"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.

  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 in the Park committee, especially Scott Merchant who brought some radical new ideas to the table!   The 20th anniversary of Party in the Park was a rousing success!  Thursday night highlights included record-breaking hotdog attendance at FSB, the Schmidt Family Band, awesome give-aways for the kids, that crazy Gooseman with his geese and ferret, the juggler, and so much more.

  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, particularly the aluminum kinds like extension ladders, elevators and airplanes.

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.

This weekend I did the traditional, loaded the kids in the car, took a road trip to visit my dad,  and we went shoppng for dad for Father's Day.

Dear Editor, Normally, I do not respond to her hateful letters, but Rosemary Schwartz consistently attributes her world view as mine and it is just not so.

  A small group of activists protested Congressman Steven King's appearance at the county Republican dinner Saturday night in Newhall.

  Acts 7:55-60 I Peter 2:2-10 There are three things my husband and I are on the look out for when we're on a road trip.

     "Keith had fun making Vinton a better place."      I spent a couple of hours Monday morning, learning more about Keith Mossman from his family and his pastor during his funeral.

       "If I get the farm, I am going to tear this down and build a better one."     Abigail couldn't wait to rat out her sister Lydia, for what she said while they were helping me build a small picnic shelter area on a concrete slab where my grandfather once had a corn crib.