Senior Class Gift

VINTON TODAY
April 21, 2010 8:54 am

To the Editor What awesome gifts from the VSHS students and the senior class to donate Honor Week money and to give up their senior trip to honor our WWII Veterans.

How Can I Be Smart About Poverty?

VINTON TODAY
April 19, 2010 11:23 am

Poverty has a world-wide grip. We are concerned for those living in poverty in the United States and we wonder, what about poor people in the rest of world? Have you ever stopped to think how poverty is different for those suffering in Third World countries? Maybe it is as simple as understanding that poverty is much more complicated than a lack of money – it may also be due to lack of resources and education.

233,499 ways to fight workplace violence

VINTON TODAY
April 16, 2010 10:25 am

  Danger-Workplace! Enter at your own risk!  "...a very real, clear and present danger lurks just beyond the consciousness of people who work together eight to ten hours a day, five to seven days a week.

Jazz Band Memories

VINTON TODAY
April 15, 2010 8:35 am

Hi, Just wanted to send in a few comments about the Vinton-Shellsburg Jazz Band playing at the Iowa Jazz Championships yesterday. Back in 2000, I was a member of V-S Jazz I.

Remembering the original Patriot's Day, April 19; and Iowans who fought British

VINTON TODAY
April 8, 2010 11:08 am

Many of them were farmers. Most were fathers of several children. Some had wives who were about to give birth. Some, like Ebenezer Burgess, were as old as 60.

The favorite but geometrically misunderstood sanctuary is open again

VINTON TODAY
April 7, 2010 8:31 am

       "What's the big deal? It's just a baseball field next to a corn field. We've got that here in Vinton." My wife is not at all a Kevin Costner fan, so she does not really care to visit the "Field of Dreams" movie site.

No fooling: April brings some interesting holidays

VINTON TODAY
April 6, 2010 11:39 am

 “I’m just a fool for April.” Thus begins what I believe to be the only country song dedicated to a month. But Colin Raye’s song is more than a sentimental tribute to the changes in the weather that April brings.

Sitting to death: Get up.. but first sit down to read this

VINTON TODAY
April 5, 2010 8:31 am

 Sit down to read this column. But hurry. I don't you want to be sitting for long. And when you read this, you may decide to destroy your chair.

The rule of law vs. the law of ever-increasing rules

VINTON TODAY
April 2, 2010 11:30 am

The rules were broken at the University of Alabama from 2005 to 2007. Nobody disputes that. In fact, the University of Alabama reported the violations itself, to the NCAA, after school officials discovered what had happened.

Pettengill explains amendment on IBSSS future as a 'school'

VINTON TODAY
March 29, 2010 1:32 pm

  In the Statehouse Iowa House Dist. 39 Rep. Dawn Pettengill March 28, 2010   On a Saturday evening, after two caucuses I'm sitting in the House Chamber and waiting for the Appropriations Committee to move out the Infrastructure and Standings Budget bills for debate.