Opinion
Off Roading down the Road
I love living in the country, I really do.
Except with it's icy.
Or when the snow is so deep that it's drifted higher than the minivan, which happened one year.
Or when it's m... When Life Isn't Normal
I like life to be boring.
Dull.
Mundane.
Occasionally a bit of excitement is alright if it's a good kind of excitement.
I like there to be a routine.
However, a few years ago all ... Letter to the Editor Cc: Leader Pelosi-Sen. Grassley,-Sen. Ernst, Pres. Trump
Dear Senator Schumer:
Cc: Leader Pelosi, Senator Grassley, Senator Earnst, President Trump
You describe Pres Trump’s insistence on border securi...
Letter to the Editor: To Representative Gutierrez of Illinois
Editor: Written to REP Gutierrez of Illinois You can read to whole deal @ Representative Gutierrez: I have read your 6 minute dressing down of Sec Kirstjen Nielsen – that was most unfai...
It's NOT News, but...Technology
...I have had it with technology. You know the drill, technology is great when it works, but when it doesn't, well in my case, I simply can't work. I'd imagine that the rest of you are ... It's not news but...
A week or so ago, I ran into one of my favorite people at a funeral named Frank Kruse.
Now, I hear that Frank was a school teacher, but I didn't know him then.
He was also the son ...
In Memory: Journalism's quiet, effecient Bob Lutz
In our news stories we try to be what the journalism professors call proportional – that means we try to give a story as much length, depth and importance as it deserves.
For example, while... CITY OF LIGHTS: VINTON’S MOTTO FIRST APPEARED DURING 1983 HOLIDAY SEASON
While it has appeared on “Welcome to Vinton” signs on display throughout the year, the theme, “City of Lights” was originally a holiday season promotion for our town.
The ...
It's Hunting Season, Beware Deer!
Today while touring the town, or should I say I felt like I was "stalking" the town, to see if there might be something newsworthy to write about (hey, that's how it works) I foun... To the Editor: Why JFK assassination questions persist
To the Editor:
A comment about the day I will not forget Nov 22, 1963.
I was new to Active Duty Air Force a 2nd Lieutenant at Undergraduate Pilot Training at Webb AFB, Big Spring, Texas. ...