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Vinton Garden Club hears about tree disease treatment options at April meeting
The Vinton Garden Club member of National Garden Clubs, Inc., District II, and Central Region met at 11:30 am April 30, 2014 at the home of Luanna Hawkins for lunch with Anne Dake as co-hostess. After lunch Mark Pigenot, Arbor Care LLC, gave an interesting presentation on “Treatment of trees for Emerald Ash borer and other diseases”.
ISU students named to spring semester Dean's List
More than 7,024 Iowa State University undergraduates have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the 2014 spring semester Dean's List. Students named to the Dean's List must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale while carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours of graded course work.
Local Residents Named to Drake University President's List
The following local residents have been named to the Drake University President's List for the Spring 2014 semester. Students must have a perfect 4.0 grade-point average to receive this honor.
Katherine Hanson of Vinton
Emily Hohn of Belle Plaine
Drake University is a midsized, highly selective private university in Des Moines, Iowa.
Benton/Tama Nutrient Reduction Demonstration project opens today
Today, Benton County and Tama County Soil & Water Conservation District Commissioners and project partners are celebrating the kick-off of the Benton/Tama Nutrient Reduction Demonstration Project at 10:30 AM at Lakeview Lodge at Hickory Hills Park located 6 miles north of Dysart on County Road V37.
The Benton/Tama Nutrient Reduction Demonstration Project is located within the watersheds of Rock Creek, Pratt Creek and Lower Wolf Creek, which are in Benton County and Tama County.
100 + 1: Bethlehem Lutheran donates to VGH Gifts of Hope
On Sunday, June 15th, Bethlehem Lutheran Church presented the sixth gift of $101 of the year, this time to the Gifts of Hope program, offered through Virginia Gay Hospital.
About 1 in 8 women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. The Gifts of Hope is a program created to provide mammograms and pap/pelvic exams to women who couldn't afford them. Dean's List honorees for IWC, Luther
Marshall Mullinex of Vinton is among the spring Dean's List honorees at Iowa Wesleyan College.
Luther College Dean's List honorees include:
Katherine Dick, junior, of Vinton; Ashley Sweet, junior, of Norway and Maxwell Tiedemann, freshman, of Blairstown.
Area students named to Mount Mercy Dean's List
The following students have been named to the Spring 2014 Dean's List at Mount Mercy University. Students with a semester grade point average of 3.60 or better, and who are graded (letter grade, not pass/fail) for six or more semester hours, are eligible for inclusion on the Dean's List.
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Henderson, Ramsey named to U of Dubuque Dean's List
The University of Dubuque congratulates the following local students on being appointed to the Spring Semester 2014 Academic Dean's List: Dylan Ramsey, Urbana; and Kristin Henderson, Vinton.
To be named to the dean's list, a student must earn a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for that semester.
The University of Dubuque, founded in 1852, is a private, coeducational, professional University with a focus in the liberal arts.
Area students make Winter/May Term Dean's List at Wartburg
Wartburg College has recognized 505 students who made the 2014 Winter/May Term Dean's List. Area honorees include:
Chelsea Brown, Vinton.
Korbi Burkey, Walker.
Andrew Heckroth. Dysart.
Matthew Kehrli, Mount Auburn.
Andrea Lohf, Luzerne.
Sydney Mackey, Urbana.
Mitchell Martin, Vinton.
Haley Peters, Dysart.
Nathan Horst Named to Spring 2014 Dean's List at Creighton University
Nathan Horst of Blairstown, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, was named to the 2014 spring semester Dean's List at Creighton University.
Full-time students who earn a 3.5 grade-point average or better on a 4.0 scale are eligible for the Dean's Honor Roll.
Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., enrolls 4,000 undergraduates and 4,000 graduate and professional students among nine schools and colleges.