Opinion
Making heads and tails of the Iowa COVID website, and doing the math
I decided to wade through the COVID number for our county once again. The information on the site is sometimes as clear as mud, so I thought it's only fair to drag you through all of the information t... Letter to the Editor: Thank you to those who honored Veterans on Memorial Day
Dear Editor, As you have noticed on Memorial Day, Flags have been place lining our cemeteries and on veterans graves. George G. Luckey post 57 would like to thank those special people who helped ...
Thank you, again
First, before anything else, I want to say a great big, humongous THANK YOU to everyone who sent in checks and notes toward the website rebuild. We have crossed the 40% threshold and are on our way to...
Remembering Great Uncle Paul
Memorial Day kind of snuck up on me this year. It's the time of year that we SHOULD pause and be thankful for our veterans and service members that didn't return home. Sure, we usually make plans to h... A letter to the Class of 2021
There's a book called, 'Oh the Places you'll Go," by Dr. Seuss that talks about all of the paths that your life will take. It's a favorite gift for graduates. It's a pretty good book of course. It doe...
National Police Week May 9th-15th
It almost slipped by without any notice to the residents of Vinton. It's National Police Week. In general, if you're like me, and I've said it before if you see a police officer your foot automaticall... Letter to the Editor: Living in the Present; remembering the past II
Memorial day 2021 It has been my honor and privilege to have been asked to speak before certain groups on Memorial Day – 2008, 2011, 2013. I recently looked up these documents stored on my computer...
Spiders, Crawlers and Web Bots target Vinton Today
This week has been crazy! With the schedule picking up, I am getting a reminder of just how busy life can be when things are normal!Then someone had the great idea that THIS would be the perfect time ...
Dr. Seuss and Websites
I had forgotten that along with launching a new website, it might look good, function well and give you no problems, until you move the silly thing to the new home web address. I'd been looking at it ...
Thank you from the Smith Family
"The
family of Sergeant Jim Smith would like to thank the Independence
community, our church families, citizens from across America, Iowa
COPS, Governor Reynolds and other leaders of this state, ...