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Jefferson County will host an Aquatic, Forest and Roadside Continuing Instructional Course for commercial pesticide applicators Oct. 16.The program can be seen at locations across Iowa through the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pest Management and the Environment Program.The local site for the Oct. 16 CIC is the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office.Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., followed by ...

Wendy Read from Fairfield is a semifinalist for the 2013 American Quilter?s Society QuiltWeek show Oct. 2 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines.Read has been chosen to display her quilt, Neptune Rising, along with 176 others in the annual contest.First-, second- and third-place prizes in five categories will be awarded, along with five overall awards including Best of Show. More than $44,000 will be granted, ...

EAST PLEASANT PLAIN ? A congregate meal will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at St. Joseph Church in East Pleasant Plain.The menu will include pork loin, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn and beans, a salad bar, bread, beverages, and for dessert: pie and cream puffs.Bingo will be played after the meal.All ages are welcome to attend the meal and then play the bingo games.An elevator is available ...

Personal trainer Kristy Clark will be offering two Fairfield Park and Recreation Department programs: a four-week beginner weight loss challenge and a Trail Mixx.The weight loss challenge will meet from 5:45-6:30 p.m. four Wednesdays Sept. 25 through Oct. 16 at the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center and Roosevelt Aquatic Center.The program is for the beginner exerciser. It will be low impact and involve a ...

The Fairfield Middle School student council and parent-teacher organization will be painting the Trojan mascot head on windows and driveways as a fundraiser for the school.The group will be working on the project Monday through Oct. 1 to help the community get into the spirit of the Trojans? homecoming football game Oct. 4 at Trojan Stadium.The money raised from the project will go to help fund interactive ...

Richard and Kimberly Swanson of Lockridge announce the engagement of their daughter Hannah Swanson to Nickolas Quinlan, son of Tom and Rachel Quinlan of Oxford.The bride-to-be is a 2008 graduate of Fairfield High School and a 2012 graduate from the University of Iowa College of Nursing. She is employed at Covenant Medical Center as a labor and delivery nurse. She lives in Waterloo.The groom-to-be is a 2010 ...

SOLITAIRESMembers of Solitaires will meet in the First National Bank parking lot at noon Sunday to carpool to Ottumwa.The group will have lunch at the Riverside Restaurant.???

CLOVER KIDSThe Jefferson County Fairfield 4-H Clover Kids met 5:15-6:15 p.m. Thursday in the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building.The meeting was started by practicing the 4-H pledge. Several different leaves were brought in for a leaf rubbing project.The 14 members and one guest present participated in a ?get to know you? activity. They talked about their favorite things at the fair. Courtney ...

The Fairfield Community School District is seeing two adult volunteers for a Blue Zones walking school bus.The adults will supervise a group of children walking to school on the five late-start Wednesdays in October. The group will leave from the Buchanan and Lantern apartments at Piece and Buchanan avenues and walk to Fairfield Middle School. The volunteers would work from 9:15-10:30 a.m.To volunteer, call ...

A Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center blood drive is set from 3-6:30 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building.Donors who last gave on or before July 30 can give again. Walk-in donors are welcome; for appointments, call 800-452-1097.Donors must be at least 17 years of age ? or 16 with a signed parental permission form available at www.bloodcenter.org ? and weigh more than 110 ...

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.????