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Did you know that the metabolic rate of rodents (squirrels, voles, muskrats, beavers, chipmunks, woodchucks, gophers, mice, rats, and shrews) is so high that they must eat almost constantly to sustain themselves? They are the most numerous of Iowa?s wild mammals and share ranks with birds, moles, rabbits, raccoons, and deer as unwanted garden visitors. Repellants, scare tactics, traps, and barriers are all ...

Jennifer Lynn Powers and Kyle Vincent Redinger, both of Fairfield, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.The bride-elect is the daughter of Mike and Janis Powers of Pleasant Plain. She is a 2010 graduate of Suburban Heights Baptist School.The groom-elect is the son of Steve and Patty Redinger of Fairfield. He is a 2006 graduate of Fairfield High School. He is employed by Agri Industrial Plastics.The ...

STOCKPORTSchool will be starting soon and school supplies are needed to help get Stockport children ready.Organizers are in need of single subject wide-lined notebooks, wide-lined loose-leaf paper, pencils, markers, colored pencils, scissors, pens with red, blue and black ink, pink erasers and pencil erasers, highlighters, rulers, crayons, glue sticks and glue bottles, folders with pockets and folders with ...

DES MOINES ? The State Soil Conservation Committee Research and Demonstration Fund has assistance available to support research or education/demonstration projects exploring sustainable agriculture and projects focused on reducing nonpoint pollution.Funds are available to collaborative teams of scientists, farmers, institutions, soil and water conservation districts and educators.Applications must be submitted ...

With the continued increases occurring in farmland values, many people are asking ?What will cash rental rates look like for the 2013 crop year?? Setting cash rental rates in stable times is hard enough. Setting cash rental rates when there are volatile prices for corn, soybeans, and input cost, is even more difficult.Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is offering a Farm Land Leasing workshop on at ...

Sara Adam and Makayla Kessel, both of Fairfield, will be among the candidates competing for the title of Miss Teen of Iowa at the 2012 state pageant Friday through Sunday in Pella.Adam is the daughter of James and Rebecca Adam, and Kessel is the daughter of Steve and Lori Kessel.The winner of the pageant competition will receive a $1,000 cash scholarship and a $500 U.S. Savings Bond. The new state titleholder ...

Three free Laughter Yoga sessions are planned in the next few months in the Jefferson County Health Center conference room.The sessions will be held from 7:30-8:15 p.m. the first Wednesday in August, September and October: Aug. 1, Sept. 5 and Oct. 3.The sessions are open to the public, and everyone is welcome.Laughter Yoga combines laughter exercises with deep breathing, simple stretches and deep relaxation of ...

Wayne and Iola Parsons of Richland celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary Saturday, with family and friends.Iola Lock and Wayne Parsons were married Aug. 10, 1947, at Woolson Friends Church near Richland.The couple?s children hosted an open house at the church: Rita and Dennis Eastman of Packwood, Tim and Nancy Parsons of Richland and Mary Beth and Ron Porch of Bradenton, Fla.Seven of the couple?s nine ...

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...