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Celebration Park fund-drive reaches $225,000 milestone; $25 K left
The Vinton Parks & Recreation Department is really getting excited about Celebration Park and that’s because so many supporters have been very generous to the park fund drive. We are now trying to raise the last $25,000 on the way to our $250,000 goal. The goal got a little closer with the generous gifts from the Yedlik families. Children learn of snakes; brave ones let it slither through their sleeves
The Benton County Conservation Department is now hosting a traveling snake display that is sponsored by the Iowa Association of Naturalists. Many area students have already visited the Nature Center to see the display -- and to get up close and personal with an exceptionally friendly fox snake.
Several brave first-grade students allowed the snake to wrap itself around them or even slither through their sleeves. Greek lunch: Tilford 3rd graders share lessons of ancient civilization
A Polish volunteer reading teacher, a German chef and a British web site helped Vinton-Shellsburg third grade students learn about Ancient Greek Civilization this year.
Several third graders in Julie Clingman's reading class enjoyed chicken and rice in mastiha sauce, hummus, tsoureki, kashkaval, Greek salad, papadopoulos, baklava and Greek sugar cookies during the luncheon on Friday at Tilford. Three cats and a basset hound found in Vinton area
The following four animals have been found this weekend in the area:
1) Bassett hound found in Vinton
2.) White/cream colored cat with 2 collars
3.) Senior siamese
4.) White and gray cat with a micro chip registered in Mississippi.
Please call the shelter at 319-472-4623 or email vintonshelter@yahoo. VU Mini-Masters under way
The weather can, in fact, put a damper on your golf game -- even if you play inside.
Some of the people who set up courses for the VU Miini-Masters golf event say the low turn-out on Thursday was probably the result of the cold rain that fell much of the day.
Golfers, however, have dry weather for today and no rain in the Saturday forecast. 5 days of mail: USPS explains reasons for new schedule that begins in August
WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service announced plans today to transition to a new delivery schedule during the week of Aug. 5, 2013 that includes package delivery Monday through Saturday, and mail delivery Monday through Friday. The Postal Service expects to generate cost savings of approximately $2 billion annually, once the plan is fully implemented.
PLEASE HELP US find Gizmo!
PLEASE HELP US! Gizmo is lost! He is a 2 yr old Shih Tzu who broke away last night (2-2-13) dragging his leash , wearing a black coat, he is just a small dog about 9 lbs. If you find him please call the Vinton/Benton Co. Animal Shelter 319-472-4623 or animal control 319-472-2337 or email vintonshetler@yahoo.com. Thank you. Visiting DC to discuss anti-drug leadership
This week I am in Washington DC for the Leadership Forum for our grant. We are a member of CADCA which stands for Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America. Our coalition graduated from the National Coalition Academy which was a yearlong process of strategic planning for our county which uses science strategies and solutions.
February 6, 2013, was Capitol Hill Day. Vinton Popcorn makes debut at VSHS
Vinton Popcorn is back -- and coming soon to stores (and perhaps a theater) near you.
After nearly two years of planning by area business leaders and the Entrepreneurship class of Mr. Rick Vettraino at Vinton-Shellsburg High School, the revival of the brand name that made Vinton famous throughout the U.S. decades ago is now putting popcorn in the mouths of area residents. Preserving the lower Cedar River area
In the wide valleys where the Cedar River joins the Iowa River on its way to the Mississippi, lies a unique complex of wetlands, prairies, woodlands, and backwaters that together form a treasure of natural diversity.
Here in Muscatine and Louisa Counties you’ll find the rare massasauga rattlesnake and Blanding’s turtle, along with 70 per cent of Iowa’s other reptile and amphibian species.