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Support Iowa Cattlemen?s Foundation with ?Cartridges for Cash? program

Support Iowa Cattlemen?s Foundation with ?Cartridges for Cash? program

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

AMES ? Iowa cattle producers have a chance to support the Iowa Cattlemen?s Association through the Merck Animal Health ?Cartridges for Cash? program, formerly known as ?Wheels for Bucks.?The program now includes Revalor-XS (trenbolone acetate and estradiol), in addition to Ralgro (zeranol). The Iowa Cattlemen?s Foundation will receive $1 for every Revalor-XS cartridge and 50 cents for every Ralgro cartridge ...

Signup underway for hands-on history

Signup underway for hands-on history

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

KEOSAUQUA ? Become an archaeologist for the day by joining the Office of the State Archaeologist from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 28 to survey a historic site associated with the Mormon trails through Van Buren County.Participants will meet at the Keosauqua Boat Ramp. The site is associated with the first exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, when the travelers were bogged down for two weeks due to bad weather.Participants ...

Fairfield School Menu: September 26-30, 2016

Fairfield School Menu: September 26-30, 2016

Fairfield School Menu: September 26-30, 2016

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

Fairfield Community School District has listed its lunch menu for this week.Elementary schools:Monday ? breakfast: chocolate chip breakfast bar, milk, juice, fruit. Lunch: cheeseburger on a bun, baked beans, cauliflower with dip; applesauce, milk.Tuesday ? breakfast: build-your-own yogurt parfait, milk, juice, fruit. Lunch: chicken alfredo, garlic bread, steamed broccoli, celery sticks, peaches, milk.Wednesday...

Volunteers to pack food for Take Away Hunger Sunday

Volunteers to pack food for Take Away Hunger Sunday

Volunteers to pack food for Take Away Hunger Sunday

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

A group of area churches is having its eighth food packing session Sunday afternoon at Word of Life Lutheran Church.The church volunteers will now be packing food for Take Away Hunger instead of Kids Against Hunger.The first shift will start packing at 1 p.m., with the second shift starting at 2:30 p.m.; although volunteers are welcome to work for as short or as long as they would like. The packing event should ...

Churches: September 25-October 1, 2016

Churches: September 25-October 1, 2016

Churches: September 25-October 1, 2016

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

The following area houses of worship have submitted calendars for Sunday through Oct. 1.Any congregation wanting to have its calendar for the week of Oct. 2-8 published in The Ledger Sept. 30 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 if the submitted ...

Congregate meals: September 26-30, 2016

Congregate meals: September 26-30, 2016

Congregate meals: September 26-30, 2016

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its congregate meals menu for the coming week.Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Fairfield senior center and at noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Lockridge senior center.Monday ? pork and cabbage casserole, baked sweet potato, oatmeal-raisin cookie, applesauce, wheat dinner roll, or bread, with margarine.Tuesday ? chicken salad sandwich,...

Home improvement workshops set

Home improvement workshops set

Home improvement workshops set

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

Several free home improvement workshops are planned during Home Improvement Week Monday through Sept. 24 at the Jefferson County ISU Extension office.The workshops will teach participants about fixing up their ?energy-hog? homes, making homes more efficient and healthy, restoring features of older homes and more about building science.The first workshop will be ?Sealing Your Home with Bill McAnally? at 7:15 ...

Fairfield Public Library hosting book sale

Fairfield Public Library hosting book sale

Fairfield Public Library hosting book sale

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

The Fairfield Public Library will have a two-week book sale beginning with an ?early-bird preview? from 6-8 p.m. Friday.A $5 admission will be charged for the early-bird sale; the fee is waived for members of Friends of the Fairfield Library. After Friday, admission to the sale will be free.Featured will be adult fiction and nonfiction books, children?s books, audio books, DVDs, VHS tapes and music CDs.Thanks ...

Relay for Life holding first 5K

Relay for Life holding first 5K

Relay for Life holding first 5K

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

Jefferson County Relay for Life will hold its first 5K run/walk the evening of Oct. 8 at The Walton Club.Registration for ?Light Up the Night for Hope? will begin at 5 p.m., with the run/walk starting at 6:30 p.m.Preregistration before Wednesday is $25 per participant, with a T-shirt guaranteed. If 10 registrations are submitted at the same time, a discounted rate of $20 per paricipant is applied.After ...

Fairfield High School Class of 1956

Fairfield High School Class of 1956

Fairfield High School Class of 1956

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL CLASS of 1956Fairfield High School Class of 1956 will hold its 60th-year reunion Friday and Saturday.An informal gathering will be at 6 p.m. Friday at the Walton Club. Nonclass members are invited.A banquet will be at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Fairfield Elks Lodge. Friends of the classmates are welcome to join the group after the meal.For information, call 919-6583, 472-2616 or 472-2543.

Host families sought for IHCC students

Host families sought for IHCC students

Host families sought for IHCC students

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

OTTUMWA ? The International Affairs Office at Indian Hills Community College invites area residents to take part in a unique cultural experience called the International Friendship Program. The effort allows local families the chance to make a difference in the lives of the college?s nearly 200 international students, who come from six of the world?s seven continents.The program is a non-live-in social host ...

Fyes to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

Fyes to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

Fyes to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

Delbert A. and Carolyn K. Fye will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2-4 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Ollie Baptist Church.Delbert Fye and Carolyn Henry were married Sept. 8, 1956, at the Ollie Baptist Church.The couple?s children are: DA Fye of Kingston, Tennessee, and Tracy Fye of Ollie and his fiancée Kelli of Hedrick. They also have two grandsons and are expecting a great-grandson.The...

Raffle benefits family

Raffle benefits family

Raffle benefits family

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

Proceeds from the raffle of this quilt will be donated to a young local family whose husband/father unexpectedly died to help with funeral expenses. The newly made quilt was constructed with 100 percent cotton fabric and batting, created in a smoke-free home, and is full-size, approximately 83-inches by 83 inches. It will be displayed today through Monday in the Century21 window on the square. Tickets are one for ...

Parcell Wright turning 85

Parcell Wright turning 85

Parcell Wright turning 85

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

Gertrude ?Trudy? Parcell Wright of Fairfield will be 85 years od Sept. 8. A card shower is planned. Cards can be sent to her at 205 E. Adams Ave., Fairfield 52556.