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Dear Editor,
What a great Place to Live! I want to say a big "Thank You" to all the organizers and volunteers of Party in the Park. It was a great weekend. It's so nice to live in a family friendly community. We moved here six years ago from Florida. My husband and I are Midwesterners but moved to Florida to enjoy the sun and sand for a few years.
Raspberries after the rain
One of the surprises I have discovered living in the rural areas of northern Benton County are the wild raspberries that grow each June.
I do not have the same green thumb my grandfather and father had. I can barely make anything grow.
But with the raspberries, all I have to do is pick them once a year. I can handle that.
The ones that grow on our farm are best when eaten fresh, right after being plucked from the vine.
The lessons from 'The House That Built Me'
You won't find many people more critical of virtually all of modern American entertainment than me.
I consider most of our movies, TV shows and music to be lame, unoriginal and simply dull, if not outright intelligence insulting.
But once in a while someone writes something unique or inspiring, and they are rewarded for their efforts.
How a baby girl helps teach the hidden lessons of grandparenthood
There are few things in life, I have learned, as great as grandparenthood.
Hardly a day goes by without offering me another opportunity to experience the inspiring joys a grandchild brings.
Even the not-so-good days are not so bad when you have a baby who is glad to see you and willing to lay her head on your shoulder.
New news is still news, even though if some in the old news world don't know it
For some people, the idea of a newspaper that exists only on-line is a surprisingly new, perhaps even radical, idea.
But for others, the response seems to have been, “Well, it’s about time you showed up.”
People in America do all kinds of crazy things on the Internet.
Thirty million of us play a game called “Farmville,” buying virtual fertilizer for fields that do not exist, and getting friends to virtually help them.
Ask before you Act
Dear Editor,
The gull of some people. I will never understand why it is some people don't have respect for others.
I had a tree topped off this past Fri. morning. Before I got home from work someone in a red pickup truck decided to help himself to the wood from the tree.
Now, I took the time to talk to the city, line up another person to finish taking the rest off, and will pay for the rest of the tree removal.
Thanks from Jr. Journalist Katie Langstraat
Thank you everyone for the support towards my time as a Junior Journalist. My goal is to write more stories and take more pictures during the summer including my own babysitting blog type story still on the Vinton Today Website though.
Again, thanks for the support and have a good summer!!!!!
-Katie
Time for new leadership in Iowa
It is time for fresh, new leadership in Iowa - and Rod Roberts is the right man for the job. For nearly a decade, I have worked in the Iowa House of Representatives, and have seen firsthand that Rod is a true statesman. He maintains a level head, and is an advocate for all Iowans. He stands up against inflated and piecemeal budgets, and has proven that he is as careful with the people's money as he is with his own pocketbook.
Is our education important?
As a blind or visually impaired Iowan, I am bothered by the actions taken in the past decades to reduce the quality of education being offered to the blind and visually impaired children of this state. How many parents of blind and visually impaired children know there is a school for the blind in Iowa? How many public schools keep those kids in the school districts because of the funding they generate?
The Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School has been serving the blind and visually impaired of Iowa since 1852.
Is the education of Iowa's visually impaired no longer important?
As a blind or visually impaired Iowan, I am bothered by the actions taken in the past decades to reduce the quality of education being offered to the blind and visually impaired children of this state. How many parents of blind and visually impaired children know there is a school for the blind in Iowa? How many public schools keep those kids in the school districts because of the funding they generate?
The Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School has been serving the blind and visually impaired of Iowa since 1852.