Entertainment : Area residents line up to meet 'Moonshiners' Tim Smith

After visiting Fareway, Tim Smith of the TV show 'Moonshiners' visited the Vinton FD.

A TV celebrity visited Vinton over the weekend, and many of his fans lined up to shake his hand or get his autograph – on their bottles of moonshine.

Tim Smith of the Discovery Channel’s “Moonshiners” has been touring, promoting his new product, Climax Moonshine.

For a few hours on Saturday, fans lined up at the Vinton Fareway to meet Smith, take photos, and to have him autograph bottles of his famous product.

He also made a visit to the Vinton fire station.

“He is a fire chief, so we invited him,” says VFD member Dennis Bramow. Smith posed for more photos with the VFD personnel and equipment.

He then continued his tour in Cedar Rapids, where he stopped at a Hy-Vee on Saturday afternoon.