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Local resident Patti Miller presents ?Keeping History Alive? at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service event organized by the Fairfield Volunteer Center and Fairfield Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Monday at the Fairfield Public Library. Miller told her personal story of working as a civil rights activist in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964, and after that, working with King and the ...

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITYSEWARD, Neb. ? Ashley Willoughby of Fairfield was listed on Concordia University?s term honors list for the first semester of the 2011-12 academic year.The top 25 percent of undergraduate students who complete at least 12 credit hours qualify for the honors list.??? IOWA STATE UNIVERSITYAMES ? Several area students graduated from Iowa State University during fall commencement ceremonies....

The second annual Organic Grain and Livestock Outlook meeting in Fairfield is set from 2-5 p.m. Saturday at the Argiro Student Center on the Maharishi University of Management campus.The meeting, sponsored by the Iowa Organic Association, offers an opportunity to learn more about market demand and managing risk in organic farming operations.This year?s meetings will provide an overview of the organic industry ...

Maurice Huff of Fairfield will be celebrating his 95th birthday Wednesday.A card shower is planned. Cards can be sent to Huff at 3000 W. Madison Ave., Apt. 21, Fairfield 52556.The retired land improvement contractor was born in Bonaparte Jan. 25, 1916.He has four sons: David Huff of Danville, Calif.; Dan Huff of Chapel Hill, N.C.; Jon Huff of Fairfield; and Phil Huff, also of Fairfield.

A training program to help new 4-H volunteers develop their volunteer skills and fill their ?volunteer toolbox,? will be presented several times in March across Iowa, including March 24 in Fairfield.The seminar dates and sites are: March 10 in Sioux City; March 17 in Atlantic; March 24 in Fairfield; and March 24 in Nashua.Each of the seminars runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.The training program is designed for ...

The following rural churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through Jan. 28.Any rural church that would like to have its calendar for the week of Jan. 29 through Feb. 4 printed in The Ledger Jan. 26 should provide information to the newsroom by noon Wednesday. ANTIOCH INDEPENDENT2363 142nd St., FairfieldJohn Benedict, pastorSunday: morning worship, 10:30 a.m. BATAVIA UNITED METHODISTBud ...

McKIMTo Destiny Wallace and Chester McKim IV of Fairfield, a boy, Chester LaVern McKim V, 9 pounds, 7 ounces, born Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.Grandparents are Shiela and Scott Hawkins of Fairfield, Troy Wallace of Wellman and Kristi and Chester McKim III of Libertyville.Great-grandparents are Peg McKim of Fairfield; Jim Muntz of Batavia; and the late Virginia Muntz, Chet McKim Jr. ...

AMES ? Practical Farmers of Iowa is encouraging Iowa farmers interested in conserving natural resources to sign up for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program Organic Initiative and the Conservation Stewardship Program.Farmers must apply at their local USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service office by Friday for EQIP and Feb. 3 for the EQIP Organic Initiative...

Practical Farmers of Iowa will be hosting online seminars called farminars from 7-8:30 p.m. each Tuesday through March 13.Farminars provide an opportunity for farmers to learn from other farmers without having to travel. Any computer with an Internet connection may be used to participate.Participants log in to view the program live online and ask questions throughout the presentation in real time.To register ...

DES MOINES ? John R. Whitaker, state executive director for the Iowa Farm Service Agency, reminds producers signup for the 2011 livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish losses ends Jan. 30, under the FSA?s Emergency Livestock Assistance Program.In addition to submitting a notice of loss, producers must file an application for payment by Jan. 30.?With the number and variety of adverse weather conditions in Iowa ...

The Fairfield Volunteer Center has an ongoing need for snow shovelers for individuals who are unable to shovel their own sidewalks.Anyone willing to volunteer to shovel snow can sign up by calling the volunteer center at 209-9045 or emailing fairfieldvolunteers@gmail.com.The city of Fairfield requires snow and ice to be removed from sidewalks within 12 hours after the snow has fallen or ice has formed. In the ...

STOCKPORTThe Stockport United Methodist Church is having a taco supper from 5-7 p.m. Saturday.A free-will donation will be collected.???An Old-Tyme Music Jam is set from 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday at the Stockport Senior Center.The public is invited to bring their instruments and play acoustical music or just come and enjoy the fellowship and music.A free-will offering will be collected help defray the cost of the ...