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KRUU 100.1 FM, Fairfield?s solar-powered grassroots, community radio station, will complete its tree planting project from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.The planting was made possible by a grant from the Trees Forever foundation. Everyone in the community is invited to come join in the fun for half an hour, half a day or whatever time is comfortable.Fifty arborvitae trees will be planted along the railroad tracks, ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Villages of Van Buren Folk School will have two classes Saturday at the Birmingham Presbyterian Church.A pie-baking class, with Janet Meek, is set from 9 a.m. to noon.A stained glass ornament class with Jolene Tedrow is set from 9 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m.Registration is required for the classes. Call Melinda Stockwell at 319-592-3700 for registration and information.? Arlene Lyon, Ledger ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Iowa Wesleyan College will mark Veterans Day during its weekly Thursday Forum series with the program ?What is War?? at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Chapel Auditorium. The program is open to the public.The program will feature Ron Capps, a veteran of several wars and founder of the The Veterans Writing Project, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. The organization provides no-cost ...

PACKWOOD ? Graham Wittrock, Pekin FFA Chapter vice president attended the World Prize and Global Youth Institute Oct. 18-20 in Des Moines.Exceptional high school students from across the United States and other countries are selected to participate in the three-day Global Youth Institute hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation. Wittrock is a senior at Pekin High School. Pekin agriculture science teacher Juston ...

Another holiday season is near.It won?t be long before the red kettles of The Salvation Army will appear in front of Fairfield?s Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store and Walmart.New Life Community Church is once again privileged to be able to partner with The Salvation Army in the annual holiday effort to better serve the Jefferson County community.Anyone who would like to volunteer to ring bells, call the Rev. Holland ...

Each school month, the Fairfield Elks Lodge sponsors the Fairfield Middle School ?Students of the Month? award.The purpose of this award is to acknowledge positive contributions of FMS students at school. These positive contributions range from assisting teachers and peers in classroom activities to displaying characteristics as a role model in and out of the classroom. The Students of the Month certificates are ...

Deacon Kris Conrad will be ordained to the priesthood during the 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday at Spiritus Christi Independent Catholic.Spiritus Christi is at 51 North Court St., on the square in Fairfield.Conrad?s future plans are to open an Ascension Catholic Alliance Church in the Sacramento, Calif., area.Spiritus Christi is part of the Ascension Catholic Alliance, an alliance of Independent Catholic Churches and ...

The Fairfield Community School District staff is continually learning and growing so that they can better serve and challenge the school district?s students. Much of this learning takes place on the Wednesday later starts, and other conferences and training are attended as well. I am taking this opportunity to mention just a few of the things our staff has been working on.? PBIS: PBIS stands for ?Positive ...

The fall supper at the United Methodist Church begins serving at 5 p.m. Saturday. An auction follows at 7 p.m.

Basal Faith Parish churches? weekly schedules:? Libertyville, Sunday worship 8:15 a.m. and Sunday school 9:30 a.m.? Birmingham, worship 9:45 a.m., choir practice after worship, Sunday school, 10:45 a.m.? Stockport, Sunday worship 11 a.m.United Methodist confirmation is at 5 p.m. Sunday at Keosauqua United Methodist Church.Ad board will meet a 7 p.m. Monday in Libertyville. UMW will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday ...

Boy meets girl, they fall in love, then life gets complicated.The age-old plot comes freshly alive in the romantic drama ?Mary?s Wedding? by Stephen Massicotte and directed by Al Constantineau, which opens today for a month-long run in Maharishi University of Management?s Sydney Spayde Theater.Calgary playwright Stephen Massicotte?s 80-minute, two-character play is set in Alberta, Canada, in 1914 and through ...

ELDON ? Larry Stone, freelance writer and photographer, and former outdoor writer with the Des Moines Register, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Eldon Library Hall.His appearance is one in a series of talks and lectures concerning Iowa, its land and people, sponsored by the American Gothic House Center and the Wapello County Conservation Board.Stone, who has spent 40 years exploring Iowa and is the author ...