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First Light: Meet the man who brings power to area's newest rural residents
Editor's Note: Vinton Today is helping the East Central Iowa REC celebrate its 75th year. We occasionally feature a story about the REC and its history. Today's story focuses on... NCCC’s Oak 7 Fights Mountain Pine Beetles in the Black Hills
By Ruskin Landreth and Rebecca Bigler – Oak 7
An AmeriCorps NCCC team, Oak 7, has just finished up their second project in the 2012 service year with the forestry d... AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Corps Member Spotlight: Emma Mills
By: Rachel Lebeaux
Name: Emma Mills
Hometown: Winchester, Massachusetts
Emma is currently serving as a member of Oak 2 with the AmeriCorps NCCC at the Vinton Campus. Emma decided to joi...
Two young men chosen for trip to nation’s capital
Dalton Schmit of Jesup and Parker Oltogge of Shellsburg recently participated in the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour program in Washington, D.C., sponsored by East-Central Iowa REC (ECI ... NCCC Team Brings New Life to The Baldwin Center
By: Santonio Washington, Maple 7
Maple 7 is working with the Baldwin Center to help revitalize their Clothes Closet. The team is spending three weeks scraping and sanding... AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Corps Member Spotlight: Hilary Rohlman
Editor's Note: This NCCC spotlight is on Hilary Rohlman, one of the AmeriCorps members serving this year from the Vinton campus. From Michigan, Hilary is a member of Oak 3.
&nbs... NCCC Oak 3 team helps people in Upper Peninsula
Oak 3 is working hard to beautify the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds in Escanaba, Michigan and get it ready for the State Fair. They are using chainsaws to cut down trees while other...
AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Corps Member Spotlight: Sara Butler
Editor's Note: Today we include information about another AmeriCorps member who is living in Vinton while serving Americans in many states this year.
Name: Sara Butle... NCCC Oak 2 members help at Friendship Center in Dodgeville
AmeriCorps NCCC’s Oak 2 is currently in Dodgeville staying at Friendship Center Camp for six weeks helping with the removal of invasive species such as wild parsnip, garlic mu...
NCCC Oak 2 members help at Science Station Summer Camp, Shellsburg school
AmeriCorps NCCC’s Oak 2 is currently working at the Science Station located in the Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids. They are helping out with a series of summer camps that make scienc...