Events And Activities

On Sunday May 16th, the Mt. Auburn Legion Auxilary will hold a brunch from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Mt. Auburn Legion Hall.  Everyone is welcome to attend! Adults eat for $7 each, chidlren 10 and under are $5, and preschool children eat free. Come and support the Auxilary.

The Benton County Master Gardeners, will be holding their annual plant sale in a little more than a week.  The sale will be held at the Benton County Fairgrounds in the Open Show building.  The gardeners use the money from this event will go into their fund to help with other projects around the area. There will be in the neighborhood of 15-20 Master Gardeners at the sale.

To find more information about this event click this link SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE Blessed Hope Church is located at  1509 M Ave. in Vinton, behind Theisen's.

 MLMP Workshop Wednesday, May 26 6:30  9 pm Izaak Walton League, Vinton, Iowa The World Wildlife Fund has included the monarch butterfly on its list of the Ten to Watch in 2010  largely due to the multiple threats to the migration phenomenon. Habitat destruction in the overwintering forests of Mexico has been compounded with the huge loss of milkweed in the North American agricultural belt due largely to Round-up Ready farming, which kills milkweed along with other weeds in farm fields.

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JEL offers unique experience for youth Youth-led tobacco prevention movement creates future leaders   Parents of teenagers in Benton County will be interested in an opportunity being offered by the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH). Iowa’s youth-led tobacco prevention movement, Just Eliminate Lies (JEL) has opened registration for its 10th annual summit.

  BEST OF IOWA Community Credit Union... SPONSORS VINTON CITYWIDE GARAGE SALES May 6-8   512 E 3RD ST : THURS, FRI, &SAT 9 AM-5 PM   MISC HOUSEHOLD GOOD ITEMS   1002 3RD AVE : SATURDAY ONLY CANCELLED IF RAIN 8 AM-NOON MULTI-FAMILY DOWNSIZING SALE! Tons of household and kitchen items, books, quality clothes, decorator items and more!!!   STORAGE UNIT #27 (Behind ASAC 1003 W 4th St) : Friday and Saturday  8 AM– 4 PM   Yard stuff, Christmas décor, New Sway ladder, Lawn furniture, Hall tree, and some clothes   1403 CIRCLE DRIVE : Fri 7AM-noon and 4PM-7PM Saturday 7AM-Noon Multi Family Sales: clothing all sizes, toys, fish tank, bunk beds, Kirby, electronics, youth golf clubs, space heaters, gaming chair, kids bikes, housewares, scrapbooking, stamping, cricut, handmade baby blankets, and much mics   1506 CEDAR RIDGE RD : Thurs, Fri, and Sat 8AM-5PM Fishing tools, men’s things, misc items   1010 GOLF VIEW DRIVE (CEDAR VIEW) : Fri and Sat 8AM-5PM Fishing tackle, Decoys, Blinds, sporting goods and misc household items   1010 E 5TH ST : Fri 8AM-2PM, Sat 8 AM-Noon 2 Family Sales, Bird Houses, barn board benches, bedding, kitchen utensils, wall décor, furniture, tools, area rugs, radial arm saw   104 5TH ST : SATUDAY ONLY 8AM-2 (1/2 block East of Fareway) Misc tables, Chairs, patio furniture, tanning bed, suitcases, pac-n-play, tv stand, gas weedeater,dressers, boys GAP clothes 8-10, sz 4 wrestling shoes, lrg area rugs, xmas décor, misc dishes and much much more   912 5TH AVE : Thurs 5PM-7,PM Fri 8AM-5PM, Sat 8AM-10AM  Huge multi-family sale.

  The public is invited to attend a reception honoring Vinton-Shellsburg retirees and VSEA award winners Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:00-5:30 Vinton Skate Center   Hosted by Vinton-Shellsburg Education Association and Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District   VSEA Friend of Education:  Kathy Y

  Above the Influence Coalition Meeting Agenda 4/15/2010   Welcome– Grab lunch! Members present: Garrison Reekers, Joel Formanek, Elise Healzer, Marissa Eldred, Victoria Clair, Kristin Kearns, Kris Hudson, Greg Walston, Ryan Davis, Nancy Farmer, Jim Thompson, Bob Hintz   March Community Meeting ·         Review- Meeting wasn’t very well attended, but from those that were there we got some really great suggestions on how to build a greater following and how to reach other youth in the community.

P.E.O. Chapter MZ will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 10, at the home of Ann Jorgenson, assisted by Marilyn Mealhaus. Kae Santman will present the program. There will be exemplification of the ceremony of initiation.