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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 and milk. Lunch: breaded pork patty on bun, broccoli, sweet potato fries, strawberries, milk, plus tomatoes and fruit choice for high school students.Tuesday ? breakfast at the middle school and high school: ...

OLLIE ? A fundraising campaign is underway for restoration of the historic Rock Creek Church, which is along 240th Avenue, north of Highway 78, about 3.5 miles southwest of Ollie.Kenny Van Ness of Fairfield, who is helping to spearhead the fundraising effort, explained a decision was made in 2005 to start a restoration project on the 168-year-old church.?At that time, a fundraising campaign was started to help ...

SOLITAIRESThe members of Solitaires are planning to have lunch Sunday at Jerry?s Restaurant in Mount Pleasant.Members will meet at noon to carpool from the First National Bank parking lot.???

First Presbyterian plans JOY Nite kick-off eventsFirst Presbyterian Church is beginning its Christian education program for the school year with a breakfast at 10 a.m. Sunday at Jefferson County Park Shelter No. 3.Breakfast will be followed by a worship service led by the Rev. Joe Phipps, pastor of the church. Introductions will be made of new Christian Education Youth Director Jeremy Blauvelt, the staff and ...

Jerry and Lisa Leonard of Fairfield announce the engagement of their daughter Stacia Rene Leonard to Justin Robert Deutsch, son of Bob Deutsch and the late Brenda Deutsch.The bride-elect is a 2007 Fairfield High School graduate and a 2011 Central College graduate. She is employed in the human resources department of Cambridge Investment Research in Fairfield.The groom-elect is a 2005 FHS graduate. He is ...

Fairfield Fire Chief Scott Vaughan accepts a $5,000 grant check from Tammy Jones, left, and Jen Osby, co-chairwomen of the Rotary Club of Fairfield?s auction committee. According to Fairfield Rotary Student Services and Public Relations Committee Chairman Francis G. Mossé, the fire department plans to buy a rescue boat.

William Edward Peck of East Pleasant Plain will be 85 years old Aug. 29.Peck was born on the farm, 5 miles south of Brighton, the youngest of 11 children. He graduated from Brighton High School in 1946, Parsons College in 1955 with a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education and the University of Iowa in 1960 with a Master of Arts degree for elementary principal/teacher.He was employed by the Fairfield ...

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has scheduled two area blood drives.A blood drive is set from 3-7 p.m. Tuesday at the Batavia Community Senior Center. Donors who last gave blood on or before July 2 are eligible to give again. Walk-in donors are welcome, but for appointments, call 800-452-1097 or visit the website www.bloodcenterimpact.org.The Birmingham Lions Club will host a blood drive from ...

SAMUELSONThe annual Samuelson family reunion will be Sunday at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.A basket-lunch is planned for noon.All relatives are invited.???

The summer is coming to end, and you?d like to get out on your pond and do some fishing or swimming, but the weeds are so thick that fishing is difficult and swimming is not desirable.Sound familiar?While use of herbicides is an option, this time of year it really doesn?t make sense to use herbicides to kill underwater weeds, because the season for their growth is nearly over.The use of weed rakes or cutters ...

Hunter interest remains high, heading into Iowa?s third mourning dove season.The 70-day season opens Sept. 1, with birds now pouring into Iowa on their southward migration.Migrating birds are noticed in the early days of August, building through the late summer. The number of hunters should edge upward, too.?I expect a little bump up in hunter numbers again, as more of them learn about dove hunting. A few more ...

DONNELLSON ? Sept. 1 is the deadline for submitting an entry for the Donnellson Fall Festival quilt block contest.The contest has been a part of the citywide celebration for many years, and quilters of any age and skill can submit a quilt block for judging and inclusion in the quilt that will be sold during the 2014 Fall Festival. Tickets for this year?s quilt, made from the 2012 blocks and handquilted, will be ...