CEYLON – The Lake Belt Bar and Grill in Ceylon will have a special Halloween event with Good Times Karaoke beginning 8 p.m. tonight, Oct. 29.

Road construction is progressing and soon the sidewalks, curbs and gutters, and even the street lights, will be done. Monday is the last day of October and they may make it near the deadline they discussed in August and September. Hwy. 263 has been paved and the shoulders are being filled in and rumble strips and signage will be forthcoming thanks to good weather. Please drive carefully and observe the hazard lights and flag person.

Please be extra careful on Monday as some children may be out and about and not looking for traffic in their excitement about Halloween. There is a Trunk and Treat in Welcome beginning 3 p.m. on Sunday, and the Dunnell Trunk and Treat is on Monday, as is the one at Temperance Lake Ridge in Sherburn. Please have a safe and happy Halloween. Thank you to those who helped with the Halloween event in Ceylon on the 22nd.

Our Savior’s Lutheran in Ceylon will have their Saturday Reformation service at 5:30 p.m. They also invite area residents to their 9:30 a.mBible Study group on Tuesdays. St. Paul’s Lutheran in Wilbert will have their Reformation Sunday at their 9:30 a.m. Sunday service.

The LWML ladies group is collecting non-perishable food and other grocery items and money to donate to Heaven’s Table during the month of November. The Circle of Faith will meet at 9 a.m. at St. Peter Lutheran in Ceylon or at 10:30 a.m. at Waverly Lutheran north of Welcome. In November their services will change to Trinity Lutheran in Welcome having Sunday services at 9 a.m., and First Lutheran in Trimont having the 10:30 service. This is due to only having one pastor now.

St. Peter Lutheran Ladies group will meet 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, in Jeannine Rasmussen’s apartment at Homestead Assisted Living in Estherville. Plan now to attend.

Tuesday coffee hours in November will be held 8:30-10 a.m. on Nov.1, 15 and 29 at the Sherburn Legion. Area residents are welcome for coffee, cookies and fellowship. Ceylon Coffee Lovers group will meet 8:30-10 a.m. each Thursday in the back room of the Lake Belt Bar and Grill in Ceylon. They will not meet on Thanksgiving Day. Men and women of the area are welcome to join them for coffee and fellowship.

We change our clocks back one hour on Nov. 6 (or Saturday, Nov. 5 before bedtime).

There will be an American Red Cross blood drive from 12:30-5:30 p.m. on Nov. 7, at Martin Luther High School in Northrop, and from 1-6 p.m. on Nov. 7, at the Regional Worship Center in Sherburn. To make an appointment or check out dates and times available to donate blood, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or go to www.redcrossblood.org. Blood is in short supply now and is needed. If you are able, give the gift of life, blood. Each unit is capable of saving three lives. Blood can only be donated, it can not be

manufactured.

Ceylon Legion and Sons of the Legion will meet 7 p.m. on Nov. 8, to decide which legion post to merge with and what to do with the treasury for charitable giving. All members are urged to attend this important meeting.

November 8 is election day. Make sure you vote if you haven’t already sent in your vote. Polling places for Ceylon residents is the Ceylon City Hall and the townships have town halls as polling places. Candidates for Ceylon Mayor are: John Gibeau (incumbent), Armin

Kronback, and Marvin Zehm. The candidates for Ceylon City Council are: Wayne Walter (incumbent), Lon Oelke, Chris Griffin, John Halvorson, Chuck Marlin, Tiffany (Scott) Marlin, and Scott Smith. There are federal and state positions up for votes as well.