Students' rights: Who decides for the blind and visually impaired?

ROBERT SPANGLER
March 9, 2011 6:21 pm

  By Robert Spangler Iowa Council of the United Blind      Few people think about students' rights - especially those of the disabled.

The Native American/Redneck Archaeologist

VINTON TODAY
March 9, 2011 10:42 am

      Water pump (I think) for a tractor.     Fuel pump (I think) from a similar machine.     Lid for a tool box.

Pinching Pennies so tightly that Lincoln cries, "Uncle!"

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
March 9, 2011 10:25 am

Gas is going up...not news. Groceries are going up, shouldn't be news. Everything else is following...news I hate. I have to admit, when it comes to saving money, I know how to do it, usually.

What's your price?

VINTON TODAY
March 9, 2011 8:57 am

       Loyal readers of my columns (all three of them) may remember reading some of these words back in January, when gas was "only" $3.

The meaning of a name

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
March 4, 2011 11:56 am

I remember the days, a looooong time ago that we had the fun job of picking out baby names. We had always talked about names we'd use, we loved certain ones, and tossed them around before we needed them.

Wise to the word: John Hancock vs. John Henry

VINTON TODAY
March 2, 2011 10:40 am

       "Put your 'John Henry' here."      My dad used to say that.      I used to think he was the only one.

The Million memory March

VINTON TODAY
March 1, 2011 9:09 pm

       For many people, there are places, or dates, that they will always remember.      The park where you hit your first home run.

Mini Masters for a Mini Mediocre golfer

VINTON TODAY
February 24, 2011 11:51 pm

        I was, by chance, one of the first people to complete all the holes of the 2011 Vinton Unlimited Mini-Masters.      Or as golfers as bad as I am should call it, the Mini-Mediocres, at best.

To my faceless friend

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
February 24, 2011 9:44 am

Just last night my phone rang, and something happened that wouldn't have happened 10 years ago. My sister called me on her way home from work...

For the want of a 21st Century nail

VINTON TODAY
February 24, 2011 7:39 am

     Some of you may have looked at the unusually low numbers of stories on Vinton Today yesterday and asked, "Where is Dean? Has he been spending too much time with the granddaughters or playing on the farm to tell us what happened at the meeting with Rep.