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Linda Betsinger McCann, author of the ?Lost Town? book series, will be speaking at 10 a.m. Wednesday at SunnyBrook Assisted Living.McCann?s presentation will center on Prohibition, the 13-year span of time when the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic liquors was outlawed.McCann wrote about eastern Iowa residents, from the farmers who grew corn used in making illegal liquor, to the bootleggers who ...

BATAVIA ? Santa will be arriving by fire truck Saturday to visit with local Batavia children ages 12 and younger at the Batavia Fire Station.A short movie and refreshments will start at 9 a.m., followed by a visit with Santa.Again this year, goodie plates will be filled and delivered to the shut-ins and elderly in Batavia. Anyone wishing to donate cookies to help fill the plates can call Karen Smith at 647-799-0...

MONDAYBirmingham Pitch Club, Birmingham Lions Building, 5 p.m.Blood Drive, Mother Cabrini Parish Center, Richland, 2-6:30 p.m. Appointments: 319-456-2722 or www.bloodcenterimpact.org with code 5072.Enchanted Forest Walk, self-guided stroll through holiday lights and displays, Waubonsie Park, Cantril, 5-8 p.m. Golf cart available by request. Information: 319-397-2251. Continues through Dec. 31.Alcoholics ...

American Legion Auxiliary No. 47 in Fairfield is in the process of raising the $7,000 needed to bring The Wall That Heals to Fairfield.The Wall is a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and contains 58 names of servicemen and women from within a 50-mile radius of Fairfield, including Keota, Washington, Mt. Pleasant, Ottumwa, Richland and Fairfield. The 248-foot wall is driven around the ...

Faith UMW making blanketsLIBERTYVILLE ? The United Methodist Women of Faith United Methodist Church and other interested people will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday to make fleece blankets to give to newborn babies through SIEDA. Live Animal Christmas Play showings Dec. 9-11WASHINGTON, Iowa ? Marion Avenue Baptist Church will present its free Live Animal Christmas Play Dec. 9-11.The Dec. 9 showing is a private ...

BIRMINGHAMThe pitch club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Dec.? 5 at the Birmingham Lions Club Building.Linda Stine will be hostess. Each member is to bring a covered dish and a $5 gift exchange.? Donna J. Corry, The Fairfield Ledger correspondent

Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its congregate meals menu for the coming week.Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Fairfield senior center and at noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Lockridge senior center.Monday ? chili with beans, confetti coleslaw, Five Cup Salad with yogurt, wheat dinner roll or bread, with margarine, skim milk.Tuesday ? braised liver and onions, ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its lunch menu for the coming week.Elementary schools:Monday ? breakfast: chocolate chip breakfast bar, milk, juice, fruit. Lunch: french bread pizza, savory carrots, romaine side salad with dressing, applesauce, milk.Tuesday ? breakfast: egg and sausage breakfast boat, milk, juice, fruit. Lunch: beef and cheese nachos, refried beans, salsa, peaches, milk.Wednesda...

The following area houses of worship have submitted calendars for Sunday through Dec. 3.Any congregation wanting to have its calendar for the week of Dec. 4-10 published in The Ledger Dec. 2 should provide information to the newsroom by 9 a.m. Thursday.Listings are not perpetually printed. A weekly or monthly calendar must be submitted for the listing to appear in The Fairfield Ledger; specify if the submitted ...

Gamma Circle meetingThe Gamma Circle of First Presbyterian Church will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday.Anne Roth and Marshan Roth will be the co-hostesses.Sandy Gillaspie will have the devotions and program.

FHS CLASS OF 1977The Fairfield High School Class of 1977 will meet at 7 p.m. Dec. 2 for a 40th-year class reunion planning meeting.The meeting will be at Kevin and Laura Curran?s home, 1201 S. Fifth St., in Fairfield.All classmates are encouraged to attend. Ideas and help are being sought to make the reunion special.???

Fairfield Area Community Theatre will hold auditions for its winter dinner show Sunday and Monday.Audtions will be 3 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday in the Fairfield High School Auditorium.The winter dinner show will be ?Drinking Habits,? a farce by Tom Smith.There are parts for five women and three men.Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this traditional, laugh-out-loud farce. Two nuns ...