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BONAPARTE ? Bonaparte?s annual Downtown After Sundown returns this summer with more dancing, shopping and fun for the family.The event, sponsored by non-profit Bonaparte Main Street Inc., will be 7-10 p.m. July 28 in downtown Bonaparte?s Riverfront District.An ice cream social sponsored by the Bonaparte United Church kicks off events at 5 p.m. They will serve homemade vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream ...

A webinar to examine livestock and crop options during the drought will be held from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds ISU Extension Office.There is no cost to attend.Livestock issues covered during the webinar will include options to help producers manage immediate needs related to stressed pastures and reduced hay supplies.Members of the extension crops team will cover the topics of crop ...

Registration is under way for a gymnastics camp scheduled by the Fairfield Park and Recreation Department.The camp for boys and girls ages 7 and older will be Aug. 6-10.The camp, with instructor Jeff Ide, will include field trips to Milan, Ill., to work out at Quad Cities Gymnastics Academy.The trips on Aug. 6 and Aug. 8 will consist of five hours of training on Olympic-caliber equipment, including the 40-feet ...

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 ? ground beef gravy, mashed potatoes, lima beans, Surprise Salad, cookie.Tuesday ? baked chicken, baby red potatoes, green beans, mandarin oranges, apple cinnamon bar.Wednesd...

Patrick Morton?s life will be remembered at the fourth annual Piling Up Patrick?s Power Wagon Party at 6 p.m. July 28 at the Fairfield Elks Lodge.The annual event, which is held close to Patrick?s July 31 birthday, is a fundraiser and donation drive for Camp Courageous. A freewill donation spaghetti dinner will be provided with all proceeds to benefit camp.The fundraiser also will be collecting items needed to ...

Where do you look for life?The fountain of youth is still sought in substitutions, such as plastic surgery and herbal remedies. Others search the great mystics or study ancient writings. These hope to find wisdom and meaning that transcends their earthly existence.Cryonics ? human freezing ? offers the hope of living until a cure for disease can extend their time here on the planet. In the end, death still ...

Freedom Trikers, a not-for-profit organization which focuses on children with disabilities and illnesses and the elderly, is having its annual celebration today through Sunday at Jefferson County Park.Activities during the three-day event include trike rides, games and an auction. All proceeds raised will go toward the Freedom Trikers cause.A dinner will be held today at 5 p.m. On Saturday, trike rides and ...

Volunteers answered a request from former Mother Cabrini/St. Joseph?s Catholic Church parishioner, Mary Jo Sobaski Gruneich, to help in a second round of sewing for Haiti.Earlier this summer, Mother Cabrini Parish Center in Richland became a giant sewing studio with 17 volunteers at sewing machines, cutting tables, ironing boards and a detailing center, to create shorts for orphaned boys.?With every pair of ...

Two Roads Educational Arts and Theatre will present a 10-performance run ? and a special cookie party ? of ?A Year with Frog and Toad? at TREAT Theatre in the Broadway Building today through July 29.Nominated for three Tony Awards, including Best Broadway Musical, Arnold Lobel?s well-loved characters hop from the page to the stage in Robert and Willie Reale?s musical.Conceived by Lobel?s daughter, Adrianne ...

St. Joseph Church in East Pleasant Plain will host a congregate meal from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 26.The menu will include ham balls, mashed potatoes, green beans, sweet corn, a salad bar, assorted cakes, pies and cream puffs, bread and beverage.Reservations are not required, but appreciated. Reservations should be made by the morning of July 25 by calling Darlene Baldosier at 472-1828 or Caryl Smith at ...

SOLITAIRESThe Solitaires will have dinner Sunday at the Village Cafe in Stockport.To carpool, meet in the First National Bank parking lot at noon. FAIRFIELD LATIN and BALLROOM ASSOCIATIONFairfield Latin and Ballroom Association is hosting a Latin, Swing and Ballroom dance Sunday at Morning Star Studio.A lesson in samba is at 7:30 p.m. The dance is 8-10 p.m. Admission is $3 per person.

Tomatoes are the most popular vegetable crop in Iowa. Many diseases and disorders can affect tomatoes during the growing season. Some of these include Septoria leaf spot, early blight, and Anthracnose.Septoria leaf spot, caused by the fungus Septoria lycopersici, is the most common foliar disease of tomatoes in Iowa. It first appears as small, water-soaked spots that soon become circular spots about 1/8 inch in ...