CEYLON — Ceylon Legion and Sons of the Legion will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday in the meeting hall at

Legends II. This is an important

meeting concerning groups that would benefit from their charitable

giving. All members are urged to attend.

Ceylon City Council is scheduled to meet 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Ceylon City Hall. All members

are urged to attend. There is always a time for public comments and questions at the beginning

of each

meeting without reservations. Those who would like to be on the

regular agenda should contact the city clerk at (507) 632-4653

prior to the meeting.

There will be a huge auction next weekend, July 17, in Ceylon. It will begin at 8:30 a.m. and

run until dark with 2-3 rings. The auctioneers

are Mark and Larry Howell and Gary Helmers.

There is a need for blood in the country and there are Red Cross

blood drives located in Fairmont, Mountain Lake, and Jackson. There will be a drive from 2-6

p.m. Monday at St. John Vianney Catholic

Church in Fairmont. There will also be a drive from 1:30-6:30 p.m. Monday at the community

center in Mountain Lake. Lastly, there will be a blood drive from 1-6 p.m. July 15, and 8 a.m.

to 1 p.m. July 16

at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Jackson. Summer is usually

slower for blood donations and other circumstances have lowered

the donations too. Give blood if you can and save up to three lives

from each donation. For further information or to make an

appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767, go online at www.redcrossblood.org or text

Blood App to 90999.

Next weekend, July 17, will be the Welcome Summer Festival with a chicken feed on Friday and a

pork chop feed on Saturday. There will also be a street dance featuring the band, IV Play, on

Saturday.

There are numerous rummage/garage sales planned as well. It is nice to see some events return.