SCHWARTZ
June 19, 2011 9:12 pm

  A small group of activists protested Congressman Steven King's appearance at the county Republican dinner Saturday night in Newhall.

Pastor's Blog-STONES

PASTOR LANETTE S. VAN
June 16, 2011 8:05 pm

  Acts 7:55-60 I Peter 2:2-10 There are three things my husband and I are on the look out for when we're on a road trip.

Honoring Keith Mossman: Making Vinton a better place

VINTON TODAY
June 16, 2011 10:12 am

     "Keith had fun making Vinton a better place."      I spent a couple of hours Monday morning, learning more about Keith Mossman from his family and his pastor during his funeral.

Better than Dad's

VINTON TODAY
June 15, 2011 12:51 pm

       "If I get the farm, I am going to tear this down and build a better one."     Abigail couldn't wait to rat out her sister Lydia, for what she said while they were helping me build a small picnic shelter area on a concrete slab where my grandfather once had a corn crib.

Happy Father's Day, Daddy

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
June 15, 2011 11:42 am

Do you ever think back to the days when your biggest concern was that  you needed a baseball bat all your own? So your dad took you to the store to get you not only a bat but your very first baseball glove.

The Wacky, Wonderful, World Wide Web

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
June 12, 2011 11:50 pm

I STILL find this whole internet world a bit weird...while finding it wonderful as well...but at the time, a bit too nosey for my taste. A couple days ago I "celebrated" my birthday, I use that word loosely.

Pastor's Blog - Do You Hear Voices

PASTOR LANETTE S. VAN
June 10, 2011 8:58 am

  Acts 2:42-47 There are some things I just can't do without hearing my mother's voice as I remember those teaching moments my younger sister and I shared as we watched her prepare meals.

Raspberries after the rain

VINTON TODAY
June 8, 2011 11:01 am

       I have been pleasantly surprised, during my years of living on my grandfather's old farm, at the good things that grow, if I let them.