Letter to the Editor: Drug Effectiveness Discussion

VINTON TODAY
April 29, 2020 5:34 am

Editor:I hope none of you Gould, Linsey, or Schwartz come down with COVID-19.   I also hope if you do get it you can recover at home without drug therapy.

Getting lost in the curls

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
April 28, 2020 3:30 pm

In all of the COVID-19 concerns, and wondering about the future, and shaking my head at what we are doing to ourselves because of it, sometimes I need some time to step away from it all.

Laugh with Kathy: Known Traveler Number

KATHY LARIVIERE
April 27, 2020 12:50 am

Shortly after we moved to rural Benton County, the local newspaper printed a series of articles about disaster preparedness. The premise of the article was that if there was a disaster in your area and you had to leave your house for a week, could you grab everything you need in less than ten minutes? Then there would be a short list of items you should be able to access quickly.

Letter to the Editor: Gingrich on Controversial Treatment

VINTON TODAY
April 27, 2020 12:50 am

Dear Editor:To Norma Gould and others: Did you click on the link to Democrat State Senator Karen Whitsett?  The drug therapy you state is unproven, but I don’t think it matters much to those who are out of choices.

Laugh with Kathy: You can write

KATHY LARIVIERE
April 24, 2020 3:06 pm

The first time someone told me I could write I was in 8th grade and my English teacher recommended me for Advanced English. She also assigned me to be the sports editor for the school newspaper for my 9th grade year.

It's Political Season time for Spring Training

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
April 23, 2020 5:36 pm

The other day I made a rare trip to the grocery store. Hey, I ran out of milk and while the place used to be packed to the gills, I opted to spend a little more at the gas stations rather than wade into a sea of bodies for half a gallon of milk, I'm weird that way.

Laugh with Kathy: Country Roads of Scotland

KATHY LARIVIERE
April 23, 2020 3:58 pm

Gene has always dreamed of traveling to Scotland and seeing the countryside. So when he retired a year ago, I surprised him with a trip to Scotland. We would spend ten days traveling the country roads of Scotland.

Laugh with Kathy: The Road to Hana

KATHY LARIVIERE
April 22, 2020 4:49 pm

I think I will stick with my theme of travel stories this week, since we are all sheltering at home and dreaming of our next adventure. Once again, my travel enthusiasm got the better of us.

Letter to the Editor: Oops!!

VINTON TODAY
April 22, 2020 4:44 pm

Dear Editor, Oops!!Looks like maybe Trump, Fox News, John, and Dr. Oz may have been wrong. This is what happens when a person actually believes Trump, who is not qualified to make medical pronouncements but his followers will believe anything Trump says.

Don't Spray Lysol on your Food

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
April 21, 2020 4:11 pm

Dr. Nafissa Cisse Egbounye, the Blackhawk County Public Health Director as part of the news conference on Thursday answered several questions about the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus at Tyson's plant as well as concerns in general.