SunnyBrook Assisted Living will have a Thanksgiving potluck for friends and family at 5:30 p.m. Friday.The dinner will be followed by bingo for the community from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Jack Porter of Fairfield, a U.S. Navy veteran, was among the group of military veterans aboard the Oct. 18 Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.Honor Flight is a non-profit organization dedicated to sending veterans on free trips to Washington to visit various historical sites and war memorials built in honor of the veterans.For many, it is a trip of a lifetime ? an emotional day for the 80- and 90-year-olds who ...
MONDAYP.E.O. Chapter HA, 1853 Brookville Road, 7:30 p.m.Polishville Bingo, Polishville Community Center; food, 4:30 p.m.; bingo, 5:45 p.m.Bonnifield and William H. Coop Questers Salad Dinner, The Oaks Assisted Living at Parkview Care Center, 6 p.m.4-H Gardening Club, Jefferson County ISU Extension Office, 4 p.m.Jefferson County Youth Committee, Jefferson County ISU Extension Office, 7 p.m.Birming...
Several memorial and gift items were donated to Fairfield Public Library during October.Adopt-an-Author, given by Dale Tripp, ?The Christmas Wedding? by Patterson.Adopt-an-Author, given by Roseann Swink, ?A Lawman?s Christmas? by Miller; and ?Ghost Hero? by Rozan.In memory of Elise and Bill Bender, given by Susan and Steve Small, ?Baby Knits for Beginners? by Bliss.In memory of Wallace Brokken, given ...
MOUNT PLEASANT ? The sixth Hometown Concert Series will kick off with a Christmas show featuring Sound Appeal, the Mount Pleasant First Presbyterian Church adult bell choir, at 7 p.m. Dec. 21.This year the concerts will be held in the Iowa Wesleyan College Chapel Auditorium in Mount Pleasant.The concert series showcases local talent and raises funds to support local projects. In the past, the funds have ...
The Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its menu for the coming week.Meals are at 11:30 a.m.Monday ? beef meatballs, gravy, baby red potatoes, green beans, banana orange cup.Tuesday ? ham and beans, Tomato Spoon Salad, cornbread muffin, cottage cheese, pineapple, orange juice.Wednesday ? baked chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, creamed spinach, apricot halves.Thursday ? baked fish, baked ...
OTTUMWA ? The Twin Galaxies Video Game Festival, set for today through Sunday in Ottumwa, kicks off at 6 p.m. with a free public rally at Bridge View Center auditorium.The rally will include updates on plans to develop an International Video Game Hall of Fame in Ottumwa, and the donations to the collection of memorabilia. Larry Larson of Fairfield will be donating a 1990 Atari game ?Off the Wall.?For ...
The Fairfield Community School District has listed its menu for the coming week.Monday ? turkey deli and cheese on bun, carrots, peaches, pudding, milk.Tuesday ? burrito with salsa, corn, rosy applesauce, Jell-O, milk.Wednesday ? fish patty on bun, cheesy mixed vegetables, pineapple rings, cookie, milk.Thursday ? chicken nuggets, frosted cinnamon roll, green beans, strawberries, milk.Nov. 18 ? ...
PACKWOOD ? Pekin Middle School officials have announced the names of students who earned recognition on the honor roll for the first quarter of the 2011-12 academic year.The eighth grade, straight A honor roll includes: Nikole Arendt, Elizabeth Atwood, Emily Bemis, Courtney Comstock, Bethanne Cooksey, Austin Fariss, Madison Lathrop, Payton Lock, Taylor Lock, Ashley Lucas, Sloan Reighard, Tessa Winn and Gwynne ...
ELDON ? The American Gothic House Center received funding from Humanities Iowa to host a free lecture of ?Looking Closer at Grant Wood: What Did He Do, and How Did He Do It?? by Roy Behrens at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Eldon Library Hall. The attention given to Wood?s most famous painting, ?American Gothic,? often prevents people from focusing on his other accomplishments. How was he trained? What influenced him? ...
A bluegrass jam session is set from 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.Pickers, singers and spectators are invited to attend.Admission is free, but donations are welcome.Snacks and coffee will be available.
The following rural churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through Nov. 19.Any rural church that would like to have its calendar for the week of Nov. 20-26 printed in The Ledger Nov. 17 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 lifestyles@ffledger.com, ...
WEST DES MOINES ? Livestock production continues to provide important support to Iowa?s economy.According to the recently released Iowa Agricultural Statistics booklet, Iowa?s cattle, hog and sheep producers? receipts grew by 20 percent last year, growing to $8.32 billion.Information in the 136-page book is compiled by the National Agricultural Statistics Service?s Iowa Field Office, a division of the U.S. ...
Fairfield High School officials recently released the names of students who earned recognition on the honor roll for the first quarter of the 2011-12 school year.Students on the ?A? Honor Roll, with * denoting straight A?s, are: Seniors ? Tori Ogden, *Megan Palmer, *Thomas Price, *Alex Rodgers, Taylor Silvers, *Darien Sloat, Alina Stallone, Cheyenne Tedrow, *Haven Tichy, Serena Ward, Miranda Williams, Manda ...
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