Business
Boomfest 2015: VU accepting vendor reservations now
Vinton Unlimited has made the following announcement regarding vendors for the 2015 Boomfest, which takes place Saturday, Aug. 29.
WANTED:
Arts & crafts, repurposed treasures, antique vendors for Boom-Fest
Saturday, August 29, 2015
10am-4pm
4th Street, Vinton
Expanded Farmers Market for 2015!
10am-1pm
4th Street, Vinton
Register with payment by March 1 to receive $10 off your 1st booth space!
Download a registration form on the ‘Events’ page at www.
4th STREET DINER NEWS
4th Street Diner
HACAP North Benton Center
202 East Fourth St
Vinton, IA 52349
319-472-4761
Serving Buffet from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, Sunday thru Friday. Everyone is WELCOME! Suggested contribution for individuals 60 years old or older, and their accompanying spouse (regardless of age) is $3.25 for the meal.
LaGrange Pharmacy will continue to provide electronics and office accessories
With the announcement of Radio Shack filling for chapter 11 bankruptcy LaGrange Pharmacy has been receiving a lot of questions about what will happen to the Radio Shack section.
LaGrange Pharmacy will continue be your hometown source for electronics, phones, computers and accessories, batteries and most of the items you have come to depend on.
VU leaders review 2014, discuss 2015 events during annual meeting
With a new web site and a new director, Vinton Unlimited marked its 30th year with words from Vinton native and former Iowa Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson on Thursday evening.
Director Melissa Schwan, who took over for Nathan Hesson last fall, summarized the year 2014 with a variety of numbers:
17,636: The number of Vinton Value Dollars printed for use in participating businesses. Sally Pederson to speak at VU annual meeting Feb. 5
The Vinton Unlimited Annual Meeting will take place Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Vinton Shellsburg Central Office – 1502 C Ave, Vinton.
The guest speaker will be Vinton native Sally Pederson, the former Lieutenant Governor of Iowa.
Schedule:
6:00 Meet & Greet
6:30 Short Business Meeting
7:00 Words from Sally Pederson
7:30 Closing Remarks
Light refreshments will be available. Feedlot Facility Workshops coming in February and March
The Iowa Beef Center at Iowa State University will offer several workshops focusing on choices in feedlot facilities in February and March 2015. Russ Euken, ISU Extension and Outreach beef program specialist, said the workshops, set in various locations throughout the state, will offer an overview of facility types, advantages, and disadvantages, and review research on these types.
Beef Feedlot Roundtable Sessions Offered at Four Iowa Locations
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the University of Nebraska are teaming up to offer a Feedlot Roundtable session at four Iowa locations on Thursday, Feb. 12 from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm. Iowa State Extension beef program specialist Denise Schwab said the feedlot roundtable sessions are offered annually in Nebraska for feedlot operators and interested agribusiness people.
Brett Root succeeds mom as IMCA President
Brett Root will follow in some big footsteps at IMCA.
Root succeeds his mother Kathy as president of the Vinton-based automotive racing sanctioning organization. She’d purchased IMCA and sister company CarPac Publications from the family of Keith Knaack in the mid-1990s.
“I realize that I am just the third president of IMCA since the 1970s. BDG to review strategic plan and set goals for 2015 in upcoming meeting
The Benton Development Group Board of Directors will meet Wednesday, January 28th, 2015, starting at 7:00pm at the Van Horne Community Center.
The agenda is filled with review and planning for the next BDG meeting. At this time last year, the BDG Board of Directors developed a strategic plan to follow during the 2014 year. This plan included priorities to rebrand and build partnerships, among others.
4th St. Diner News
Serving Buffet from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, Sunday thru Friday. Everyone is WELCOME! Suggested contribution for individuals 60 years old or older, and their accompanying spouse (regardless of age) is $3.25 for the meal. Individuals who are not yet 60 are WELCOME but need to pay $4.25 directly to the site manager for their meal.