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OTTUMWA ? The American Gothic Performing Arts Festival will host its second annual Trivia Night April 5 at the Hotel Ottumwa to benefit the organization?s upcoming summer festival.Teams of 10 people each will compete in 10 rounds of general knowledge trivia with 10 questions per round. Prizes will be awarded to the top-scoring teams, and teams can enter a 50/50 cash raffle during select rounds.Competitors can ...

Two dances and a lunch, with bingo games, are planned in April at Polishville Community Center.April kicks off with a dance Sunday, with Jerry Beauchamp of Eldora providing the music. Food will be for sale at 4:30 p.m., and dancing will be from 6-9 p.m.Lunch and bingo is planned April 9. Lunch will be 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with bingo starting at 12:30 p.m.The second dance is set for April 27. Goodman/Anders...

MONDAYBowling Banquet, Fairfield Eagles Club, 5-8 p.m.Co-Dependency Anonymous, First Presbyterian Church, 7 p.m.Alcoholics Anonymous, 107 Market St., Keosauqua, 8 p.m. Call 641-777-4700. TUESDAYT.T.T. Chapter E, McElhinny House, 7 p.m. Call 472-2616.Jefferson County Farm Bureau Women, Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store Club Room, 11:30 a.m.Birmingham Homecoming Committee, Birmingham Lions Building, 7 ...

TUESDAYT.T.T. Chapter E, McElhinny House, 7 p.m. Call 472-2616.Birmingham Homecoming Committee, Birmingham Lions Building, 7 p.m.Swimming Lessons, first day of Tuesday and Thursday classes through April 10, Roosevelt Aquatic Center, beginner, 4-4:30 p.m.; advanced beginner, 4:30-5 p.m. Registration and information: 472-6159 or www.fairfieldparksandrec.org.Blood Drive, SunnyBrook Home Care Center, 1:30-4:30 ...

STOCKPORTApril 5 is spring cleanup day at Spencer Cemetery. The cemetery association announces all decorations, both on the headstones and on the ground, will be picked up and discarded during the cleanup. Anyone who wants to keep decorations should remove the items from the cemetery before Tuesday and not return them until after April 5.?Beverly Runyon, Ledger correspondent

LIBERTYVILLE ? The Libertyville Little League will be sponsoring a pancake breakfast/bake sale/auction April 5 at the Libertyville Elementary School.The freewill donation breakfast will start at 7:30 a.m. and continue until 11 am.The bake sale will be from 8-11 am.Auction items will be displayed beginning at 7:30 p.m., with Shae McCabe beginning the auction at 9 a.m.Little League teams will be having pictures ...

ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYTERRE HAUTE, Ind. ? Edna Jones of Fairfield has been named to the dean?s list at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for the winter quarter.In order to be named to the dean?s list, students must earn at least a 3.3 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale.Jones, the daughter of Frazer Jones and Bo Luo of Fairfield is a junior majoring in mathmatics.???

First Lutheran hosting special guest SundayThe assistant to the bishop, Pr. Paul Ostrem, will be joining the First Lutheran Church congregation for worship Sunday.Each year, a staff member from the Southeastern Iowa Synod worships with each of the synod?s churches, and it is Ostrem?s turn to join First Lutheran Church in Fairfield this year.Ostrem also will be presenting a forum after worship on the candidacy ...

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: hamburger on bun, romaine salad, sweet potato puffs, fruit cocktail, milk; and in addition for high school students: fruit choice and tomatoes.Tuesday ? breakfast at the middle and high schools: assorted ...

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 ? pork cutlet, ...

Community Tree Steward Program setOTTUMWA ? Iowa State University Forestry Extension and Indian Hills Community College have partnered with Wapello County Extension to offer the Iowa Community Tree Steward Program to the residents of Wapello and all surrounding counties in May and June.The Iowa Community Tree Steward Program is intended for citizens and professionals who wish to learn more about trees and tree ...

KEOSAUQUA ? The Van Buren School Carnival will be 6-9 p.m. Saturday at the Van Buren High School in Keosauqua.The carnival will include games, activities and food for all ages.Games will include: ?minute-to-win-it? competitions, balloon shaving, coin toss, golf putting, a cake walk, a free-throw shoot, a fish pond and more.Activities will include a bounce house, corn dig, rope dummy, face painting, photo ...