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VS athletic field turf project depends on success of fund-raising efforts
For what may have been the last time ever, Vinton-Shellsburg football players paused on the sidelines, and used a rubber mat with pegs to remove mud from their cleats.
This took place during the final freshman game of the season on Tuesday, just under 24 hours after the Vinton-Shellsburg School Board discussed a plan that could result in a new artificial turf being ready for the 2014 season. VS FFA member Stephen Stinson earns American Degree
Every once in a while in an FFA chapter’s history, there is a member who decides he or she wants to earn the highest degree awarded to an FFA member, the American Degree.
On November 2, 2013 in Louisville, Kentucky at the National FFA Convention, Stephen Stinson will be receiving his American Degree. Stephen is the twenty-first person from the Vinton-Shellsburg FFA chapter to receive this degree, since our chapter was started back in 1930.
Yeah, I am still in charge....
So, it's snowing.
Get over it, already.
Just because the calendar says it's only Oct. 22, doesn't mean I owe you "54 degrees and mostly sunny."
If I want snow two months before the official start of winter, there will be snow. Stop whining, already.
Like it matters to me if you don't like what I do. Celebration Park Progress: Gazebo lights
By day, passers-by can see the progress of Celebration Park's landscaping and sidewalks. Now, by night, they can see how lights add to the beauty of the gazebo.
Work continues on the park's pavilion and other features.
Yedlik urges NHS inductees to be 'addicted to learning'
"Be addicted to learning."
That was the advice from Edwon Yedlik, who is known to most Vinton-Shellsburg High School (and middle school) students as a substitute teacher.
Yedlik who holds degrees in a variety of fields including metaphysics, told the inductees of the National Honor Society that he is constantly taking new courses and learning new things. Band wraps up season at Waukee
The Vinton-Shellsburg Marching Band and first-year director Nick Waymire wrapped up their 2013 marching seaons with a performance at the Waukee Invitational.
The theme was "Pop Goes the Evil." The drum majors and flag corps members added masks that accompany the theme while parents helped with the set which include matching backdrops. Special Olympics Bowling: Zach Kramer, Josh White advance to State event
Zach Kramer finished first in his division during the Iowa Special Olympics bowling qualifying event earlier this month. He and Vinton-Shellsburg Union teammate Josh White both did well enough to advance to the State Special Olympics Bowling event in Cedar Rapids on Nov. 23.
Kiwanis help VS FFA honor area veterans at pancake breakfast
Vinton-Shellsburg FFA member Riley Ries, whose summer included visiting Normandy Beach and other historical World War II sites, suggested to his FFA peers and advisor Louise Fleming that the chapter should honor local veterans by holding a pancake breakfast and donating the proceeds to the local veterans organizations.
The chapter agreed, but ran into an obstacle: Since they are under age 18, insurance guidelines prohibited them from handling the grills and other large cooking devices needed. Suspect arrested for thefts from unlocked Vinton cars, buildings
Since last Thursday night, Oct. 10, the suspect believed responsible for latest string of thefts from unlocked cars and buildings has been in jail, and the reports of property thefts have ceased.
The arrest came shortly after the Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants on Thursday Night Football, says Bears fan Josh Boddicker. Boddicker was inside his grandmother’s house on 12th Street near Tilford Elementary, when from inside his grandmother’s house, he saw through a window facing the garage that the security light had been activated.
Girl Scouts to go 'trick or treating' for Food Pantry, Oct. 22
Girl Scout Troop 6652 will be out trick or treating in Vinton for the Food Pantry on Tuesday, October 22, 2013, from 6:15 p.m. until 7:15 p.m. The Food Pantry needs include toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, etc., in addition to canned goods. The Girl Scout motto is to teach them to be girls of Courage, Confidence and Character. We appreciate your support as we encourage our Girl Scouts to make a difference in our community.