Next week will be a little different (due to circumstances which I cannot control, but will no doubt tell you about later). There will be no outbound email each day at 11:45 a.

Vinton residents will be able to dispose of the old items sitting around the house during Vinton's Fall Cleanup Days. From 7:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.

Thank you to the George G. Luckey Post of the American Legion in Vinton for providing a needed service to the community. A service that many will not need often, but when you do, the Legion members can help you out.

The best wood choppers, sawyers and crosscutters squared off in the Timber Sports competition, judged Tuesday, August 16, at the 2022 Iowa State Fair.

Men from across the state entered their prized whiskers in the Beard Growing contest held Tuesday, August 16, at the 2022 Iowa State Fair.Complete results below:Longest Beard1) Marc Van Donselaar, Pella2) Harold Stephenson, Center Point3) T Bear, AnkenyBest Groomed1) TIE Dakota Rundlett, Vinton1) TIE Jacob Moser, Danville2) TIE Scott Law, Des Moines2) TIE Tim Smith, Cambridge3) Dan Kilker, MarshalltownMost Unique1) Justin Kraber, Knoxville2) Dakota Rundlett, Vinton3) Marc Empson, AmesMost Historic1) Tim Smith, Cambridge2) Gary Pusillo, Marshalltown3) Jerry Landgril, NewtonBest Design with Costume1) Tim Smith, Cambridge2) Justin Kraber, Knoxville3) Mp Vos, Des MoinesThe contest was part of “Rural Americana Olde Tyme Competitions” in Farm Bureau Pioneer Hall.

This year the Iowa State Fair hosted 213 youth from 63 counties to participate in the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Skillathons for dairy, meat goat, sheep and swine.

This last Memorial Day, while taking down the many flags at the area cemeteries, the Legion members found 20-40 flags that were faded, frayed or torn and that needed to be disposed of.

In March, students of the Vinton-Shellsburg Agriculture I classes were challenged to select a country around the world and a problem that was creating hunger problems within that country; and create solutions to combat food insecurity.

Center Point Historical Society News — Log Cabin FestivalJenny Barnett, of the African American Museum of Iowa, gave a talk on The Underground Railroad to about 50 guests at the Center Point Historical Society’s annual Log Cabin Festival, Sunday, Aug.

Another successful weekend is in the books for Boomfest/Boomtown 2022! The Kiwanis started off with the annual Bring the Noise 5K race covering a section of Vinton.