Vinton Garden Club news, April 24 meeting

CONNIE MCCLINTOCK
May 8, 2013 12:32 pm

  Members of the Vinton Garden Club, member of National Garden Clubs, Inc., District II, and Central Region, met April 24, at the VSHS greenhouse/classroom.

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Amanda Malady

KRISTA EICHHORST, NCCC
May 8, 2013 9:33 am

 Amanda Malady of Lafayette, Ind., is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Spruce 7 at the Vinton Campus. She chose to participate in AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps because she had a gap year before starting nursing school and wanted to do something productive and good for the country in the meantime.

Treasurer Fitzgerald Adds More Names to the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt

STATE TREASURER, MICHAEL FITZGERALD
May 7, 2013 6:06 pm

State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald's Great Iowa Treasure Hunt spring publication is scheduled to be released soon. The upcoming list is the latest names of unclaimed property owners with undiscovered treasures.

NCCC FEMA Corps Team Hickory 4 Cleans Up the Wissahickon Creek

AMERICORPS NCCC
May 7, 2013 10:13 am

  By Shea Douglas  On April 27 FEMA Corps team Hickory 4 traveled to the Wissahickon Valley Park in Philadelphia with the Friends of Wissahickon to help clean up the Wissahickon creek.

Spruce Six Assists in Cleaning the Potomac River

AMERICORPS NCCC
May 7, 2013 10:13 am

  By Emily Roldan On Saturday, April 6 team Spruce Six of AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps worked with the Surfrider organization to pick up trash along the Potomac River from 9am-Noon.

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Andrew Newell

AMERICORPS NCCC
May 7, 2013 10:13 am

  By: Rebecca Bigler Andrew Newell, from Fairless Hills, Pa., is the Team Leader for Cedar 3 in NCCC’s Class 19. He arrived in Vinton on January 8, 2013, to start his 11-month service term leading a team of people between the ages of 18 and 24.

NCCC FEMA Corps Pine 6 celebrates youth by giving education a creative spin

NCCC FEMA CORPS
May 6, 2013 10:36 am

  By Annika Van Raalte Youth service takes place 365 days a year around the world and on April 26 to 28 it was recognized and celebrated as Global Youth Service Day.

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Sean Page

KRISTA EICHHORST, NCCC
May 6, 2013 10:35 am

  Name: Sean Page  Hometown: Storm Lake, Iowa Sean is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Pine 7 at the Vinton Campus.

Alyson Garwood Presents Social Research at Central College

VINTON TODAY
May 3, 2013 2:26 pm

   Alyson Garwood, a native of Dysart, Iowa, presented a group semester-long research project at Central College on April 29. The research was done as part of the Methods of Social Research course.

NCCC Cedar 1 helps with Minot, N.D. flood, and non-profits

AMERICORPS NCCC
May 2, 2013 8:35 pm

  By Michael Weisgarber Team Cedar 1 spent their first project working in Minot, North Dakota, cleaning up and repairing flooded houses while also helping others in the community.