A more exciting treat than candy lit up the eyes of Vinton Elementary students as they dropped their coins into a new vending machine â books, 300 of them, all brightly colored and beckoning. This is the first school in the district to have such a machine. Vinton Elementary Student of the Year Pate Stine cut the ribbon in a special videostreamed ceremony Friday. She selected a book from the Tom Watson âTrouble at Table 5â series. Every book is different. When a book drops, itâs exciting to see whatâs behind it. If Stine could have gotten an Ann M. Martin âBaby Sitters Clubâ novel, she would have. Those are her favorite.