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Better Tomorrows Board to meet March 5

The Better Tomorrows Board will be meeting on March 5th at the Kirkwood Vinton Center at 12:00 p.m. Topics of discussion will be Financials, Co-Director Reports, Site Visit Form Review; Approval of Fiscal Agent; RFP Application Approval; Program Reports, By-Laws and Transition Plan.
Article Thumbnail. The VS Voyagers (and alumni) will perform their routines Friday, Feb. 28, at VSMS.

Voyagers (and Alumni) to perform at Spring Show tonight

The V-S Voyager Dance Team will be holding their annual Spring Show tonight, Friday February 28, at 7 p.m. at the V-S Middle School Gym. Admission is $5; doors open at 6:30 pm.

Kiwanis plan Pancake Day this Saturday March 1

The annual Vinton Kiwanis Club Pancake Day will take place Saturday March 1, at the Vinton Skate Center.  Money raised goes towards college scholarships and youth based projects in our community.

Genealogy Workshop offered advice, helped raise funds for CP library project

A computer lab full of people (18) attended the Friends of the Center Point Library genealogy workshop Saturday, Feb. 22, at the new High School. The fund raiser for the Public Library was also made possible by CPU Schools, the Washington Township Trustees and by volunteer instructors Bob King, Center Point, and Linda Joy Schmidt, Cedar Rapids.

Breast Cancer Survivors to meet March 4

Breast Cancer Survivors will meet Tuesday, March 4 at 5:30 p.m. for dinner and conversation at Windsor Manor in the dining room.

Bereavement support group to meet March 6

The bereavement support group, "Meet and Eat", will meet Thursday March 6 at noon at the Pizza Ranch in Vinton.  Anyone who is grieving the loss of a loved one is invited.

Friends organize benefit for Loeb family as Zach fights cancer

We need your help! Zach and Ashlie Loeb, a young couple from La Porte City, are facing many unknown health issues and mounting medical bills. Their fairytale started on July 23, 2013, in a hospital chapel where Zach’s mother, Susan Loeb, was dying of colon cancer that had spread to her liver.

After 5 Club to meet March 11

Tuesday MARCH 11 @ 6:15 P.M. at the Fourth St. Diner on 202 E. Fourth St., the after 5 Club will meet. Sheriff Randy Forsyth will be speaking on "Identification Thief" an Dixie Talbott will also be speaking.

Vinton Night with CR Roughriders set for March 1

The annual 'Vinton Community Night' at the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders hockey game is now only a week away and tickets for the event continue to be on sale at two convenient Vinton locations.