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CONCORDIA UNIVERSITYSEWARD, Neb. ? Ashley Willoughby of Fairfield was one of the eight Concordia University, Nebraska, students inducted into Phi Epsilon Kappa, a health and human performance honor society Dec. 11. Willoughby is a junior at the university.This was the first year Concordia inducted members into the honor society.Jen Janousek, chairwoman of the health and human performance department and already ...

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center mobile crew drew 25 units of blood Dec. 22 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building.Donors can give blood every eight weeks. Call the Southeast Iowa Blood Center at 800-452-1097 to schedule an appointment for the next blood drive.According to the blood center, one pint of blood can help save the lives of up to three patients, and one out of every five ...

BirminghamThe Birmingham Lions Club will have its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Birmingham Lions Building.The January committee is Harry Anderson and Kriss Anderson???The Red Hat Ladies will meet for an 11:30 a.m. lunch Tuesday at the Birmingham Lions Building.The hostesses are Delores Brown and Jeraldine Snodgrass.???The Birmingham Homecoming Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the ...

Walnut Ridge Workers hold Christmas partyWalnut Ridge Workers 4-H Club and Lockridge Clover Kids held a Christmas party at 1 p.m. Dec. 18 at Lockridge Senior Center.The club members made Christmas cards for the senior center participants out of construction paper and various craft supplies.Everyone brought a covered dish to share for a potluck lunch. Gifts were exchanged.The club members and parents played ...

Practical Farmers of Iowa will be hosting eight online seminars called Farminars from 7-8:30 p.m. each Tuesday beginning next week through March 13.Farminars provide an opportunity for farmers to learn from other farmers without having to travel. Any computer with an Internet connection may be used to participate.Many Farminars will feature a beginning farmer learning from a more experienced farmer. Other ...

The following rural churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through Jan. 14.Any rural church that would like to have its calendar for the week of Jan. 15-21 printed in The Ledger Jan. 12 should provide information to the newsroom by noon Jan. 11.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 ...

The little baby born in a barn to starlight and heaven?s voices ? why did we spend so much time celebrating his birth?God sent this child to save grown men from their ill deeds.Not just any child, His own child.For you. For me. For that cantankerous neighbor or disloyal family member.Why?Because God loves . . . He gave His most precious possession.But now we turn the page for the New Year, new resolutions, ...

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. ? Residents of Iowa can ring in the New Year by receiving 10 free flowering trees by joining the Arbor Day Foundation any time during January.By becoming a member of the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation, new members will receive two white flowering dogwoods, two flowering crabapples, two Washington hawthorns, two American redbuds and two goldenraintrees.?These beautiful trees will give your ...

DES MOINES ? Keep Iowa Beautiful is offering up to four, $500 scholarships to Iowa high school seniors in 2012.Students across Iowa enrolling in an Iowa college or university to major in community enhancement or environmental areas of study are eligible. Paid internships also may be available to scholarship recipients.Through the leadership of Bob Byers, long-time educator, the organization?s Litter-Free School ...

The Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its menu for the coming week. Meals are at 11:30 a.m.Monday ? all meal sites closed for the New Year holiday.Tuesday ? hearty beef and bean vegetable soup, saltine crackers, Orange Surprise Salad, homemade wheat dinner roll, apricot half, crispy rice bar.Wednesday ? roast pork with gravy, mashed potatoes, scalloped cabbage, banana-orange cup.Thursday ? roast ...

Registration is under way for a youth biddy ball camp planned by the Fairfield Park and Recreation Department.The camp, for boys and girls in kindergarten through second grade, will meet for three consecutive Sundays beginning Feb. 5 from 1-2 p.m. in the Pence Elementary School gym.Adjustable hoops are available at the gym.The camp is an introductory basketball program. The participants will work on learning ...

Tom and Julie Wetrich of Fairfield announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of daughter Megan Wetrich to Robert Walker, son of Jeff and Sherri Wetherell of Stockport and Steve and Wendy Walker of Jacksonville, Fla.The bride- and groom-elect are both 2006 graduates of Fairfield High School. Wetrich currently works as a massage therapist in Ankeny, while Walker works at Camp Dodge in Des Moines for the Iowa ...