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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.
Article Thumbnail. AmeriCorps Team in 2009 that helped out VPRD with the Haunted Hayrack Ride

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.