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Remembering 2010: Woman of the year Virginia Holsten
The Vinton Women's Club named Vinton Librarian Virginia Holsten its Woman of the Year. See our unusual interview with Virginia HERE.
The original story about Virginia's honor is at http://www.vintoniowa.org/articles/Your+Neighbors/article10421.html Remembering 2010: Rescuing Bella - Teenagers save neighbor's dog from fire
Bella the dog celebrated Christmas with owners Charley and Abby Cronk this year, thanks to two teenagers who reacted quickly to a house fire in June. See that story HERE.
Year in Review: Bolenbaugh's history
Many of our favorite stories of 2010 were written by friends who shared what they remember about Vinton. Kurt Karr interviewed Scott Bolenbaugh about his father's grocery business, and also shared some history of other early Vinton stores.
See Kurt's story from May, 2010, HERE. Year in Review: Remembering June of 2010
June brought big changes, and celebrations of those changes to Vinton.
On June 2, county leaders – past and present – gathered at the site of the old LEC to celebrate the beginning of the new one. It was just two weeks shy of the two-year anniversary of the Flood of 2008. Architects from Design Dynamics joined the current supervisors as well as those who were in that office when the “old” LEC was built in the 1980s. Winter Carnival offers fun for area youngsters
The Vinton Parks and Rec Department, aided by the Vinton-Shellsburg National Honor Society members, held its annual Winter Carnival Tuesday morning at the Skate Center. Children enjoyed a variety of games, hoping to win prizes. Review 2010: March to May -- an introduction
If there is one day, one moment that best describes the beginning of Vinton Today, maybe it’s this one:
Saturday morning. Spring. A 20-something lady was with a group of her colleagues, getting acquainted with her new team, her new town. They stopped for a group photograph at a local coffee shop. Garrison Firefighter Eric Kakac with his Certificate of Life-Saving Commendation
Garrison Firefighter Eric Kakac has received a Certificate of Commendation for Lifesaving Actions from Governor Culver and Public Safety Commissioner Eugene T. Meyer.
Kakac received the award for his action during the afternoon of October 8, 2009, when firefighter Kakac was at his parents’ home in rural Garrison. 2010 Year in Review: An Introduction
Much has changed, for me and my job, this year.
But one thing is still the same.
Every year, after Christmas, I would do the same thing: I would read through the newspapers wherever I worked – according to my count, that would be six different publications in four different eastern Iowa towns – and review the stories of the past year.
Registration for Driver's Education Classes
The registration time for the 2011 Drivers Education classes ends on January 21.
Information packets are available in the V-S High School and Middle School.
If you have any questions, contact Ken Huelman at 472-2291 or Steve McGrew at 436-4728 ext. 320.
White Monday after Christmas in area
Vinton area residents awoke from the Christmas holiday weekend to find their trees covered with a thick layer of white frost.
The web site www.weatherquestions.com provides this explanation for how trees become white and beautiful like this on days like this:
Frost forms in much the same way as dew forms.