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Mary Helen Leathers of Fairfield will be celebrating her 90th birthday this month.Her family will be hosting an open house in her honor from 1-3 p.m. March 26 at First United Methodist Church in Fairfield.Everyone is welcome to stop by and wish Mrs. Leathers a happy birthday.No gifts are requested.

Fairfield Women?s Club will host its annual spring bazaar from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the McElhinny House.The club will be selling frozen ham balls and chicken casseroles. Bakery items and crafts also will be sold.The frozen foods can be pre-ordered by calling 472-4248.All proceeds from the spring bazaar are used to help maintain the historic McElhinny House.The McElhinny House on Court Street, just ...

Five people will be honored during the 42nd annual Spring Celebration set for 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment Auditorium.Those to be honored for their contributions to the community are:Nancy Morrissey, executive director of the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce, who is retiring in April after working in the chamber office for nearly a quarter of a century;Matt Stutzman, ...

Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its menu for the coming week.Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Fairfield senior center and at noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Lockridge senior center.Monday ? Swiss pork steak, baked potato with sour cream, sauteed zucchini, strawberries, yogurt, 100 percent wheat bread with margarine.Tuesday ? liver and onions, mashed potatoes, ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week.Monday ? no school.Tuesday ? breakfast: assorted cereals, eggs or cereal/Nutri-Grain bars, orange juice/fruit, milk. Lunch: whole-grain cheese pizza, peas, corn, fresh orange, milk; and in addition for high school students: fruit choice and tomatoes.Wednesday ? breakfast: assorted cereals, assorted cereal/Nutri-Grain...

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Lions Club will meet for a carry-in supper at 7 p.m. March 28 at the Birmingham Lions Building.The March committee is Harry and Kriss Anderson.???The Over 50 and Fabulous Red Hat Ladies met recently for lunch at the Birmingham Lions Building. The Lions served the meal.Nineteen members were present. They sang ?Happy Birthday? for those with March birthdays.JoAnn Shoemaker won the ...

The following area houses of worship have submitted calendars for Sunday through March 26.Any congregation wanting to have its calendar for the week of March 27 through April 2 published in The Ledger March 25 should provide information to the newsroom by 9 a.m. Thursday.Listings are not perpetually printed. A weekly or monthly calendar must be submitted for the listing to appear in The Fairfield Ledger; ...

Fairfield Area Ministerial Association has planned special noontime community Holy Week services Monday through March 25 at five different Fairfield churches.The ecumenical services begin at 12:05 p.m., and are followed by a luncheon. A free-will offering is collected for the lunch and will benefit the Fairfield area Ministerial Association?s transient fund.The services will be held: Monday at First Presbyterian...

Third- through eighth-graders can learn all about bugs at ?Bug Camp? hosted by Jefferson County ISU Extension and Outreach March 30 at the Extension office.The camp will be divided into two sessions. The first session will run 9:30 a.m. to noon for third- through fifth-grade students.The second session will be 1-3 p.m. for sixth- through eighth-grade students.Each session is limited to 25 youth, and a lunch ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.?Kids in Iowa, including those at Van Buren High School in Keosauqua, will stand up to Big Tobacco Wednesday as they join thousands of young people nationwide for Kick Butts Day.More than 1,000 events are planned across the United States and around the world for this annual day of youth activism, sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.Van Buren County Youth Leadership Council at Van ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week.Monday ? breakfast: assorted cereals, assorted cereal/Nutri-Grain bars/toast, orange juice/fruit, milk. Lunch: pig-in-a-blanket, baked beans, peas, fresh apple, milk; and in addition for high school students: fruit choice and tomatoes.Tuesday ? breakfast: assorted cereals, eggs or cereal/Nutri-Grain bars, orange ...

Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its menu for the coming week.Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Fairfield senior center and at noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Lockridge senior center.Monday ? spaghetti with meat sauce, pea salad, apricot halves, orange juice, 100 percent wheat bread with margarine.Tuesday ? turkey tetrazzini, green beans amandine, Tomato Spoon ...