Margaret Ellis of Ollie will celebrate her 100th birthday March 15.A card shower is being planned to help Mrs. Ellis celebrate, and everyone is asked to send her a card.Cards can be sent to Mrs. Ellis at 29036 240th Ave., Ollie 52576.
Maxine Avery of Fairfield will celebrate her 90th birthday Thursday.Mrs. Avery was born March 13, 1924, in Fairfield, the daughter of Earl and Edith Forney. She married Homer Avery on Oct. 8, 1943.Her family includes: one son, Richard Eugene Avery of Kellogg; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.No formal celebration is planned.Cards of congratulations will reach Mrs. Avery at 806 S. Third St., ...
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: pig-in-a-blanket, baked beans, peas, fresh apple, milk; and in addition for high school students: fruit choice and tomatoes.Tuesday ? breakfast at the middle and high schools: assorted cereals, egg on ...
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 ? hamburger on ...
BONNIFIELD QUESTERSBonnifield Questers will meet at 9 a.m. at the home of Nan Cameron.The program will be on Staffordshire.
Ash Wednesday has once again ushered in the season of Lent.It is a time that we consider our sin more closely. In our church we hear the words, ?Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,? as the ashes are placed on us.?Remember that you are dust.?Not a pleasant thought, is it? We really don?t like to be reminded of our mortality.Lent provides an opportunity for us to seriously reflect on our ...
Eldon United Methodist Church will host Soup and More! from 3-7 p.m. Saturday.A variety of soups, featuring oyster soup, will be served along with breads, relishes, homemade desserts and beverages.A freewill offering will be collected.
A pasta luncheon will be held after the 10:15 a.m. Sunday service at First Baptist Church.The lunch is a youth fundraiser.A freewill offering will be collected for the lunch.
A Hunter Education Safety Class is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 22 at the Southeast Iowa Skeet Club near the Walton Club in Fairfield.The class is free.Preregistration is required. Register online at ~For information, contact Don Henderson at 319-653-1636 or Shawn Morrissey at 472-4421.Those attending the class need to pick up a hunter education manual at Jefferson County Park or the Jefferson County ...
OTTUMWA ? High school juniors will have the opportunity to explore academic programs at Indian Hills Community College during Junior Day March 13.The day will begin with registration at 9 a.m. in the Hellyer Student Life Center and will be followed by a welcome at 9:30 a.m.Students will then be able to choose three of Indian Hills? approximate 70 instructional programs that they are most interested in and ...
Fairfield High School students display the Top 10 Scholar awards they were presented during the Fairfield Lions Club?s Student Recognition Night Tuesday. From left are, front row: Makayla Kessel, Cheyenne Laux, Joanna Funkhouser, Kara Greiner; second row: Hanna Greiner, Taalia Larson, Huma Liptak, Jordan Whitney; and back row: Joseph Hietpas and Matthew Carr.
Several Fairfield High School speakers on the individual speech team will be presenting performances that earned a Division I rating at the District contest during the Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk at 6:30 p.m. in the Fairfield Public Library meeting room.The students will be advancing to the State contest March 15 at North Scott High School.Speakers? Night at the library is free and open to the public.The ...
JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU WOMENThe March meeting of the Jefferson County Farm Bureau Women was held Tuesday at the Pizza Ranch in Fairfield.Phyllis Harris, co-president, called the meeting to order.Roll call was answered by 11 members. Two guests present.Julie Fiske, acting secretary for February?s meeting, read the minutes.Harris read a birthday card thank-you from Doris Johnson.Members were asked to ...
For the first time since the mid-1990s, Iowa?s deer harvest has dropped below 100,000, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.Hunters reported 99,406 deer for the 2013 season, which is a decline of 14 percent, from 2012, and 34 percent from its high in 2006. The 2012 reported deer harvest was 115,606.?Hunters responded when we asked them to reduce the size of the herd, but now we are encouraging ...
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