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OTTUMWA ? The public often thinks of farmers as white males of European ancestry living in isolated rural areas. And the public often thinks of immigrants as those who have slipped into the United States to take advantage of assistance programs. ?Vang,? a play about recent immigrant farmers, blows both of those stereotypes and opens discussion about how farming is done in the United States and how immigrants have ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNELJefferson County Retired School Personnel will met at 12:15 p.m. Oct. 23 at SunnyBrook Assisted Living.Hostesses and host will be Judy McDonough, chairwoman, Diane Hanson and Curt Hanson.The program will be ?Blue Zones? with Ken Dailey.­???

Jane McMahon will be teaching another Fairfield Park and Recreation Department swimming skills class, with all proceeds going to the community recreation project to build a new outdoor pool and gym.The three-day class is set from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23 and Oct. 24 at Roosevelt Aquatic Center.Each novice and experienced swimmer will get individual guidance to meet their needs and wants.Swimmers can ...

STOCKPORTThe Stockport United Methodist Church will have its Fall Supper at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 23 in the church?s fellowship hall.Carry-outs will be available. A freewill offering taken.???Stockport?s trick-or-treat hours are from 5-7 p.m. Oct. 31.A weiner roast, with all the trimmings, will be at the City Park shelter house.? Beverly Runyon, Ledger correspondent

Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is planning several Halloween activities, including pumpkin painting, a spook ride and a costume contest. Pumpkin paintingPumpkin painting is planned for first- through fifth-graders from 4-4:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center?s racquetball courts.The $10 cost per child covers the cost of all materials.Preregistration is required by Friday.Fo...

Donald and Eunice Atwood of rural Fairfield celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary, with a fellowship hour Sunday at Prairie View United Methodist Church.Donald Atwood and Eunice Treese were married Oct. 10, 1948, at the United Methodist Church in Packwood.The couple has three children: Gayle Olson and husband Dale of Webster City, Zoe Moritz and husband Bill of Michigan; and the late Norman Atwood, who is ...

Fairfield Public Library will show a free Halloween-themed movie, Friday evening in the public meeting room.The doors will open at 7 p.m., and the movie begins at 7:30 p.m.Organic popcorn will be available for donations, which help the library to renew its movie licenses.The movie is an outrageously wild comedy rated PG that?s sure to entertain everyone.In the movie, three outlandishly wild witches return ...

Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation will host a microchip and vaccine clinic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the animal shelter.Microchips are $25 and includes free registration of the chip.Rabies vaccinations, as well as yearly DA2PP, Bordatella and FVRCP vaccinations, for both dogs and cats, are being offered for $15 each.All dogs must be on leashes and all cates must be in carriers.Fairfield Animal Hospital?s ...

BATAVIA ? The Batavia Haunted House will open Friday in the old elevator at the end of Main Street just north of the railroad tracks.The haunted house will be open from 7-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, then again Oct. 25-26 and Nov. 1-2.Proceeds from the $5 admission fee are used by the Batavia Days Committee for donations to the Hillbilly Shrine Unit, scholarships for Fairfield and Cardinal school students and ...

DES MOINES ­? The public will have a chance to shape the future of Iowa?s conservation and outdoor recreation at any of the Resource Enhancement and Protection assemblies this fall.One of the assemblies will be Oct. 24 at the Fairfield Public Library. It is for the Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Van Buren and Wapello counties area.Assemblies are open to the public and will have open houses from 6-6:30 p.m. ...

Resident hunters ages 15 and younger may hunt rooster pheasants during the youth pheasant season Saturday and Sunday without having a hunting license, paying the habitat fee or passing a hunter education course.The youth hunter must be accompanied by an adult 18 years old or older who has a valid hunting license and has paid the habitat fee, if normally required. Only the youth may shoot pheasants.The season is ...

Hazel Anna Wilburn will celebrate her 100th birthday with an open house hosted by her daughter and family from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at SunnyBrook Living Care Center.Mrs. Wilburn was born Oct. 20, 1913, in Garrison. She and her late husband Rollie Wilburn were married 41 years and lived in Eldon.Mrs. Wilburn has one daughter, Lynda Yochum of Batavia; one son, Wilson Wilburn, deceased; eight grandchildren; and 12 ...