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A free National Weather Service Severe Weather Spotter Course for first responders and the general public will be 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building.The course will include severe weather hazards, including thunderstorms and tornadoes; general structure and movement of severe thunderstorms; identification of storm features; safety concerns; and how and what to report.Donna...

Red Cross Disaster Action Teams are forming in Jefferson County.Red Cross DAT training is set from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 12 at the Jefferson County Law Center.To take the training, an interested person must go to the Red Cross website and start an online application to become a Red Cross volunteer.Registration for the training is due Thursday by contacting Julie Smithart or Janelle Schmid. Both can be called ...

The 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.Lent will be observed through April 18. Fish will be offered as an alternative each Friday. When making reservations, let the center know if fish is requested.Monday ? liver and ...

Orders are due before April 11 for the S.H.A.R.E. Iowa Inc. food packages available this month.Orders can be placed by calling the St. Mary Catholic Church office at 472-3179 or the Southern Iowa Economic Development Association office at 472-6140. Orders also can be placed online at www.shareiowa.org.The pickup date will be at 8 a.m. April 26 at the Fairfield Eagles Club.Several different packages are ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week.Monday ? breakfast at all schools: assorted cereals, cereal bars and Nutri-Grain Bars, orange juice, milk. Lunch: corn dog, baked beans, mixed vegetables, pineapple rings, milk; and in addition for high school students: fruit choice and tomatoes.Tuesday ? breakfast at the middle and high schools: assorted cereals, ...

Healing revival meeting setLightning and Thunder Ministry will hold a healing revival meeting at 7 p.m. Saturday at Ottumwa?s Bridge View Center, conference room 1.Prophetic Revivalist Richard Kessler will be preaching the word of God and ministering to the sick and to those who need to receive the love of God in their lives.For information, call Rose Kessler at 919-0416. Tenderloin supper April 11First ...

Five area churches are hosting a Kids Against Hunger meal packing session Sunday afternoon in the Word of Life Lutheran Church gym.Two shifts are planned: 1-2:45 p.m. and 2:45-4:15 p.m.?Lots of volunteers will be needed Sunday, and everyone is welcome to join us ? for a fun afternoon of fellowship,? said organizer Don Henderson. ?First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Fairfield Friends Church, First ...

Pence Pals is hosting a fundraising vendor show from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at Pence Elementary School.More than 20 vendors will be displaying and selling their products at the fundraiser, and Pence Pals will have a bake sale.Pence Pals is the Pence Elementary School parents organization. Cynthia Post is president of the group.

Van Buren County Cooperative Ministries will be presenting a living dramatization of Leonardo DaVinci?s ?The Last Supper? again this Easter season.The performances will be at 7:30 p.m. April 13 at Eldon Christian Church in Eldon; 7:30 p.m. April 14 at Word of Life Lutheran Church in Fairfield; and 7:30 p.m. April 15 at Keosauqua United Methodist Church in Keosauqua.?The Last Supper,? is an hour-long drama by ...

Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk will present ?Spring Garden Celebration? from 6-9 p.m. Friday on and near the city square.A feature of the new theme for the monthly art walk series will be ?Books in Bloom.?Participants have partnered with downtown businesses and the Fairfield Public Library to help turn the heart of Fairfield into a sure sign of spring.Participants each have selected a book which peeks his or ...

RUBIO ? Rubio Music Jam events will resume Saturday night at the Rubio Community Building.Food is served at 5 p.m.Music starts at 6 p.m.

Fairfield Public Library will host a Family Garden Day from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday.Afton Hallauer, the youth services librarian, said Family Garden Day is being held in cooperation with the Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk. The theme for the April art walk, set for 6-9 p.m. Friday on and near the Fairfield square, is ?Spring Garden Celebration.??Different booths will be set up [Thursday] around the library ...