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Women For Women 2003: Stellar Evening Raises Funds, Consciousness and the Roof!
Once again, Fairfield showed what it’s made of when 275 women arrived, in spite of the weather, for an evening of celebration while raising funds for the Crisis Center and Women’s Shelter in Ottumwa. Event organizers indicate that the event profits may have reached their $10,000 goal......
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Announcing 1st Fridays Art Walk
The very first 1st Fridays Art Walk in Fairfield
happens October 4th
Friday evening, October 4th from 6:00 to 9:30PM, ten art galleries and studios around the Fairfield town square will open their doors for the first of the 1st Fridays Art Walks. The latest works by many local and guest artists will be on display. Some of the galleries will also provide live music and refreshments. In addition, to round out the evening, many art/gift shops and restaurants in the downtown area will remain open. Watch for such additions as 1st Fridays dining specials........
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Art walk organizers reach out to merchants
ArtLife Society is encouraging downtown stores to stay open.
By ERIK GABLE
Ledger staff writer
Organizers of Fairfield’s 1st Fridays Art Walk are hoping more downtown businesses will get in on the act, staying open late on the first Fridayof every month to draw some of the art walk crowds to their stores....
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Ogling Art in Iowa's Most Eclectic Community
As I have on the first Friday of the last several months, I headed east on the Iowa Highway 5 bypass, hopped on Iowa Highway163 and then east on U.S. Highway 34 to Fairfield. When I arrived, the sidewalks of this not-quite-10,000-population city were teeming with people. No parking spaces could be found for several blocks off the square, so I eased the car into my "secret" spot behind Fairfield Ledger newspaper office, where I parked for five and one-half years.......
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