BIRMINGHAMNineteen members of the Over 50 and Fabulous Red Hat Ladies met for lunch Aug. 12 at Pizza Ranch in Fairfield.Sidney Goemaat played her clarinet for the program. ?Happy Birthday? was sung for those with August birthdays. Joyce Dorothy won the door prize. Doris Ramsey and Lois Nicholson were hostesses.? Arlene Lyon, Ledger correspondent
Roy Mitchell of Packwood will celebrate his 100th birthday from 2-4 p.m. Saturday at SunnyBrook Assisted Living Center.The celebration is being hosted by his children, including Steve Mitchell and wife Karyn of St. Charles, Illinois, Michael Mitchell of Batavia, Rob Mitchell and wife Lori of Fairfield, Julie Mitchell-Craig and husband Don of Marion. He also has two grandsons and one great-granddaughter.Mr. ...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is proposing to amend rules that will allow dock permittees more flexibility in removing aquatic vegetation around boat docks and to create boating pathways to open water without a permit.The proposal will be discussed during two public meetings: 6 p.m., Aug. 28, at the DNR Wildlife Station, Balsam Avenue, Ventura; and 1:30 p.m., Sept. 4, in the fourth floor conference ...
British concert organist David Baskeyfield supplied the music to the silent film ?The Phantom of the Opera? Sunday at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts. He performed on the Sondheim Center?s Barhydt Organ, a 21 rank, 1,800 pipe manual Möller organ.
The community is invited to view the Maharishi School gardens and greenhouse and find out more about its Seed to Table program from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday.To get to the greenhouse and gardens, go around the school inside the fence on the north side. A flower garden borders the outside of the greenhouse, and the courtyard contains fruit trees and a rose garden. The greenhouse houses a variety of raised vegetable beds, ...
DES MOINES ? The Iowa State Fair will honor active and retired military with special Veterans? Day =programming and discounts throughout the day Monday.Veterans will be honored with discounted gate admission Monday. With a military I.D., retired and active members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their spouses will receive $8 gate admission from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.Veterans? Day also will feature special patriotic ...
A tour, including a garden-to-table lunch, is planned Aug. 10 at Abundance EcoVillage north of Fairfield.When Abundance EcoVillage was first founded, ecovillages were rare. Now more are springing up around the world.Since December 2002 when Ken Walton moved into the first home at Abundance EcoVillage, 13 more homes have been added. All are still powered by the wind and sun. Power generated in Iowa from renewable...
PEEBLERThe Peebler family and friends reunion is set for 12:30 p.m. Sunday at the Batavia Senior Citizen Community Center. A cooperative lunch will be followed by fellowship and reminiscing.???
OTTUMWA ? ?Living Well with Parkinson?s Disease? will be presented from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Great Prairie Education Center in Ottumwa.Cherian Karunapuzha, a movement disorders specialist at the Univeristy of Oklahoma School of Medicine, will be the speaker.To register for the free event, call 877-872-6386, email informreferral@apdaiowa.org or go to the website www.apdaiowa.org.The Fairfield Parkinson?s ...
FAIRFIELD WOMEN?S CLUB GARDEN DEPARTMENTFairfield Women?s Club Garden Department members will tour three local gardens, have lunch and conduct a business meeting Aug. 7.Members will meet at the McElhinny House for the carpool departing at 9 a.m.Reservations for the event are due by noon Tuesday. Call Donna Clark at 472-4248.??? CLINTON LODGE No. 15All Masons are invited to join in a celebration marking ...
Iowa Department of Natural Resources officials say deer hunters will notice fewer seasons and changes in certain seasons this year.The January antlerless deer season has been eliminated, the number of antlerless deer tags has been reduced and hunters in 27 northwest counties are allowed only antlered deer during the first shotgun and early muzzleloader seasons.Crossbows were allowed as a legal method of take ...
Entomologist Moni Hayne, left, holds a moth for her group to see. The three youth focused on her hand are Adrian Scotton, Ellie Stever and Lalita Martin. Hayne and naturalist Therese Cummiskey held a mothing program at Jefferson County Park the night of July 23 in conjunction with National Moth Week. Hayne, who took photos of each moth seen during the evening, reported that more than 90 different species were ...
Onions, garlic and shallots can add a lot to the home gardening experience, so Iowa State University Extension and Outreach horticulturists offer tips for harvesting, drying and storing these popular garden items.To have additional questions answered, contact the ISU Hortline at 515-294-3108 or hortline@iastate.edu. OnionsOnions should be harvested when most of the tops have fallen over and begun to dry. ...
Allen and Cynthia Biggs of Fairfield announce the engagment of their daughter Laura to Loran Franklin, son of Bill and Debra Franklin, also of Fairfield.The couple will wed Saturday at Word of Life Lutheran Church in Fairfield.The bride-elect is employed at Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store as an accounting coordinator.The groom-elect is employed with the city of Fairfield as a wastewater operator.The ...
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