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The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is taking registration for swimming lessons set to begin Feb. 25 at the Roosevelt Aquatic Center.Session 1 classes are for Beginner 1 swimmers, who can go under the water without help. They will work on front float, back float and start working on the American crawl.Session 2 classes are for Advanced Beginners, who will work on the back crawl, breaststroke, elementary...

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has scheduled several area blood drives.The Batavia community will host a blood drive 3-6:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Batavia Community Senior Center. Donors who last gave blood on or before Dec. 31 are eligible to give at this drive. For appointments, call 800-452-1097 or visit www.bloodcenterimpact.org.The Van Buren High School National Honor Society will host a ...

Southeast Iowa vegetable producers can learn how to grow quality transplants at an Iowa State University Extension and Outreach workshop Friday in Fairfield.The workshop will be 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office.Ajay Nair, Patrick O?Malley and Joe Hannan, horticulturists with ISU Extension and Outreach, are hosting the workshop in partnership with Jefferson County Extension. ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY CATTLEMENJefferson County Cattlemen had a recent informational meeting.Jess Jackson, the local grazing specialist from NRCS, was guest speaker. He highlighted basic information on pasture management and the effects on the grazing herd. He discussed how cattlemen are managing a moving target as cow needs change throughout the year and weather is never a reliable factor in decision making. ...

Hannah Swanson, daughter of Richard and Kimberly Swanson of Lockridge, married Nickolas Quinlan, son of Tom and Rachel Quinlan of Oxford, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013.The ceremony was held at the Celebration Farm in Iowa City and officiated by the Rev. John White.The bride is a 2008 graduate of Fairfield High School and a 2012 graduate of the University of Iowa, holding a bachelor?s degree in nursing. She is employed ...

TUESDAYFairfield Community School District Parent/Teacher Conferences, Libertyville, Pence and Washington elementary schools, from 5-8:30 p.m. by appointments; Fairfield Middle School, 5-8:30 pm.; Fairfield High School and Fairfield Opportunity Center, 4-7:30 p.m.Van Buren School District Parent/Teacher Conferences, kindergarten through 12th-grade, in classrooms, 4-7:30 p.m. Rescheduled from Thursday night; no ...

The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pest Management and the Environment program will present the Ornamental and Turfgrass Applicators Continuing Instructional Course for commercial pesticide applicators March 5 at locations across Iowa.Locally, the program can be seen at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office.Registration begins at 1 p.m., and the course runs from 1:30-4 p.m.The course will ...

Editor?s note: The monthly To Your Heath column is a venue for Jefferson County Health Center to provide health information that will benefit The Fairfield Ledger?s readers. To suggest ideas for future articles or to obtain information, call Jefferson County Health Center community relations manager Ginny Hughes at 469-4198. Our Cardiac Rehab program is designed to get you back on your feet and active again ...

BIRMINGHAM ? The Birmingham Homecoming Committee will host a fish and chicken supper beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Birmingham Lions Building.The supper is a fundraiser for the annual Birmingham Homecoming event, which is set for June 6-7. The celebration normally includes a parade, car show, tractor show, a baking contest, children?s activities like water fights and a pedal-tractor pull, food, music and ...

ELDON ? After being rescheduled a couple of times due to bad weather, the fundraising soup supper and silent auction is now set for 5-7 p.m. Saturday in the Cardinal High School cafeteria during the PTO Carnival.Proceeds from the supper and auction will help fund eighth-graders? trips to Washington, D.C.Each student begins fundraising in the sixth grade for the trip taken in the summer of his or her eighth-grade...

Iowa school districts are remindeding parents the Iowa open enrollment deadline for the 2014-15 school year is March 1 for first- through 12th-grade students wishing to open enroll.The kindergarten open enrollment deadline is Sept. 1.Open enrollment is when parents residing in one Iowa school district may enroll their children into another Iowa school district.Parents of first- thrugh 12th-grade students ...

Eight-year-old Logan Lauderman and 5-year-old Reed Lauderman give a roping presentation to members of the Penn Workers 4-H Club during a meeting Feb. 2 at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office. The boys and their uncle Bryan Laudermann demonstrated how to rope a steer and also explained the types of ropes that can be used. After their demonstration, members of the club were able to try roping. Other club ...