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Gertrude ?Trudy? Parcell Wright of Fairfield will be 85 years od Sept. 8. A card shower is planned. Cards can be sent to her at 205 E. Adams Ave., Fairfield 52556.

COUNTRY SCHOOLBATAVIA ? The Country School Reunion will be held Sept. 10 at the Batavia Senior Citizens Center.Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m.All former students and teachers of the Hickory Ridge No. 2, Centennial, No. 7, Cross Lanes No. 3, Bogus No. 5, Hazel Dell, Locus Grove No. 3, Indiana No. 1, Des Moines No. 2, Highland Center and Brookville are welcome to attend. Anyone who has attended a one-room ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU WOMENJefferson County Farm Bureau Women will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pizza Ranch.Christine Schiedel will serve as hostess.Roll-call response is the climate and population of Syria.The program will be a tour of the Carnegie Historical Museum. Mark Shafer will lead the tour.All interested women are invited to attend.

Polishville Community Center has announced events, including two dances and one lunch, with bingo, scheduled in September.The first dance is scheduled Sept. 11, with Jerry Beauchamp of Eldora providing the music. Food will be available for purchase at 4:30 p.m., and dancing will be from 6-9 p.m.The lunch and bingo will be Sept. 14. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with bingo starting at 12:30 ...

Keith and Donna Pratt of rural Birmingham will celebrte their 60th wedding anniversary from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Fairfield.Keith Pratt and Donna McCracken were united in marriage Sept. 9, 1956, at the Methodist church in Bonaparte.The couple has five children: Allen Pratt and wife Elise of Chicago; Cindy Kennedy and husband Ancel of Truro; Brenda and husband Dave of Vestavia ...

BIRMINGHAM ? The family of the late Howard Skaggs will dedicate a cement picnic table and bench in his memory Saturday at Birmingham City Park.The event will be noon to 4 p.m. Sandwiches and drinks will be served at noon, and the dedication will be at 1:30 p.m.All family and friends are invited to attend.Howard Grant Skaggs, age 95, of Birmingham, died July 11, 2015, at his home in Birmingham. In lieu of ...

Kenneth and Doris Nordyke of Richland will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Elsie?s Barn near Richland.Doris Guy and Kenneth Nordyke were married Sept. 1, 1956, in Brighton. They moved to their farm south of Richland immediately following their marriage and then retired to their present home in Richland 20 years ago. Mrs. Nordyke also was employed as registered ...

CRAWFORDSVILLE ? ?UAVs ? demonstration and basics of imagery? is one of the presentations featured at the Sept. 8 Fall Field Day at the Iowa State University Southeast Research Farm near Crawfordsville.?UAVs ? demonstration and basics of imagery? will be presented by Ryan Bergman, program coordinator II in agricultural and biosystems engineering.Other field day tour topics include: farm pond management, yield ...

Wayne King of Mt. Pleasant will be celebrating his 80th birthday Sunday.Friends and family are encouraged wish him a ?happy birthday? through a card shower.Birthday wishes can be sent to Wayne King, 2662 Woodbine Ave., Mt. Pleasant 52641.

Opal Wiggins of Mt. Pleasant will be celebrating her 90th birthday Sept. 1.Both a card shower and an open house are planned to help her celebrate.Cards can be sent to Mrs. Wiggins at 1435 170th St., Mt. Pleasant 52641.The open house, hosted by Esther Lance and Julie Conner, is set from 2-4 p.m. Sept. 10 at Trenton Methodist Church.Those sending cards or attending the open house are asked to send or bring old ...

Maharishi University of Management student Kenzie Wacknov is hosting ?A Sunny Show? 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at SunnyBrook Living Care Center.The art show will feature work, including clay creations and drawings, created by the SunnyBrook residents during a months? long art project lead by Wacknov.Wacknov is an M.U.M. student obtaining a bachelor of arts degree in education foundations, who previously earned a ...

Family and friends of Nicole Tedrow and Justin Farrier, both of Fairfield, announce the couple?s engagement and plans for an October wedding.The bride-elect is president of FALCO. She is the daughter of Brenda Johnson Linkin of Bonaparte and Sam and Kelly Linkin of Gulfport Illinois.The groom-elect, who is an employee at FALCO, is the son of Kim Farrier of Washington, Iowa, and the late Terri Farrier.