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Dave and Carla Ogden of Fairfield announce the engagement of their daughter Tanner Ogden to Joel Lange.The bride-to-be is a 2008 graduate of Fairfield High School and has a bachelor?s degree from the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.The groom-to-be, son of Mark and Gayle Lange of Boone, is a 2006 graduate of West Holt High School in Atkinson, Neb., and served in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years.A ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin Middle School officials have announced the names of students who earned recognition on the honor roll for the second semeter of the 2012-13 academic year. Straight A?sEighth grade students who earned straight A?s were: Aspen Clark, Shea Dahlstrom, Nathan Kielkopf, Chelsea Lanphier, Kaylee Linder, Ryan Millikin, Trever Northup, Drew Powers, Gabriele Rutherford and Hazel Ward.Seventh grade ...

Scholarships and awards totaling more than $100,000 were awarded to Fairfield High School seniors at the 2012-13 Senior Awards Program the evening of May 30 in the FHS Auditorium.The annual ceremony recognizes students for outstanding academic achievement and high moral standards with more than 70 awards and scholarships given this year by businesses, organizations and friends and families of former community ...

RICHLAND ? The Richland Public Library?s summer reading program will feature gardening from 3-4 p.m. June 18 at the library.Shelly Koehn and Morgan Ohland from Keokuk County 4-H will have some gardening fun and projects for youth to try.Koehn and Ohland?s program will be followed by stories, games, crafts and a snack from 4-4:45 p.m.The program is geared for children in kindergarten through fifth grade. ...

Each school month, the Fairfield Elks Lodge sponsors the Fairfield Middle School ?Students of the Month? award, which acknowledges students? positive contributions at school ranging from assisting teachers and peers in classroom activities to displaying characteristics as a role model in and out of the classroom.Students of the Month certificates are awarded after a nomination and voting process is completed by ...

Dwight and Karen Stanley of Hillsboro are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Hillsboro Community Center.The couple requests no gifts.Dwight Stanley and and Karen Thornburg were married May 26, 1973, at Center Chapel Methodist Church in rural Keosauqua.The couple has two daughters, Laura Rasmussen and husband Corey of Harlan and Sarah Shriver and husband ...

P.E.O. CHAPTER MBP.E.O. Chapter MB will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the home of Terri Kness.A different meeting location was provided to and printed Monday in The Ledger, but Chapter MB President Jessica Malloy said today the meeting will be at the home of Terri Kness.The chapter?s summer meetings start earlier in the summer than the rest of the year.???

Students and staff at Pence Elementary School celebrated the success of a three-month energy challenge May 6.The students were charged with saving 2,577 kilowatt hours, 6 percent of their energy usage from last year. The school saved nearly 4,500 kilowatt hours, 10.6 percent of their energy usage from last year.?The kids said it was really easy,? said Pence principal Christopher Welch. ?We spoke about that, how ...

Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is offering swimming skills classes taught by Jane McMahon and Abby McMahon.The classes are for both youth and adult novice or experienced swimmers, who will get individual guidance for their needs and wants from proper techniques of strokes and turns, adding drills and workouts and more.Session 1 will be from 9-10 a.m. June 17-20 at Roosevelt Aquatic Center.Session 2 ...

MONDAYJoint Officers Meeting, Fairfield Eagles Club, 6:30 p.m.Birmingham Lions Club, Birmingham Lions Building, 7:30 p.m.Blood Drive, in honor of Cody Cohen, Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation, 2-7 p.m. Walk-in donors welcome; for appointments, call 472-6080.Youth Fitness, class for boys and girls in fifth-12th grades, Roosevelt Community Recreation Center, 5:15-6:15 p.m. For information: 472-6159 or www.fairfieldpa...

P.E.O. CHAPTER MBP.E.O. Chapter MB will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the home of Christie Kessel.??? JEFFERSON COUNTY RELAY FOR LIFEJefferson County Relay for Life team captains, team members, committee members, sponsors, spouses, children and guests are invited to a Campfire Wrap Up at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building.The meal will be served at 6:30 p.m. Hot dogs and ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMENNine members of the Jefferson County Republican Women met May 24 at the home of Donna Clark.President Nancy Wood conducted the business meeting and introduced Ken Daley. Daley presented a program on the Blue Zones, a program sponsored by Wellmark that Gov. Branstad has encouraged Iowans to embrace to improve the health of the state?s residents. For information and registration, ...