Opinion
To The Editor: \'Blanket of Blame\' covers more than just teachers
By Daryn J. Hamilton
To the Editor:
I would like an opportunity to respond to the Opinion: VS top 25 ranking is nothing to be happy about
Mr. Tilson, the problem you’ve...
To the Editor: VS top 25 ranking is nothing to be happy about
Vinton-Shellsburg Schools ranked #25 in the State
To the Editor:
Just reading the headline on this letter, one would think that we've achieved a distinction worthy of public attention....
Letter to the Editor: Better security technology is the answer
Recently on one of Neil Cavuto's shows a security executive explained how the "man trap" works. It would not matter whether a staffer were in the school or not. Video cameras and sens...
Pastor\'s Blog - JOY INTO OUR LONGEST NIGHT
Friday, Decemter 21, was the first day of winter, the longest night of the year. On that day, the sun rose at 7:38 am and set at 4:48 pm. That gave us a little over... The unseen sign of growing old
Signs of aging, for me, are nothing new. Most of them however, I have been able to see clearly.
Like the day the radar gun said my 12-year-old could throw a baseball way faster than ...
How remembering 2012 should (but probably won\'t) inspire changes
The President was named the Time Magazine "Man of the Year" after defeating a stiff, boring, flip-flopping rich dude from Massachusetts. The president -- whose party had lost big in...
Pastor's Blog - THE LONGEST NIGHT
Friday, Decemter 21, is the first day of winter, the longest night of the year. On that day, the sun will rise at 7:38 am and set at 4:48 pm. That gives us a little over nin...
First rule of winter driving safety: DON'T!
(Editor's Note: The following op-ed piece is brought to you again this year by the car insurance industry, law enforcement, ambulance services and towing companies from any place wh...
The wonderful world wide web
As I glance across the top of my screen, I see that I have 10 screens open.
I am waiting for a picture to download, and I started thinking about what I'd really like for Christmas.
This...
Watershed address: Why to understand where water goes after the rain
It’s a sultry July night in Muscatine County – and the fish are biting!
But John can’t decide whether to keep or throw back the scrappy channel cat he ju...