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The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has two blood drives scheduled.The first is set from 2-6:30 p.m. Jan. 9 at First United Methodist Church in Fairfield.Donors who last gave blood on or before Nov. 14 are eligible to participate.For appointments, call Doris Eklund at 472-4303.The second blood drive is set from 3-7 p.m. Jan. 10 at the Batavia Senior Citizen Center.Donors who last gave ...

John William Reed of rural Libertyville is celebrating his 100th birthday.An open house celebration will be held from 2-4 p.m. Jan. 7 at Faith United Methodist Church in Libertyville.Mr. Reed was born Jan. 8, 1912, in Jefferson County and was married to Ella Mae (Smith) Reed for 63 years before her passing in 2006.He worked for Louden Machinery Company for 38 years until his retirement in 1977, farmed in ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its lunch menu for the coming week.Monday ? no school.Tuesday ? BBQ Ribb on bun, onion rings, pears, cookie, milk.Wednesday ? steak fingers, bread and butter sandwich, corn, mixed fruit, milk.Thursday ? Pig-in-a-Blanket, baked beans, pineapple, pudding, milk.Jan. 6 ? hot ham and cheese on bun, green beans, peach halves, Sunshine Bar, milk.

FRIDAYNarcotics Anonymous, New Life Community Church, 6:30 p.m.Alcoholics Anonymous, Fairfield Friends Church. Call 233-5139.Al-Anon, Fairfield Friends Church, 8 p.m. SATURDAYFairfield Farmers? Market, Fairfield Senior Citizen Center, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Free Gospel Sing, Roberts Memorial Center, Keosauqua, 5:30 p.m.Boy Scout Troop 33 of Donnellson, flag raising/Eagle Scout rank presentation ceremony, ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU WOMENJefferson County Farm Bureau Women will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pizza Ranch.Hostess and program presenter is Shirley Stanley. Roll call will be on the people, language and sports of Canada.All interested women are invited to attend.

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Library Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the library.???The pastor of the Birmingham United Methodist Church will be on leave until Jan. 31. The church will have different speakers for Sunday services, beginning with John Preston giving the sermon Sunday.? Arlene Lyon, Ledger correspondent

Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is offering Solution: Intensify!, a small-group personal training workshop.The program is designed for men and women who want to kick start a fitness routine, push through a plateau or continue with an already dynamic fitness program.Designed for no more than 12 participants, each person will have an opportunity to achieve what they have not achieved before through ...

THE OCEAN CORPORATIONHOUSTON, Texas ? The Ocean Corporation of Houston, Texas, has announced Mathew Ryan Havelka of Fairfield graduated Nov. 10, with an ultimate diver training certification.Havelka is the sone of Carol and Michael Havelka.The Ocean Corporation is the premier commercial diving training organization in the United States and has been training commercial divers since 1969. Graduates will go ...

Rep. Curt Hanson has noted there is a win-win organization for Iowa citizens and Iowa taxpayers regarding medical prescriptions called the Iowa Prescription Drug Corporation.People eligible for IPDC programs would be any Iowan who is uninsured or underinsured, with a limited income. People who have been laid-off in this recession and have lost their medical insurance may find IPDC programs useful for themselves...

David and Kierston Pacha of Brighton announce the engagement of their daughter Taryn Pacha to Curtis Mottet, son of Daniel and Barbara Mottet of Brighton.The bride-elect graduated from the University of Iowa in 2010, with a bachelor?s degree in communication studies. She is employed by the Iowa City Community School District and is pursuing her master?s degree in school counseling from the University of ...

BENTONSPORT ? Boy Scout Troop 33 of Donnellson is planning to conduct a flag raising and Eagle Scout rank presentation ceremony at 1 p.m. Dec. 31 in Bentonsport.The scouts will be honoring Eagle Scout recipient Chris Bennett Jr., as well as recognizing his Eagle Scout flag and landscape installation project. During the summer and fall, Bennett organized, raised funds for and installed a 25-foot flagpole, ...

WOLFTo Lisa and Matt Wolf of Johnston, triplets, Aaron Anthony, 5 pounds, 2 ounces, Brennan Paul, 4 pounds, 5 ounces, and Callie Ann, 3 pounds, 8 ounces, born Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.They have one brother, Gavin Matthew, 3 since Sunday.Grandparents are Gary and Donna Wolf of Packwood and Larry and Pat Schultes of Carroll.Great-grandmothers are Betty Sheraden of Ollie and ...