Opinion
No Virginia, there isn\'t a tax on your tux...
While researching to find out what EXACTLY was exempt under the tax holiday I was both amused and irritated.
You can buy a tuxedo and not pay tax on it, you may where it once or twice ...
Welcome to the 2010-2011 School Year
To the Vinton-Shellsburg School Community,
Welcome to the 2010-2011 school year! Many staff members have been working this summer to be prepared for our students in August. Teachers have ...
Tax Cuts Debate
Dear Editor,
We are being told that the Bush Tax Cuts should be allowed to "drop dead", with the disclaimer that the Middle Class would be exempt. Only the wealthy (over $250 K) will ...
Iowa floods a chance for Vinton to help others the way others helped Vinton
I write this tonight from a tiny hotel room in Junction City, Kansas. Angie, Sage and I have been planning the trip for a year and a half, and hit the road this morning (Saturday) to take the long ...
Remembering Paige Hicks with honor
Paige Hicks of the St.Louis area spent only an hour or two of her 21 years in Benton County.
While here, she saw our area from the same perspective from which she saw approximately half of... Oh Deer, I thought they came here all by themselves!
A few years ago I was talking to a friend of mine about how I absolutely hated deer. Love to eat them, but not the part about them that includes them running on the roads.
Then she told m...
Childen's book explains why men NEVER ask for directions
“Why are we going this way?”
“Where are we going?”
“Why can’t we just go the way we always go?”
I heard these questions last ...
A reluctant record
We've measure our success at Vinton Today, in part, by the number of page views we record in a day.
Our average weekly page views have been gradually increasing, to more than&nbs...
Feedback on The Iowa Braille Sight Saving School
The Murder (Failure? Death? Demise? Decline? Deterioration? Destruction?) of Iowa Braille: From Acclaim to Ruin in Less than Five Decades
How did this once great institution for the blind bec...
Reader Thanks Community
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...