Fairfield News

The Fairfield Senior Citizen Center menu for the coming week is:Monday ? chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, broccoli with cheese sauce, strawberry and banana chocolate chip bar.Tuesday ? baked ham, baked potato with sour cream, steamed cabbage, rosy applesauce.Wednesday ? potato chowder with saltine crackers, hamburger on whole-wheat bun with slices of lettuce, tomato and onion, ambrosia salad.Thurs...

The Fairfield Volunteer Center hosted its Annual Volunteer Appreciation Party Oct. 27 at Café Paradiso.Singer Ingrid Best volunteered to entertain those in attendance. A highlight of the evening was several volunteers recognized as going above and beyond in their service to the community.The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program recognized Linda and Jerry Hendricks for their service; Linda Hendricks for many ...

The Fairfield Community School District has listed its menu for the coming week.Monday ? steak fingers, bread and butter sandwich, green beans, cherry crisp, milk.Tuesday ? turkey fritter on bun, carrots, mixed fruit, coffee cake, milk.Wednesday ? oven-baked chicken, bread and butter sandwich, mashed potatoes with gravy, peach halves, milk.Thursday ? pork patty on bun, corn, fresh apple half, raisin ...

Amy Heston and Kevin Ragan Jr. were married Saturday, June 11, 2011, in a 4 p.m. ceremony at Central Presbyterian Church in Des Moines.The bride is the daughter of Sheri Heston of Farson and the late Larry Graf, who lived in Lockridge. She is the granddaughter of Emil and Shirley Heston of Fairfield.The groom is the son of Kevin and Connie Ragan of Bondurant.A reception was held at the Holiday Inn in ...

The Fairfield Women?s Club will serve an Election Day soup and pie luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the McElhinny House.Soups will include cheesy potato and vegetable beef. A wide variety of pies will be available.The cost is $8. The proceeds are used for maintenance of the historic McElhinny House.Carry-out and delivery will be available by phoning 472-5762 or 472-2473 or the McElhinny House ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? A retrospective of artwork by Mount Pleasant artist Susie Kropa will be on display Sunday through Dec. 16 in the Iowa Wesleyan College Art Gallery.An opening reception and silent auction will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sunday.Most of the items on display will be available for sale by silent auction. Proceeds will help fund art museum trips for elementary students, a project that had been very ...

DES MOINES ? Nine adults, a high school student and a middle school student in the area are among Iowa poets published in ?Lyrical Iowa 2011,? compiled by editor Lucille Morgan Wilson.The Iowa Poetry Association sponsors an annual poetry writing contest open to students in grade schools, high schools and colleges, as well as adults.This 2011 collection of more than 400 poems recognizes the top three poems ...

The following rural churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through Nov. 12.Any rural church that would like to have its calendar for the week of Nov. 13-19 printed in The Fairfield Ledger Nov. 10 should provide information to the newsroom by noon Wednesday.Rural churches must update calendars weekly or monthly or the listing will not be printed. Updates can be emailed to lifestyles@ffledger...

The Jefferson County Relay for Life is collecting recipes for a fundraising cookbook.Recipes from all categories can be dropped off at collection boxes at: First National Bank, Libertyville Savings Bank?s Fairfield branch, Iowa State Bank?s branch bank, MidWestOne Bank?s branch bank, The Fairfield Ledger, Jefferson County Health Center and Pilot Grove Savings Bank in Packwood.Recipes contributed by a cancer ...

STOCKPORTThe Halloween Carnival, sponsored by the Stockport Development, was busy Saturday night at the Legion Hall, with many children playing games, breaking piñatas, and getting prizes with tickets they won at the games.The winners for the costume contest were: Ugliest Costume ? first place, Abby Cook of Birmingham and second place, Alex Watson of Stockport; Cutest Costume ? first place, Emma Phelps of ...

A Halloween dance for fifth-grade students will be from 7:30-10 p.m. Friday at Word of Life Lutheran Church.Costumes aren?t required, but prizes will be awarded for the best costumes. Prizes also will be awarded for the best ?Monster Mash? and the best ?Thriller? dances.DJ Scott Cox will be playing the best of the Halloween songs, along with requests.A photo booth, two Foosball tables, ping pong and ...

The Fairfield Middle School will host a Scholastic book fair Monday through Nov. 8 in room 102. Throughout the week, all FMS students will have the opportunity to visit the book fair during reading or GOAL class. The book fair also is open each day before and after school.From 4-7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, the book fair will be open during parent/teacher conferences. Parents and community members are ...