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JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU WOMENJefferson County Farm Bureau Women will be touring Big River Resources LLC, the ethanol plant in West Burlington, Tuesday.All Farm Bureau members are invited to tour with them.Those attending should meet at 8:30 a.m. in the municipal parking lot at Court Street and Washington Avenue to carpool rides.Each participant will be responsible for his or her own lunch.

OTTUMWA ? The Indian Hills Community College Jazz Band will present its fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday in St. John Auditorium on the college?s Ottumwa campus.The concert is free and open to the public.Under the direction of David Sharp, the ensemble will perform an array of musical styles including big band classics and contemporary jazz literature. The ensemble also will preview some of the tunes the band ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? The Southeast Iowa Band will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the renovated Chapel Hall at Iowa Wesleyan College.The concert is free to all students and IWC staff and has a suggested donation of $5 for others.The music will include several well known marches including: ?The Liberty Bell.? of Monty Python fame. by John Phillip Sousa; the Italian march, ?The Florentiner,? by Julius Fucik; ...

SunnyBrook Assisted Living is inviting trick-or-treaters to stop by from 5-7 p.m. Thursday.Trick-or-treat hours set by the Fairfield City Council are 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday.

AMES ? Harvest is winding down, another growing season is nearing its end ? and Practical Farmers of Iowa has set its 2013 fall farminar schedule.The free online seminar series is offered each autumn to help farmers learn about business and production issues that matter to them from the convenience of their homes.The interactive webinars, called farminars, are 7-8:30 p.m. each Tuesday beginning next week ...

Parent/teacher conferences in the Fairfield Community School District are planned Nov. 5 and Nov. 7.Elementary schoolsConferences are set from 4-7:30 p.m. Nov. 5 and Nov. 7 at Libertyville, Pence and Washington elementary schools.The teachers for students in prekindergarten through fifth grade will be in their respective rooms. The conferences run in 15 minute sessions.Parents are asked to access the school ...

Jefferson County Naturalist Therese Cummiskey will lead a fall hike 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday through Whitham Woods.Whitham Woods? parking entrance is along Business 34 west of Fairfield.The leisurely hike will highlight some of the park?s plant and animal species and their natural history.

Iowa fur harvesters will find good numbers of raccoons, coyotes, bobcats, river otters, mink, and, with all likelihood, other trappers in the countryside when the furbearer trapping and hunting season opens Saturday.?Population-wise, all species are doing quite well except for muskrats and gray fox,? said Vince Evelsizer, furbearer biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. ?Trappers who typically ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Library board will meet at 9 a.m. Nov. 5 at the library.???The Rebekah Circle of the Birmingham Methodist Church will meet at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at the church. Jodi Kerr will be hostess.? Arlene Lyon, Ledger correspondent STOCKPORTThe Stockport City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at Stockport City Hall. Anyone wishing to address the mayor and council should call city hall at ...

BOWDOIN COLLEGEBRUNSWICK, Maine ? Olivia Reed of Fairfield, a member of the Bowdoin College Class of 2015, was honored for academic excellence during the college?s annual Sarah and James Bowdoin Day ceremony Friday.Reed is earning a major in anthropology and Spanish.Students designated Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholars are in the top 20 percent of each class for the previous academic year. In addition, the ...

TUESDAYYard Waste Burning in Fairfield City Limits, daylight hours when wind conditions are appropriate. Information: 472-6193.Fairfield City Council Candidate Forum, hosted by Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce, Fairfield Public Library, 7 p.m.Spookride, for prekindergartners through fifth graders, hosted by Fairfield Park and Recreation Department, Chautauqua Park, 7-8:30 p.m.Children?s Vaccination Clinic, ...

The Fairfield Volunteer Center and the Southern Prairie Chapter of the American Red Cross are joining forces to introduce the Red Cross and its volunteer opportunities to Fairfield from 1:15-2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Fairfield Public Library.Following a half hour presentation, there will time for question and answers and for assisting those registering as volunteers on the Red Cross website.The introduction is ...