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The Fairfield Elks Lodge is doing big things to help local youth, and Elks are investing in the nation?s future by helping deserving students attend the colleges of their dreams.This year, the Elks National Foundation will fund nearly $3.74 million in college scholarships through its three scholarship programs.The Elks National Foundation?s Most Valuable Student Scholarship contest launched on Sept. 1 and will ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNELJefferson County Retired School Personnel will meet at 12:15 p.m. Sept. 25 at SunnyBrook Assisted Living.Hostesses will be chairwoman Susan Phipps, Michele Weber and Rosie Cochran Thompson.Gene Luedtke will present the program ?Antiques and Memorabilia.????

Collector Cars Unlimited will host its 31st annual car show, rain or shine, Sunday on and near the Fairfield square.Registration for the show will be 8 a.m. to noon near the Ron Prill Bandstand in Central Park. Registration is $15, and dash plaques will be given to the first 150 registered cars.?Our 28 classes can accommodate every vehicle,? said club member Steve Beeman.Voting is scheduled from noon to 2 p.m. ...

TUESDAYBlood Drive, Roosevelt Community Recreation Center, 1-5:30 p.m. Walk-in donors welcome; for appointments, call 472-6159.Eagles Auxiliary, Fairfield Eagles Club, 7 p.m.NU Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma, Jefferson County Park Shelter No. 3, 5:30 p.m. Reservation for free catered meal: 641-777-6836.Friends of Lacey, Lacey-Keosauqua State Park, ranger?s workshop, 7 p.m.Children?s Vaccination Clinic, Jefferson ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Lions Club will have a fund-raising tenderloin supper at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Lions club building.???The Birmingham Lions Club will have a carry-in supper Monday at the Lions club building. The speaker will be District Governor Fred Stark of Washington.???More than 50 tractors registered at the Birmingham Homecoming Tractor Pull Sept. 8 for more than 125 pulls.Richy Vogt of ...

The following marriages were recorded at the Jefferson County Recorder?s Office.David Douglas Pohren of Fairfield and Bianca Rae Staton of Fairfield, July 20, 2013.Chad William Aaron Parkhurst of Fairfield and Jessica Jean Koch of Fairfield, July 20, 2013.Stephanie Ann Smithburg of Fairfield and Joseph Dane Schafer of Fairfield, July 13, 2013.Gavin James Hammes of Fairfield and Amanda LeAnn Luko of Fairfield, ...

Heavenly Pet Sanctuary is still accepting items for a fundraising rummage sale to benefit the animals.The sanctuary also is looking for volunteers to help prepare and set up the sale. Volunteers are needed to sort and price items Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; and move items to sales location Friday and Saturday morning.For information, call 472-0711 or 919-1289.

Should I vaccinate my child against the flu? Yes. And you should get one too.The flu is more than just a nuisance if someone in your family gets sick. The flu is responsible for more hospitalizations and deaths in children and adults than any other vaccine-preventable disease in the United States.Preschoolers and school age children are the age groups most likely to be infected with influenza. ?In the 2012 ? ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa ? The Washington Concert Association?s opening performance of its 2013-2014 concert series will be at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at Washington Community Theater in Washington, Iowa.The Abrams Brothers skillfully combine the music of their roots with their own sound. It is a combination of bluegrass, country and folk rock. The brothers are fourth-generation musicians playing several instruments including ...

MONDAYBlood Drive, Saint Mary Catholic Church, 2:30-6:30 p.m. Walk-in donors welcome; for appointments, call 472-3241.Youth Fitness Class, for third- through eighth-graders, Roosevelt Community Recreation Center, 5:15-6:15 p.m. $3 per class; free with membership. No registration needed.Co-Dependency Anonymous, First Presbyterian Church, 7 p.m. Call 469-3005.Alcoholics Anonymous, 107 Market St., Keosauqua, 8 ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY 4-H SHOOTING SPORTSCurrent and potential members of Jefferson County 4-H Shooting Sports will meet from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Southeast Iowa Skeet Club.Archery, rifle and shotgun activities are planned.For information, call the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office at 472-4166.??? JEFFERSON COUNTY MASTER GARDENERSJefferson County Master Gardeners met Aug. 26 at the Jefferson County ISU ...

A Hunter Education Safety Class is scheduled in October at the Southeast Iowa Skeet Club.The class is set from 6-9 p.m. Oct. 1 and Oct. 3 and from 8 a.m. to noon Oct. 5. Attendance is required at all three sessions.The class is free.Preregistration is required. For preregistration and information, contact Shawn Morrissey, operations manager at Jefferson County Park, at 472-4421.To purchase an Iowa hunting ...