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The list of resignations for the Vinton-Shellsburg School board includes high school wrestling coach Joel Neve and girls basketball coach Deb Schirm. Both of them submitted letters of resignation recently.  Amy Sandau also resigned as high school science teacher and assistant soccer coach.  Larry Harken will change from full time industrial arts teacher to half-time industrial arts and half-time ag teacher for the next school year, but will resign at the end of the 2014-15 year.

The Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Horticulture Class is continuing its plant sale this weekend. Sale hours are from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today and from 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, at the high school. See more photos of the plants available HERE.

The members of the Vinton-Shellsburg National Honor Society have done a spring fund-raiser for a local group every year but this year the NHS members tried something different to inspire even more participation. "We decided to revamp things this year and offer a Doughnut Puppy Party in the Gazebo," said NHS President Ben Hyland. "The name kind of sells itself, and so when the advisor groups heard about it, things got competitive.

Virginia Gay Hospital and Clinics honored employees for their many years of service last night during an employee award banquet at the Vinton Country Club. Please join us in thanking each of them! 30 Years of Service: Julia Meadows. 15 Years of Service: Toni Benda, Rebecca Shaw, Debra Schemmel, and Kimberly Frank. 10 Years of Service: Becky Covington, Bonnie Deutsch, Stacy Nabholz, Wendy Frentress, Donna Martinec, Bonnie Hilton, Wayne Neve, Chelsea Erhardt, Kelly Roster, Laura Redlinger, Sarah Ostby, and Karleen Langham.

VIRGINIA GAY HOSPITAL WELCOMES NEW PROVIDER New ER/Hospitalist Jill Reese, PA-C Joins VGH The Virginia Gay Hospital and Clinics is pleased to announce Jill Reese, PA-C is now a part of the VGH healthcare team. Jill Reese is the latest addition to the provider team at VGH and is serving as an ER/Hospitalist. According to the Society of Hospital Medicine, “Hospitalists are [providers] whose primary professional focus is the general medical care of hospitalized patients.

The Benton Co. 40-8 Veterans group met at Café de Klos, Monday May 12  for their annual Significant Other dinner. The Veterans group goal is  to provide student Nurses with a interest-free loan in their second  year to help pay the cost of tuition. Repayment after graduation  enables others to obtain the loans and continue helping Nurses students  obtain their Nurses credentials.

The 2014 Vinton-Shellsburg scholarship presentation took place on Wednesday, as many of this year's graduating seniors received scholarships from a variety of local organizations, and others. Click HERE to see the list.

The Vinton-Shellsburg National Honor Society celebrated its successful school year and installed new officers during its banquet on Wednesday evening in the high school cafeteria, before the annual senior scholarship presentation event. The new officers are:  Kylie Miracle (Secretary), Derek Dinderman (Vice President), Aaron Ohlsen (Treasurer) and Aaron Henderson (President).

Garrison residents wore hard hats and shared smiles, hugs, stories and a few tears as they celebrated the beginning of the building of the city's new library Wednesday evening. The official ground-breaking comes five days before excavation crews begin digging and nearly three years after the July 11, 2011 storm that destroyed the historic brick library in Garrison's downtown area.

A last-minute stop was very lucky for an eastern Iowa man, who won a $30,000 top prize on an instant-scratch ticket. Craig Ivester of Van Horne, a driver sales representative, decided to take a break May 7 at Kwik Stop, 740 18th Ave. SW in Dyersville. While he was there he purchased a couple of “Crossword” tickets so that he and his wife, Jodi, could scratch them when he got home.