Obituaries

Lila Williams will host her sixth annual free day lily tour from 1-4 p.m. Sunday at 2257 Marigold Blvd.Williams has hundreds of pastel day lilies, including Stout Award winners. She has Vanilla Fluff, which is a rare scented day lily; Big Bird, a giant yellow day lily; and K2, a neon orange double day lily.Williams said day lilies epitomize the effortless abundance of nature.To find the garden, take Highway 1 ...

KEOSAUQUA ? Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center will conduct a community blood drive from 3-7 pm. July 31 at the Keosauqua Senior Center.Walk-in donors are welcome, but those who would like an appointment can call the blood center at 800-452-1097 or visit the website www.bloodcenter.org.Donors who last gave blood on or before June 5 are eligible to donate again; donors can give blood every eight weeks.Pote...

VFW AUXILIARYThe Ladies Auxiliary to Dimmitt-Vorhies Post 2271 met July 8 at the post home, with nine members present.The charter was draped for Arlene Peiffer. A memorial donation will be sent to cancer aid and research in her name.The audit was read and approved.The historian?s book was presented to President Joyce Countryman.Donations will be sent to Voice of Democracy, Patriot?s Pen, Patriotic Art, ...

Fairfield Community School District is serving a free lunch to all children ages 2-18 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Monday-Friday through Aug. 9 at Pence Elementary School.The menu for the coming week is:Monday ? BBQ Ribb on bun, oven fries, green beans, applesauce, milk.Tuesday ? steak nuggets, bread and butter sandwich, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, peaches, milk.Wednesday ? smoked turkey and cheese on ...

Fairfield Art Association?s art camp participants, from left, Jonathan Kessel, Samara McLain, Julia Fritz, Myah Twohill and Sophia Fritz, show their ?Engineering Paper? projects. Artist Alicia Carradus lead the class in designing pop-up cards, using V folds, spirals, stacks, layers and cuts to create three-dimensional scenes including cities and animals. Each day of the week a different technique was presented to ...

RUBIO ? A Rubio Music Jam will be held Saturday night at the Rubio Community Building in Rubio.Serving of hamburgers, brats and pies starts at 5 p.m. Music starts at 6 p.m. A freewill offering will be collected.Musicians are invited to come and participate in an evening of food and entertainment.

AUGUSTANA COLLEGEROCK ISLAND, Ill. ? Augustana College announced 883 students were named to the dean?s list for the 2013 spring term. Students who have earned the academic honor have maintained a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term.Students who have earned this honor include:Katherine Dinkel from Fairfield, a senior majoring in biology and music general....

P.E.O. CHAPTER MBP.E.O. Chapter MB will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the home of Terri Kness.A different meeting location was provided to and printed Monday in The Ledger, but Chapter MB President Jessica Malloy said today the meeting will be at the home of Terri Kness.The chapter?s summer meetings start earlier in the summer than the rest of the year.???

STOCKPORTAn Old-Tyme music jam is planned from 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday at the Heritage Estates Community Room.Everyone is invited to bring their instruments and play acoustical music or come and enjoy the fellowship and music. A free-will offering will be collected.For information, call Wayne Keller at 319-796-2130.???New Christian fiction books donated to the Stockport Library by Judy Dorothy are: ?Sweet ...

Foursquare plans fundraiser for campers Sunday The Fairfield Foursquare Church will have a camp fundraiser beginning at 11:30 a.m. Sunday.The youth who will be going to Kids Camp and Middle School Camp this summer will be serving a meal to earn money for the cost of camp.The menu will include walking tacos, loose-meat hamburger sandwiches and nachos. The cost is a free-will donation.A pie and baked goods ...