Pack 47 Scouts pose with cakes before the auction Saturday. Carter Smith poses with the cake he made, featuring arrows and a bulls-eye, made with KitKat candy bars and blue, red and yellow M & M's Thanks to the help of 21 Scouts and their families, and the friends and relatives of Scouts who made eight cakes for the open class, the First Annual Pack 47 Cub Scout Cake Auction was a big success, raising $620 for club projects and inspiring many fun, original cake designs.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J88Yqhgqps4&app=desktop[/embed] The Vinton-Shellsburg High School Student Senate led the entire VS student body in a tribute to veterans Friday morning at the Middle School, where the entire student body gathered to honor veterans.

Tilford Principal Jim Murray and his wife, Lisa, pose with the ice sculpture honoring the Principals of the Year during a banquet in D.C. Outstanding elementary and middle schoolprincipals from across the nation and abroad have been named2017 National DistinguishedPrincipals(NDPs) by the National Association of Elementary SchoolPrincipals (NAESP).

Clockwise from left: Larry Thiher, Don Selken, Leroy Deutsch, Dave Mick, Delbert Koopman, Marge Mick, Dell Hanson and Rick Happel gather at Farmer Sales and Service in April of 2011, where they met daily with Dell for coffee and conversation.

This wreath is available only by auction via Facebook, allowing people too far away to visit the VGH Tree Walk to participate. The Simpsons, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and the Iowa Hawkeyes are among the themes of some of the Christmas trees already on display in the lobby and adjoining halls of Virginia Gay Hospital for the annual Tree Walk.

A young girl screams in jest as the "Jurassic Park" dinosaur chases her at the MOPS-sponsored Trunk-Or-Treat in the Blessed Hope Church parking lot. The clown from the 'IT' movie, now playing at the Palace, was a popular costume theme this year.

The VS FFA Fruit sales are currently going on, and we are wrapping them up this Friday 11/3. If you would like to place an order, you can email it to the following address (melissa.

6th graders listen as first graders read their essays about what would happen if their teacher turned into a witch on Friday. Elementary students heard about zombies on Friday, and imagined how a famous candy bar could have begun.

Scholarship Gives 30 Iowa High School Seniors Chance at $2,000,Educates Them on College Borrowing and Personal Finance. Registration is open for a scholarship that offers Iowa high school seniors a chance to receive one of 30 scholarships worth $2,000 for college while learning important financial literacy skills.

September 27, 2017 The Vinton Garden Club member of National Garden Clubs, Inc; District II and Central Region met at Panera Bread in Cedar Rapids at 11:15 am for lunch.