Fairfield News

An early observance of Birmingham resident Irene Dickinson?s 95th birthday was celebrated the weekend of July 29-31 in Des Moines.The fun began July 29 with canvas painting and a barbecue at the home of Annette and Bryan Bravard in West Des Moines. July 30 kicked off with family members wearing a Team Dickinson ?95? T-shirt to lunch, followed by a family bowling competition. The evening consisted of a dinner at ...

DES MOINES ? Join the Iowa Department of Public Safety and its divisions and bureaus at the 2016 Iowa State Fair.The Iowa State Fair opened today and continues through Aug. 21.The Iowa DPS?s booths are housed in the Hall of Law and Flame, under the Grandstand.This year, the Iowa DPS?s Division of Criminal Investigation will have a virtual tour of the DCI Criminalistics Laboratory, the only crime lab in the ...

DES MOINES ? Iowa State Fair will honor active and retired military throughout the day Monday, with discounted gate admission, special displays and a parade on the Grand Concourse.Active and retired members of the military with a military I.D. and their spouses will receive $8 gate admission from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday.The Veterans? Day parade, an annual tradition featuring military bands, floats and more, ...

Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center is planning two blood drives: one in Richland and one in Lockridge.The community blood drive in Richland will be from 2-6:30 p.m. Monday at the Mother Cabrini Parish Center.For appointments to donate, contact Cindy Adam at 319-456-2722 or visit www.bloodcenterimpact.org and use code 5072 to locate the drive.Donors who last gave blood on or before June 20 are eligible to ...

Jefferson County Farm Bureau will host the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce?s Business After Hours from 5-7 p.m. today.During the event, chamber members and their guests will meet the Jefferson County Farm Bureau Board of Directors and office staff. Soil demonstrations and kids? activities are planned. Free koozies and T-shirts are available. Refreshments of pop, beer, wine, smoked pork loin, fruit and relish ...

Kara Manning and Robert Parish, along with their families, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.The bride-elect is the daughter of Chris and Joni Manning of Fairfield. She employed as the assistant controller/accounting manager at Hillphoenix Specialty in Keosauqua.The groom-elect is the son of Sue and Philip Cronk of Keosauqua and the late Danny ?Bucky? Parish. He is employed at Hillphoenix Specialty ...

AMES ? Think of a cake.When pulled from the oven it is a delicious masterpiece; a light, fluffy desert in vanilla, chocolate or angel food flavors. But how does it get to that place?A cake is a mixture of ingredients that works together to produce something better than what they can be individually. Eggs, milk, flour and the other ingredients that make up a cake are fine on their own, but after combined and ...

The Jefferson County ISU Extension and Outreach office will host its monthly Grown Folk Table Talk from 6-7 p.m. Aug. 9 at the extension office on the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.Stan Hughes, the Jefferson County Extension director, said everyone is welcome to attend and participate in discussions about concerns, community events, programs and more.?My objective is to come up with programming for our youth in ...

Jazz service, pancake brunch planned SundayFirst Presbyterian Church will have a jazz service at 10 a.m. Sunday in the church?s fellowship hall.The Rev. Joe Phipps, pastor of the church, will combine scripture and an inspirational message with sacred and secular music performed by a jazz ensemble.The ensemble will feature: Francis Thicke, James Wotherspoon, Ken Burns, Rodger Gillaspie, Leanne Edgeton, Gerry ...

The following area houses of worship have submitted calendars for Sunday through Aug. 6.Any congregation wanting to have its calendar for the week of Aug. 7-13 published in The Ledger Aug. 5 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 ...

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 ? creamed turkey, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, mandarin oranges, wheat dinner roll or bread with margarine.Tuesday ? Salisbury steak with gravy, Potatoes ...

The following area houses of worship have submitted calendars for Sunday through July 16.Any congregation wanting to have its calendar for the week of July 17-23 published in The Ledger July 15 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 ...