August health risk: Beware of allergy sufferers like me

VINTON TODAY
August 23, 2010 12:39 pm

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.

Human Descrepancies

LEAH C. MORGAN
August 23, 2010 10:22 am

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 into proper categories like a straight line of grocery items typed up and printed off of your handy dandy desktop.

Hey, is that...it is!

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 19, 2010 12:11 pm

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.

Not everyone who opposes '9/11 Mosque' does so out of fear or prejudice

VINTON TODAY
August 18, 2010 11:43 am

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 the 9/11 Mosque – is such an issue.

Thanks for a job well done

VINTON TODAY
August 16, 2010 10:28 am

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 on in my favorite home town.

Halfway There

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 12, 2010 12:44 pm

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 was changing, and as a mom, I didn't like it! I told myself, "I should be used to it.

Praise for Vinton Today Entertainment Column

VINTON TODAY
August 11, 2010 10:10 am

Dear Editor, I really enjoy reading Dean's entertainment column, View From the Front Row of the Balcony. It is always fun and informative.

No Virginia, there isn't a tax on your tux...

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 5, 2010 12:41 pm

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  around town here, but you CAN'T buy sports shoes for your kids if they have cleats or spikes, something that will get worn until they wear out.

Welcome to the 2010-2011 School Year

VINTON SHELLSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT
August 2, 2010 11:46 am

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.

Tax Cuts Debate

VINTON TODAY
July 30, 2010 9:55 am

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.