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Local Resident Makes Trip and Answers,
“So how are things in Haiti?” It’s I question I get asked frequently from friends familiar with my trips there. The questions are heart felt and filled with genuine concern for my friends there. It’s also a complicated question. Valerie has asked me to write this story a number of times since the January earthquake. We just had to ask... V-S School Board member Sue Gates
Sue Gates once sat on a roof to read a book, and is married to a gardener who pleads with her not to cook vegetables. She's also one of the newest members of the Vinton-Shellsburg School Board. Here are her answers to the questions asked by Vinton Today as we commemmorate School Board Appreciation Week.
Q. Is there anything that your husband, Dave, asks you not to cook, ever again?
A.
We just had to ask.... V-S School Board member Megan Rickels
Megan Rickels has saved a statue of the Virgin Mary from a defiling, X-rayed an arm and a hand that were not attached to each other, and has been a member of a book club that has met monthly for eight years. She also finds time in her busy schedule as a mom with children ranging in grade level from Kindergarten to college freshman to serve on the Vinton-Shellsburg School Board, which (she may argue) is a mitigating factor in her propensity for attracting traffic citations.
We just had to ask.. V-S School Board member Pat Lyons
In our series of interviews with Vinton-Shellsburg School Board members n honor of School Board Appreciation Week, we now ask Pat Lyons for his insights.
Our questions and Pat's answers are here:
Q. Is there anything that your family (spouse, children or parents) asks you not to cook, ever again?
A. Goulash - but I don't listen.
We just had to ask... Vinton-Shellsburg School Board member Todd Wiley
During School Board Member Appreciation Week, we at Vinton Today (inspired by an idea from Karrie Bartling of the VS Administrative Office) decided to ask the school board members some silly questions (along with at least one serious question).
Here are the questions to and answers from School Board Member Todd Wiley:
Q. Is there anything that your spouse asks you not to cook, ever again?
A Nothing from my spouse.
Whipple Family Thank you
Rick Stephen Whipple, 59, passed away peacefully at his home on April 7, 2010. A memorial service was held April 15 in New Meadows, Idaho. Please read full article in the Vinton Today obituary column.
A memorial fund has been established and cards may be sent to:
Rick Whipple family, PO Box 9624, Boise, Idaho 83707.
Thank you to all the dear family & friends who have already corresponded with us.
Hundreds come from all over Iowa and beyond to Geiger auctions near Vinton
For the past 13 years, hundreds of people from all over Iowa, and even some surrounding states, have been making the trek to Vinton for the Geiger auction.
Twice each year, in the spring and the fall, Jeff Geiger holds a consignment auction at his property just north of Highway 150 on 24th Avenue Drive.
This year’s spring auction also included auctioneers John Lehman and brothers Kenny and Andy Hoge of Coggon. We just had to ask...ourselves
We just had to ask….………….ourselves…
Vinton Today has been asking some silly questions of area people. So we thought it only fair that we answer them ourself.
Q. Your oddest cooking idiosyncrasy?
A. Orange juice. I mix it with ice cream, and also use it when I cook liver. Really. That’s one dish the kids never ask me to cook.
Cassandra 'Cassie' Larimer among 'Who's Who'
Cassandra Larimer, a senior from Vinton, has been inducted into Who's Who Among Student in American Universities and Colleges for the 2009-2010 academic year.
Larimer was elected by Mount Mercy faculty, administration and the student body for her outstanding academic record and personal integrity.
The nomination procedure succeeds in highlighting the individual and collective service efforts of students in their communities and schools.
Local farmer secures $2,500 donation for Vinton Fire Department
Mark Happel signed up for the Monsanto Grow Communities project at the farm show earlier this year.
He was the winner for Benton County, which gave him the opportunity to choose a community organization to receive a $2,500 donation from the company.
He chose the Vinton Fire Department. Matt Blythe of Monsanto attended the Vinton City Council meeting Thursday night to present the check to Fire Chief Gary McKenna.