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We just had to ask... Vinton-Shellsburg School Board member Todd Wiley
During School Board Member Appreciation Week, we at Vinton Today (inspired by an idea from Karrie Bartling of the VS Administrative Office) decided to ask the school board members some silly questions (along with at least one serious question).
Here are the questions to and answers from School Board Member Todd Wiley:
Q. Is there anything that your spouse asks you not to cook, ever again?
A Nothing from my spouse.
Whipple Family Thank you
Rick Stephen Whipple, 59, passed away peacefully at his home on April 7, 2010. A memorial service was held April 15 in New Meadows, Idaho. Please read full article in the Vinton Today obituary column.
A memorial fund has been established and cards may be sent to:
Rick Whipple family, PO Box 9624, Boise, Idaho 83707.
Thank you to all the dear family & friends who have already corresponded with us.
Hundreds come from all over Iowa and beyond to Geiger auctions near Vinton
For the past 13 years, hundreds of people from all over Iowa, and even some surrounding states, have been making the trek to Vinton for the Geiger auction.
Twice each year, in the spring and the fall, Jeff Geiger holds a consignment auction at his property just north of Highway 150 on 24th Avenue Drive.
This year’s spring auction also included auctioneers John Lehman and brothers Kenny and Andy Hoge of Coggon. We just had to ask...ourselves
We just had to ask….………….ourselves…
Vinton Today has been asking some silly questions of area people. So we thought it only fair that we answer them ourself.
Q. Your oddest cooking idiosyncrasy?
A. Orange juice. I mix it with ice cream, and also use it when I cook liver. Really. That’s one dish the kids never ask me to cook.
Cassandra 'Cassie' Larimer among 'Who's Who'
Cassandra Larimer, a senior from Vinton, has been inducted into Who's Who Among Student in American Universities and Colleges for the 2009-2010 academic year.
Larimer was elected by Mount Mercy faculty, administration and the student body for her outstanding academic record and personal integrity.
The nomination procedure succeeds in highlighting the individual and collective service efforts of students in their communities and schools.
Local farmer secures $2,500 donation for Vinton Fire Department
Mark Happel signed up for the Monsanto Grow Communities project at the farm show earlier this year.
He was the winner for Benton County, which gave him the opportunity to choose a community organization to receive a $2,500 donation from the company.
He chose the Vinton Fire Department. Matt Blythe of Monsanto attended the Vinton City Council meeting Thursday night to present the check to Fire Chief Gary McKenna. Lions vote to donate $5K to Palace digital project; hear from VSHS Jazz Band
The Vinton Lions Club held their regular Wednesday meeting at the Pizza Ranch. There were 42 members and 8 guests present.
The Lions Club members discussed a motion to donate $5,000 to the Palace Theatre’s digital projection campaign. The motion passed by a unanimous vote. “Generally we don’t donate such a large sum of money to any one project, but the Palace Theatre is such a fantastic community asset, and they need our help,” Don Eells, club president said.
Central Lutheran holds ground-breaking for new gym
When they won the $100,000 from the U.S. Cellular Calling All Communities fund-raiser, the Central Lutheran School students had help from family and alumni from virtually every state in the nation.
Now, the school and its leaders are putting that money to work in Newhall.
They held a ground-breaking ceremony Wednesday morning for the new gym and kitchen project, which is estimated at around $700,000. Virginia Holsten is Vinton Women's Club Woman of the Year
Long-time Vinton librarian Virginia Holsten was extremely surprised and touched when she received the annual Woman of the Year award at the Vinton Women's Club spring banquet on Tuesday, April 22.
“It was so overwhelming,” she said. “So many people said so many nice things.”
Jill g. Lockard-Bopp, who grew up as a neighbor to “Ginny,” and Jill’s husband, Tony, led the ceremony to honor Virginia at the Vinton Country Club. Quilting Ladies invite Freedom Quilts founder Betty Nielsen to Vinton
Betty Nielsen and her family have comforted thousands of grieving families since Sept. 11, 2001.
Her Freedom Quilts have been on display in the traveling 9/11 Memorial, the Pentagon and thousands of homes of people who have lost a loved one.
On Saturday, Nielsen made her first visit to Benton County, thanks to a request from the Quilting Ladies of Bethlehem Lutheran Church.