The lessons of a sunset over a cemetery

VINTON TODAY
September 17, 2012 1:15 pm

  The sunset last Thursday was so much more fiery than usual, and the red burned on the western horizon ­much longer than I had ever observed, that it seemed more like a message from the heavens than an earthly phenomenon.

Why Sept. 12 should be a National Holiday

VINTON TODAY
September 12, 2012 3:32 pm

  This week, Americans observed the 11th anniversary of 9/11. Unlike the 10th anniversary, there were not as many stories about that historically horrible event.

♫♪Music to my ears♪♫

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 11, 2012 1:08 pm

Okay.  I'm a musician, sort of. This weekend I was asked to play music for a wedding that had me breaking out in a sweat. The ol' "I'd can't read notes so therefore I should worry about this.

Letter to the Editor - Local officers thanked

VINTON TODAY
September 8, 2012 1:59 am

Behind the scenes helpfulness. The Vinton police department and the Benton County Sheriff's department do many helpful deeds that largely go unnoticed.

Letter to the Editor - The Legal System Does Work.

ROSEMARY SCHWARTZ
August 31, 2012 7:16 pm

For fear of opening this over commented topic of voting suppression again, I just want the readers of Vinton Today to know that this week in three separate states with judges appointed by Republican as well as Democratic Presidents have ruled for open access to elections, stopping the removal of names from the voter rolls, and stopping the requirement of rigid voter ID.

Letter to the Editor: Two near misses within 5 minutes at C/13th

MARK URLAUB
August 24, 2012 12:26 pm

  From the vantage of my office window I have a clear view of the intersection of C Avenue and 13th Street. This is a very difficult intersection as 13th Street does not line up on either side of C Avenue, and it must be one of the busiest intersections in the city, especially just before school starts and after it ends each day.

♪♫ Happy 25th Anniversary to us ♪♫

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 23, 2012 2:16 pm

Back in June I wrote about how I was grateful for our family. Dean and I have been married for 25 years, Wednesday. That's a long time...and especially in marriages.

Culture of Acceptance

CURT WHEELER, PREVENTION SPECIALIST
August 20, 2012 8:04 am

Most of us would like to see our kids live healthy, successful, and addiction free lives. Youth substance use can put all of these hopes in jeopardy.

Remembering what I did not see in Kentucky

VINTON TODAY
August 13, 2012 10:55 am

My second trip to Kentucky included something I never thought I would see  (a road on fire), a few things I have not seen for a while (a rainbow), some cool places I had not yet seen ( The Blue Heron coal mine and Cumberland Falls) -- and something cool I have only seen once before.

Letter to the Editor: In a word PROUD

MAYOR ALLAN R. LINDSEY
August 9, 2012 12:43 pm

I have been the mayor of Garrison only since January of this year.  I cannot believe all that has been accomplished already this year.  Our fire station has been rebuilt from the storm of July 11th of last year, we have a new park thanks to Mandy and Shaun Fisher and family, Becky Decker and the many volunteers and donors.