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The Ladies Auxiliary to Dimmitt-Vorhies Post 2271 announced the winners of its ?I love America? essay contest Monday during its regular meeting at the VFW. The winners and their teachers behind them are, from left: sixth-grader Tanner Bruce with his teacher Cara Perkins, sixth-grader Yana Gaskell and her teacher Ann Gookin, fourth-grader Ana Carminhato and her teacher Lauren Judickas and fourth-grader Kiya ...

Morning Star Studio and Fairfield Folk Arts and Dance Coop are hosting a fund-raising benefit dance for Shanti Children?s Foundation 2-4 p.m. Sunday in Morning Star Studio?s ballroom.The dances ? circles, squares, sets and easy contras led by local callers ? will be easy and fun for beginners, children and nondancers.Attendees can mingle, watch and listen and stay as long as they would like.Live music will be ...

ELDON ? Eldon will hold its annual celebration, American Gothic Days, June 12-14, a weekend full of food, fun and entertainment for all ages.As part of the festivities, the American Gothic House Center will host a 5K run/walk and art contest.The annual American Gothic 5K Walk/Run will take place at 7:30 a.m. June 9. Early bird registration is $15 until May 22. After May 22, registration is $20. Registration ...

Each school month, the Fairfield Elks Lodge sponsors the Fairfield Middle School Students of the Month award to acknowledge positive contributions of students, from assisting teachers and peers in classroom activities to displaying characteristics as a role model.The Students of the Month certificates are awarded after a nomination and voting process is completed by each grade-level teaching team. Fifth-graders...

The annual perennial plant exchange will be Saturday at the Fairfield Farmers? Market in Howard Park.Sign-up starts at 9:15 a.m., and the exchange begins at 10 a.m.Participants need to bring at least one perennial and sign up in order to participate. A perennial plant is a plant that lives for more than two years, such as ferns, dahlias, orchids, roses, daisies, coneflowers, and more.The term is often used to ...

Orders are due before Friday for the SHARE Iowa Inc. food packages available in May.Orders can be placed by calling the Sieda office at 472-6140, Claudia Greenig at 472-3569 or SHARE Oskaloosa at 800-344-1107.Pickup will be at 8 a.m. May 30 at the Fairfield Eagles Club.Several different packages are available; participants can purchase one or more in any combination.The $25 ?best value? package includes: 1 ...

Maharishi School is showcasing its achievements for the entire community from 2-4 p.m. Sunday.The event will celebrate the school?s achievements and to honor all the support provided by the community.Everyone is invited.?Please join us for a celebration of student success, in your honor,? said Richard Beall, head of Maharishi School, expressing his appreciation to the school?s community of supporters.His ...

SOLITAIRESThe Solitaires will have lunch Sunday at Loriann?s in Richland.The group will carpool at noon from the parking lot of First National Bank in Fairfield.???

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has scheduled several blood drives.A community blood drive is planned from 3:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Batavia Senior Center. Donors who last gave on or before March 4 are eligible to give again at this drive. To donate, call the Ottumwa Telerecruitment Department at 800-452-1097 or visit www.bloodcenterimpact.org and use code 5135 to locate the drive.First ...

Fairfield Middle School officials have announced the names of students who earned recognition on the honor roll during the third quarter of the 2014-15 academic year. Eighth gradeEighth-graders who have a 4.0 grade point average are listed on the Straight ?A? honor roll. Those students include: Ashley Bloomquist, Annatta Charoenkul, Jillian Dunlap, Maria Fleishman, Alison Godwin, Laurel Hilger, Bryanna ...

Fairfield Public Library will host a free workshop on grant seeking for nonprofit organizations from 10 a.m. to noon April 7.The session will be led by Kief Schladweiler, funding information network services specialist with the Foundation Center.Schladweiler will highlight the electronic and print resources available for free use at the Fairfield Public Library, a partner in the Foundation Center?s Funding ...

A Free Little Library is now open in Lockridge. The library is in the yard of the Lutheran church parsonage on West Main Street. Everyone is welcome to find a book he or she would like to read, take it, then return it when finished and find another. The little library features books for people of all ages.