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Found dog in Dysart area. Please call the shelter at 319-472-4623 or email dfriendsoftheshelter@yahoo.com.

The Vinton-Shellsburg High School Drama Department had a successful run presenting Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS at the VSHS Auditorium this past weekend.   Cast Liz Moen Emma Horst Tess Noeller Brinkley Gerber Maddy Springer Alex Springer Emma Clingman Matt Walston Miranda Swallom Will Hancock Willow Huber Beth Sauer Claire Andreesen Megan Ternus Josh Ridley Alexis Peterson Stephanie Berry Bailey Lyons Katie Paustian Emma Lippmann Alyssa Cantrell Dawne Schminke Katie Hancock Lexi Hicock Beetles Kailey Bahmann Baylee Bruce Olivia Coder Charley Cooling Erin Cox Bristian Gerber Hannah Haisman Allissa Hendryx Collin Henry Grace Horst Lily Horst Olivia Ketchen Aleigha Maddox Rachel Nugent Lauren Price Kacie Strang Morgan White Madison Winter Mice Carly Bendull Grace Gilbaugh Ella Haefner Samantha Lundvall Raeganne Neilson Karsyn Nichol Lillie Springer Aspen Ahrenholz Brylee Bruce Ariana Maddox Elsa Page Rachel Rollinger Max Vasquez Sophia Vasquez Angela Ahrenstein Peytin Clemensen Kay Fett Emerson Fleming Makenna Kingsbury Elisabeth Kuhn Tessa Timmerman Pit Band Conductor: Judy Trygstad April Ahrenholz, Clare Horst, Barb Glime, Jan Roth, John Fuoto, Caleb Bendull, Nick Gardner, Lucas Murray Special Thanks to: Marcy Horst, Director; Gerald Horst, Music Director; Erin Horst, Choreographer, Videographer; Rehearsal Pianist, April Ahrenholz; Old Gumby Cat Choreography, Joan Cooling-Noeller; Lights--Eric Upmeyer, Greg Blind, Matt Upmeyer; Stage Hands--Mitchell Ternus, Devin Tollefson; Sound, Gerald Horst; Costume Creation, Jeanne Springer; Cat Make-up Artists--Shawn Gerber, Brinkley Gerber, Miranda Swallom, Willow Huber, Emma Horst, Maddy Springer; Graffiti Artist, Madonna Merchant.

Students at Tilford and Shellsburg elementary schools raised more than $1500 in donations during a special book fair collection drive held October 3rd-October 7th. The money was collected for the school through the One for Books® program created by Scholastic Book Fairs. The donations, mostly in the form of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollars from students and families, were used to purchase books for the classroom libraries.

     The annual Vinton Parks and Rec Department Craft and Bake Sale took place Saturday at the Skate Center. Several vendors sold baked items and a variety of crafts, including many they had made with their own hands.             Celia Hartz, the mother of Tilford music teacher Connie Zenk, was there with the wreaths she has made.

     The familiar echoes of fireworks from the Bar-Y farm echoed across Vinton Saturday evening as the Iowa Pyrotechnic Association members held their last meeting of the year at Chuck Yedlik's place.      The group discussed this year's Boomtown, and tentatively set the last weekend in August of 2012 for next year's Boomtown.

      Sloping hills, rolling pastures and steep ravines form the landscape of the river valleys in Benton County, where many of the farmsteads built by the first settlers still stand.     The remaining buildings, as old as the tombstones in the pioneer cemeteries that dot the landscape, still serve as homes, barns and workshops for the people who live and work the land their ancestors first saw more than a century ago.

Dear Vinton-Shellsburg Community School Patrons:  The Vinton-Shellsburg School Band Programs are asking for community help. The enrollment of students in the Vinton-Shellsburg Bands has increased significantly throughout the years, and we are currently experiencing a shortage of school owned instruments in the band program. This poses a particular problem at the 5th Grade Band or beginner level.

The Benton County Sheriff’s Office participated in the Operation Night Owl October 28 and October 29, 2011 This project is part of a grant from the Governors Traffic Safety Bureau. Sheriff Randy Forsyth received a 2011-2012 grant that provides $4,900.00 for radars and Alco-Sensors; $500.00 for training and educational materials; and $16,400.

  Congressman Leonard Boswell (IA-3) will be in Vinton on Tuesday, November 8 to visit with county officials and tour the law enforcement center at apprximately 9:30 a.m.    

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