Fairfield News

What will it take for you to believe that Jesus is God?One man believed because Jesus was able to tell him what he had been doing before they met. Perhaps he thought Jesus was psychic. He felt that Jesus could see straight through him to the core of who he was as a person.Do you need for someone to see you for who you really are? Has anyone recognized your intrinsic worth?God knows what you are worth. He ...

Ribbon winners of the 2011 Greater Jefferson County Fair Open Class have been announced.Winners are listed by category:Adult winnersCold-painted ceramics: Dixie Ruggles, blue.Glazed and fired ceramics: Heather Richards, red and blue.Holiday ideas: Nancy Connelly, blue.Recycled: Sandy Nelson, blue; Ellen Westhoff, red; and Twilla Luke, white.Pictures: Phyllis Harris, blue.Paintings: Mary ...

A handful of campsites with electricity remain available for reservation in Iowa?s state parks for the busiest weekend of the summer.As of Tuesday, Lake Keomah, Honey Creek, Maquoketa Caves, Pikes Peak, Pilot Knob and Red Haw state parks each had a site or a few sites remaining for the July 4 weekend. All other parks have filled, except for handicap accessible sites.Campers who do not have a campsite ...

The following churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through July 9.Any Fairfield church that would like to have its calendar for the week of July 10-July 16 published in The Ledger July 8 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 p.m. ...

DES MOINES ? The effort by law enforcement agencies to enforce Iowa?s boating while intoxicated law as part of the national Operation Dry Water campaign resulted in making contact with nearly 800 boaters on more than 200 vessels.?The number of our boater contacts were lower this year versus previous years primarily due to the flooding on the Missouri River and severe weather limiting the project on the Iowa ...

JOHNSTON ? Corn growers in Crop Reporting District 9 will vote July 12 at their county Extension offices for a northwest Iowa representative on the Iowa Corn Promotion Board.District 9 candidates are Wayne Humphreys and Ptricia Koller.Humphreys raises corn, soybeans and operates a custom hog feeding operation near Columbus Junction in Louisa County. He has been farming for 37 years.Humphreys is currently ...

The Greater Fairfield Area Habitat for Humanity is raffling off a custom-built playhouse this summer.The playhouse will make its debut at Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk today. Raffle tickets will be sold at the art walk for $25 per ticket or five for $100. The playhouse will travel from the art walk to the Hy-Vee parking lot, where it will spend the rest of July.The playhouse will come back to the square ...

The Fairfield Public Library continues its children?s summer programs with the ?One World, Many Stories? summer reading program and story times next week.The summer reading program will be 2-3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. The Tuesday session is for kindergartners through third-graders and will be a video of Africa presented by Jean Dorothy. The Wednesday session is for fourth- through eighth-graders, and Dr. ...

The Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its menu for the coming week.Meals are served at 11:30 a.m.Monday ? meal sites closed.Tuesday ? liver and onions, parsley butter potato and gravy, mixed vegetables, banana bran muffin, ice cream cup.Wednesday ? baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, tomato cucumber salad, peaches, crispy rice bar.Thursday ? Round Up bean casserole, mixed green salad ...

AMERICAN LEGIONThe American Legion will not meet Monday due to the Fourth of July holiday. Members will next meet Aug. 1.

BLOOMFIELD ? Robert and Luella Yoder and family of Bloomfield will host a Practical Farmers of Iowa field day, ?Raising Multiple Species on One Pasture,? July 8 at Yoder?s Natural Farm near Bloomfield.The free field day starts with lunch at 11:30 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. Participants will learn about Yoder?s Natural Farm?s pastured-poultry system, including pen design, pasture access and more.Discussion ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture will accept 2.8 million acres offered by landowners under the Conservation Reserve Program general sign-up completed in April.The selections preserve and enhance environmentally sensitive lands, while providing payments to property owners.?We are pleased to find out that during this 41st general sign-up, Iowa had 1997 offers, which totaled 51,698 acres. Eighty-eight percent of ...