City Dog, Country Dog

BUDDY
December 2, 2010 10:15 pm

I've heard it said, "It's a dog's life"  A few months ago, I showed up at the door of a family with kids at home, another dog in the yard and about 5 cats.

Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony: Be there

VINTON TODAY
December 2, 2010 12:09 pm

       I have to admit, that at the end of the very first Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School, I was disappointed.      Not in the event – it’s great.

A column a day...

VINTON TODAY
November 30, 2010 1:14 pm

       From March of 2003, until November of 2008, I wrote a newspaper column almost every day.      I do not know this for a fact, but I believe I was the only person in Iowa doing that at the time.

The slip of the tongue that changed modern American politics

VINTON TODAY
November 30, 2010 12:06 pm

       She would have remained anonymous, in Alaska, if it wasn’t for an unbelievably bizarre combination of a slip of the tongue and a technological error in the summer of 2008.

Eastern Iowa Honor Flights thanks Lions Club

ROGER UTHOFF, HONOR FLWWIGHTS
November 23, 2010 9:30 am

  Eastern Iowa Honor Flight would like to thank the Vinton Lions Club and all the supporters who made the recent chili feed a great success.

Letter to the Editor: Thankful to be American

JOHN STIEGELMEYER
November 22, 2010 12:56 pm

       As Thanksgiving day approaches I feel certain blessings. One and the most important - I have been born an American.

The grandfatherly 'crown'

VINTON TODAY
November 16, 2010 10:13 am

       The baby was sitting on her grandfather’s lap, with Grandma sitting next to them. She sat there contentedly for a while, but then she looked down and saw that it was Grandma’s hand she was holding – not Grandpa’s.

Pledge of Allegiance

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
November 11, 2010 2:02 pm

While working on our Veteran Salute, I ran across this piece and thought, "Oh the FUN of the internet!" I love listening to the "old" guys and gals and their take on life in general.

Letter to the Editor: Let voters have say on Conservation funding

ROSEMARY SCHWARTZ
November 4, 2010 3:32 pm

  Let the voters decide! Let the voters decide! That was the mantra of the campaign season. Well, 63% of the voters decided to create a Natural Resources & Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund but Branstad, who is not governor, yet, and Rep.

Letter to the Editor: Brad Zaun offers better way in Congress

MIKE HIBBS
October 29, 2010 11:04 am

  The year 2007, Democrats take over Congress. The House elects Nancy Pelosi Speaker. In her opening remarks she states that there will be no more deficit spending.