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Special honors for two as VSHS Debate Team competes
The VSHS Debate team: Hannah Leichsenring, Erin Fowler, Alysha Wehage, Bradley Bergen, Willow Huber and Morgan Latting deserve credit for on their "strong performance" at the Iowa High School Speech Association’s State Debate Tournament held in Ankeny this past weekend, says VSHS speech teacher and coach Eric Upmeyer. Every VS band family helps with annual Soup Supper
For the Vinton-Shellsburg band students, from 6-12th grade, participating in band is a family effort.
"Every band family is responsible for selling six tickets and for bringing two pies," says Nancy Jorgensen, who who has been a VS band mom for several years.
Hundreds of people filled the VSHS cafeteria Friday night for the annual event. Derailment causes detour, but no damage in Vinton
Vinton drivers headed to the VS basketball game and Band Booster Soup Supper may have experienced an extra detour, due to a train derailment. Between C Avenue and 8th Avenue, the train left the tracks in several places, and stopped. Drivers could get through on C and 8th, although the flashing crossarms were down. Many made the detour to the 4th Ave. Tot Lot program continues at Skate Center
Twice each week, the Vinton Skate Center turns into a place for pre-schoolers to play.
The Vinton Parks and Recreation Tot Lot program offers a variety of small playground (indoor) equipment and pedal-powered vehicles for use by children too young for school. The program goes from 9:30 to 11:30 most Monday and Wednesdays at the Skate Center. Tragedy, experience prepare AmeriCorps team leaders for Class 17
Vincent Scudella of Canon City, Colo., gave the closing speech when he completed his term of service at the AmeriCorps NCCC campus in Charleston, S.C., in the spring of 2006.
He had arrived at that campus in August of 2005, not knowing the challenges that would await. Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, changing the plans for AmeriCorps teams based at the campus many nicknamed "Chuck. Jim Thompson, former Benton County field specialist, retires from FSA
Jim Thompson, District Director Area 3 for the Iowa State FSA Office has announced his retirement from the FSA Agency after 26 years of service.
During the summers of his high school and college years (1960’s), Thompson was a temporary field man for the Benton County ASCS taking care of the old government bin sites. Perfect weather for snowmen
With predicted lows below zero and single-digit high temperatures, most people prefer to spend as little time as possible outside this week. The weather is perfect, however for preserving snowmen -- and their pets. This pair is located on 3rd Avenue, between 9th and 10th streets. After 5 at Kettlebell Advantage
Each month the members of Vinton Unlimited meet at one of the members businesses for a time of snacks and to visit during their "After Five" events. This month Kettlebell Advantage opened its doors and welcomed the members and VU Director Nathan Hesson.
Owner Mark Erickson said January is a great month for business, with people looking for indoor activities as well as ways to keep their New Year's resolutions. YouTube and how to find us there
In our efforts to try to catch the tail of technology, we have ventured out and bought a video camera, ok it's a HDMI DV, whatever that means. The last video camera was just that.
It had these tiny little tapes, those of us over 30 knows what those were, that was between the size of a cassette and a full sized video.
Our new camera operates on a camera card, is less than half the size of the former camera and has much better quality.
V-S Junior Cheerleaders perform
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The Vinton Parks and Recreation Department and the Vinton-Shellsburg High School cheerleading program combined for the annual Junior Cheerleading program. Dozens of girls from grades 1-5 practiced with the high school cheerleaders and then performed some cheer and dance routines before the varsity basketball game Tuesday night in Vinton.