The slip of the tongue that changed modern American politics

VINTON TODAY
November 30, 2010 12:06 pm

       She would have remained anonymous, in Alaska, if it wasn’t for an unbelievably bizarre combination of a slip of the tongue and a technological error in the summer of 2008.

Eastern Iowa Honor Flights thanks Lions Club

ROGER UTHOFF, HONOR FLWWIGHTS
November 23, 2010 9:30 am

  Eastern Iowa Honor Flight would like to thank the Vinton Lions Club and all the supporters who made the recent chili feed a great success.

Letter to the Editor: Thankful to be American

JOHN STIEGELMEYER
November 22, 2010 12:56 pm

       As Thanksgiving day approaches I feel certain blessings. One and the most important - I have been born an American.

The grandfatherly 'crown'

VINTON TODAY
November 16, 2010 10:13 am

       The baby was sitting on her grandfather’s lap, with Grandma sitting next to them. She sat there contentedly for a while, but then she looked down and saw that it was Grandma’s hand she was holding – not Grandpa’s.

Pledge of Allegiance

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
November 11, 2010 2:02 pm

While working on our Veteran Salute, I ran across this piece and thought, "Oh the FUN of the internet!" I love listening to the "old" guys and gals and their take on life in general.

Letter to the Editor: Let voters have say on Conservation funding

ROSEMARY SCHWARTZ
November 4, 2010 3:32 pm

  Let the voters decide! Let the voters decide! That was the mantra of the campaign season. Well, 63% of the voters decided to create a Natural Resources & Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund but Branstad, who is not governor, yet, and Rep.

Letter to the Editor: Brad Zaun offers better way in Congress

MIKE HIBBS
October 29, 2010 11:04 am

  The year 2007, Democrats take over Congress. The House elects Nancy Pelosi Speaker. In her opening remarks she states that there will be no more deficit spending.

A vote for the question that raises countless more questions

VINTON TODAY
October 27, 2010 1:13 pm

   I wish that people who write government documents would get in the habit of putting legal questions in a way that is more easy to understand.

Monday night philosophizing

VINTON TODAY
October 26, 2010 6:26 pm

Whether it’s a quirk or a benefit, a curse or a blessing, I often find myself thinking about things that would never occur to anyone else. When I got my first job at a newspaper, I spent a lot of time about the guy who left the vacancy that became my opportunity.

Why it may be time to put the car in 'R'

JOHN STIEGELMEYER
October 25, 2010 10:38 am

  Editor:             Have the radicals of the 60’s and their offspring finally won?  We have a leadership that is comfortable in governing against the will of the majority of the citizenry.