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Des Moines Area Community College President Rob Denson visits with DMACC Hunziker Center student Shannan Baker of Fairfield in the newly remodeled Hunziker Center in Ames. Baker is a first-year culinary arts student.

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Lions Club will have its spaghetti and lasagna supper beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Birmingham Lions Building.The incorrect date was printed in The Ledger last week.???The Birmingham Lions Club will have a carry-in supper at 7 p.m. Monday at the Birmingham Lions Building.Nancy Dewes will give a program about the Snacks in a Sack for school children.The April committee is Ann ...

Fairfield Park and Recreation Department has scheduled swimming lessons for beginners and advanced beginners, with the first classes April 29 at the Roosevelt Aquatic Center.Session 1 is for beginners ? those who won?t go under the water without help. Participants will work on going under the water, the front float and back float. Classes will be from 4-4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays April 29 through May ...

Bluegrass Music Association of Iowa is planning the second annual Showcase of Bands and Jam Session May 3 at the Fairfield Middle School.The free show is 5-8 p.m.Scheduled to appear are local artists Truckstop Souvenir; Milltown, a Northeast Iowa-based group; and an all-star youth band, Barton?s Hollow, from the Minneapolis, Minn., area.In addition to the stage performances, area musicians can participate in ...

RICHLAND ? The Richland Lions Club and Richland Community Club are hosting a fund- raising breakfast from 7-10 a.m. Saturday at the Mother Cabrini Parish Hall in Richland to assist the Patrick and Amanda Atkinson family with their son?s medical expenses.The Atkinsons? son, Evan, was born Dec. 3, with spina bifida with myelomeningocele. The baby had his first surgery the same afternoon of the day he was born to ...

The Fairfield Community School District will have kindergarten registration for the 2014-15 school year from 4-7 p.m. Friday in the Washington Elementary School gym.A child must be 5 years old on or before Sept. 15 to be eligible to attend kindergarten next school year.A copy of the child?s birth certificate should be brought to the registration event, along with a record of current immunizations.Those who are ...

Evelyn M. Adam will celebrate her 90th birthday with an open house from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at Mother Cabrini Parish Hall in Richland.Refreshments will be served.No gifts are requested.

PACKWOOD ? Packwood Little League will have a fund-raising hog roast from 5-6:30 p.m. Saturday at Packwood Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).The menu will include pork sandwiches, green beans, fruit, chips and potato salad.Proceeds will be used for equipment and updating the ballpark. Possible additions include adding a larger equipment shed, additional bleachers, cement in front of the concession stand ...

Editor?s note: The monthly To Your Heath column is a venue for Jefferson County Health Center to provide health information that will benefit The Fairfield Ledger?s readers. To suggest ideas for future articles or to obtain information, call Jefferson County Health Center community relations manager Ginny Hughes at 469-4198.April is Autism awareness month and many parents are concerned that there is a relationshi...

Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation will be celebrating 10 years in its current location with an open house from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.Everyone is invited. Organizers will be offering refreshments and tours of the building, and the animals will be available for everyone to visit.For more than 27 years, Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation has offered loving care to homeless and abandoned cats and dogs. For the last 10 ...

In final preparation for ?Zombie Prom,? the cast and crew are inviting retired citizens to a final dress rehearsal at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Fairfield High School Auditorium.Admission to the rehearsal is free, but donations will be accepted.The show, a ?girl loves ghoul? rock ?n? roll Off Broadway musical set in the atomic 1950s at Enrico Fermi High, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through April 26 and 2 ...

MONDAYCommunity Shred Days, both Fairfield locations, MidWestOne Bank, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Call 472-6511. Continues through Friday.Blood Drive, St. Mary Catholic Church, 2:30-6:30 p.m. Appointments: 469-3241.Blood Drive, Prairie View United Methodist Church Ollie, 2:30-7 p.m. Appointments: 800-452-1097.Square Dancing, Fairfield Eagles Club, 7-9 p.m.Youth Fitness Class, for third- through eighth-graders, Roosevelt ...