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IOWA CITY ? A complimentary, ?Valentines for Vets,? concert will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 14 at the Riverside Casino and Golf Resort in Riverside, featuring country music artist Lorrie Morgan.This concert is sponsored by the Iowa City VA Health Care System and Help Hospitalized Veterans.Veterans can reserve their complimentary tickets by sending an email to v4viowacity@va.gov or calling 319-339-7155.

ELDON ? The junior class at Cardinal High School will have a fundraiser Friday.The students will be selling a pulled-pork sandwich, chips and pop for $5 during the junior varsity/varsity basketball games against Van Buren High School.

MOUNT PLEASANT ? The Mount Pleasant Chorale, under the direction of Iowa Wesleyan College?s Director of Choral Activities Brad Miller, will begin rehearsing for its spring concert Monday.The rehearsal will be at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Mount Pleasant.?The Chorale is open to all singers, and no audition is required, just a willing spirit and desire to make wonderful choral music,? said Miller. ...

Amaryllis angst?Rest assured that you can enjoy an amaryllis now and again for several years!A 5- to 7-inch pot with a drainage hole is a perfect ?home? for an amaryllis bulb. It needs to ?feel crowded? to blossom. Pot according to instructions, leaving the top third of the bulb exposed. A bamboo stalk or tall plant stake should be put in place at this time. Amaryllis flowers get very top heavy. Inserting a ...

Raelyn Hahn and Levi McDowell announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.Hahn is the daughter of Larry and Kelly Hahn of Fairfield. She works at Cambridge Investment Research.McDowell is the son of Kevin and Connie McDowell of Ottumwa. He works at Henry County Customs in Mount Pleasant.The couple has set May 19 as their wedding date.

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITYSEWARD, Neb. ? Ashley Willoughby of Fairfield was one of the eight Concordia University, Nebraska, students inducted into Phi Epsilon Kappa, a health and human performance honor society Dec. 11. Willoughby is a junior at the university.This was the first year Concordia inducted members into the honor society.Jen Janousek, chairwoman of the health and human performance department and already ...

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center mobile crew drew 25 units of blood Dec. 22 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building.Donors can give blood every eight weeks. Call the Southeast Iowa Blood Center at 800-452-1097 to schedule an appointment for the next blood drive.According to the blood center, one pint of blood can help save the lives of up to three patients, and one out of every five ...

BirminghamThe Birmingham Lions Club will have its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Birmingham Lions Building.The January committee is Harry Anderson and Kriss Anderson???The Red Hat Ladies will meet for an 11:30 a.m. lunch Tuesday at the Birmingham Lions Building.The hostesses are Delores Brown and Jeraldine Snodgrass.???The Birmingham Homecoming Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the ...

Walnut Ridge Workers hold Christmas partyWalnut Ridge Workers 4-H Club and Lockridge Clover Kids held a Christmas party at 1 p.m. Dec. 18 at Lockridge Senior Center.The club members made Christmas cards for the senior center participants out of construction paper and various craft supplies.Everyone brought a covered dish to share for a potluck lunch. Gifts were exchanged.The club members and parents played ...

Practical Farmers of Iowa will be hosting eight online seminars called Farminars from 7-8:30 p.m. each Tuesday beginning next week through March 13.Farminars provide an opportunity for farmers to learn from other farmers without having to travel. Any computer with an Internet connection may be used to participate.Many Farminars will feature a beginning farmer learning from a more experienced farmer. Other ...

The following rural churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through Jan. 14.Any rural church that would like to have its calendar for the week of Jan. 15-21 printed in The Ledger Jan. 12 should provide information to the newsroom by noon Jan. 11.Rural churches must update calendars weekly or monthly or the listing will not be printed. Updates can be emailed to news@ffledger.com, mailed to PO ...

The little baby born in a barn to starlight and heaven?s voices ? why did we spend so much time celebrating his birth?God sent this child to save grown men from their ill deeds.Not just any child, His own child.For you. For me. For that cantankerous neighbor or disloyal family member.Why?Because God loves . . . He gave His most precious possession.But now we turn the page for the New Year, new resolutions, ...