Our VFW Auxiliary hosts our Elementary essay contest each year at Tilford and Shellsburg Elementary Schools.  Last week we went to Shellsburg to present the students with their essay awards.

2022 V-S PROM DANCE ITINERARY When: Saturday, April 30, 2022 Time: 8:00pm - 11:30pm (doors open 7:45pm) Where: Vinton Skate & Activity Center Who: V -S Seniors & Juniors & Invited Guests Tickets: ● $15 - VS SENIORS ● $20 - VS JUNIORS ● $20 - GUESTS of a VS Senior or Junior (including VS Sophomores or Freshmen) Prom Public Viewing ● Saturday, April 30th 4:00pm-6:00pm Valet Parking at Skate Center ● Post Prom has this set up ● Students need to follow the signs for pulling into the Skate Center ● Pull up to the doors UNDER the Awning and put car in PARK ● Driver and guest(s) get out at the door and enter Prom venue ● Valet attendants will park car and bring keys to the Skate Center Entertainment/DJ: 7:45pm-11:30pm ● Center Stage Productions - Cedar Rapids IA ○ Max Johnson - DJ ○ Will be able to submit song request list 2 weeks before Prom date (watch Campus email) ○ Interactive app & URL for requesting songs (there will be a list of songs not allowed by VS Administration) Senior & Junior Group Pictures: **NOTE: If you want to be included in these group pictures arrive to the picture area 5 minutes ahead of time.

Eastern Iowa Honor Flight announces flight to Washington DC. Flight #42 to include 89 veterans.On Tuesday, April 19, 2022, the Eastern Iowa Honor Flight will launch Flight #42.

The Easter Bunny has a lot of stops to make over the Easter season. The first appearance was at the Shellsburg City Park on Saturday. A little more than 100 children were on hand to collect the thousands of Easter eggs that were there for the taking.

             Three individuals who were caught conspiring to distribute heroin during a wiretap investigation pled guilty recently in federal court in Cedar Rapids.

The Easter Bunny looked all around Vinton to find some of the best people in town to help prepare for the annual Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt. When asked, the Easter Bunny said that the search was narrowed down to those with the most experience at filling Easter eggs.

This last month the Florence Go-Getters 4-H club put together boxes of supplies to send overseas to help Ukraine. We had 2 leaders and 16 members were present to help box and tape the boxes to send.

An lowa based mission organization called, "Go Serve Global" based out of Eagle Grove, Iowa has been brought to the attention of the Mission team of Blessed Hope Community Church.

A former La Porte City resident, Lucas Noble Dingman, 36, has been found guilty of second-degree murder. The jurors in San Bernadino County Court convicted him in the killing of his 11-month-old infant son while he lived in Apple Valley, California.