SOUTHEAST IOWA SINGLESSoutheast Iowa Singles will meet for dinner at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Torino Pizza and Steak House.Following the meal, members can attend a dance with music by Silver Streak from 7:30-11 p.m. at the Eagles Club. Singles and other couples are invited. Admission to the dance is charged.Future bands scheduled to play for S.I.S. dances are: Amarillo in September and Prairie Dog in ...
Several area individuals who participated in various contests at the 2011 Iowa State Fair have been awarded with ribbons and titles. Partial competition results follow: IVY?S QUALITY BREADSKaren Schafer of Brighton took second place overall with her blueberry coffee cake in Ivy?s Quality Breads competition. Schafer received a first-place ribbon in the coffee cake category and a second-place ribbon in the ...
The deadline to apply for the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s Value-Added Producer Grant is Aug. 29.There is $37 million available and 10 percent is reserved for beginning farmers and ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.Agricultural producers, businesses majority-owned by agricultural producers, and organizations representing agricultural producers are eligible to apply for grants for ...
A clandestine meeting. The cloak of darkness. An opposing gang leader. This is how Nick met Manny.Nick said, ?We know you?ve got power and connections. No one could do what you do unless someone big is behind you.??You?ve got to be born from a higher place in order to experience the greatest power,? answered Manny.?How can I be born another time?? Nick asked. ?I am what I am.??It is about entering a ...
Francis and Susan Thicke will host a Practical Farmers of Iowa Field Day from 1-4 p.m. Aug. 27 at their rural Fairfield farm.The free event, open to the public, will feature a wagon tour of the Thicke farm?s 60-paddock grazing system and a walk through of the on-farm dairy processing facilities.Emphasis of the field day will be on the renewable energy systems in place and planned for the farm as well as a ...
The following churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through Aug. 27.Any Fairfield church that would like to have its calendar for the week of Aug. 28-Sept. 3 published in The Ledger Aug. 26 should provide information to the newsroom by 9 a.m. Thursday. CENTRAL BAPTIST302 W. Jefferson Ave.Ray Ellerd, pastorSunday: worship service, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday: worship service, 6 ...
The following rural churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through Aug. 27.Any rural church that would like to have its calendar for the week of Aug. 28-Sept. 3 printed in The Ledger Aug. 25 should provide information to the newsroom by noon Wednesday. ANTIOCH INDEPENDENT2363 142nd St., FairfieldJohn Benedict, pastorSunday: morning worship, 10 a.m. BATAVIA UNITED METHODIST...
A Marching Band Showcase featuring the Fairfield High School and middle school marching bands is scheduled at 7 p.m. Friday at Trojan Stadium.Music and marching developed during summer rehearsals will be on display. The event is free.The middle school marching band is under the direction of Mary Andersen and comprised of 100 students in seventh and eighth grade. The high school band is under the direction ...
The first of a four-session tobacco cessation class entitled ?Beyond Tobacco? will be held at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Jefferson County Health Center boardroom.The sessions will then be held on each consecutive Tuesday in September at the health center.Based on American Cancer Society?s ?Freedom from Smoking? curriculum and offered in conjunction with the Jefferson County Tobacco-Free Coalition, the program ...
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) 385-3726Spy Kids 4 (PG), 7, 9 p.m. Fri.; 2, 7, 9 p.m. Sat.-Sun.; 7, 9 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.Crazy, Stupid, Love. (PG-13), 7:20, 9:40 p.m. Fri.; 2:20, 7:20, 9:40 p.m. ...
Dave and Laura May of Des Moines announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of daughter Nicole May to Tyler Lyon of Grimes, son of Anthony and Tina Lyon of Reinbeck and grandson of Maynard and Carolyn Edwards of Stockport.May graduated from Lincoln High School in Des Moines in 2004. She received a bachelor?s degree in education from Simpson College in 2008 and currently teaches at Studebaker Elementary ...
CREATE YOUR BEST COLD PASTA SALAD CONTESTSonny Melchers of Fairfield secured top honors in the adult category of the pasta salad contest and was awarded a $100 Visa gift card and an apron.Entries were judged on nutrition and appearance.???IOWA WINE COMMERCIAL COMPETITIONCedar Valley Winery of Batavia captured double gold status with their Norton wine, which was among 116 wines entered by 24 ...
Rachel Swanson, daughter of David and Karen Swanson of Fairfield, is given the Jefferson County Democratic Party Scholarship worth $600 by Rep. Curt Hanson. A 2011 graduate of Fairfield High School, Swanson will start her nursing education in the fall at Indian Hills Community College.
LOCKRIDGE VICTORY NO. 8 SCHOOLLOCKRIDGE ? The Lockridge Victory No. 8 School, located about 1.5 miles east of Four Corners, will celebrate its 120th anniversary Sept. 18.Former students and teachers, descendants of both, and others interested are invited to attend.A more detailed article will be released in early September.For information, contact: Darlene Vorhies, 306 W. Harrison Ave., 472-4449 or ...
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