The Fashion Show kicked off its 42nd annual show April 20 in Stephens Auditorium. This year’s theme of Midnight Bloom inspired the works of over 75 student designers. Three directors from The Fashion Show’s committees looked into their experience on the night of the show and everything behind the scenes that went into bringing the.
By Editor | December 30, 2020 |
Edward Linn Shields was born in Leon, Decatur County, IA on June 17, 1949, the youngest child of Kenneth Leo and Juanita Natalie Whisler Shields. At the age of seventeen, Ed accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior and was baptized in the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Mount Ayr, IA. On August 11, 1968 Ed married his high school sweetheart, Kathy Jean Burright, and to this union two daughters were born, Erika Leigh (1972) and Emily LeAnn (1977). Ed had a strong devotion to family. To those who really knew Ed, the core values that he lived by were to serve Jesus Christ, to be a good listener and find the good in people, to transmit knowledge particularly to the youth with whom he came in contact, to share joy and to maintain a strong work ethic. Ed never ceased to learn.