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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 ? Salisbury steak and gravy, O?Brien potatoes, scalloped cabbage, fresh fruit.Tuesday ? breaded chicken breast, parsley butter potato, oven-roasted vegetables, applesauce, ...

First Presbyterian Church will present a special service at 9:30 a.m. June 30 featuring the Fairfield All Star Jazz Band.The Rev. Joe Phipps, pastor of the church, invites community members to attend the ?enlightening and inspirational? service.Phipps will mix scripture and an inspirational message, with special music performed by church organist Betty Mayer and the 16-piece jazz ensemble.Songs to be performed ...

Betty Messer of Wayland will celebrate her 90th birthday with an open house from 2-4 p.m. June 30 at the Wayland Community Center in Wayland.Mrs. Messer and her family lived in the Pleasant Plain rural area many years before moving to Wayland.Mrs. Messer has four sons: Laverne and Linda Messer, Gene and Darla Messer, Gary and Lori Messer and Dan Messer and Terry Kirk. She also has nine grandchildren and 13 ...

Fairfield Community Child Care Center is inviting parents to a free program, ?Quick and Healthy Foods for Busy Families,? from 6-7 p.m. Wednesday.Lynne Johnson, the Jefferson County ISU Extension NEST program coordinator, will present the program.Johnson will give helpful hints on preparing healthy foods and share recipes and ideas.The program is open to the public.

EAST PLEASANT PLAIN ? A congregate meal will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 27 at St. Joseph Church in East Pleasant Plain.The menu will include ham balls, mashed potatoes, green beans, a salad bar, bread, pie, cake and cream puffs for dessert and beverage.Bingo will be played after the meal.All ages are welcome.An elevator is available at the church.Reservations are not required, but appreciate...

The Fairfield Municipal Band begins its 27th season with a concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Central Park.The 45-piece band will present an hour-long concert every Tuesday night through July 30.The Fairfield Municipal Band has played every summer since the group started in 1987. It plays six concerts each season filling Fairfield?s Central Park with people who enjoy playing and listening to band music. The group ...

ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYTERRE HAUTE, Ind. ? Edna Jones, the daughter of Bo Frazer and Luo Jones of Fairfield, has been named to the dean?s list at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for the spring quarter.In order to be named to the dean?s list, students must earn at least a 3.3 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.Jones is a junior majoring in mathmatetics.??? INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGEOTTUMW...

Gardening and children, a wonderful combination. Rewards of life come in many ways, I believe spending time with kids planting seeds is one of them. Kids bring smiles, simplicity and inquisitive interest. Questions about the soil, what job do earthworms have, where does the seed come from? As adults , we take so much for granted until you see the garden through a child?s eyes.Part of our young family lives in ...

AMES ? The Iowa Beef Heifer Award program gives youth the opportunity to earn a certificate of $500 or more toward the purchase of a breeding female.Applications are due by July 1. The Iowa Cattlemen?s Association coordinates the application process. Program guidelines and applications can be found on the ICA website at www.iacattlemen.org under the ICA Programs tab or by calling Kellie Carolan at 515-296-2266.A...

The Fairfield Public Library received the following memorials and donations in May. Adopt-an-AuthorGiven by Mike Tinker, ?Silken Prey? by Sandford.Given by Roseann Swink, ?Dead Ever After? by Harris. GiftsGiven by Dave Randall, ?Columbo, Season 2? (DVD); ?Walker Texas Ranger, Season 1? (DVD); and ?Walker Texas Ranger, Season 2? (DVD).Given by Roseann Swink, ?Charlie All Night? by Crusie; ?Every Trick in ...

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center announced results of recent blood drives.The mobile crew drew 25 pints of blood June 10 at Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation during a drive in honor of Cody Cohen. Cohen, a 2013 Fairfield High School graduate, was diagnosed in December with Myelodysplastic Syndrome, a rare blood cancer, and prescribed a bone marrow transplant as treatment. In March, Cohen?s disease had ...

OTTUMWA ? The Ottumwa Symphony Board of Directors announces Carey H. Bostian II has accepted the position of music director and conductor for the symphony.Bostian succeeds Eric McIntyre, who has announced plans to work abroad during the coming year and submitted his resignation as director of the symphony.Bostian serves as the conductor of the Iowa City Community String Orchestra, and also is principal cellist ...