Events And Activities
Official Trick or Treating hours
Monday from 5-7pm there will be ghosts and goblins roaming the streets of Vinton.
Be sure to make a safety stop at Windsor Manor first to help make all of the little spooks visible to vehicles.
Please turn on an outside light if you would like to welcome a knock on your door!
VPRD: Calling all resident Monsters and Ghouls!
Some of the Vinton Parks & Recreation Department’s facilities will be undergoing some haunting changes in the next week in celebration of Halloween and needs your help!
Friday night on October 28th, the Hesson Shelter at Riverside Park will become the Haunted Shelter for one night only from 6:30 to 9 PM. Participants will have a chance to experience a labyrinth of terror as they navigate their way through a maze where ghastly scenes await around every corner. Trick or Treating Safety Stop
Last Year, we provided area children with “safety glow” items so they would be more visible when out trick-or treating.
We will be doing this again on Halloween beginning at 4pm and going until 6pm.
Windsor Manor provides the “safety glow” items and residents provide trick-or treating options for children (inside, where the weather is
always cooperative)
Join in the fun by stopping in.
Breast Cancer Survivors Group to meet Nov. 1 in Vinton
Breast Cancer Survivors Group is meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 1 at Windsor Manor in the dining room. Alexa Schirm will be speaking on nutrition and its relationship to cancer. Free will donation for dinner. Please call for reservations: Angie Tharp 472-2994, Lisa Staab 472-5255 or Janet Woodhouse 472-4862.
Wrestling Labor Auction October 27th
2nd Annual Vinton-Shellsburg Wrestling Labor Auction Thursday, October 27 at 6:30 in the VS high school gym.
Auctioneer: Duane Johnson
Hope to see you all there!
We raised about $10,000 last year which went towards 16 wrestlers going to camp over the summer, new bags and jackets for the wrestlers and a new hoist for the high school gym.
Lutheran Home Auxillary Annual Fall Luncheon Nov. 4th
The Lutheran Home Auxillary is hosting their annual fall luncheon at the U.S. Bank building on November 4, 2011 from 11:00 to 1:00. It features chicken casserole, salads, pies and beverage for $6.00. There will also be a bake sale starting at 9:00 until 1:00. The proceeds will go toward purchasing TV's for the residents rooms.
Cornerstone Baptist Church Annnual hay ride
Cornerstone Baptist Church will be having their annual fall hay ride on October 22nd, 2011. There will be a hay ride, bonfire, supper starting at 5:30. Cornerstone Baptist Church's address is 510 4th Avenue, Vinton, IA.
If a ride is needed call 319-327-1765.
Spend Smart, Eat Smart: A workshop on strategies to save money on food expenses
WHEN: Monday Nov. 7, 2011, at 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Vinton, Wesley United Methodist Church, downstairs in the dining room
WHO: Anyone who wants to learn about saving money on your food budget.
WHY: You’ll have fun and leave, loaded down with lots of ideas and resources for saving money on your food expenses while incorporating new ideas into menu planning and food shopping.
Blessed Hope to hold Annual Bazaar
Blessed Hope Church, Vinton, will hold their annual Bazaar and Bake Sale featuring rolls and coffee from 8-10 a.m., a chili soup bar from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
There will also be various homemade crafts and projects to buy.
Plan to start your Christmas shopping here!
Saturday November 5, 2011, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at the church, located at 1507 M Ave.
EQIP Signup Continues for Benton County Ag Producers
Signup continues for Benton County agricultural producers to receive financial and technical assistance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), a voluntary program for farmers who face threats to soil, water, air, and related natural resources on their land.
EQIP applications are accepted by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), located at the Vinton USDA Service Center, 1705 West D St Vinton, IA.