Opinion
To the Editor: Working together is the solution to educational challenges
To the Editor:
Educators in the Vinton-Shellsburg district are working diligently to provide valuable educational experiences for our children. And when I say educators, this includes: teachers...
A birthday tribute to the Gipper
Continuing my series of birthday tributes (last week, Charles Dickens, tomorrow Abe Lincoln), today I offer a memorial to Ronald Reagan on the 102nd anniversary of his birth, with the hope that tho...
Avoiding the armpit pitfalls of basketball photography
It will come as no surprise to many people who read my words that I didn't take journalism in college.
My major was in public administration, but I quickly discovered it is more fun to wri...
Three cheers and a protonymic tiger for the trails of Googling
Why does Editor Dean, who has always considered “Dungeons and Dragons” as much of a colossal waste of time as Fantasy Football, have a page from the lesser-known role-playing game &ldqu...
5 Million.. and counting....
At around 10 a.m. this morning the "total page view" counter passed 5 million. We began Vinton Today believing but not knowing it would succeed, and every day our technology people, our r...
The worst of clichés and the best of gifts for Dickens' 201st birthday
Today, Feb. 7, 2013, 201st anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens.
So, what does a dead writer want for his birthday?
He would – and I am only guessing, since I have ...
To the Editor: Thanks for how you loved my brother, John Scriven
Dear Children and Dear Friends,
No words can express the deep gratitude I feel toward each and every one of you. Your outpouring of love and support for my brother John has filled my heart wit...
“Out on a Limb”
With the Parks and Recreation Department
That old saying goes “If you don’t like the weather in Iowa, just wait fifteen minutes and it will change”.&nb...
Remembering John: The future history of a first Important T-Shirt
Any adult who has ever had a T-shirt to commemorate a special event, team, or season, knows what it’s like, years later, to find that T-shirt in a box of old clothes – perhaps stained o... To the Editor: Why outcome-based education is not working
To the editor:
I've received what I can only characterize as an overwhelming amount of support and feedback since the initial publication of my Letter to the Editor late Wednesday.
I...