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Evergreen flea market to begin Friday, nearly 70 vendors sign up
Nearly 70 vendors have signed up for the third annual Evergreen Cemetery Flea Market set for this Friday and Saturday at the cemetery.
Tim Fuchs said that two $25 gift certificates for Wal-Mart will be given away. The AMVETS group will be offering food at their booth. Proceeds from vendor fees go toward cemetery upkeep.
Honoring Col. Shane: Local prosecutor hopes vandalism will lead to new tributes
The vandals who targeted several tombstones at Evergreen Cemetery last fall had no idea that the large monument with its four pillars was Vinton’s memorial to one of its most beloved soldiers and leaders.
Now, as the legal case against the four teenagers moves toward resolution, Benton County Attorney Dave Thompson hopes that local residents – and perhaps a descendant of Col. Rain-interrupted fest offers insight into the inspirations behind the art
As Dave Morrow sat up his booth at the soon-to-be rained out arts fest, he talked about the three stained glass windows he had planned to offer to for sale.
Make that two.
The third one, a flag with just one star but an eagle in the center of the lower stripes, found a different purpose.
“Uncle Louie Kaiser is celebrating his 90th birthday today,” said Morrow. Searching for Veterans to participate in the Eastern Iowa Honor Flight
VETERANS WE WANT YOU!
FOR ONE FINAL MISSION
THE EASTERN IOWA HONOR FLIGHT IS LOOKING FOR VETERANS THAT WE CAN HONOR WITH A TRIP TO WASHINGTON, DC AT NO EXPENSE TO THE VETERAN.
There's nothing more reassuring than realizing the world is crazier than you are
Tonight the girls were watching a movie as I was working on this article. The movie was, "Thor, the Dark World". In it there is a line that says, "There is nothing more reassuring than realizing the world is crazier than you are." I chuckled when I heard that.
Today we got an email with a suggestion. "Why not ask the readers to.
Benton County Community Foundation awards 30 grants to local groups
Benton County, June 18, 2015 - The Benton County Community Foundation will award 30 grants totaling $101,989.72, to local nonprofits and government entities for community projects at its awards ceremony on July 28 at 5:30pm. The ceremony will be held at the Van Horne Community Building, 101 North Main Street, Van Horne.
2015 grant organizations (bold) and projects included:
Art and Culture:
Area Community Theatre Inc.
Be A Tourist in Your Own Community: What to do, where and when
This is part three of a four part series written by Vinton Unlimited.
The purpose of these brief articles is to help acquaint Vinton residents with leisure options that are available right in our own community so we can all become local ‘ambassadors’ so when a visitor might ask “what is there to do in town” each resident can respond with countless suggestions and a sense of community pride.
Party in Pink 5K winners to receive unique trophies
The Survivors of Benton County have created some special trophies for the annual Party in Pink 5K race, which takes place Friday, June 26. Here is a photo of some of the prizes and medals for Party in Pink.
There will be Bobble-head trophies awarded to the top female and male finishers, medals for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place female and male finishers in each age group. Virginia Gay Hospital Announces First Executive Academy Graduate
Robin Martin, Administrative Assistant at Virginia Gay Hospital, received recognition for being in the inaugural class to complete the Iowa Hospital Association Executive Academy. “I really enjoy my role at Virginia Gay and appreciate the educational opportunity,” says Robin. “Everything here is about caring for patients, VGH staff and the community. 15 MILLION visitors came to Vinton, via Vinton Today
In our staff meeting yesterday we discussed what we would say about our 15 MILLIONTH visit to our site...after all, it was happening late last night or early this morning.
We looked at each other, shrugged and laughed.
We remember how we got excited about 2 thousand people looking at our site in one day. Then we were elated when we cracked our first 100,000, and when we hit our first Million, it was just crazy to wrap our minds around.