Blood drives BLOOD DRIVES: 4-8 p.m. Sept. 1 at Warrenton Wesleyan Church, 806 S. Highway 47; 3-7 p.m. Sept. 2 at Becky-David Elementary School, 1155 Jungs Station Road in St. Charles; noon-4 p.m. Sept. 5 at Wehrenberg Town Square, 7805 Highway N in Dardenne Prairie. Sponsored by the American Red Cross. Bring photo ID. To make an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED-CROSS.

University of Minnesota New Alumni Association. Football Returns to Campus: How TCF Bank Stadium is Engaging Our Community. 11:30 a.m., McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak St. S.W., Minneapolis. $35-$28. carlsonschoool.umn.educ/firsttuesday

Blood drives BLOOD DRIVE: 2-7 p.m. Aug. 30 at Truesdale Knights of Columbus Hall, 700 South St. Sponsored by the American Red Cross. Bring photo ID. To make an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code "TruesdaleKofC" or call 636-359-0003.

Melba Jewel Watkins Harris passed away Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, at Grandview Healthcare Center in Washington. Mrs. Harris was born Feb. 10, 1926, on a farm near Jonesburg the daughter of John Sutor and wife Leora, nee. Graue.

Dr. Allyson and Dr. Ryan Kathalynas, a husband and wife team of Chiropractors, did not hesitate for a moment when they decided where to set up their team practice. They are aware of the general economic slump in southern Illinois but he, from West Frankfort and she, from Benton, expressed faith in the area where they grew up and unhesitatingly settled in to set up their practice in the Franklin ...