MY PERSPECTIVE BY DR. O. R. CORBETT

VINTON TODAY
July 14, 2012 11:16 pm

  Mid morning on July 4 Garrett Wittmer, the Animal Control Officer, called.  He had been called by the authorities to pick up an injured stray dog.

Letter To the Editor: Sadie. Gone. But should she be?

VINTON TODAY
July 13, 2012 9:26 am

June first I accidentally ran over my own dog, either she was already under the car as I pulled it into the garage or she was after a stray cat and ran under the car as I pulled the ahead.

It's 2:36 a.m. do you know where your Zzzzzz's are?

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
July 13, 2012 3:55 am

Tonight, as usual, I'm up so I'm working, to pass the time, it's quiet and won't wake the kids. I just finished loading some of the news for tomorrow.

“The Danger of Unbelief and the Life of Faith from John 1:10-13” Part 2

ZACH ZAJICEK
July 13, 2012 3:35 am

Last time, I sought to make this point: there is a greater danger to you and to me than any super-human villain, razor-toothed sea monster or control-freak tyrant in the universe.

Why voter ID is important to election integrity

JOHN STIEGELMEYER
July 11, 2012 10:12 am

  Editor,              Am I the only one who sees a definite left/progressive bias to most if not all AP Stories?  Yesterday July 9 in both the Cedar Rapids Gazette and the Des Moines Register the same AP story concerning voter ID appeared.

Sitting yourself to death: Someone has finally listened to my chair warnings

VINTON TODAY
July 10, 2012 5:49 pm

Edtor's Note: I wrote this column several years ago, and published it here in April of 2010 (Click HERE if you need proof). Now that CBS news has published a similar warning, I thought it would be a good time to reprint this.

“The Danger of Unbelief and the Life of Faith from John 1:10-13” Part 1

ZACH ZAJICEK
June 29, 2012 10:18 am

  Be honest here: were you at one time or another afraid of the dark?  What does it really mean to be afraid of the dark?  Can darkness tickle you?  Can it hit you over the head?  Can it remove your bedroom floor so you fall into the basement?   No, of course not!  Darkness is simply the absence of light.

First Light: Thoughts from the shadows when electricity first arrives

VINTON TODAY
June 27, 2012 8:17 pm

Editor's Note: As the East Central Iowa REC celebrates its 75th year, Vinton Today is helping the REC celebrate the milestone by publishing some historical stories from the perspectives of customers who experienced electricity for the first time, as well as the workers who help bring the power to the cooperative's customers.

A multitude of gray areas define the DREAM Act debate

ROSEMARY SCHWARTZ
June 22, 2012 1:55 pm

  To the Editor, I have read the responses to President Obama’s executive order halting the deportation of undocumented people, particularly those who have lived here since childhood at no fault of their own.

The three words members of Congress should have said to Roger Clemens

VINTON TODAY
June 19, 2012 12:26 pm

Now that Roger Clemens has been found not guilty of lying to Congress, one thing is clear as we approach what we can only hope is the end of the issue of performance-enhancing substances: Nobody will ever, ever accuse Congress of using them.