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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 with meat sauce, broccoli and cauliflower, spinach salad with vinegar and oil dressing, peach banana gelatin.Tuesday ? chicken salad sandwich with lettuce and ...

A fun run and walk and family-fun activities are planned Aug. 31 at Whispering Pines Winery Events Center to raise funds to benefit those with Tourette Syndrome.Registration for the 5K Run, Walk or Tic, Iowa Tourette Syndrome fundraiser is 10-11 a.m. Strollers, skate boarders and bicylists are all welcome to enter.The 5K race starts at 11 a.m. on on J40 blacktop road, just down the road from the Whispering ...

The Natural Resource Commission of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources approved the 2013-14 migratory game bird hunting seasons during its Aug. 8 meeting.Changes include:? A new waterfowl refuge at Union Hills Wildlife Management Area, in Cerro Gordo County. The posted refuge is all Union Hills WMA property west of the former county road Dogwood Avenue.? The possession limit for ducks and geese is now ...

Howard and Debora Adrian of Fairfield announce the engagement of their daughter Tina to Jon Pfeifer, son of Steven and Candy Pfeifer of Fairfield and Renee Pfeifer of Richland.The bride-elect of Fairfield is a graduate of Fairfield High School and University of Northern Iowa. She is a clinic nurse for River Hills Community Health Center in Richland.The groom-elect of Richland is a graduate of Pekin High School. ...

Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation has received a grant of $875 from The Miccio Foundation of Iowa City.The funds will be used to spay outdoor female cats through the ?Beat the Heat? program offered by the Caring Community Spay Neuter Assistance Program.A female cat spay and FVRCP vaccination is available for $25. The cost of the services typically ranges from $80 to $125 or more.To take advantage of this offer, ...

Shelby Heston, left, and Samantha Westercamp competed in the Iowa State Fair Cowgirl Queen contest Friday. The contest is judged on 50 percent beauty and 50 percent horsemanship. ? I couldn?t be more proud of these girls,? said Shea Earlywine, Jefferson County 4-H Horse Project leader. ?They looked beautiful and rode hard. It was a great experience to be part of such a spectacular event.? Westercamp is the ...

Joanne Ancell, also known as ?Fiddlin? Granny,? will perform at the Iowa State Fair this weekend. She will perform on the fiddle during a Civil War re-enactment at 1 p.m. Saturday in Pioneer Hall. She also will read from the book she co-authored with Henry McVey, ?Two Years and Two Days: A Writ of My Civil War Experiences.?At 3:30 p.m. that same day, Ancell, who hails from Fairfield, will play her fiddle in ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week.Wednesday ? breakfast: assorted cereals, assorted cereal bars and Nutri-Grain bars, orange juice, milk. Lunch: corn dog, baked beans, mixed vegetables, fresh apple, milk, plus tomatoes and a fruit choice for high school students.Thursday ? breakfast: assorted cereals assorted cereal bars, orange juice and milk. ...

The School Supplies Giveaway to Stockport children has supplies available for residents of Stockport.School supplies and can be picked up at the library, which is open 3-6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to noon Thursdays. The Stockport Library has some large items that will be for salestarting on Monday, including:? Two, two- drawer file cabinets, one with hanging file folders in the bottom drawer.? ...

Faith Methodist Church in Libertyville invites the public to play outdoor games 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Jefferson County Park. The church also is holding a worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday in Jefferson County Park shelter No. 1 with a potluck to follow Sunday. The public is invited to the worship service as well.

Reck Show Cattle of Fairfield was among those recognized for their top quality cattle in the Beef Feeder Calf show judged Saturday at the 2013 Iowa State Fair.Reck Show Cattle showed the Reserve Champion Simmental Heifer, and placed first in Foundation Simmental Heifers; first in Simmental Heifers; and third in Top Five Market Animals.Fairfield native Mitch Goudy, along with the Mitch Goudy Band, will perform ...

Sharon McCleary and Laverne Payne, both of Agency, announce their engagement and approaching wedding.The couple is planning a November wedding.