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Jeff and Jeannie Pedrick and Brayden Pedrick of Richland announce the engagement and up coming marriage of their daughter and mother Ashley Kathryn Pedrick to James Alan Sines, son of Roger Sines of Hayesville.Pedrick is a 2009 graduate of Keota High School. She attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids and Indian Hills in Ottumwa and is self employed.Sines is a 2005 graduate of Sigourney High school and is employed ...

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.Monday ? beef meatballs, gravy, baby red potatoes, green beans, applesauce.Tuesday ? ham and beans, Tomato Spoon Salad, cornbread muffin, cottage cheese, pineapple, orange juice.Wed...

The Fairfield Community School District has listed its menu for the coming week.Monday ? BBQ Ribb on bun, corn, rosy applesauce, frosted peanut butter bar, milk.Tuesday ? chicken and noodles, bread and butter sandwich, mashed potatoes, peaches, milk.Wednesday ? turkey deli on bun, green beans, mixed fruit, cookie, milk.Thursday ? beef stew, frosted cinnamon roll, cheese slice, celery with peanut butter, ...

Orders for February S.H.A.R.E. food packages are due Feb. 10.The $25 best-value package for the month includes chicken breast strips, sole or pollack fillets, ham steak, sliced deli oven-roasted turkey breast, mashed potatoes, brownies and fresh seasonal produce.Other packages, such as a meat-only package, also are available.To place an order, call the St. Mary Catholic Church at 472-3179 or SIEDA at 472-6140....

Fairfield High School officials have added two names to its second-quarter honor roll for 2011-12 printed in The Ledger Thursday.Freshman Sierra Simmons is on the A honor roll.Senior Shannan Baker is on the B honor roll.

KEOSAUQUA LIONS CLUBKEOSAUQUA ? The Keosauqua Lions Club will have its annual soup supper and auction Feb. 10 at the Roberts Memorial Building in Keosauqua.Serving begins at 5 p.m., with the auction to follow.Proceeds go to community projects.??? JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU WOMENJefferson County Farm Bureau Women will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Kokomo?s Kafé.Sandy Nelson will be hostess and is in ...

ars for Sunday through Feb. 11.Any Fairfield house of worship that would like to have its calendar for the week of Feb. 12-18 published in The Ledger Feb. 10, 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 St.Marc Berkowitz, presidentFriday: Sabbath service, 8 p.m. ...

The First United Methodist Church youth group is hosting a Valentine luncheon Feb. 12, following the 10:35 a.m. worship service.The public is invited.Free will offerings are appreciated. The proceeds will help fund the youth summer mission trip to South Dakota.Serving is from noon to 1 p.m. at the church. The menu is lasagna, salad, dessert and a beverage.

Fairfield High School officials have announced the names of students who earned recognition on the honor roll for the second quarter of the 2011-12 academic year.The A-honor roll, with * denoting straight A?s, includes:Seniors ? *Manda Adam, Jaimini Boender, *Natasha Chang, *Shannon Cochran, *Sarah Flinspach, Michael Gookin, Laura Hawk, *Lindsey Higgins, Mukund Martin, Aaron McConeghey, Marina McKay, Abigael ...

While the plant seen in many gardens has many names, the real name for the plant grown mainly for its foliage is Hosta. Other names are Friendship Plant, Plantain Lily and Funkia. Hostas are easy to grow, shade tolerant, herbaceous perennials. Hostas are grown by some because they are pretty much care free, but I grow them for their beautiful foliage. The ?Friendship Plant? name came from the sharing of divisions ...

The Family Ties Relay for Life team will host the second annual Daddy-Daughter Dance for kindergarden through fifth-grade girls and their fathers from 6-8 p.m. Feb. 11 at Fairfield Middle School.Refreshments and door prizes, including a grand prize and a special prize drawing for those who have registered and paid by Monday, are planned. Photo opportunities will be available. Every girl will receive a goody ...

The following rural churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through Feb. 11. ABINGDON CHURCH OF CHRISTBrookville Road, AbingdonJeff Richards, pastorSunday: Sunday school, 10 a.m., service, 11 a.m. ANTIOCH INDEPENDENT2363 142nd St., FairfieldJohn Benedict, pastorSunday: worship, 10:30 a.m. BATAVIA UNITED METHODISTBud Lane, pastorJoyce Proctor, lay pastorSunday: worship, 8 a.m. ...