Obituaries

Beginning at 5:30 p.m., Salem will be holding its carnival at the Salem Elementary.

From 6 to 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, in the Fellowship Hall.

Festeburg, a group of nine male student musicians from Wartburg College in Waverly, will be in concert in Mt. Pleasant on Saturday, Jan. 18, beginning during the worship service at 5:30 p.m at First United Methodist Church and will also perform on Sunday, Jan. 19, at 9:45 a.m at the First Presbyterian Church.

Salem Elementary School will host an observance of its 50th anniversary on Sunday, Nov. 17, at the school, beginning at 1:30 p.m.The school is also searching for pictures of students, staff, events or activities during the last 50 years at the school.Anyone wishing to share an item with the school for the event, make a donation or having questions should contact Beth Sandersfeld at the school, 319-258-7799.

Sunrise Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will host the first event in an educational series on ?Creating Joy/Enhancing Moments?in the activity room at 10 a.m.Guest speaker Jolene Brackey will be speaking on how to create moments of joy in families struggling with Alzheimer?s Disease.According to a release from Sunrise Terrace, Brackey?s passion is ?to change society?s attitudes toward aging by inspiring...

Boy Scouts Troop 28 meet at the Wright Family Pavilion, McMillan Park, Mt. Pleasant.

Family Reading Program is a free program at the Mt. Pleasant Public Library for parents and primary-school-age children. The goal is to help parents/guardians read aloud effectively to children.

If you stand for nothing, what will you fall for?Yes, that is a line from Tony Award winning Broadway musical ?Hamilton.? But it was also the first I thought of when I saw the new Nike ad featuring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.The ad, for those who haven't seen, is a black and white image of Kaepernick with the words ?Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.? The ad is part of a ...

When I was a kid my father ran a gas station in Monroe. I loved ?helping? my father with his business. I swept the floor and washed windshields ? albeit I had to stand on a five-gallon bucket in order to reach the windshields. Mostly, I drank pop and ate Cherry Mesh candy bars.Farmers would come into the gas station, sit down in the chairs and empty grain out of the cuffs of their bib overalls, which I would ...

To the editor:As a native of Mt. Pleasant, I don't know who I'm more disappointed with: the City Council or the Old Threshers Board, for their decision to allow beer sales at the reunion. Threshers was one of the last bastions that did not allow alcohol at their family-friendly functions. Why must we have alcohol at gatherings in order to have a good time? I hope those involved will reconsider their decision for ...