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On most Sunday afternoons, you expect everyone to be enjoying the weekend relaxing. Most people are. Unless you're Scott Hansen whose job it is to worry about things like flood levels. Sunday found him walking along the bridge and 2nd Street after checking the flood gauge on the bridge. Most of us know already that it's starting to flood.

The Florida Highway Patrol reports that on Friday, a Norway couple, Bruce and Virginia (Parr) Petrzelkas, was killed following a crash on a Florida Interstate.According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 59-year-old Bruce Petrzelka was riding a motorcycle with his wife, 56-year-old Virginia Petrzelka.The Norway couple was heading north on Interstate 75 in Sarasota County when the driver lost control of the motorcycle, law enforcement said.

The band department is in the process of purchasing new marching band uniforms for the start of the 2020 marching band season.The current uniforms were purchased in 2005 with an understanding that they would last 10 to 15 years.The new uniform design was created specifically for Vinton-Shellsburg using the following parameters: A 'V' and an 'S' should be incorporated in the design; the old gold/yellow of our school colors should appear in the design, and the design should be a healthy blend of traditional and contemporary.

Pictured above riding the Hawaiian Roller Coaster RideIf you enjoy Disney movies, you would have loved the concert tonight. From the packed seats in the house and the folks standing in back, the concert was well worth the effort.Of the 770 pictures in the photo album, my apologies to the gals who sang, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" I was fighting with my camera and missed you!The concert, as usual was fun to listen to, fun to watch and well, did I mention it was fun? As I mentioned above, the songs like supercalifragilisticexpialidocio...