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Girl Scout Troop 2564 will host a Spooktacular Halloween party for all the Girl Scouts in Fairfield from 5:30-7 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Girl Scout Cabin in Old Settlers Park.The party is an individual event, so parents are asked to bring their children and help them through the booths at their own pace. Organizers estimate it will take about 30 minutes to visit all the booths.The girls can wear Halloween costumes, ...

Larry and Nancy Swaim of Fairfield will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Oct. 28.Nancy Hogan and Larry Swaim were married Oct. 28, 1956, at the Methodist church in Packwood.They are the parents of two daughters, Sherry Taglauer and husband Brian of Fairfield and Stacey Swaim of Des Moines. They have three grandchildren.Mr. Swaim worked on the Railway Post Office for almost 10 years, sorting mail on the ...

The Jefferson County ISU Extension and Outreach office is offering a free ?Spend Smart. Eat Smart.? workshop.The workshop will be held twice: 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday; and again 6-7:30 Nov. 9. Both sessions will be held at the Jefferson County Extension office.Participants will learn that good nutrition does not have to be expensive. They will learn strategies to save money on food expenses while incorporating new ...

Fairfield Park and Recreation Department will host its annual Chautauqua Park Fright Night from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday at the park.The first hayride starts between 6:30-6:45 p.m. The hayride takes riders around the park, where there are props, actors and scary stations.A maze also is planned.Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children; admission includes one hot dog per person.For information, visit the park ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its lunch menu for the coming week.Elementary schools:Monday ? No school.Tuesday ? breakfast: egg and sausage breakfast boat, juice, fruit. Lunch: meatball sub, green beans, creamy coleslaw, pears, milk.Wednesday ? breakfast: build-your-own yogurt parfait, milk, juice, fruit. Lunch: orange chicken, rice, steamed broccoli, celery sticks, fresh fruit, milk.Thursday...

The Broadway Players of FHS are inviteding retired citizens of Fairfield to the free dress review of their fall play at 7 p.m. Monday in the Fairfield High School Auditorium.?What If ...? is comprised of three short plays and a mini musical: ?Death of a Snowman?; ?12 Angry Pigs?; ?Gone Missing;? and ?Much Ado About Nothing.?Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 and 29 and 2 p.m. Oct. 30 at the auditorium. ...

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 ? roast beef, brown gravy, oven-browned potatoes, lima beans, mandarin oranges, wheat dinner roll, or bread, with margarine, skim milk.Tuesday ? cream of potato ...

PLEASANT PLAIN ? Pleasant Plain Friends Church will celebrate 175 years of ministry and mission Oct. 29.The theme will be ?Bloom where you are planted.?The church?s first preparative meeting was held Feb. 3, 1841, as a new planting by a delegation from Salem Monthly Meeting. Pleasant Plain is the second oldest Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) west of the Mississippi River, with Salem being the oldest.Early ...

OTTUMWA ? Heartland Pregnancy Center of Ottumwa?s annual fund raising banquet, ?Stories from the Heart,? will be 6:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at Indian Hills Community College?s art and sciences building.Tickets are $20. Table reservations are for groups of four. Reserved tickets and seating are available until Oct. 28.Other tickets are first-come, first-served the evening of Nov. 4.For information, call 641-683-3030.

The following area houses of worship have submitted calendars for Sunday through Oct. 29.Any congregation wanting to have its calendar for the week of Oct. 30 through Nov. 5 published in The Ledger Oct. 28 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 ...

Church gathering donations for The Lord?s CupboardFirst Baptist Church will be canvassing the community to gather food and other items for The Lord?s Cupboard from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 29.Donors should make sure food donations have not expired.The Lord?s Cupboard of Jefferson County serves as the county?s sole emergency food pantry.The pantry serves about 500 families per month. More than one-third of those ...

The Broadway Players of FHS announce its fall production entitled ?What If ....Betsie Wotherspoon, Fairfield High School?s new drama director, promises ? as Monty Python used to say ? ?something completely different.?The title references Wotherspoon?s belief that every captivating story begins with the thought: ?What if . . . ?? The production is comprised of three short plays and a mini-musical, which answer ...