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Cardboard helps transform lawn into planting space

COLLEEN T. BELL, Master Gardener Intern Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:20 pm2706d ago

My goal is to phase out turf grass except for pathways between beds of a wide range of edible fruit and nut trees, berries, herbs, and flowers (some edible).It?s easy to transform lawn space (or just about any flat space that?s a good garden site) into planting space with little to no digging and no rototiling. Use cardboard!Why cardboard? Cardboard blocks light and air from turf so it dies. It does let water ...

Problem-solvers creative at state DI

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:20 pm2706d ago

Six of Maharishi School?s eight Destination Imagination teams received highest points and qualified for the world competion at the state creative problem-solving tournament Saturday in Ames.The world competition will take place May 23-26 at the University of Tennessee?s Knoxville campus.In Iowa, the competition is sponsored by Students for a Creative Iowa, a volunteer-run affiliate of DI. According to their ...

Meal set at St. Joseph Church

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:20 pm2706d ago

EAST PLEASANT PLAIN ? A congregate meal is set from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 26 at St. Joseph Church in Pleasant Plain.The menu will include ham balls, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, green beans, bread, pie, cake, a salad bar and beverage.People of all ages are welcome to attend. An elevator is available.Bingo will be played after the meal.Reservations are appreciated and can be made by calling Caryl ...

Park and rec offers Summer?s Boot Camp

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:20 pm2706d ago

The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is offering Summer?s Boot Camp, a small-group personal training workshop for men and women ages 15 and older, beginning Thursday.The group will meet from 5:30-6:30 p.m. for six Thursdays beginning this week on racquetball court No. 3. Participants also will have an additional four-day exercise plan to perform.The workshop is designed for those who want to kick start ...

Free showing of film about laughter

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:20 pm2706d ago

A free showing of the acclaimed documentary ?Laughology? about why we laugh will be from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Friday at Jefferson County Health Center?s conference room.Filmmaker Albert Nerenberg goes on a quest to find the cure for seriousness. What ensues is a journey to discover the meaning and power of laughter in a world that desperately needs a good laugh.This event is sponsored by ?We Care? and Fairfield ...

?Clue? auditions set Sunday, April 23

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:20 pm2706d ago

Fairfield Area Community Theater will have auditions for its summer show, ?Clue, The Musical,? at 2 p.m. Sunday and again at 7 p.m. April 23 at the Fairfield High School Auditorium.Those auditioning do not need to bring anything except their voice.?Clue? is based on the well-known and loved 1949 board game by Parker Brothers, with familiar characters, such as Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum, and Miss Scarlet. ...

Microchip, vaccination clinic at Noah?s Ark

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:20 pm2706d ago

Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation is hosting a low-cost microchip and vaccination clinic from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Noah?s Ark.This clinic is open to the public; offering micro-chipping by a licensed veterinarian for $20, which includes free registration of the chip. Rabies vaccinations, as well as yearly vaccinations for both dogs (DA2PP, Bordatella) and cats (FVRCP), also are being offered for $15 each.All ...

Pekin adds additional student to honor roll list

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:20 pm2706d ago

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 College

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:20 pm2706d ago

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 ~

Free film Friday at library

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:20 pm2706d ago

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 ...

Rotaract

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:20 pm2706d ago

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 Kids; Southeast Iowa Singles

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:20 pm2706d ago

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 ...