Opinion

From agriculture to nature: A diary of an old farm

When VT Editor Dean was very young, this area held a corn crib; now it's a place to see nature.      I remember it as the place where my grandfather had a corn crib when I was very young.     Then one day, when we went to see my grandparents, it was gone. ...

An important lesson to learn from the Casey Anthony trial

      The defendant was guilty as sin.     He and his friends had been drinking; they got stuck in a ditch and asked an old farmer to help them late at night....

Red Skelton\'s Pledge of Allegiance lesson

For your watching entertainment... I didn't know anything about Red Skelton, until a few years ago when I saw something about him.  Here's is a touching segment he shared in 19...

The patriotic mosquito poem

       One of my favorite humorous poems has always been an 120-year-old ditty called “The Mosquito Hunt.”      The poem, from a book of poet...

Our Natal Day: A historic, poetic celebration of America and July 4

       In a book that’s 120 years old published by a company that is no longer in business, by a poet of whom I never otherwise would have heard, is an incredible poe...

Pastor\'s Blog - GRACE IS ENOUGH

Pastor Lanette S. Van   Acts 17:22-31 I Peter 3:13-22 Have I ever told you how Tom and I met? It was in early November, 1976.  We were both substitute teaching at the same high school in a s...

The Old Tonka Truck

"Once upon a time, there was a little girl, who lived in a purple house. She heard stories of how her daddy had always wanted some boys to pal around with. But when he had his little girls, he...

A Round of Applause

  Dear Editor, We would like to publicly thank Duane Randall and family, Allan Merchant, Brad Barker, Kelly Brodigan, intern extrordinaire, and all those folks who served on the Party...

Pastor\'s Blog - What is Faith?

Pastor Zach Zajicek and family   Some friends of mine are scared of heights.  Any high elevation causes them some kind of mortal anxiety that results in super-human resistance for elevating hardware, parti...

A Writer...I Ain\'t

Today we ran a story, about the Betterton's, and immediately got a comment from one of our readers that asked, "Is this News, Opinion or an Advertisement?"  I laughed. If...