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Another Thank YOU to our Vinton Today readers!
Dear, dear readers and contributors.
As I sit at the computer once again check the e-mail, and find I have a few minutes break before the next wave of e-mail, I wanted to tell everyone thank yo...
19th Amendment turns 90
Today marks the 90th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the amendment that allows women to vote.
The whole idea that women had to prove they had enough brains to vote, seems pretty lame.
Th...
A voice from the past, August 24, 1913
I love history.
The more personal the history the better.
The other day I stumbled across this letter to an editor dated on this day back in 1913.
"Good Grandma Heath, Pen, pricks ...
August health risk: Beware of allergy sufferers like me
Public Health Departments all over the U.S. should be, right now, issuing the following public health warning:
“Beware: This is the time for seasonal allergies. You should be aw...
Human Descrepancies
There’s one thing you can rely on. You can be certain of it even when everything else is questionable. People are unpredictable! That you can be sure of! Count on it! They don’t fit int...
Hey, is that...it is!
This last weekend I had an unexpected visit with an old friend.
It was one of those things when you look across the room and say, "Hey, that's.....! I haven't seen him in...."...
Not everyone who opposes \'9/11 Mosque\' does so out of fear or prejudice
Sometimes it’s hard to take sides on an issue because many of the people most loudly involved are so terribly wrong.
The proposed Islamic Cultural Center near Ground Zero – dubbed t...
Thanks for a job well done
Dear Editor,
Just a note from a grateful reader for the job you are doing on "Vinton Today".
Your paper has become a highlight of my day in keeping me current on the things going ...
Halfway There
Well, we are halfway there.
3 of our kids are officially on their own now and we still have 3 at home.
Yesterday while driving the latest graduate off to college, I realized that everything...
Praise for Vinton Today Entertainment Column
Dear Editor,
I really enjoy reading Dean's entertainment column, View From the Front Row of the Balcony. It is always fun and informative.
Janet Roemig
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