PACKWOOD ? Pekin High School officials have added Caylee Johnson to the list of senior students who earned recognition on the third-quarter honor roll for the 2011-12 academic year.The Pekin High School honor roll was published in The Ledger Wednesday.
KNOX COLLEGEGALESBURG, Ill. ? Two Knox College students from Fairfield have been named to the dean?s list at Knox College for winter term 2012: Bethany Larson and Ariana Lisefski.Larson is a first-year student, with an undecided major.Lisefski is a sophomore majoring in creative writing.The full dean?s list can be viewed at ~
Fairfield Public Library announces another free film showing Friday.This 2011 movie from director Steven Spielberg is the epic adventure of a friendship between a horse and his young trainer. When they?re forced apart by World War I, the film follows the horses?s extraordinary journey as he changes and inspires the lives of everyone he meets. It is a tale of incredible loyalty, hope and tenacity. The movie is ...
Three Rotaract students from Maharishi University of Managment, from left, Joshua Laraby, Samira Abdelrahman and Rotaract Club President Don Brathwaite, read to Washington Elementary School kindergartners. The Fairfield Interact and Rotaract clubs, which are Rotary clubs for high school and college students, recently went to Washington, Pence and Libertyville elementary schools to gave out ?I Can Read? DVDs, with ...
OUR SPECIAL KIDSOur Special Kids, a new support group for parents of children with disabilities in southeast Iowa, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in Mount Pleasant.The group meets the third Thursday of each month. This month, guests from Southeast Iowa Case Management, Charles Rossitter and Allison Lee, will discuss the waivers available to special needs kids, what Case ...
Van Buren High School students and staff spent Tuesday barefoot while participating in the worldwide One Day Without Shoes event. It?s designed to raise awareness about those who don?t have adequate footwear and are at risk of disease, infection and injury. Van Buren senior Karen Livesay was inspired to plan the local event after hearing TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie speak at a Kansas City leadership summit ...
It?s a new gardening year, and it brings the long-awaited mail delivery of garden catalogs! Wow, my favorite ones are here, full of new varieties in every category imaginable. Sure, I?ve been browsing on the World Wide Web since last fall, looking for a hard-to-find pumpkin variety, but there?s nothing like a hard copy in hand with surprises on each page!Now, today, is the time to IMAGINE the whole growing year ...
Students at Washington Elementary School are learning about the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Kids, and in December and January focused on Habit 4: Think Win-Win.To Think Win-Win means ?finding solutions that work for others as well as myself. It means treating others the way I would like to be treated.?Teachers nominated one student, who exemplified Habit 4, from their classrooms for recognition at a recent ...
First United Methodist Church is changing its worship time on Jan. 29. Only one worship service will be held, at 8:30 a.m. a week from Sunday, with fellowships and snacks following. This 8:30 a.m. service replaces the usual 8 and 10:45 a.m. services on Jan. 29.The Alive at Five service, at 5 p.m. Saturday, remains the same.The worship time change is to accommodate Mission Sunday, which is held the fifth Sunday ...
NARFEThe National Association of Retired Federal Employees Chapter 1814 will meet at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.Following lunch in the dining area, members will adjourn to the lower level for their meeting.Reservations should be made to Darlene Lauder at 472-4594 by noon Wednesday.??? JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU WOMENThe Jefferson County Farm Bureau Women met ...
Way Off Broadway, Iowa?s only professional musical theatre and resident company at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts, now presents ?Eva Turner; Legacy,? a combined workshop musical co-produced by Way Off Broadway and Bair Opera Company from Los Angeles.More than simply an evening about a singer and her music, this interesting two-person play revolves around the May/December relationship of ...
The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center is planning two area blood drives.The first will be 2-6 p.m. Thursday at Maharishi University of Management Argiro Student Center.Appointments may be made by contacting Hallei Halter at M.U.M. or online at www.bloodcenter.org.Donors who last gave blood on or before Aug. 18 are eligible to participate in the blood drive.The second, sponsored by Lockridge ...
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