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  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, Monday through Friday.  A choice of salads is available on the buffet.   Everyone is WELCOME!  Suggested contribution for individuals 60 years old or older, and their spouse (regardless of age) is $2.

  Click For October Menu Evening Meals -Serving Time: 5:30-6:30 pm  Tuesday, October 4th Sausage Gravy, Biscuit, Green Beans, Fruit Cocktail, Brownie and Milk. Cook’s Choice Activity: Pinochle/5 Crown/Spades @ 6:00 pm Tuesday, October 18th Lasagna, Garlic Bread, Green Beans, Fruited Jello,Cereal Bar and Milk.

  With a record graduating class in Spring 2011, the number of students enrolled at Kirkwood Community College for Fall 2011 is down slightly from last year. The official tenth-day measurement for the college is 17,610 students, down 4.8 percent from last year’s record-high enrollment of 18,456.   “Our enrollment numbers climbed so high the last two years because of the nation’s economic downturn,” said Kirkwood Vice President of Enrollment Kristie Fisher.

Thomas J. Lindauer, Vice President, Farmers Savings Bank & Trust, Vinton,  was awarded a diploma on August 19, 2011, at commencement excercises duriug the 67th annual session of the prestigious Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The School, sponsored by the 18 state bankers associations comprising the Central States Conference of Bankers Associations,  and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was established in 1945 to provide bankers with an opportunity for advanced study and research in banking, economics and leadership.

Shiphrah Birth Services is a service offering support to expectant mothers through pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding. Shiphrah owner Bethany Gates, of Vinton, will be offering support to women in Eastern Iowa.  A doula is a professional who offers pregnant women emotional as well as physical support during labor.  Doulas are sometimes referred to as birth or labor coaches and are beneficial to have with a woman as she is laboring.

  By Mark Hanna, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering With larger than average areas dealing with lodged or downed cornstalks in Iowa due to recent storms, it’s a good time to review steps to take when faced with harvesting significant areas of lodged corn. Scout fields to determine where problem areas are and the condition of stalks and ears.

The Vinton Lutheran Assisted Living Apartments will Celebrate N
ational Assisted Living Week. Our Lutheran Home Community is strong because of the generations who continue to care for each other. This year we will celebrate N
ational Assisted Living Week from Sept. 11-17, 2011 and paying tribute to the older adults we serve as well as the younger generations who will follow in their footsteps.

     The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) congratulates Farmers Savings Bank & Trust, Vinton, for reaching an important milestone as an ICBA member. This marks the community bank's 55 years as a member of ICBA, the only national trade association dedicated exclusively to serving the needs of the nation's more than 7,000 community banks.

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, Monday through Friday. A choice of salads is available on the buffet. Everyone is WELCOME! Suggested contribution for individuals 60 years old or older, and their spouse (regardless of age) is $2.

  AgVenture of Eastern continues their commitment to providing customers with top-quality, practical and profitable agronomic support. The company has hired Mike Merchant of Dysart, Iowa to serve customers across east central Iowa as AgVenture Yield Specialist. Merchant has more than 20 years of practical agronomy management experience, managing facilities and production systems, and working directly with farmers.