Events And Activities

  Kirkwood Community College will hold two events of interest to job-seekers and those seeking new career options. The college’s Career Services office will hold a “Jobs 411” information session on Tuesday, Oct. 19, and a fall Career Fair on Tuesday, Nov. 9. Both sessions will be held in the Iowa Rooms, third floor of Iowa Hall on the Cedar Rapids campus.

October 12 Field Day will focus on establishing native grasses Many of the bids in the 39th Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) signup included putting native grasses or native pollinator habitat on a portion of the CRP acres. To help landowners learn more about getting good establishment of the native grasses, a field day has been set for Tuesday, October 12 at 6:00 p.

This Saturday, September 25, The Horridge House Team will be accepting donations for their First Annual Yard Sale. Items may be dropped off at The Horridge House, located at 612 First Ave. in Vinton, between 8:00-11:00 AM. Gently used clothing, housewares, decorations, small furniture items are all welcome! The Yard Sale is to benefit The Horridge House restoration fund, and will be held October 2.

Iowa State University Forestry Extension, Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Forestry Bureau and the Iowa Tree Farm Association will host an educational field day from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Tom and Agnes Kenney’s tree farm on Thursday, October 7th. This year, the field day replaces the annual day held at Yellow River Forest near Harpers Ferry.

CEDAR-MT. AUBURN FIRE DEPARTMENT BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER SATURDAY, SEPT. 25 7:00 - 11:00 A.M. MT. AUBURN LEGION HALL SERVING SCRAMBLED EGGS, HASHBROWNS, PANCAKES, LINK SAUSAGE,BISCUITS AND GRAVY, FRUIT, MILK, O.J. AND COFFEE. ADULTS $8.00 AND CHILDREN UNDER AGE 10 $4.00 Thank you!  

       SPONSORING VINTON CITYWIDE GARAGE SALES SEPTEMBER 16-18             911 EAST 2ND STREET : Saturday 7-11 Boys clothing newborn –18 mth Strollers, High chair, crib, and a lot of baby items   505 EAST 2ND STREET : Saturday 8-?? Video games, clothes, movies, glass stand, shelves, shoes, jewelry, lots of misc   904 E 4th STREET : Fri 8-5 and Sat 8-noon   Little Tykes desk, 2 slides, and car, 2 car seats, crib, antique cultivator, and fresh picked apples   504 WEST 4TH STREET : Thursday, Friday and Saturday  8-5 Electronics, tools, fishing items, antiques, glassware, and much much more   1015 1st AVE : Friday 9-4 and Sat 8:30-1 Tools, routers, sanders, drills, star war toys, antiques, DVD’s collectables, walnut lumber, records, and much misc.

The 'Be The Wall' campaign, sponsored by the Benton County Above the Influence Coalition, consists of pledges from community members promising to stand up against underage drinking and drug use in Benton County. The pledges, signatures on 'brick' postcards, will be collected through October and will ultimately be displayed at the county courthouse from October 28th-November 5th in recognition of National Red Ribbon Week.

A farm safety day camp for any Benton County student in 4th, 5th and 6th grade is being planned for Saturday, September 25, 2010. The event will run from 8:30 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. at the Benton County Fairgrounds in Vinton. The Benton County Extension Service in conjunction with Progressive Agriculture, Benton County Farm Bureau, Vinton-Shellsburg FFA, Benton Community FFA, Vinton Family Practice, Virginia Gay Hospital and county beef, pork and dairy commodity groups are sponsoring the event.

University of Iowa Community Credit Union is raising money for Benton County United Way.   We will be selling Root Beer Floats on Thursday, September 23rd for $2 all day in the office and also during the Homecoming parade.   Also, Hawk Fans, be sure to stop and check out our raffle anytime between now and the end of th

The 24th Annual Tri-State Ag Lender’s Seminar will be held on Wednesday, November 9th at the Midway Best Western Hotel in Dubuque, Iowa (3100 Dodge Street) between Kmart and Cedar Cross Road. This seminar is sponsored by the Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin Extension Offices and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville School of Agriculture.