By Gabby PowerOn June 22-26th, the great Benton County Fair was held at the fairgrounds in Vinton. Vinton-Shellsburg FFA members kept very busy throughout the fair doing a variety of activities.

There will be no outgoing email on either Friday, July 1 or Monday, July 4. The outgoing email service will resume again on Tuesday, July 5th. Information will continue to be added to the website, or if anything urgent comes in it will be shared on the Vinton Today Facebook page.

Tilford Summer Meal ProgramTransportation UpdateWE ARE CHANGING OUR ROUTE TIMES BEGINNING ON JULY 6th, 2022 Pick-Up Locations with TimesKiwanis/Splash Pad = 11:35Park Apartments = 11:40Vinton Public Library =11:45Riverside Park = 11:50 Drop Off Locations with TimesBus leaves Tilford by 12:25VPRD Rec Center/Pool = 12:30Vinton Public Library = 12:35Parks Apartments = 12:40Kiwanis/Splash Pad = 12:45All of the details about the meal program can be seen here.

The Bacon Buddies arrived at the Benton County Fair on Friday bringing participants from the area.  Bacon Buddies was actually first held at the Iowa State Fair.

June 24, 2022The Benton County Board of Supervisors met in special session with Supervisors Seeman and Bierschenk present. The meeting was called to order at 2:35 p.

In June, various FFA members shined in various Career Development Events. On Tuesday, June 14th, 7 members traveled to Kirkwood Community College for Livestock Judging and Floriculture.

By: Co-Reporter, Alana FlemingOn Friday, June 10, 2022-2023 Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Chapter Officers, Paul Herger, Kail Evans, Alana Fleming, Grace Shminke, Andrew, Pingenot, and Austin Noe attended the annual COLT (Chapter Officer Leadership Training) Conference held at Hawkeye Community College.

Member of the Month - Autumn McGowanAs a Junior, Autumn has had three great years in the program. This year, she did an awesome job in the Parliamentary Procedure LDE and running the Personal Growth Committee.

After all of the votes were counted in the Primary Election on June 7, Colman Silbernagel won the election on the Republican ticket in District 42 by only two votes beating out Charlie McClintock.

For those who may be enjoying the activities on the race track during the fair, you might enjoy this view from the sky courtesy of Jason Hicok of Eastern Iowa Drone Services.