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Students at Washington Elementary School, who are Learning about the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Kids, focused during February on Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood ? Listen With Your Heart.Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood means to try to understand the other person?s perspective, to listen ? not just with their ears, but also with their eyes, mind and heart.Teachers ...

The Fairfield Community School District has listed its menu for the coming week.Monday ? chicken patty on bun, rice with cinnamon and sugar, carrots, pears, milk.Tuesday ? burrito with salsa, corn, fresh apple half, peanut butter bar, milk.Wednesday ? toasted cheese sandwich, Little Smokies, peas, mixed fruit, milk.Thursday ? cook?s choice meat, green beans, pineapple, cook?s choice dessert, milk.March 23 ? ...

The following houses of worship have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through March 24.Any Fairfield house of worship that would like to have its calendar for the week of March 25-31, published in The Ledger on March 23 should provide information to the newsroom by 9 a.m. Thursday.Calendars should be updated weekly or monthly for the listing to appear in The Ledger. BETH SHALOM SYNAGOGUE308 South B ...

The Jefferson County Fair Open Class Committee will meet at 7 p.m. March 21 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building.The Open Class Committee welcomes all help and suggestions.

Fairfield Community School District will hold its 2012-13 kindergarten registration from 4-8 p.m. Thursday in the Washington Elementary School gymnasium.The registration is for all children in the Fairfield school district who will be 5 years old by Sept. 15.During registration, families will complete necessary kindergarten student enrollment documentation and provide student information, including birth ...

Maharishi School sent eight teams to compete at the Iowa Sub-State Destination Imagination Competition March 3 in Ames.Six of those teams placed first, and the remaining teams placed third in their respective categories.In Iowa, the DI program is run by a nonprofit organization, Students for a Creative Iowa. According to its website, the mission is to ?provide a safe and culturally rich environment that ...

The Fairfield Public Library will show a free film Friday evening.Doors open at 7 p.m, with the film beginning at 7:30 p.m.The 2012 film is the story of a successful Hollywood director, Tom Shadyac (?Liar Liar,? ?Nutty Professor,? ?Bruce Almighty?), who experienced a life-threatening head injury, and his ensuing journey to try and answer two very basic questions: ?What?s wrong with our world?? and ?What can we ...

Cheryl Fusco Johnson will be facilitating ?Wednesdays We Write? beginning Wednesday at the Fairfield Public Library.The free creative writing program for adults will meet from 3-4 p.m. four consecutive Wednesdays beginning this week for guided writing exercises.No experience is necessary, and writers of all genres are welcome. Participants can attend all four sessions or drop in for one or more. Class size is ...

BRIGHTON ? The Friends of Lake Darling State Park will hold a brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the park lodge to raise awareness and funds for its newest project: four-season ADA cabins.The brunch will include music by Robert McConnell; a program on Iowa?s osprey nesting program by Jodeane Cancilla from the McBride Raptor Center at 1 p.m., including appearances of a rehabilitated owl and hawk and playing ...

The Fairfield Lions Club is selling raffle tickets for a weekend stay for two at Honey Creek Resort at Lake Rathbun.Tickets, available from any Lions Club member, are $3 each or 10 for $25.The raffle drawing will be April 24.The weekend prize package also includes a $50 gas card, meals at the Lakeshore Grille and a round of golf on the 18-hole golf course at the lake.Attractions at Honey Creek Resort include ...

Together with their families, Elisa Marie Glandon and Alex Russell Lyons announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.The bride-elect is the daughter of Patrick Glandon of Birmingham and Stacey Reese of Keosauqua. She is the granddaughter of Pamela Glandon of West Branch and the late Bill Glandon, and Paul and Linda Montgomery of Delta. She is a 2007 graduate of Van Buren High School and a 2011 graduate of the ...

The Fairfield Lions Club held its annual recognition dinner Tuesday for the Fairfield High School academic top 10 seniors and their parents. Students receiving the awards were, from left, sitting, Jaimini Boender, Megan Palmer, Sarah Flinspach and Tori Ogden; standing, Lindsey Higgins, Serena Ward, Max Sloat and Shannon Cochran. Award winners not pictured are Alex Rodgers and Natasha Chang.