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WE CAREA representative from Relay for Life will be speaking at the We Care Fairfield cancer support group meeting from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Friday at the Jefferson County Health Center conference room.The representative will explain what Relay for Life is and how people can get involved.The Jefferson County Relay for Life will be May 5 in Fairfield. A time for questions, sharing and supporting each other also is ...

Jefferson County Relay for Life Team Cropper Walkers is sponsoring a fundraising Crop for the Cure event from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. March 17 at Immanuel Lutheran Church.Participants can bring their unfinished scrapbook or quilt projects and their own supplies for a workday.The $25 fee includes two light meals, snacks, tea, lemonade and coffee. Proceeds will go to the 2012 Jefferson County Relay for Life event to ...

3 area hunters offered trophy buck awardsThree area hunters have been invited to receive the 2011 Trophy Buck Print Award Saturday and Sunday at the 37th Annual Eastern Iowa Sportshow in Cedar Rapids.The award recognizes trophy bucks taken in Iowa and registered with the Department of Natural Resources for the 2010-11 deer-hunting season.Daniel Schwarz of Fairfield harvested a deer in Van Buren County that ...

Pearl Samuelson of Marion will celebrate her 90th birthday during an open house from 1-3 p.m. March 17 at Falcon Civic Center in Central City.Mrs. Samuelson was born March 13, 1922, in Fairfield. She and her late husband Lloyd ?Shorty? Samuelson have two daughters: Julie Hollingsworth of Marion and Nancy Schmaljohn of Franklin, Ill.; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.No gifts are requested, but ...

There is a new water system being sold in town. It has amazing healing properties. What if you could get this healing water for free?Jesus offered living water to one woman.She mocked him, ?You don?t even have a bucket to draw water with. There isn?t a pump. How are you going to get any water in this dry land??Jesus remarked, ?The water I am going to give you will spring up from inside of you. You will never ...

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 ? ...

The Fairfield Community School District has listed its menu for the coming week.Monday ? cheseburger on bun, french fries, fresh orange, Sunshine Bar, milk.Tuesday ? pig-in-a-blanket, baked beans, pears, Jell-O, milk.Wednesday ? smoked turkey on bun, mixed vegetables, peaches, frosted chocolate cake, milk.Thursday ? pizza, corn, pineapple, ice cream, milk.March 16 ? fish shapes, tartar sauce, bread and ...

The following houses of worship have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through March 17.Any Fairfield house of worship that would like to have its calendar for the week of March 18-24, published in The Ledger March 16 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 ...

First United Methodist Church is hosting a tenderloin meal from 5-6:30 p.m. March 16.Everyone is welcome, free will offerings will be accepted.The menu includes tenderloins, chips, baked beans, salads, desserts and beverages.

St. Mary Catholic Church continues its Lenten video series, ?Catholicism,? with the Rev. Robert Barron, who narrates from 15 countries and more than 50 locations.Episode 2 will be presented from 3-5 p.m. Sunday in Saint Mary Parish Hall. Each episode is an hour, and a discussion follows.Subsequent episodes in the 10-part series will be shown each Sunday in Lent. The remaining episodes will be shown in the ...

Each school month, the Fairfield Elks Lodge sponsors the Fairfield Middle School ?Students of the Month? award to acknowledge positive contributions of FMS students at school.These positive contributions range from assisting teachers and peers in classroom activities to displaying characteristics as a role model in and out of the classroom. The Students of the Month certificates are awarded after a nomination ...

KEOSAUQUA ? The Van Buren County Farm Bureau will be sponsoring a Rules of the Road Conference at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Roberts Memorial Building in Keosauqua.Iowa Department of Transportation Officer Christopher Boswell will give a presentation on what farmers, semi drivers and business owners who use Iowa?s roads need to know.Following Boswell?s presentation, there will be speakers on the issues affecting ...