Fairfield News

TUESDAYBlood Drive, hosted by Lockridge Fire and Rescue, Lockridge Senior Center, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Appointments: 319-696-2543 or www.bloodcenterimpact.org with code 5045.Pool Tournament, Fairfield Eagles Club, 7 p.m. Information: 472-2811.Enchanted Forest Walk, self-guided stroll through holiday lights and displays, Waubonsie Park, Cantril, 5-8 p.m. Golf cart available by request. Information: 319-397-2251. ...

The following area houses of worship have submitted calendars for Sunday through Dec. 31.Any congregation wanting to have its calendar for the week of Jan. 1-7 published in The Ledger Dec. 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 ...

LOCKRIDGE ? Lockridge Fire and Rescue will host a community blood drive from 3:30-7:30 p.m. Dec. 27 at the Lockridge Senior Center.Donors who last gave blood on or before Nov. 1 are eligible to give at this drive.For appointments to donate, contact Marcia Wesley at 319-696-2543 or visit www.bloodcenterimpact.org and use code 5045 to locate the drive.According to the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, ...

AMES ? Average Iowa farmland value has shown a decline for the third year in a row ? the first time this has happened since the 1980s farm crisis ? and is now estimated to be $7,183 per acre.The statewide per acre value declined $449, or 5.9 percent, since November 2015. Farmland values hit a historic high in 2013, but have steadily declined since then. The statewide average value for an acre of farmland is now ...

DES MOINES ? The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has certified the results from the referendum held Nov. 30 to reinstate the $.50 per head Iowa beef checkoff. Collection of the checkoff will begin March 1.The certified results show the referendum passed with 56 percent of the more than 1,700 producers that voted favoring the reinstatement of the assessment. A simple majority was needed to ...

Fairfield?s Roosevelt Community Recreation Center has a special holiday break offer for youth.Thursday through Jan. 2, kids ages 17 and younger will be able to use the entire facility for $3 per day, and there will not be separate charges for pool access and gym access.For information, call Fairfield Park and Recreation Department at 472-6159 or visit the website www.fairfieldparksandrec.com.

DES MOINES ? Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey is encouraging Iowa fuel retailers and gas stations to submit nominations for the Secretary?s Renewable Fuels Marketing Awards, which recognize fuel retailers that have gone above and beyond in their efforts to sell renewable fuels.Awards are presented for both the marketing of ethanol and biodiesel.?Fuel retailers continue to take steps to make ethanol ...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Jefferson County is offering a Holidays Around the World day camp during area school districts? winter break.Holidays Around the World is open to all kindergartners through third-graders 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 28 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.Cost is $10 per child. Registration is open until Dec. 20. Call Jefferson County Extension at 472-4166 to register a ...

P.E.O. CHAPTER MBP.E.O. Chapter MB will meet at noon Wednesday at the home of June Lowenberg.The group will have a luncheon, business meeting, annual Yule Log Ceremony and initiation of new members.???

Linda Betsinger McCann, author of the ?Lost Town? book series, will be speaking at 10 a.m. Wednesday at SunnyBrook Assisted Living.McCann?s presentation will center on Prohibition, the 13-year span of time when the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic liquors was outlawed.McCann wrote about eastern Iowa residents, from the farmers who grew corn used in making illegal liquor, to the bootleggers who ...

BATAVIA ? Santa will be arriving by fire truck Saturday to visit with local Batavia children ages 12 and younger at the Batavia Fire Station.A short movie and refreshments will start at 9 a.m., followed by a visit with Santa.Again this year, goodie plates will be filled and delivered to the shut-ins and elderly in Batavia. Anyone wishing to donate cookies to help fill the plates can call Karen Smith at 647-799-0...

MONDAYBirmingham Pitch Club, Birmingham Lions Building, 5 p.m.Blood Drive, Mother Cabrini Parish Center, Richland, 2-6:30 p.m. Appointments: 319-456-2722 or www.bloodcenterimpact.org with code 5072.Enchanted Forest Walk, self-guided stroll through holiday lights and displays, Waubonsie Park, Cantril, 5-8 p.m. Golf cart available by request. Information: 319-397-2251. Continues through Dec. 31.Alcoholics ...