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CORNELL COLLEGEMOUNT VERNON ? Adeara Maurice of Fairfield, a student at Cornell College, has been named to the dean?s list, earning honors.Cornell named 36 students to the dean?s list for block five. Cornell names students to the dean?s list three times a year: for the fall semester, which is made up of four 3.5-week blocks; for block five; and for the spring semester, which is made up of four 3.5-week blocks.A...

Seneca Area Agency on Aging encourages people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, have difficulty speaking or are deaf/blind to apply for a discount voucher for special telephones with amplification features and captioning features.The program is made possible by Telecommunications Access Iowa, a program of the Iowa Utilities Board,and is administered by Deaf Service Unlimited.Vouchers cover 95 percent of the ...

To Kelly and Matt Giltner of Hamburg, Germany, a girl, Luca Elizabeth, 7 pounds, 14 ounces, born Friday, March 2, 2012, in Hamburg, Germany.She has one brother, Brett, 5, and one sister, Krista, 3.Grandparents are Tim and Jamie Kuiken of Fairfield and Norton and Addie Kay Giltner of rural Batavia.

The following rural churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through April 14.Any rural church that would like to have its calendar for the week of April 15-21 printed in The Ledger April 12 should provide information to the newsroom by noon Wednesday.Rural churches must update calendars weekly or monthly or the listing will not be printed. Updates can be emailed to news@ffledger.com, mailed to ...

Fairfield Women?s Club will have an Easter bazaar from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the McElhinny House.Easter items for sale will include baked items, frozen ham balls and frozen chicken casseroles.Homemade cinnamon rolls and coffee will be served during a social time.

Several blood drives are scheduled in the area by the Mississippi Regional Blood Center.Prairie View United Methodist Church will host a Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center blood drive from 2:30-7 p.m. April 9.Donors who last gave on or before Feb. 23 are eligible to give again. Walk-ins are welcome, but for appointments, call Ann Snyder at 319-456-6708.Cambridge Investment Research Inc. will host a blood ...

Fifth-graders at Fairfield Middle School celebrated Kick Butts Day March 21 by creating a poster illustrating the harmful chemicals contained in cigarettes, including acetone, ammonia, arsenic and formaldehyde. Fifth-graders pictured, from left, are Nicole Singer, Ellie Baker, Jenna Wickenkamp and Clinton Morrison.

Orders are due April 6 for the S.H.A.R.E. Iowa Inc. food packages available in April.Orders can be placed by calling the St. Mary Catholic Church office at 472-3179 or the Southern Iowa Economic Development Association office at 472-6140. Orders also can be placed online at www.shareiowa.org. The pickup date will be the morning of April 1 at the Fairfield Eagles Club.Several different packages are available; ...

Drew Canaday of Stockport has been chosen by Elvin E. Cecil No. 147 of Stockport to attend the annual session of the Iowa American Legion Auxiliary Girls State June 17-22 on the Iowa State University campus in Ames.Canaday, the daughter of Michael and Teresa Canaday, attends Van Buren High School, where she is a junior class officer and is involved in National Honor Society, Rachel?s Challenge and band.Canaday ...

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.In observance of Lent, fish will be offered as an alternative each Friday through April 8. Diners should let the meal site know if they prefer fish when making reservations.Monday ? ...

LOVE WITHOUT LIMITSLove Without Limits, a new support group for parents of children with special needs, will meet at 6:30 p.m. April 5 at Revelations Book Store and Café.For information, call Heather Beard at 641-451-0236.???RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNELThe Jefferson County Retired School Personnel met for an Easter luncheon March 28.Gregg Morton, chief deputy with the Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office, gave an ...

FRIDAYNarcotics Anonymous, New Life Community Church, 7 p.m.Alcoholics Anonymous, Fairfield Friends Church. Call 233-5139.Al-Anon, Fairfield Friends Church, 8 p.m. SATURDAYFairfield Easter Egg Hunt, Chautauqua Park, 10 a.m.Libertyville Easter Egg Hunt, Libertyville Elementary School, 10:30 a.m.Birmingham Easter Egg Hunt, Birmingham City Park, 1 p.m.Breakfast, benefiting Richland Friends Cemetery, Mother ...