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Starfish: Area women seek community's help as they assist local homeless grads
“It makes a difference to this one.”
An old anecdote describes a girl walking along the beach, tossing starfish back into the water to save them from death in the sand.
A passer-by asks the girl what kind of difference she can make, since there are so many starfish she cannot possibly save them all.
“It makes a difference to this one,” she replies as she tosses it to the safety of the water. Learning about health and the human body with Slim Goodbody
Tilford students learned about health and the various systems of their bodies today during an assembly with Slim Goodbody. He taught them about their heart, lungs, digestive and skeletal systems, and encouraged them to eat right, exercise and avoid smoking.
See more photos HERE. Dr. Mangold and son Hugh in Mexico on medical mission trip
Dr. Maggie Mangold and her 10 year old son Hugh have joined with a group from Iowa City traveling to Mazatlan, Mexico, to conduct medical exams and dispense medicines to those in need. The group leaders are Katie Iverson, PA-C of Iowa City and her husband, Dr. William Iverson. The group is joined by several students and others.
Sorry, no photos from the trip yet but here’s a write-up of activities as of Sunday, April 3rd by Hugh. iVinton and VMEU continue progress toward local telecommunications utility
Ever wonder why your cable bill is so high and going higher, or why you have to purchase big bundles of channels you don’t watch?
The Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities recently held a two day broadband conference in Des Moines attended by Tom Richtsmeier, the new Vinton Municipal Electric Utility (VMEU) General Manager and Kurt Karr, representing iVinton, the citizens group working with VMEU to improve local telecommunications. Supervisors uphold order removing 'vicious' dog; Wiley calls for change in rule
Revisiting the Benton County ordinance prohibiting pit bulls and other “dangerous” dog breeds is on Todd Wiley’s “short list” of issues for the Benton County supervisors to address in the future.
Wiley made that comment during Tuesday’s meeting, where the supervisors unanimously voted to uphold an order removing an American Staffordshire Terrier from a home in the Timber Ridge area south of Shellsburg.
REC site in Urbana to become part of state-wide solar power project
East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative (ECI REC) is part of Central Iowa Power Cooperative’s (CIPCO) utility-scale solar project which is the largest in the state. The Urbana Solar Acres facility will generate 1,133,800 kWh of energy as a part of CIPCO’s 5.5MW solar project. Once complete, the Urbana Solar Acres generation facility will contain 3,024 solar panels and generate enough electricity to power up to 113 homes.
Post Prom seeks cap donations
Calling all to all businesses! The VSHS Post Prom Committee is looking for baseball caps to give out as prizes to the students for the Post Prom Party. Please contact Sarah Wagner at 319-361-6668 or email sjwagner90@msn.com if your business would be willing to donate a couple baseball caps. Thank you for your support!
VS Chapter celebrates FFA Week with variety of events
Starting on March 14, the Vinton-Shellsburg High School had the chance to participate in FFA Week. During the week there were dress up days, which everyone was allowed to participate in. The dress up days include: Movie Character Monday, Truck Tuesday, Animal Day Wednesday, Throwback Thursday, and FFA Friday.
Besides dress up days, the chapter also had other things occurring throughout the week. VS Middle School names T2 Honor Roll students
The Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School Honor Roll for the 2nd Trimester has been released. Note that this year, the school only has an "A" Honor Roll.
Click for each grade below:
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SHIIP office open to help with Medicare questions and problems
Are you on Medicare or expecting to sign up for Medicare in the near future? Are you overwhelmed with all of the information you are getting in the mail? Do you have questions about your benefits or how to select health plans? Peggy Moran, Benton County’s experienced Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) volunteer is here to help.