DES MOINES ? The Iowa State Fair, in partnership with the Governor?s STEM Advisory Council, has created the first-ever Fair-Ovation event set for Aug. 13 in the Oman Family Youth Inn.Fair-Ovation is a pitch or idea contest in a science fair-like atmosphere for students in grades 3-12. The contest provides the opportunity for students to gain professional feedback on their innovative ideas, inventions and ...
MT. PLEASANT (GTNS) ? Chicken wing fans, assemble. Wings in the Spring is coming to Mt. Pleasant?s Central Park 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday.Expected to bring together at least a dozen amateur chefs from around the southeast Iowa area to downtown Mt. Pleasant, the first-ever Wings in the Spring chicken wing cooking contest will award cash prizes to the top competitors as well as the people?s choice recipient.In ...
The Lord?s Cupboard?s 2017 L.O.A.F. Program will begin Wednesday.The L.O.A.F. Program helps feed school-aged kids who depend on free breakfasts and lunches during the school year.Through L.O.A.F., low-income families can visit The Lord?s Cupboard once a week during the summer and receive a small bag of easily prepared foods for the kids. Families also receive a small voucher for kid-friendly foods good at ...
Christner-Hill familyWAYLAND ? The annual reunion of the John and Bertha Christner Hill family will be June 11 at the Wayland Community Center in Wayland.A covered-dish picnic will be at noon.All relatives and friends are invited.For information, call Stan Hill at 319-219-9027.
MT. PLEASANT ? The Iowa Pork Industry Center and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach are teaming up to provide training for pork producers and others who need certification in either Pork Quality Assurance Plus program or Transport Quality Assurance.A certification session for each has been set on June 6 in Henry County.The session will be held at the ISU Extension and Outreach Henry County office in ...
Arc of Jefferson and Nearby CountiesThe next Arc of Jefferson and Nearby Counties meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the Fairfield Tenco Building.Topics of the agenda are to be: graduation congratulations/scholarship recipients, reports on Camp Courageous, county fair, and Special Olympics updates.The meeting is open to the public. Those attending can bring ideas or concerns.For information, call Lynn ...
A new Dementia Caregivers? Support Group will have its first meeting from 1:30-3 p.m. Saturday in the Optimae Annex, which is the small building on northeast corner of Optimae?s parking lot.The new support group is sponsored in conjunction with Optimae Life Services. Plans are for the group to meet the first Saturday of each month.For more information, call 641-781-3303.Dementia is a progressive disease. A ...
Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation will host a community blood drive from 3-5:30 p.m. May 8 in its community room.All donors will receive voucher for an ?I Bleed Red? or ?I Bleed Blue? T-shirt.Donors who last gave blood on or before March 13 are eligible to give at this drive.For appointments to donate, contact Dawn Hauck at 472-6080 or visit www.bloodcenterimpact.org and use code 5377 to locate the drive.Potential ...
The Fairfield First Church of the Nazarene will resume its free community meals starting at 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. Supper will be inside the Family Life Center between North Fourth Street and Briggs Avenue.All members of the community are invited to come out and enjoy food, fellowship and worship. For more information, contact the Rev. Dick Allen at 436-1040.
The following area houses of worship have submitted calendars for Sunday through April 29.Any congregation wanting to have its calendar for the week of April 30 through May 6 published in The Ledger April 28 should provide information to the newsroom by 9 a.m. Thursday.Listings are not perpetually printed. A weekly or monthly calendar must be submitted for the listing to appear in The Fairfield Ledger; specify ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ? Unofficial results showed the minority Christian governor of the Indonesian capital was resoundingly defeated Wednesday by his Muslim challenger who swept up votes by appealing to a growing conservatism in the world's most populous Muslim nation.So called "quick counts" by 10 research companies show former Cabinet minister Anies Baswedan winning between 55 and 60 percent of votes with ...
Fairfield Community School District has listed its lunch menu for the coming week.Elementary schools:Monday ? breakfast: mini doughnuts. Lunch: biscuits and gravy with sausage patty, Trojan Tots, carrot sticks, frozen fruit cup.Tuesday ? breakfast: pancake on a stick. Lunch: walking taco, peppy pinto beans, lettuce and cheese, craisins.Wednesday ? breakfast: smoothie with graham crackers. Lunch: turkey and ...
MT. PLEASANT (GTNS) ? When the flight attendant called out names for mail call during the 41st Honor Flight from Quincy, Illinois, to Washington, D.C., there was more than one Harrison name called.In fact, all five of the Harrison brothers ? Richard, 80, Robert, 77, Ronald, 73, Russell, 70 and Roger, 64 ? made the trip together.The idea came from second oldest, Robert.?I always wanted to go, but I didn?t want ...
Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its congregate meals menu for the coming week.Monday ? loose-meat burger, wheat hamburger bun, tater rounds, tomato slices, broccoli-cauliflower-raisin salad, banana.Tuesday ? roast pork loin, au gratin potatoes, lima beans, strawberries and peaches.Wednesday ? Swedish meatballs, spaghetti with vegetable salad, baby carrots, ambrosia salad.Thursday ? Italian chicken ...
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