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.

Iowa floods a chance for Vinton to help others the way others helped Vinton

JEFF HOLMES
July 25, 2010 9:18 am

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 way to Denver, by way of our former home state of Kansas.

Remembering Paige Hicks with honor

VINTON TODAY
July 22, 2010 10:10 am

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 the states in the U.

Oh Deer, I thought they came here all by themselves!

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
July 14, 2010 11:14 am

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.

Childen's book explains why men NEVER ask for directions

VINTON TODAY
July 13, 2010 11:37 am

  “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 weekend from my kids.