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How did we get here? Well, it's all Thanks to You!
Asking for your financial help is always the time of year that we dislike the most.
We love covering stories in the area, celebrating the big steps made in our community, and lending a hand were we can to get word out, but the one thing we hate to do every year is to ask for money.
Fortunately, when we signed on to this gig, we didn't realize that this would be one aspect of the job.
Eastern Iowa Honor Flight # 23 - Monday April 18, 2016
Our first flight this year goes one week from tomorrow on Monday, 18, April 2016. This will be our 23rd flight since we were founded.
There are a total of 87 Veterans on the flight consisting of a mix of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam Era Veterans.
We leave CR at 6:30 AM and will return (barring any delays) at approximately 10:05 PM.
VSHS speech students fill Palace stage with humor, drama, music
From a Choral Reading tribute to William Shakespeare called "Will Power," to humorous exerpts from "Shrek the Musical" to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" to serious prose and poetry about cancer, teen suicide, sexual abuse and the role of women in society, the Vinton-Shellsburg High School Speech students earned high marks from judges. Party-In-Pink 5k online registration now available
Registration is open for Party-In-Pink's fourth annual 5k run/walk to be held on Friday, June 24th in support of Virgnia Gay Hospital and Clinics Gifts of Hope campaign. Runners and walkers can register online at http://bit.ly/partyinpink2016
Virginia Gay supports patients in financial need through the Gifts of Hope program. Gifts of Hope helps pay for appointments, testing, and up to $2500 for treatment for breast cancer and other women’s services like pelvic exams. FFA Labor Auction tradition continues; chapter raises $10,800
The Vinton-Shellsburg FFA continued its half-century of working with local farmers, businesses and service organizations via the Labor Auction.
A total of 34 FFA members took their turn standing at the auction block, as long-time caller Duane Johnson took bids.
Familiar with many of the farm families represented in the room, Johnson shared stories with the students about family members he has remembered throughout the years. Vinton Community Foundation Accepting Grant Applications
One hundred percent of your tax deductible contribution is used for the betterment of the Vinton community.
The Vinton Community Foundation board members are pleased to announce they are now accepting grant applications from non-profit Vinton area groups, for the 2016-grant program. The following grant applications may be applied for: the Vinton Community Foundation, the L.
There are some th ngs m ss ng from V nton Today...perhaps you've not ced?
There are no ads for regional or national companies — We rely completely on our local advertisers. There are no flashing ads to annoy you while reading. Missing are the sensationalized stories concerning our friends or neighbors whose lives have been turned upside down by one tragic event or another. Missing too are stories that aren’t accurate because we are more concerned about being fast than we are about being accurate (no, we’re not perfect, but our errors are from being human, not hasty.
Purse-A-Palooza now underway!
The staff at Virginia Gay’s Vinton Family Medical Clinic is holding its second-annual Purse-A-Palooze silent auction. This year the proceeds will be given given to the Virginia Gay Hospital Healthcare Foundation for their capital campaign. In most years the proceeds of events like these are used to purchase new equipment for the nurses, doctors, and other healthcare providers. It's finally come to this, saying goodbye
It finally happened.
We have to say goodbye.
It's been a thrill, the best we could ever dream.
But the time has come to say goodbye. (Keep READING!)
The website that has been functioning great, no, awesomely, for the last probably 8 years (6 as Vinton Today and 2 at the former Vinton Eagle) of it's life, has reached the age that we are afraid it might need to go on Social Securty and retire. The medical mission trip in Mexico continues
Dr. Maggie Mangold and her son aren’t the only ones with connections to Virginia Gay on the mission trip to Mexico. The trips are organized by Physician Assistant Katie Iverson, PA-C, who can often be found in Virginia Gay’s emergency department where she works part time. Also on the trip is Eric Haas, a University of Iowa PA student who spent last month with Dr.