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AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Rebecca Bigler
By: Angela Sarrels
Name: Rebecca Bigler
Hometown: Littleton, CO
Rebecca served as a Class 18 Corps Member on team Oak 7 at the Vinton campus in 2012. In January 2013, she began serving... AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Kindra Akridge
Name: Kindra Akridge
Hometown: Hobbs, N.M.
Kindra is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Pine 1 at the Vinton Campus. She first learned about AmeriCorps NCCC while participati... AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Kelly Besmer
By: Krista Eichhorst
Name: Kelly Besmer
Hometown: Snoqualmie, Wash.
Kelly is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Spruce 1 at the Vinton Campus. She first met som... Community Worker Week at Happy Time
Happy Time Child Development Center had a special guest this week: Officer Ron Tippett, who shared how law enforcement officers work to help our community. He also read two books about police offic... Little Vikes Preschoolers visit Palace
They learned how the Palace volunteers make lots of popcorn. They walked through the "secret" passageway that leads back stage. They sat in the big, comfortable stadium seat -- one child ... Local students named to Central College dean's list
The following students were named to the fall 2012 Central College dean's list:
Amy Andrews of Shellsburg, a Exploring major, is the daughter of Kenton and Pamela Andrews
Alyson Garwoo...
IFAA Offers Iowa Youth $113,700 in Scholarships
College-bound Iowa youth active in 4-H and/or FFA livestock projects and current undergraduate students may apply for $113,700 in scholarships available from the Iowa Foundation for Agricultural A...
Beef Feedlot Roundtable sessions offered
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the University of Nebraska will be teaming up to offer a Feedlot Roundtable session at six Iowa locations on Thursday, Feb. 21 from 12:45-3:45 pm.
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AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Kaley Bartosik
By: Krista Eichhorst
Name: Kaley Bartosik
Hometown: Kettering, Ohio
Kaley is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Pine 3 at the Vinton Campus. She chose to participate in Am... Ohrt donation brings Celebration Park total to $175,000
The Vinton Parks & Recreation department Celebration Park Fundraising Committee is pleased to announce that they have now reached the $175,00 figure towards the goal of $250,000.
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