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Upper Iowa University has released its 2014-15 Dean's List. To be honored, the undergraduate must have earned a minimum 3.50 GPA for the semester and be enrolled as a full-time student. Lance Hinschberger of Belle Plaine, IA Jacob Stenberg of Atkins, IA About Upper Iowa University Founded in 1857, Upper Iowa University is a private, not-for-profit university providing undergraduate and graduate degree programs to more than 5,800 students--nationally and internationally--at its Fayette campus, 25 U.

          The week of June 7-13, 2015  has been proclaimed National Garden week by National Garden Clubs, Inc. This is a special week in which garden clubs are in the spotlight with activities focusing on public attention of the role which garden club members play in all phases of gardening.             The Cottage Garden Society has placed containers of flowers by the store fronts downtown for their annual fundraiser.

Loras College Provost Cheryl Jacobsen, Ph.D. has announced the names of students who achieved Dean's List status for the 2015 spring semester. A student must earn a 3.5 grade point average and carry a minimum of 12 credit hours to be recognized. From: Atkins, Kelsey J. Gerhold, SR, Belle Plaine, Emily A. Mast, SR, Blairstown, Ellen J.

Jacob "Jake" Taylor from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania is serving on team Oak 7 in AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Class 21. He arrived in Vinton in January of 2015 to start his 11-month service term with the program. Oak 7 is made up of nine people from across the country who serve together around the Midwest. Before his term of service, he graduated from Hamilton College in 2014 with a bachelor of arts and a double major in Mathematics and Music.

By: Will Lampley AmeriCorps NCCC team Cedar 1 is assisting the Power of One Ministry in Flint, Michigan until June 11 to help diminish blight within the city. With the team’s help and the ambition of organization members, they are making an impact to improve the city and help with revitalization. So far, Cedar 1 has assisted with cleaning out brush from vacant lots and houses.

By Mitchel Duran Oak 6 began service on May 1 at the start of The Delano Farms growing season in Michigan. The farm has been in working order since 2011, when it was acquired by the Kalamazoo Nature Center (KNC). Oak 6 is learning that farmers work early and hard without a vacation. The team has spent four weeks seeding in the green house, planting vegetables rain or shine, and cultivating all of the rows that weeds try to overtake.

The Vinton Garden Club member of National Garden Clubs, Inc., District II and Central Region met Wednesday at 11:00 am May 27, 2015 at the 218 Roadside Park that the Garden Club maintains.  Nine members attended the potluck, program, meeting and then scraping paint from post and shelter.  Joyce Bratten gave the program on dividing perennials.

Eric Baker from Overland Park, Kansas is serving on team Cedar 7 in AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Class 21. He arrived in Vinton in January of 2015 to start his 11-month service term with the program. Cedar 7 is made up of nine people from across the country who serve together around the Midwest. Before his term of service, Eric graduated from Boston University with a degree in News Editorial Journalism in December 2012.

On Wednesday, June 3, the Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Officer Team joined many other officer teams in the Northeast District at Hawkeye Community College to attend COLT, or Chapter Officer Leadership Training. COLT started off with opening ceremony with the Northeast District Officers then separating the officers into their groups based on the office held.

Alexander McGee of Vinton (52349) was one of 271 students to graduate from Cornell College on May 10. McGee graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Politics . One of the 40 "Colleges That Change Lives," Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, is a national liberal arts college with a distinctive One Course At A Time curriculum. The One Course schedule provides students the chance to dive into their studies, focus more intensely on the disciplines of their choice, and learn authentically with the unique freedom to shed the confines of the traditional classroom to study off-campus, pursue research, or accept an internship -- all without missing out on other classes.