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VSCSD provides Summer Meals: Site Locations and Times
It’s time to think about keeping children healthy while school is out. Vinton-Shellsburg CSD provides FREE meals to children during the summer. Meals will be provided, on a first-come, first-serve basis, at the sites and times as follows:Attention V-S Middle or High School Students!Are you a V-S Middle or High School Student and would like to be a part of providing this service, to obtain your Black and Gold/1:1 hours? Please contact karen. Benton County Fair Queen Candidates for 2023
Izzie BirkerMy name is Izzie Birker, I am the daughter of Scott and Jenni Birker. I have 2 siblings. Cole is 13 and Katie is 10. We live outside of Vinton on our farm where we raise beef cattle and corn and soybeans. I will be a junior at Vinton Shellsburg in the fall. After high school, I plan to attend college and am considering majoring in Animal Science and Ag Business. Vinton-Shellsburg Announces 2nd Semester Honor Roll Students
* denotes 4.0 grade point averagAspen Ahrenholz*Angela AhrensteinAndrew AllsupIan AllsupEaston Almquist*Kelcie ApplebyAthena Aragon*Noah ArmstrongParker ArnoldPaige BearbowerIsabel BirkerLucas BirkerJack BlaisMadeline Blais*Merritt BodekerMatthew BookmeierZoey BressonBrady BruceBrylee Bruce*Aliza BrummerBenjamin BuhrKalinda BurkeSadie BurkeHudson C
Vinton Class of '83 holds 40th Reunion
Members of the Vinton Class of 1983 held their 40th class reunion on Friday and Saturday in Vinton. Members of the class met at the Ron da Voo on Friday night, and then met to golf on Saturday morning and finished the weekend on Saturday night at Berry's Lanes for a meal together and a time of visiting and catching up with each other. A raffle was held for items created by the talented Derrick Stott. Shellsburg and Garrison Summer Meal information for students
Vinton-Shellsburg is offering in-house meals at Shellsburg Elementary and the Garrison Public Library, starting June 5th, 2023.Please contact Karen Ackman, District Food Service Director, with any questions or concerns at karen.ackman@vscsd.orgor for Garrison to ang.dague@garrison.lib.ia.us and/or for Shellsburg tina.clapp@vscsd.
Talley: Life in prison without the possibility of parole & Restitution
The murder conviction of Tacoa Talley in the death of Jodie Bevans resulted in his sentencing trial being set for Friday afternoon. Because the defense attorney had forgotten about the hearing, there was approximately an hour and a half delay. Talley was found guilty of first degree murder by a jury in Benton County on April 14, 2023. After just a few hours of deliberation by the jury the decision was unanimous. Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Plant Sales
By Co-Reporter, Juliana LuisThe Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Chapter and Greenhouse Management Class held their annual Plant Sales from April 28th-May 14th. From the beginning of the school year the greenhouse class has grown a variety of plants such as petunias, peas, tomatoes, and geraniums. The days of the plant sales consisted of helping customers find specific plants, checking out orders, and making sure the environment was suitable for the plants and customers. Bear Creek Church's Memorial Day Tradition raises funds to repair church
Bear Creek Church held its annual open house with coffee and rolls for visitors to enjoy as they visited before and after the Memorial Day service. Speaking for the service was John Karrick. The committee in charge of keeping the doors open at the church is taking donations to repair the old building. Originally built in 1921 the building is in need of a roof repair and a new coat of paint. V-S FFA Teaches the Future at 3rd Ag Day
By Co-Reporter, Juliana LuisOn Wednesday, May 3rd, the Vinton-Shellsburg FFA chapter assisted with teaching 3rd graders about agriculture. The day included learning about animal safety, machine safety, as well as corn byproducts. Throughout the day the chapter members taught students about poultry, rabbits, swine, and horses. Sophomore Izzie Birker said, “I really enjoyed the opportunity to teach younger kids about animals and animal safety. Women's Club makes Donation to Little Knights Learning Center
During the May meeting of the La Porte City Women’s Club, the group voted to donate a substantial amount to the Little Knights Learning Center. A donation of $4,000 from the LPC Women’s Club was made to the Learning Center. Pictured is left to right: Brooke Hewitt LPC Women’s Club President, presenting the check to Holly Mills (left) and Carolyn Herman (right) both board members of the Little Knights Learning Center.