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DOUDS ? A full slate of entertainment is planned for the 62nd annual Douds Field Day, scheduled Friday-Sunday in and around Douds.Activities kick off Friday at 6:30 p.m. with a dinner and Douds High School reunion at the Douds Elementary Center. The public is welcome. For reservations, contact Marvin Philips.Festivities continue Saturday morning with a pancake and sausage breakfast from 7:30-10 a.m. at the ...

The Fairfield Art Association announces three upcoming printmaking classes for children in second through sixth grade.Promoted as ?three days ? three ways,? the program will have three different instructors teaching three different kinds of printmaking on three separate Thursdays. The sessions will be 1-3 p.m. in the FAA studio in the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center.Alicia Carradus will lead ?Yarn and ...

Fairfield Public Library will show the film ?True Grit? as part of its ?Friday Free Films? series at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the library?s meeting room. Doors will open at 7 p.m.?True Grit? is a story of vengeance and valor set in an unforgiving and unpredictable frontier where justice is simple and mercy is rare.Mattie Ross is determined to avenge her father?s death by capturing Tom Chaney, the man who shot ...

Wilma Lawson of Fairfield observed her 104th birthday with a private celebration May 17 at SunnyBrook Living Care Center.Mrs. Lawson was born June 20, 1907, in southeast Iowa.She taught in a one-room school before later running a motel and restaurant west of Fairfield.Mrs. Lawson?s children are Bud Lawson of Ankeny, Eugene Lawson of Bettendorf, Dick Lawson of Clifton, Va., and Roger Lawson of Tucson, ...

It is said that a person?s true character comes out in a game of golf, but I like to think there is much to be learned from watching someone in the kitchen.You can tell a lot about a person by their choice of ingredients, the amount of spice used, the ease in which they maneuver about and the speed in which they cook.On the heels of burning our dinner the night before I found myself in the beautiful home of ...

FAIRFIELDCo-Ed II ? 472-3707Green Lantern (PG-13), 7, 9:15 p.m. Fri.; 2:05, 4:20, 7, 9:15 p.m. Sat.-Sun.; 7, 9:15 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.The Hangover Part II (R), 7:05, 9:10 p.m. Fri.; 2, 4:30, 7:05, 9:10 p.m. Sat.-Sun.; 7:05, 9:10 p.m. Mon.-Thurs. MOUNT PLEASANTTemple Twin ? (319) 385-3726Green Lantern (PG-13), 7, 9:15 p.m. Fri.; 2, 7, 9:15 p.m. Sat.-Sun.; 7, 9:15 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.Super 8 ...

A free opera show from Way Off Broadway is among the numerous daytime events planned before Saturday?s All Things Italian Street Festival on the Fairfield square.Led by Margaret Clair and featuring a number of summer interns, Way Off Broadway plans to ?take you on a fun romp through Italian opera? starting at 2 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall, 51 N. Main St.Participating interns include tenor Brian Watson from ...

Willard Hoskins of Keosauqua will be conducting a pedal pull for individuals with disabilities, ages 4 to 11, at 5 p.m. June 24 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds during the Jefferson County Fair.Hoskins said it is not necessary for children to be able to pedal ? there will be competent support on hand to provide assistance.Each participant will be awarded a trophy.Preregistration is necessary so that ...

The following rural churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through June 25.Any rural church that would like to have its calendar for the week of June 26-July 2 printed in The Ledger June 23 should provide information to the newsroom by noon Wednesday. ANTIOCH INDEPENDENT2363 142nd St., FairfieldJohn Benedict, pastorSunday: morning worship, 10 a.m. BATAVIA UNITED METHODIST...

Ninth-grade Maharishi School students Michael Corazza and Leanna Miller receive the Alex Grace Award for displaying the school?s highest ideals: kindness, courage, integrity and wisdom. The award is named for former Maharishi School student Alex Grace, who passed away following a fight with cancer.

Relay for Life of Jefferson County committee members met Monday evening at Jefferson County Health Center to review results of the May 14 event.The total amount raised was $61,092.71. The top three fundraising teams were Libertyville Savings Bank, $5,540; Full Effect Salon, $3,203.82; and Cropper Walkers, $3,179.50. Top individual fund raisers were Dawn Bechtel, $1,342.50; and Barb Bloom, $984.Luminaria ...

CHARLESTON, W. Va. ? Atreya Dey, a 2011 graduate of Maharishi School, has been selected to represent Iowa as a delegate to the 2011 National Youth Science Camp.Dey will join 116 other top high school graduates representing the United States as well as students from other countries at the four-week program, now in its 48th year. The national science camp, located in the rustic setting of the Monongahela ...