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Training sessions for uncovering growth opportunities through government sales will be offered Tuesday at the Jefferson County ISU Extension and Outreach Office.A session is set from 10-11 a.m. It will be repeated from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and participants are encouraged to bring their lunches.The presenter will be Beth White, government contracting specialist with the Iowa State University Extension and ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Fairfield All Star Jazz Band will furnish music Sunday at the Methodist church. The service starts at 9:45 a.m.???Lunch will be served in the Birmingham City Park shelter starting at 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday during the trash and treasure sale.? Arlene Lyon, Ledger correspondent

FRIENDS OF NRAThe annual Friends of NRA banquet was recently held at the Moose Lodge in Mount Pleasant.Southeast Iowa Skeet Club treasurer John Dahl accepted a grant from Tim Bacon, Iowa representative of Friends of NRA. The funds will be used for a set of LaPorte Skeet machines for training youth shooting. The S.E. Iowa Skeet Club Inc. provides facilities and shooting activities for youth from neighboring ...

Glory Road, a gospel quartet including Fairfield native and Parsons College graduate Rand Brookhart, will perform in two concerts this weekend.The group will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and at 10 a.m. Sunday at Foursquare Gospel Church.Both concerts are open to the public.Brookhart is the son of Marge Brookhart and the late Gordon Brookhart.The quartet performed ...

Nominations are now open for the Fairfield Cultural Alliance 2012 Cultural Contribution Award.The purpose of the Fairfield Cultural Alliance?s annual Cultural Contribution Award is to recognize groups or individuals for helping to enhance the quality of life in Fairfield by creating, directing, or promoting artistic and/or cultural activities, works of art, or events in Fairfield for that calendar year.Nominatio...

Melvin and Donna Story of Birmingham will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house hosted by their children from 4-7 p.m. Saturday at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.Melvin Lee Story and Donna Lee Countryman were married Dec. 8, 1962, at the Methodist church in Kahoka, Mo., with the Rev. Robert L. Hemmerla officiating. The wedding reception was held after the ceremony at the groom?s ...

Iowa?s assistant state director for Mutual UFO Network will be speaking at a free presentation from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the Fairfield Public Library.Beverly Trout, who also is the Iowa MUFON?s chief investigator, has more than 20 years experience investigating and reporting UFO sightings. She has been a featured guest in radio and TV interviews and has spoken about her own experiences at various conferences in ...

LOUDEN LADIESThe Louden Ladies, a group of women who formerly worked at Louden Machinery Company and ACCO, will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday at Mike and Nikki?s Pizza and Steak House.The group gathers twice yearly, once in the spring and once in the fall, to visit.???

Arielle Smith Fraga of Fairfield will participate in the Miss Iowa USA and Miss Iowa Teen USA competition at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Newton High School Auditorium in Newton.Smith Fraga?s sponsors are Cambridge Investment Research Inc., Stuff and Much More and Southeast Iowa Orthodontics.This year, more than $1.3 million in scholarships will be available, and 30 contestants will be receiving college scholarships. ...

MONDAYPolishville Bingo, Polishville Community Center, food, 4:30 p.m.; bingo, 5:45 p.m. Call 319-694-3495.Birmingham Lions Club, regular meeting, Birmingham Lions Building, 7 p.m.?Swim Team Here I Come,? first of four Monday meetings, Roosevelt Aquatic Center, 4:30-5:15 p.m. Information and registration: 472-6159 or www.fairfieldparksandrec.com.All the Above Support Group, Living Stones Fellowship, 7 p.m. ...

So far this harvest, a lot of corn and soybeans have gone into storage at temperatures in the 70s and 80s. With grain this warm, moisture migration and spoilage can occur quickly, even with fairly dry grain. With forecast highs in the 50s with lows in the 30s this weekend, grain bin fans should be running to get stored grain cooled down.While we want stored grain cooled to 30-35 degrees for winter storage, the ...

OUR SPECIAL KIDSOur Special Kids Southeast Iowa, a support group for parents with special needs kids, will hold its fall kick-off meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church in Mount Pleasant.The group meets monthly and features guest speakers and topics of interest to the group, as well as networking with other parents. The group is open to any parents or family members with a special needs ...