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Kelli Manary and Nolan Symmonds announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.The bride-elect is the daughter of Craig and Cheryl Manary of Iowa City. She is a 1999 graduate of City High School in Iowa City and a 2002 graduate of Kirkwood Community College. She is employed at Mercer Administration in Iowa City.Symmonds is the son of Virgil and Jane Symmonds of Fairfield. He is a 2004 graduate of Fairfield High ...

The following rural churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through Jan. 21.Any rural church that would like to have its calendar for the week of Jan. 22-28 printed in The Ledger Jan. 19 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 PO ...

LADIES AUXILIARY VFW POST 2271The Ladies Auxiliary to Dimmitt-Vorhies VFW Post 2271 met Monday at the post home, with 10 members present.Sisters were reminded their cancer insurance would be invalid if their dues had not been paid. Dues will increase to $19 July 1.Donations were sent to cancer aid and research, and money was sent for the veterans? hospital fund.The ?I Love America? contest winners will be ...

A bluegrass jam session is set for 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.Pickers, singers, spectators and acoustic instruments are welcome.Snacks and coffee will be available.Admission is free, but donations are welcome to help defray the cost of the event.

Meghan Louise Luedtke and Brandon Arik Jones were married Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, during a 3:30 p.m. double-ring ceremony officiated by the Rev. Craig Brown, a family friend and former Fairfielder, at Memorial Lutheran Church in Ames.The bride is the daughter of Gene and Louise Luedtke of Fairfield. She is a graduate of Iowa State University and is a quality assurance analyst for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.The ...

AMES ? Practical Farmers of Iowa?s 2012 Annual Conference, ?Made from Scratch,? is just around the corner.Farmers and food lovers who haven?t yet had a chance to register online or over the phone can still register at the door for the Friday and Saturday event at the Iowa State Center Scheman Building in Ames. The group?s 2012 conference promises to ?cook up? a blend of benefits for farmers and consumers as ...

BIRMINGHAMThe guest speaker at the Birmingham United Methodist Church Sunday will be Linda Rowe of Bloomfield. The church is having guest speakers while the Rev. Peg Ellingson is on leave during January.? Arlene Lyon, Ledger correspondent

The Fairfield High School Student Council, basketball team members and coaches, and the FHS administration are encouraging students and spectators to ?dress-up? when they attend the home basketball games.The goal of the dress-up days is to have some fun and to add even more Trojan spirit to the events, explained Jeff Courtright, the school district?s activities director.The theme for tonight?s double header ...

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has scheduled three blood drives in Fairfield.The first is set for 2-7 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building. Donors who last gave blood on or before Nov. 22 are eligible to donate again. To make an appointment, call 800-452-1097.The second is set for 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at First National Bank in Fairfield, downstairs in the ...

The Maharishi University of Management education department is planning a series of colloquia on educational change.The first seminar will be ?The Power to Change: Improving Schooling in America? at 7:45 p.m. Jan. 23 in Festival Hall of the Argiro Center.The first seminar will feature Jamie Vollmer, speaker, consultant, champion of public education and author of the book ?Schools Cannot Do It Alone.?Respondents...

OTTUMWA ? Photos from Costa Rica to the mountains of Wyoming and many points in between will be featured in a one-artist show coming to the Indian Hills Community College Art Gallery.Dennis Ferns of Gibson will showcase his talents in the one-artist show from Jan. 16 through March 15.The public is invited to the exhibit?s opening reception from 7-8:30 p.m. Jan. 16. Refreshments will be served.Ferns? interest ...

STOCKPORTAn Old-Tyme Music Jam is set from 1:30-4 p.m. Jan. 22 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 taken to help defray the cost of the building.­???Stockport Public Library is open from 3-6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesday and from 9 a.m. to noon Thursdays. New DVDs ...