FAIRFIELDCo-Ed II ? 472-3707Show times for BigTime Cinema Co-Ed II were not available at press time. Movie listings will be updated on The Ledger?s website at www.ffledger.com when made available. MOUNT PLEASANTTemple Twin ? (319) 385-3726The Help (PG-13), 6:30, 9:20 pm.. Fri.; 2:20, 6:30, 9:20 p.m. Sat.-Sun.; 7:20 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.Dolphin Tale (PG), 7, 9:15 p.m. Fri.; 2, 7, 9:15 p.m. Sat.-Sun....
JOHNSTON ? Applications for the 2011-2012 Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team, formally known as the Iowa Corn Student Advisory Team, are now available at www.iowacorn.org/advisoryteam.Applications must be postmarked by Oct. 14.The Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team assists the Iowa Corn Growers Association and the Iowa Corn Promotion Board in developing programs that target and enhance Iowa Corn?s relationsh...
UNIVERSAL PRODUCING COMPANYThe annual Universal Producing Company get-together is set for 5 p.m. Saturday at the home of Dewayne and Wilma Hootman, 803 N. 10th St.Those attending are asked to bring a covered dish to share.
The Jefferson County ISU Extension Office will host an Aquatic, Forest and Roadside Continuing Instructional Course for commercial pesticide applicators Oct. 5.The program can be seen at locations across Iowa through the Iowa State University Extension Pest Management and the Environment Program, including the extenstion office in Fairfield. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., followed by sessions from 9-11:30 ...
JOHNSTON ? Despite flooding and record breaking heat, U.S. corn farmers are still projected to produce the third largest corn crop on record, according to a report released last week by the United States Department of Agriculture.Total U.S. corn production is predicted at 12.5 billion bushels, the third largest crop in history. U.S. yields are expected to average 148.1. The USDA projects total U.S. corn supply ...
With the arrival of harvest season, many Iowa farmers are not anticipating high yields due to hail and wind damage, but are considering how to best manage crops damaged by late summer storm events.?These producers are questioning how to handle planting next spring and concerns about volunteer corn,? said Marty Adkins, state resource conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service. ?They are ...
Robert and Lois Sasseen of Fairfildwill celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Thursday.Robert Sasseen and Lois Bell were married Sept. 22, 1951, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua.They both retired in 1987. Mr. Sasseen retired from Skelgas and Mrs. Sasseen from Farmers Home Administration.They are the parents of two daughters, Cindy Rippey and husband Larry of Fairfield and Connie Bever of West Des ...
Irene Dickinson of rural Birmingham celebrated her 90th birthday Sept. 4 at a birthday party hosted by her eight children.The day started with a 9 a.m. Mass at St. Mary Catholic Church in Fairfield. A breakfast followed for family and out-of-town guests. Dickinson was presented a photo album created by her children. She also was given a memory book in which letters were written to her.The party officially ...
EAST PLEASANT PLAIN ? The monthly congregate dinner in East Pleasant Plain is set for 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Church.The menu for September includes fried chicken, potatoes and gravy, vegetables, a salad bar, bread, pie and beverages.Bingo will be played after the meal.People of all ages are welcome to attend.Although not required, reservations for the meal are appreciated and ...
OTTUMWA ? ?An Evening of Song and Laughter,? featuring Kate Crist, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 in St. John Auditorium at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa.The presentation is part of the 2011-12 Performing and Visual Arts Series at the college. The concert is free and open to the public.Crist is a graduate of Cardinal High School and the University of Northern Iowa. Her voice teachers ...
STOCKPORTCome out to the Stockport Sod Bustin? Day Saturday.All festivities begin at 8:30 a.m., with music, a book sale by the Stockport Library, an Amish bake sale, a John-Deere carousel, games for the kids by the Van Buren Jaycees, an old-time plowing exhibition with both horses and early antique tractors.Wayne Keller and others will provide the music.The Stockport Fire Department and the P.Y.R.O. ...
Julie Gordon Beale of Fairfield will celebrate her 90th birthday with a card shower.Beale was born Sept. 30, in 1921, in Worchester, Mass., and is a retired homemaker and realtor. After spending most of her life in Arizona, she relocated to Iowa to be near her family. She enjoys sewing, cooking, reading, bowling, golf and watching football games.She is the mother of three children, Deborah Gordon Farrell of ...
Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra is will present its 2011 Pops Concerts this weekend at two venues.The first concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Bridge View Center in Ottumwa.The second will be at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Memorial Auditorium in Burlington.2011 Pops performances will include: ?Fairest of the Fair? - Sousa. ?Star Trek Through the Years,? ?Some Enchanted Evening,? ?Maybe this ...
KEOSAUQUA ? The Good Samaritan Society-Van Buren, 819 Country Lane Road, Keosauqua, will hold an open house and hog roast from 5-8:30 p.m. Sept. 23 to commemorate Founder?s Day.Carriage rides, children?s activities and tours have been planned. Van Buren is joining locations across the nation in celebrating the beginning of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society.The Society, founded by the Rev. ...
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