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This work of art created by Fairfield High School student Calista Rowe is among the FHS student artwork on display at the JCHC Clinics, formerly known as Medical Arts Clinic, through the end of November. Students Julia Fritz, Phoenix Haessler, Phoenix Hunt, Gwen Kermott, Corynn Klehm, Shane Morrissey, Mira Pappin, Maddie Smith, and Sara Trent also have works on display at the clinic.

AMES ? Iowa cattle producers have a chance to support the Iowa Cattlemen?s Association through the Merck Animal Health ?Cartridges for Cash? program, formerly known as ?Wheels for Bucks.?The program now includes Revalor-XS (trenbolone acetate and estradiol), in addition to Ralgro (zeranol). The Iowa Cattlemen?s Foundation will receive $1 for every Revalor-XS cartridge and 50 cents for every Ralgro cartridge ...

KEOSAUQUA ? Become an archaeologist for the day by joining the Office of the State Archaeologist from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 28 to survey a historic site associated with the Mormon trails through Van Buren County.Participants will meet at the Keosauqua Boat Ramp. The site is associated with the first exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, when the travelers were bogged down for two weeks due to bad weather.Participants ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its lunch menu for this week.Elementary schools:Monday ? breakfast: chocolate chip breakfast bar, milk, juice, fruit. Lunch: cheeseburger on a bun, baked beans, cauliflower with dip; applesauce, milk.Tuesday ? breakfast: build-your-own yogurt parfait, milk, juice, fruit. Lunch: chicken alfredo, garlic bread, steamed broccoli, celery sticks, peaches, milk.Wednesday...

A group of area churches is having its eighth food packing session Sunday afternoon at Word of Life Lutheran Church.The church volunteers will now be packing food for Take Away Hunger instead of Kids Against Hunger.The first shift will start packing at 1 p.m., with the second shift starting at 2:30 p.m.; although volunteers are welcome to work for as short or as long as they would like. The packing event should ...

The following area houses of worship have submitted calendars for Sunday through Oct. 1.Any congregation wanting to have its calendar for the week of Oct. 2-8 published in The Ledger Sept. 30 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 ...

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 ? pork and cabbage casserole, baked sweet potato, oatmeal-raisin cookie, applesauce, wheat dinner roll, or bread, with margarine.Tuesday ? chicken salad sandwich,...

Several free home improvement workshops are planned during Home Improvement Week Monday through Sept. 24 at the Jefferson County ISU Extension office.The workshops will teach participants about fixing up their ?energy-hog? homes, making homes more efficient and healthy, restoring features of older homes and more about building science.The first workshop will be ?Sealing Your Home with Bill McAnally? at 7:15 ...

The Fairfield Public Library will have a two-week book sale beginning with an ?early-bird preview? from 6-8 p.m. Friday.A $5 admission will be charged for the early-bird sale; the fee is waived for members of Friends of the Fairfield Library. After Friday, admission to the sale will be free.Featured will be adult fiction and nonfiction books, children?s books, audio books, DVDs, VHS tapes and music CDs.Thanks ...

Jefferson County Relay for Life will hold its first 5K run/walk the evening of Oct. 8 at The Walton Club.Registration for ?Light Up the Night for Hope? will begin at 5 p.m., with the run/walk starting at 6:30 p.m.Preregistration before Wednesday is $25 per participant, with a T-shirt guaranteed. If 10 registrations are submitted at the same time, a discounted rate of $20 per paricipant is applied.After ...

FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL CLASS of 1956Fairfield High School Class of 1956 will hold its 60th-year reunion Friday and Saturday.An informal gathering will be at 6 p.m. Friday at the Walton Club. Nonclass members are invited.A banquet will be at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Fairfield Elks Lodge. Friends of the classmates are welcome to join the group after the meal.For information, call 919-6583, 472-2616 or 472-2543.

OTTUMWA ? The International Affairs Office at Indian Hills Community College invites area residents to take part in a unique cultural experience called the International Friendship Program. The effort allows local families the chance to make a difference in the lives of the college?s nearly 200 international students, who come from six of the world?s seven continents.The program is a non-live-in social host ...