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DES MOINES ? Sign-up for the general Conservation Reserve Program today and continues through June 14 at Farm Service Agency offices.The CRP offers producers and landowners an alternative to farming environmentally sensitive land to reduce soil erosion and protect water quality and improve habitat and attract wildlife.CRP contracts provide annual rental payments to landowners who in turn agree to use conservatio...

INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITYIndiana State University has announced its dean?s list for the 2013 spring semester recognizing for academic achievements, which includes Allen McElderry of Batavia.To be eligible for the dean?s list at Indiana State, students must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale.

FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1962The Fairfield High School Class of 1962, spouses and guests will meet at 11:30 a.m. May 31 at the McElhinny House for a barbecue lunch.Contact Loretta Crile Diers at lettyd@lisco.com or 319-696-2171 or Dixie Hogan Hoekman at wjh50@aol.com or 515-255-3992 by Friday for reservations to be paid at the door.

BATAVIA ALUMNIBATAVIA ? The Batavia Alumni will have a potluck dinner at 6 p.m. May 25 at the Batavia Community Center.Drinks will be furnished.The class of 1953 will celebrate its 60th anniversary. ???

MONDAYPolishville Bingo, Polishville Community Center, food, 4:30 p.m.; bingo, 5:45 p.m. Call 319-694-3495.Registration for Fairfield After-School Program, Word of Life Lutheran Church, 6-8 p.m. Call 641-451-5363.Pizza Party, for fourth- through sixth-graders to sign up for a book club, Birmingham Library, 5 p.m.All the Above Support Group, Living Stones Fellowship, 7 p.m. Call 233-0818.Co-Dependency ...

The Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its menu for the coming week.Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Fairfield senior center and at noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Lockridge senior center.Monday ? Roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, crispy creamy spinach, and strawberries.Tuesday? Roast pork, oven-browned potato, cheesy broccoli, mixed green salad, vinegar and oil ...

Way Off Broadway, Iowa?s only professional musical theatre company and the residential company at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts will kick off its 2013 summer theater season with three treasure hunts May 25.The treasure hunts will start at 1 p.m. at the former Symplicity flower and gift shop on East Burlington Avenue. WOB has purchased the building, and it is being re-done to be the ?Intern ...

Maharishi School is offering two summer programs: Pirate/Ninja Summer Camp and Nature Explore Summer Day Camp.Middle school teachers Richard Incorvia and Barbara Hays, champions of project-based learning, will lead Pirate/Ninja Summer Camp, a summer program about rockets and programming video games and apps, for kids ages 12-15 9 a.m. to noon weekdays June 10-28.Students can sign up by the week or for the ...

BOB JONES UNIVERSITYGREENVILLE, S.C. ? Rebecca Bartle, a senior dramatic production major from Fairfield, was among approximately 1,500 Bob Jones University students who were named to the Spring 2013 Dean?s List.To qualify for the Dean?s List, students must earn a 3.0 grade point average.??? UNIVERSITY OF IOWAIOWA CITY ? Jordan Allsup, the son of Matt Allsup and Krista Allsup, both of Fairfield, recently ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week.Monday ? breakfast at the middle school and high school: assorted cereals, assorted cereal bars, orange juice and milk; breakfast at the elementary schools: assorted cereals, cereal bar or Nutri-Grain bar; orange juice and milk. Lunch: Chicken patty on a bun, potato wedges, black beans, pears, tomatoes and fruit ...

Registration is now open for the 2013-14 school year at Maharishi Preschool.Children ages 18 months to 5 years of age can attend two, three or five days a week. If a child turns 4 prior to Sept. 15, he or she will be in the prekindergarten class. If a child turns 18 months prior to Sept. 15, he or she will be in the younger preschool class, for children 18 months to 3 years of age.The teachers will offer three ...

The Fairfield Public Library has a new unique feature: a seed library. Rebecca Johnson, Fairfield Public Library director, said the seeds can be checked out with a library card, and returned after six months.According to Johnson, the library received $500 worth of 36 varieties of organic heirloom seeds from Seed Savers Exchange, an organization that implements heirloom seed saving.The project starts with ...