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Maharishi School student Atreya Dey, recently selected as an alternate Iowa delegate for the 48th annual National Youth Science Camp, will be attending the prestigious forum after all.As one of Iowa?s most promising young scientific leaders in the 2011 high school graduating class, Dey will participate in the program following an announcement that one of the two original students selected to attend has dropped ...

Fairfield Foursquare Church is hosting a ladies tea from 3:30-6 p.m. Saturday.The menu includes hot and cold hors d?oeuvres, desserts, tea and coffee.Kim Keller, master gardener, will give a demonstration on container gardening and share a special activity with the children.Door prizes will be awarded.Fancy attire is encouraged, though not required. Portraits will be available through Heart2Art ...

FAIRFIELD WOMEN?S CLUB GARDEN DEPARTMENTFairfield Women?s Club Garden Department members will meet at 8:30 a.m. Thursday before departing to visit a greenhouse in Wellman.The group will travel to Kalona for lunch and visit a greenhouse before returning.Reservations are needed today and may be phoned to Donna Clark at 472-4248.???JEFFERSON COUNTY TOBACCO-FREE COALITIONThe Jefferson County ...

Imagine Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin and Bette Midler all together on one stage ? three solo artists combining to blow the roof off the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts.That, in a nutshell, is the experience of Divapalooza, scheduled at 7:30 p.m. May 14.Their names may not be as familiar, but the ladies in the coming trio have each garnered well deserved comparisons to their more famous ...

The Fairfield Elks Lodge has announced its Fairfield Middle School Students of the Month for April.Each school month, the Elks Lodge sponsors the ?Students of the Month? award. The purpose of this award is to acknowledge positive contributions of FMS students at school. These positive contributions range from assisting teachers and peers in classroom activities to displaying characteristics as a role model in ...

OTTUMWA ? Broadway Melodies, Indian Hills Community College?s annual spring vocal concert, is scheduled for 3 p.m. May 8 in St. John Auditorium on the Ottumwa campus.Michael Philipsen will direct the Indian Hills Concert Choir, Camerata Singers and a number of student soloists in a program of selections from a wide variety of Broadway show tunes. Featured musicals will include ?Wicked,? ?Billy Elliott,? ...

Two free, eight-week exercise classes for senior citizens are being offered from the Jefferson County Wellness Coalition.A class entitled ageless fitness will run from 10:30-11:15 a.m. Tuesdays. The first class is next week.The class is focused on improving balance, posture, flexibility, strength, relaxation and cardiovascular health.Mercedes Jijena will lead ageless fitness. Jijena is a certified ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU WOMENFarm Bureau Women will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pizza Ranch.Wilma Lewis Whitham is hostess and in charge of the program.The roll call response will be about the history of South Africa.Members are asked to bring ideas for the Ag in the Classroom program, which will be held during the Jefferson County Fair at the fairground?s country school house. John Sandbothe, ...

The Fairfield Latin and Ballroom Association will host a Latin, ballroom and swing dance from 8:15-10 p.m. Sunday at Morning Star Studio.A lesson in the waltz starts at 7:30 p.m., with practice dancing until 8:15 p.m.Admission is $3.For information, contact Paul Saipher at 919-5698 or fflbra@iowatelecom.net.

The following rural churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through May 7.Any rural church that would like to have its calendar for the week of May 8-May 14 printed in The Ledger May 5 should provide information to the newsroom by noon Wednesday. ANTIOCH INDEPENDENT2363 142nd St., FairfieldJohn Benedict, pastorSunday: morning worship, 10 a.m. BATAVIA UNITED METHODISTBud ...

Following the theme of becoming more sustainable in Jefferson County, the Backyard Conservation Series is sponsoring the Fairfield Garden Tour and Farm Crawl from 1-4 p.m. Sunday.Starting from the Fairfield Public Library, the tour will begin with a panel of high tunnel-type ?greenhouse? owners discussing their experiences building and using high tunnels. The tour is an opportunity to hear just what high ...

Seven filmmakers from Fairfield received a total of 10 awards at the 20th annual Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards on Saturday in Des Moines.The Iowa Motion Picture Association recognizes Iowa?s film and video production community for its achievements in using the moving image as a means to communicate, educate and entertain. The IMPA honors nominees at two levels of recognition within each category ? the ...