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Abby Schaefer, left, hands bags to Bev Rebling who weighs them and adds rice if necessary to attain the proper weight. Volunteers came together Sunday to pack meals for Kids Against Hunger.

WEST DES MOINES ? Iowa farmers, who are in the fields early this year because of an oppressive drought, are seeing yields ?all over the board? as they bring in the 2012 crop, say Iowa Farm Bureau Federation information aggregators, agronomists and research experts.?Every year, we work with Iowa farmers in every corner of the state who volunteer to give us crop updates. It?s been tough this year. We hear about ...

Congregate meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at Fairfield Senior Citizen Center and at noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Lockridge senior center.Monday ? hamburger, wheat hamburger bun, oven-brown potato, baked beans, sliced strawberries, oatmeal raisin cookie.Tuesday ? liver and onions, parsley butter potato, gravy, mixed vegetables, banana bran muffin, ice cream cup.Wednesday ? ...

SOLITAIRESSolitaires will have dinner at Lori Anne?s Sunday in Richland.Members will meet to pool rides from the First National Bank in Fairfield parking lot at noon.???

AMES ? Practical Farmers of Iowa encourages farmers to sign up for cover crop funds newly authorized by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship as an eligible practice under Iowa?s cost share program.The emergency rule change, announced last month by Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey, allows cost sharing assistance of $25 per acre for planting a cover crop. Farmers interested in accessing...

Martha Wearin Rasmussen and her husband Bob of Fairfield, center, receive an Iowa Heritage Farm certificate and farm marker during the Iowa State Fair from Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey, right, and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation President Craig Hill. The awards were in recognition of Martha Rasmussen?s farms in Mills County being owned by her family since 1854. To qualify, a family must have owned at ...

40 Days for Life, an international campaign of 40 days of prayer, fasting and community outreach to end abortion begins Wednesday and will run through Nov. 4.The most-ever cities, 314 are hosting campaigns.Several area churches will hold special events during these 40 days, including Immanuel Lutheran, St. Mary Catholic, Foursquare, Friends and Word of Life Lutheran. The kick-off event is at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday ...

Basal Faith Parish weekly schedule: Libertyville, Sunday worship 8:15 a.m., 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., choir practice Wednesday night.Tuesday: Finance committee meets at Birmingham church, 5:30 p.m.Wednesday: B.A.T.T.L.E. at Stockport, 5:30 p.m.Thursday: Carry out supper for free will offering ...

Prairie View United Methodist Church weekly schedule: Sunday 9 a.m. worship followed by fellowship; 10 a.m. Sunday school. Tuesday 9 a.m. Bible study. Wednesday, 7 p.m. finance committee; 7:30 p.m. church councilContact the Rev. Dave Person, pastor at 641-667-2502 or email pvumc@farmtel.net for more information.

What do you do when you sense the expectations of others mounting?Jesus felt people-pressure too. He had a plan. He was working on fulfilling that plan.The people around him had another plan.When Jesus perceived group pressure coming to a head, he took a time out. He sent his friends ahead of him. He then snuck away by himself to pray.Jesus? self-imposed time-out created enough consternation that people ...

A three-session Hunter Education Safety Class is set next week at the Southeast Iowa Skeet Club.Preregistration is required for the free class. Call Shawn Morrissey at 472-4421 to preregister.The first session is set from 6-9 p.m. Sept. 25. The second session is from 6-9 p.m. Sept. 27, and the third session is from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 29. Attendance at all three sessions is required.To purchase an Iowa ...

The annual Fairfield Kiwanis Kids? Day activities Saturday included a Kiddie Pedal Pull.In this event, children pedal a small tractor as they pull a sled modeled after the tractor pull sleds seen at county and state fairs in the midwest.This year, a record of 101 children from a wide area of southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri participated. The top two winners of each age class are eligible to enter the next ...