Fairfield News

FFA chapters provide valuable learning experiences for youth interested in the agriculture industry. Through involvement in FFA, students develop the skills to become leaders in their communities. Simply put, today?s FFA youth members are the future of the industry. Now, farmers in Jefferson County have the opportunity to plant the seed that helps grow their local FFA chapters.Through America?s Farmers Grow ...

The following rural churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through Oct. 8.Any rural church that would like to have its calendar for the week of Oct. 9-15 printed in The Ledger Oct. 6 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.com, mailed ...

The Fairfield High School Spanish Club is sponsoring a ?Flock Your Friends? fundraiser to raise money for their upcoming trip to Spain in June.Under the cover of darkness, club members will set up 15 to 40 pink flamingos in someone?s yard to honor a birthday, anniversary, new baby or just for fun. The flamingoes will remain in place for three days before migrating to a new location.To set up a surprise ...

Saturday, volunteers in Knoxville will dedicate the 1,000th Habitat for Humanity house completed in Iowa; nine of those 1,000 homes are located in Fairfield. Seven of the homes in Fairifeld were built new. Two are existing houses that were rehabbed. The most recent, at 912 N. Ninth St., was dedicated in March.All habitat homeowners are buying their homes through no-interest mortgages, but first they helped ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU WOMENJefferson County Farm Bureau Women will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Johnny?s Place.Phyllis Harris will be hostess for the meeting. Roll call is agriculture in South Africa, and program speaker Marie Lehrer will speak on her Rise Africa program.???RIGHT TO LIFEWEST DES MOINES ? Iowa Right to Life is holding a book sale in West Des Moines.Sale proceeds benefit ...

Starting Nov. 1, applications will be taken for the 2011-2012 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.The program has been established to help qualifying low-income Iowa homeowners and renters pay for a portion of their primary heating costs. It is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Iowa Department of Human Rights/DCAA.The Southern Iowa Economic Development Association ...

Nine of the 16 classmates of the Ollie class of 1961 of Pekin community schools gathered for their 50th reunion recently at Best Western Fairfield Inn. Seated, from left, are Julia Roop Bailey, Ollie; Linda Kopsieker, Fairfield; Glendajayne Reinier Latcham, Hedrick; and Carolyn Bradley Robertson, Iowa City.Standing, from left, are Dan Buttery, Fairfield; Henry Shy, Yuma, Ariz.; Garry Kensler, Peoria, Ill.; Dwight ...

Seneca Area Agency on Aging is providing a program titled ?A Matter of Balance,? with a goal to reduce the number of Iowans who have injuries due to falling.Classes will be held at the senior center in Sigourney. Classes are held from 9-11 a.m. twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays for four weeks from Oct. 4-27.The registration fee is $10.The award-winning program from Boston University is supported by ...

The raffle for the Greater Area Fairfield Habitat for Humanity?s fundraising playhouse was held at the Kiwanis Kids? Day Parade on the square.Kiwanis member, Curt Hansen selected the winning ticket, and Don Cummings was the winner.Cummings, a State Farm insurance agent said, ?I bought a couple of tickets as a donation to habitat. I never expected to win. I never win anything.?He decided not to keep the ...

Self Help And Resource Exchange, a nonprofit food-buying organization, is again offering meal packages at reduced costs in October through its volunteer-run distribution system.Participants are not required to meet income guidelines, but it is requested that they volunteer two hours of their time toward community service of their own choosing. Examples include helping an organization, church, the S.H.A.R.E. ...

The Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test will be administered to 11th grade students Oct. 12.The PSAT gives students an opportunity to assess their verbal reasoning, critical reading, mathematical problem-solving and writing skills, as well as experience what SAT 1 is like.Students also may qualify for scholarship recognition and enrichment programs based on the ...

Five bingo evenings and two dances are planned at the Polishville Center in October.Bingo will start at 5:45 p.m. each Monday of the month, with lunch on sale at 4:30 p.m.A dance featuring Lyle Beaver of Iowa City will be from 6-9 p.m. Sunday. Food will be for sale at 4:30 p.m.A dance featuring Jerry Beauchamp of Eldora will be from 6-9 p.m. Oct. 23. Attendees may choose to dress in costume for the ...