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Finding Fairfield is a short documentary I made and features the real and funny stories of how Savannah Quinn, David Paterson read about Fairfield in Mother Earth News, Troy Van Beek googled 'enlightenment' while working in Africa and found Maharishi University of Management, and the band Truckstop Souvenir and musicians Arthur Lee Land and Carol Lee fell in love with Fairfield after performing

The election is over the results are in and if hasn't hit you yet, the government is not going to solve the economic or health care crisis.  59 million people don't have health insurance and according to Gallup poll data, 16% of American families are challenged with getting food on the table each month. In Southeast, the economic indicators are red warning lights flashing with big loud horns.

I just back from the Wild Rose Independent Film Festival in Des Moines last night. It is  a week-long affair that runs through November 11 at the best movie theater in Iowa, the Fleur Cinema and Cafe. 

It is becoming for independent movies what the Iowa caucuses are to politics - an important launch pad.The Iowa film-making community may be small but they are a committed, passionate bunch that

I attended the Fairfield First and Fairfield Entrepreneurs Association Banquet last night in Fairfield. The events co-sponsors are Hometown Harvest of Southeast Iowa and the Fairfield Volunteer Center. Revelations did the catering and all the food was locally sourced in Southeast Iowa. I was proud to induct Jack McMahon of the Barker Company into the Fairfield  Entrepreneur Hall of Fame and give