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3rd Annual Evergreen Cemetery Flea Market set for this weekend
3rd Annual Evergreen Cemetery Flea Market August 21 & 22, Vinton, IA from 8 to 5 each day. Giving away 2 - $25 gift certificates from Walmart. Free admission. AMVETS serving sandwiches. Over 60 dealers/vendors. Evergreen Cemetery Flea Market bags $5.00, all proceeds from this flea market and the bags will go to the Evergreen Cemetery.
New VS teachers begin orientation today
While many students will be attending a new building when school starts next Monday, Aug. 24, this is also a time for many teachers to become familiar with their new school.
Orientation for Vinton-Shellsburg's new teachers is taking place today. Superintendent Mary Jo Hainstock welcomed them at 8 a.m. this morning, and began a day-long session of sharing information about the community and the schools. Veterans lead celebration of 70th anniversary of end of WWII
For Americans, August 1945 arrived with a mixture of elation and fear. American troops were among other Allied forces occupying France at the end of the war in Europe – which was also for much of Eastern Europe the beginning of the reign of the Iron Curtain as Soviet troops made it clear that the end of WWII was the beginning of the Cold War. Two couples killed in car-semi accident at 30/21 intersection
A Texas couple and a Missouri couple died in a car-semi accident at the intersection of Highway 21 and Highway 30 at the Benton/Tama County line on Friday afternoon.
According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2004 Chevy Impala driven by William C. Willis, 68, of San Antonio, Texas, was heading southbound on Highway 21 at around 5 p.m. Friday, Aug.
Buddy, Emily and Cassie: Vinton teen continues the story of a beloved horse
Many State Fair attendees who saw Cassie Kenney this week, riding or taking care of her horse Buddy, walked toward the pair with a glow of recognition and a smile on their faces.
But it wasn’t the Vinton girl they recognized and remembered, but the horse – and the tragedy that took away Buddy’s first rider.
Cassie and Buddy – a quarter horse whose registered name is Terms Look Radical – enjoyed a very successful summer. Shellsburg Visioning Welcomes New Addition to Memorial Park
Remember when we said the Shellsburg Area Community Group had received a Keep Iowa Beautiful Grant to help with improvements to the Shellsburg Memorial Park? Well many of you have noticed the first installment!! The grant money was used to “top” a dying tree in the SE corner of the Memorial Park to twelve feet. Then on July 15th and 16th Brian Parr of Vinton used his creativity and a chain saw to sculpt a bear welcoming everyone to Bear Creek, the creek which flows through both of our city parks. Computer Roll Out Reminders for VS High School students
Jjust a reminder that 1:1 Computer Roll outs are coming up next week. All students will need to be registered in PowerSchools and outstanding bills paid before they are able to take their computer home with them.
E-Registration: https://ps-vscsd.gwaea.org/public/home.html (convenience fee is waived through 8-12, midnight for all online payments)
Outstanding Balances can be paid here: https://vscsd.
Two incumbents among four candidates for VS School Board; no races contested
The deadline for filing nomination petitions for the Vinton-Shellsburg School Board has passed, and four candidates will run unopposed for the four open seats.
Incumbents Kathy Van Steenhuyse (At-large) and Brenda Bartz (District 1) will seek re-election. Kyle Schminke is the lone candidate for the District 2 (Shellsburg area) seat now held by Angela Hazen.
Did you know...that there are things we DON'T charge for?
Many times we have felt frustrated in other jobs because it just didn't seem right to charge people for services that we offered.
One of those was running Obituaries.
If you've ever lost a loved one, you know it can be so expensive to simply take care of the final expenses. We offer to run the obituary of your loved ones FREE.
Most of the time you can drop a hundred dollar bill at a newspaper for the information to come out, MAYBE in time for the funeral.
Classes resume Aug. 24; V-S plans 'Back to School' night Aug. 20
With classes beginning Aug. 24, Vinton-Shellsburg schools have set their 'Back to School' night events on Thursday, Aug. 20. That schedule includes:
High School — Aug. 20th @ 5:00 pm—6:30 pm (Open house format)
Middle School — Aug. 20th @ 5:30 pm—7:00 pm (Open house format)
Shellsburg Elem. — Aug.