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STOCKPORTNo B.A.T.T.L.E. Youth Group will be held Wednesday due to the Fall Harvest Supper at Stockport United Methodist Church.The youth group will do a ?reverse trick-or-treating? Oct. 30 as a community project within walking distance from the church.???Stockport Public Library will be open from 4-7 p.m. Oct. 31 so trick-or-treaters can try to ?trick? librarian Beverly Runyon out of her candy.???New ...

The Jefferson County 4-H Teen Council is organizing its third annual trunk-or-treat for area children from 3-6 p.m. Sunday at the county fairgrounds.?This is a free, safe, fun event for the families of our community,? said Jefferson County 4-H Youth Coordinator Courtney Taglauer.Taglauer explained 4-H clubs, 4-H families, 4-H affiliates and invited community organizations and businesses each will be setting up ...

Fairfield Public Library is planning ?When the Lights Go Out ...? from 6-8 p.m. Sunday.?Have you ever wondered what happens in the library at night when the librarians go home and the lights go out?? asked children?s librarian Afton Hallauer. ?Come and find out ... be amazed and enchanted as you travel through the library and meet characters from some of your favorite books, portrayed by members of the Way Off ...

Fairfield High School is looking for volunteers to help it host the Iowa All-State Music tryouts Oct. 26.Volunteers are needed as:? Warm-up room monitors to sit outside the room and monitor warm-up times.? Audition room monitors to sit outside the room and monitor audition times.? Ballot calculators to sit in the room and add numbers on the ballot for the judge.? Office help to tally up ballots, post results ...

Five Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center blood drives are scheduled in the area.A blood drive is set from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Jefferson County Health Center conference room. Donors who last gave on or before Aug. 30 are eligible to give again. To donate, call 800-452-1097 or visit www.bloodcenterimpact.org.A blood drive is set from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 29 in the Van Buren High School gym ...

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.Monday ? meatloaf, baked potato with sour cream, breaded tomatoes, peaches, orange juice.Tuesday ? creamed turkey, mashed potatoes, Green Beans Amandine, tossed lettuce salad with ...

Fairfield Community School District?s menu for the coming week:Monday ? breakfast: cereal, cereal bars, Nutri-Grain Bars, orange juice, milk. Lunch: pig-in-a-blanket, baked beans, peas, fresh apple, milk.Tuesday ? breakfast at FMS and FHS: cereal, scrambled egg on bagel, orange juice, milk; breakfast at elementary schools: cereal, wheat toast with butter and jelly or cereal/Nutri-Grain Bar, orange juice, milk. ...

The Jefferson County 4-H Youth Committee is searching for individuals who would like to serve on the committee.Two seats are opening at the end of December, and at least three seats are opening at the end of December 2014.The Jefferson County Extension Council appoints the 4-H Youth Committee members. The youth committee is an active volunteer group that works in cooperation with local Extension staff, including...

Sherri Sue Fort and David DeLovely, both of Cloquet, Minn., announce their engagement.Parents of the couple are Charles and Kathy Williams of Fairfield and Barb DeLovely of Cloquet and the late William DeLovely.The bride-to-be attended Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa and is employed as a phlebotomist, CNA, CMA, physical therapist.The groom-to-be is a graduate of Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis, ...

The Rough Riders 4-H Club will hold a can drive this weekend at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office.The 4-H?ers will be collecting cans from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 3 p.m. Sunday.The 4-H?ers plan to use the profits from the can drive to fund the club?s community service projects.

FHS CLASS OF 1953Members of the Fairfield High School Class of 1953 held a 60th-year class reunion Sept. 14.The classmates and their guests met in the Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store Club Room for rolls, coffee and juice and visiting.A dinner was held at the Fairfield Eagles Club. The evening included visiting and picture taking.Classmates attended from Iowa, Missouri, Arizona, Michigan, Texas, Nebraska ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Over 50 and Fabulous Red Hat Ladies met for lunch Oct. 8 at Pizza Ranch in Fairfield.Twenty members were present. ?Happy Birthday? was sung for those with birthdays in October. Donna Pratt won the door prize, a yellow mum. No program was presented.Hostesses were Donna Kennedy and Shirley Burk.???Several Birmingham residents will be taking part in the fall program at 6 p.m. Sunday at the ...