News : Dollars for Scholars greenery adorns downtown for Christmas

A large group of VSHS students and volunteers decorated downtown with greenery and red bows.

'Dollars' roping: Tim Haerther & other VSHS students decorated downtown for Christmas on Saturday.

Dan Engledown and NHS member Haley Bird place greenery at The Cutting Edge on Saturday.

Jared Gosse attaches greenery to the awning at Nick's TV and Appliance.

The Vinton-Shellsburg students, including National Honor Society and FFA members, with the help of some teachers and adult volunteers, placed greenery throughout downtown Vinton on Saturday, as many retailers participated in the annual Dollars for Scholars fund-raiser. It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas, just in time for Thursday's patriotic Christmas parade and the arrival of Santa Claus.