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Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce and Fairfield High School invite all interested businesses to a Fairfield WORKS! Kickoff Event at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the 21st Century Room at the high school.The meeting will provide an overview to the Fairfield WORKS! program, discuss different ways business partners can get involved, and gather input from the business community.Fairfield WORKS! is a program started by the ...

DES MOINES ? The 2017 Iowa State Fair has ended, but a few more competition results continue to be posted on the fair?s website.Yodelers, singers and whistlers took to the stage in Pioneer Hall for friendly competition during the fair. Five-year-old Adrian Green of Brighton placed second in Singing, Ages 5 to 12.In the 4x4 Stomper Pull contest, entrants hitched certified weights to their battery-operated, ...

Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its congregate meals menu for the coming week.Monday ? loose-meat burger, wheat hamburger bun, tater rounds, tomato slices, broccoli-cauliflower-raisin salad, banana.Tuesday ? roast pork loin, au gratin potatoes, lima beans, strawberries and peaches.Wednesday ? Swedish meatballs, spaghetti with vegetable salad, baby carrots, Ambrosia salad.Thursday ? Italian chicken ...

Maharishi Upper School students from the winning Destination Imagination and Rocketry teams were invited to the governor?s office in Des Moines this week to meet both the governor and lieutenant governor in the Capitol.The group included Drew Schoenfeld, Philip Winer, Alista Winkle, Gov. Kim Reynolds, Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg, Bridget Bianco, and Wayne Li.Maharishi School?s first day of class for the 2017-18 ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria?s army and its allies have encircled an Islamic State pocket in central Syria after a series of advances in the desert region, state media, a Hezbollah military media unit and a war monitor said on Friday.President Bashar al-Assad?s military has advanced against Islamic State along two prongs towards Deir al-Zor province this year, leaving a large jihadist salient stretching back west ...

The Fairfield Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade marching band will begin practice this week for the annual Kiwanis Kids Day Parade.Practices scheduled before the school year begins Sept. 5 are:? 3:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday at Fairfield High School. Students will meet in the band room. The door is on the west side of the building and is marked.? 5:45-7 p.m. Aug. 28 and Aug. 29 in the FMS band room. Not all ...

Gary Whittenbaugh of Oelwein will present ?The Year Around Garden? from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Jefferson County ISU Extension office.This event is free and open to the public.Attendees can learn how a year-round garden provides much to see even in late fall, winter and early spring.Whittenbaugh is an Iowa native well-known in the Midwest for his presentations on gardening subjects, especially conifers.W...

Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its congregate meals menu for the coming week.Monday ? creamed turkey, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, blushing diced pears.Tuesday ? Salisbury steak with gravy, O?Brien potatoes, broccoli cuts, Dixie Coleslaw, Strawberry Surprise.Wednesday ? baked chicken, parsley boiled new potatoes, green beans almandine, mandarin orange, banana bread.Thursday ? roast pork ...

Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its congregate meals menu for the coming week.Monday ? loose-meat burger, wheat hamburger bun, tater rounds, tomato slices, broccoli-cauliflower-raisin salad, banana.Tuesday ? roast pork loin, au gratin potatoes, lima beans, strawberries and peaches.Wednesday ? Swedish meatballs, spaghetti with vegetable salad, baby carrots, ambrosia salad.Thursday ? cook?s choice.Ju...

Fairfield Women?s Club Garden DepartmentFairfield Women?s Club Garden Department will meet Thursday at the McElhinny House to depart at 9 a.m. to tour four local floral gardens.Upon completion of the tour, the group will have lunch at Walton Club.Reservations are due by 8 a.m. Monday to 472-4248.Members are reminded annual dues are now payable and can be sent to Jean Keller at 1701 Linden Drive, Apt. A, ...

The following area houses of worship have submitted calendars for Sunday through July 8.Any congregation wanting to have its calendar for the week of July 9-15 published in The Ledger July 7, 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 ...

Packwood churches put on vacation Bible school campPrairie View United Methodist Church along with the Packwood First Christian Church are kicking off a vacation Bible school camp at 5 p.m. July 14-15 on the Prairie View grounds. The VBS closing program is at 4 p.m. July 15.Campers will enjoy fun activities and adventure and are encouraged to bring their own tents if interested. However, those without a tent ...