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BURLINGTON ? The Burlington Branch of the Greater Iowa Chapter of the Alzheimer?s Association will be holding a special workshop from 2-3:30 p.m. Monday at its office in Burlington.The workshop will offer ways for family members to explore managing stress and emotions, adjusting expectations, creating a safe and comfortable environment for the person suffering from dementia, identifying activities for a more ...

KEOSAUQUA ? Singers from several United Methodist churches in Van Buren County will be coming together to present a Christmas cantata at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Van Buren Good Samaritan Center in Keosauqua.The cantata will be ?A Simple Christmas? by Lani Smith.The public is invited to attend the special service of music.A time of fellowship and refreshments provided by the Good Samaritan Center will ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its lunch menu for the coming week.Monday ? corn dog, green beans, pears, cookie, milk.Tuesday ? Turkey Huntington, peas, peach halves, raisin bar, milk.Wednesday ? pork patty on bun, corn, apricots, pudding, milk.Thursday ? chili with crackers, peanut butter sandwich, carrot sticks, sliced pineapple, milk.Dec. 16 ? chicken patty on bun, mixed vegetable...

The following rural churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through Dec. 17.Any rural church that would like to have its calendar for the week of Dec. 18-24 printed in The Ledger Dec. 15 should provide information to the newsroom by noon Dec. 14.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 ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Red Hat Ladies will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Birmingham Lions Building.The Lions will serve the lunch. The hostesses will be Mary Ann Cook and Alice Stortz.???The Birmingham Lions will have their Christmas party at 7 p.m. Monday at the Birmingham United Methodist Church.Gene Stine, Ann Boley and Stanley Knipfer will make arrangements for the entertainment.This ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra will present its eighth annual ?Messiah - Sing!,? an audience sing-along concert experience, at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Iowa Wesleyan College Chapel Auditorium in Mount Pleasant. Under the direction of guest conductor Bradley Miller, the orchestra, student and professional soloists and the audience/chorus will perform G. F. Handel?s immortal Christmas classic ...

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Director JoBeth Lewer is announcing the RSVP senior ?Friendly Visiting Program? in Fairfield.The program matches a volunteer, age 55 and older, with a homebound/isolated senior, aged 60 and older, based on their mutual interests and location.The volunteer will spend a minimum of one hour per week in the senior?s place of residence in Fairfield.A few examples of how a ...

The Fairfield Public Library has recently been able to update its music CD collection with a browser-friendly display cabinet. A grant from TransCanada ANR made it possible for the library to reclassify its collection according to genre and purchase new CDs. Kathy Shaw, left, has degrees in both music and library science and completed the work. Sue Biermann, center, of TransCanada and Becky Huggins, library ...

A statewide ?call to prayer for a nation in crisis,? is scheduled for 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.Churches in Jefferson County are encouraged to participate.Everyone is invited to Fairfield Foursquare Church for prayer and to view a webstream from the River of Life Church in Cedar Rapids, going out to Iowa communities.Child care will be provided.There is no cost to attend and no organization, denomination or ...

Elementary choirs at First United Methodist Church will present ?Christ-myth Busters? as their annual Christmas musical at 6 p.m. Sunday.The community is cordially invited. Refreshments and fellowship will follow the program.

Pianist and comedian Brian Hanson will be in concert at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at First Church of the Nazarene.The Rev. Howard Innis, pastor, invites the public to attend. A free will offering will be received.Hanson concerts include hand-picked traditional favorites from old-time hymns and gospel songs, contemporary praise and worship music, and his own original compositions.Hanson has produced the nationally...

St. Mary Catholic Church is hosting Lynn Cooper in her only Iowa holiday concert at 4 p.m. Sunday.?Music has always been a passion in my life,? she says.Cooper began her musical career at age 11, singing on local television in her home state of Nebraska.She has released four albums, was featured on EWTN?s Life on the Rock and is one of eight American artists chosen for Vatican Radio. Cooper also has been ...