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Soup, Santa and tons of fun at the Urbana Fire Department
Soup and Santa was held at the Urbana-Polk Twp Fire Department in Urbana. On Sunday a fundraising event to support the Visioning Committe in Urbana was held. Funds raised will go to the improvement of the town. The event provided soup, of course, and a hot chocolate bar. Horse drawn carriage rides were also available. The event was held on a freewill donation basis. Arnold Motor Supply makes donation to Angel Tree
'Tis the season for giving and Arnold Motor Supply reflects that.
This year the store made these donations to the Angel Tree project for Vinton and the surrounding area. Working to put smiles on the faces of children, the store has collected toys for the past 33 years.
Santa said to tell you all thank you for your kind donations it' Kersten Light Display Never Gets Old
When you have all the kids piled into the car, secured in their car seats, but you have time to kill, about a half an hours worth, and you DON'T want to do something that requires a half hour of unbuckling and rebuckling car seats, this is what you can do!
Visit the Kersten Light Display!
I found myself in that predicament the other night. VS FFA Fruit Sales
On December 11th, the VS FFA fruit was delivered. At 7:00 am the first semi came and was unloaded with the help to the Fareway workers delivering it and a couple FFA members. Around 8:00 that same day MinnTex delivered the rest of the fruit. All the Ag classes took time to go through all the fruit and count them out. After school is when everyone came to pick up their fruit so they could start to deliver all their fruit.
Kiwanis are Making sure that 3rd Graders have the Last Word
Every year, the Vinton Kiwanis club makes sure that every 3rd grader owns their very own dictionary.
This year was no exception.
Mrs. Hyland, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Karr and Mrs. Rodman's, the four 3rd grade classrooms, all received dictionaries today.
The dictionaries also include a section about state capitals, state birds and other tidbits of information. Things you should do for your 70th birthday
The first thing you should do for your 70th birthday is help with the first graders at Tilford Elementary, at least if you are Harold Knaack, that's what you should do.
Before the first graders called in Harold to celebrate his birthday, he was doing what he always does.
Sitting quietly in the hall with with wife Cheryl at another table helping the children with their reading and spelling. Everybody got some Knee-time at Farmers Savings Bank & Trust
Santa has been busy making the rounds this year!
On Friday, he stopped in at Farmers Savings Bank & Trust (I suspect that it's because he might have seen that there would be cookies at their open house!).
He took a little bit of time visiting with some of the children but he also took some time to talk to the adults that stopped in.
Vinton Unlimited Announces 2nd and 3rd Week winners of Holiday Lights Punch Card
Vinton Unlimited is happy to announce that Kim Cantonwine is the week 2 winner and Malea Lee is the week 3 winner in the ‘Holiday Lights’ punch card drawing! Both have won Vinton Value Dollars.
Each week we will continue to draw a winner from the full cards we have collected. All of the full cards will be entered into the grand prize drawing to be held at the completion of the promotion. Garrison Fire Chief Steve Meyer retires; members elect Jake Isbell new Chief
After 37 years with the Garrison Fire Department and 33 years as chief, Steve Meyer is retiring. The Garrison Fire Department members elected Jake Isbell to replace Meyer.
In addition to his work with Garrison, Meyer also helped re-organize the Mount Auburn Fire Department, and spent several years as its chief, as well.
During his tenure, he also helped oversee the rebuilding of the Emergency Services Building, which was destroyed in the July 11, 2011 wind storm. Gifts of Gratitude: Ken Stark Among many Honored for being V-S Difference Makers
The late teacher and coach Ken Stark, and several members of the community have been recognized by the Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District Foundation for their contributions to the education and well-being of students. The Foundation is also recognizing other members of the community including Jo Sainsbury, recognized for her years as a teacher, administrator, and board member, and Julie Clingman for being an outstanding volunteer at Tilford.