Dear Advertisers and Community

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
June 2, 2011 12:16 pm

Most months I try to drop a little note of thanks to our advertisers...it seems I've run into a good sort of problem, it's been crazy busy! I don't know if the area folks realize how important all of you advertisers are to making this all possible, you are indeed the engine that keeps all of this running.

A much more serious contest on a more dangerous field

VINTON TODAY
June 1, 2011 10:31 am

       A few years ago, a Vinton-Shellsburg baseball player was at the plate. A fastball came too far inside. He turned to get away.

Your consideration requested

VINTON TODAY
May 31, 2011 6:25 pm

  To the Editor:   This letter is written for the person or persons who are visiting thegrave of Steve De Witt and leaving a mess in the cemetery when they have left.

Life ain't always harder after high school

VINTON TODAY
May 31, 2011 11:47 am

      I've got some very good news for some of you graduates regarding something you may have heard during a graduation ceremony: It's absolutely untrue.

I just saw something I've never seen before...

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
May 26, 2011 12:37 pm

Ok, I admit it, I'm still a city kid. The other night while driving home, something ran across the road that looked like a gray blur. I've gotten used to seeing deer on the road, so am constantly on the lookout for those, but this was something new.

The Old Country Church

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
May 24, 2011 12:20 pm

A few nights ago, I spent the evening in one of the seats my grandparents and aunts and uncles sat in. I went to a tiny country church about 30 miles from my home.

Why the USA PATRIOT Act needs a new name

VINTON TODAY
May 24, 2011 10:10 am

       When you walk into the nearest Social Security office, the first person you see is a man with a gun. The first words you hear are "Why are you here?"      At first, you think: "Seriously? Who's going to rob (or otherwise harm) the Social Security Administration?" Then you remember that it's a federal building, all of which are under orders for special security.

Hard choices vs. easy news

VINTON TODAY
May 20, 2011 7:39 pm

       The pundits are often saying that politicians are letting us down because they fail to make the "hard choices." Energy policy.

What a grandpa wants...

VINTON TODAY
May 19, 2011 12:42 pm

        For the first time in a very long time, we have very little new news to put on Vinton Today. And since I have written before that TV stations and newspapers should be honest enough to say, "Hey, there's nothing really that exciting going on.

The second-best graduation speech for the VSHS Class of 2011

VINTON TODAY
May 19, 2011 10:25 am

       Congratulations! Today is your day!      No, wait. That is someone else's graduation speech, the best one ever written or shared during a commencement ceremony.