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Singing Cedars School will host its Old-Time Harvest Festival for the Fairfield community from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the school.The festival will include entertainment, learning opportunities about cider crushing, butter churning, grain grinding, scarecrow making and creative wood piling. The festival also will include a petting zoo, scavenger hunt, live music and dancing.Food will be available, ...

Bob and Joyce Perkins of Batavia are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary today.The couple was married Oct. 1, 1953.The Perkinses have five children: Brad Perkins of Alamo, Texas, Jason Perkins of Houston, Texas, Robert Perkins of Batavia, the late Marty Perkins and the late Nicole Perkins.The couple also has nine grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren.

The Polishville Community Center hosted the Mount Pleasant Tractor Crusade, serving lunch to the drivers, their entourage and guests who stopped to see the tractors Sept. 21.?Saturday was a big day for Polishville,? said Bill Peck, president of the Polishville Association.Peck said the tractors left Mount Pleasant at 8:30 a.m. and made their way through Trenton, Wayland and skirted Brighton before arriving at ...

Polishville Community Center has announced its October events.A dance, with Lyle Beaver of Iowa City providing the music, is set for Sunday. Food will be for sale at 4:30 p.m., and dancing will be from 6-9 p.m.A second dance, with Jerry Beauchamp of Eldora providing the music, is set for Oct. 20. Food will be for sale at 4:30 p.m., and dancing will be from 6-9 p.m.Bingo is set for Oct. 7 and Oct. 21. At both ...

OTTUMWA ? Indian Hills Community College computer software development students will host their first Byte Jam competition Oct. 7-10 in the Advanced Technology Center on the Ottumwa campus.April Leahy, Kush Passi, Mitzui Echeverria and Ryker Garrison, all of Fairfield, are among the competing students.The competition will involve students devoting three days to developing web applications that demonstrate the ...

Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment will host its 21st annual fund-raising Bike Fest Fun Friday.Lower school and preschool students will ride on the shorter trails from 10 a.m. to noon. The Middle and Upper school students will ride on the Fairfield bike trails from 12:45-3 p.m.Riders are welcome to join the students. Refreshments will be served along the trails.The event raises money for the school?s ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNELThe Jefferson County Retired School Personnel met Wednesday at SunnyBrook Assisted Living.The guest speaker was Gene Luedtke of Fairfield, who presented ?Antiques and Memorabilia,? a program about the history of the soda bottling industry in Fairfield from 1877 to the 1960s. Of special interest was his collection of soda bottles used at various factories in the area. ...

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

Kriss and Raye Hootman of Douds will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Oct. 4.The Hootmans were married Oct. 4, 1963, by the Rev. Simbro in Ottumwa.The couple has two children, Larry Hootman and wife Carol, and Cathy Watson and husband Scott, all of Douds. They also have three grandchildren.The couple requests no gifts, but cards would be welcome. Cards can be sent to 13982 Elm St., Douds 52551.

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 ? spaghetti and meat sauce, broccoli and cauliflower, spinach salad with vinegar and oil dressing, fruit cocktail.Tuesday ? ham and beans, Tomato Spoon Salad, corn bread, ...

Leading up to the Oct. 1 start to their season, Iowa bow hunters have been busy hanging stands, trimming shooting lanes and checking trail cameras. There has been some activity in the woods and field edges, with youth hunters and disabled hunters getting an early start in the pursuit of Iowa?s whitetails. Some urban and park management hunts are also underway now.However, most of the 60,000 deer hunters expected ...

Genevieve Drish, center, receives birthday congratulations from Rep. Curt Hanson Tuesday at her home in Fairfield. Mrs. Drish celebrated her 106th birthday Sept. 17. She is one of only 200 Iowans who have celebrated a centenarian birthday in 2013. According to the Iowa Department of Elder Affairs, Mrs. Drish is the oldest-known resident of Jefferson County. Information about the centenarian registry is available ...