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JEFFERSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMENNine members of the Jefferson County Republican Women met May 24 at the home of Donna Clark.President Nancy Wood conducted the business meeting and introduced Ken Daley. Daley presented a program on the Blue Zones, a program sponsored by Wellmark that Gov. Branstad has encouraged Iowans to embrace to improve the health of the state?s residents. For information and registration, ...

KEOSAUQUA ? Join the Villages of Van Buren for the 13th annual Fly Van Buren June 15 at the Keosauqua airport.The fly-in breakfast will be 7-10 a.m. at the Keosauqua Municipal Airport. The Keosauqua Lions Club will be serving an ?all-you-can-eat? pancake and sausage breakfast for $7. All pilots are invited to fly in for a free breakfast.The Ottumwa Radio-Control Flyers will be demonstrating their flying skills ...

FHS CLASS of 1968The Fairfield High School Class of 1968 will be meeting for its 45th class reunion June 14-15.They will meet at 6 p.m. June 14 at the Fairfield Elks Lodge. They would like to invite any classmates or teachers who went to FHS a couple years before or after 1968 to join them that night.The Class of 1968 will meet June 15 at the Walton Club for cocktails at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m.For ...

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 ? ground beef gravy, mashed potatoes, lima beans, Surprise Salad, cookie.Tuesday ? baked chicken, macaroni salad, carrots, fruit cocktail, apple cinnamon bar.Wednesday ? ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin High School officials have announced the names of students who earned recognition on the honor roll during the second semester of the 2012-13 academic year.Seniors (Straight A?s): Emily Adam, Maleaha Earnest, Victoria Eckley, Eli Harper, Seth Jensen, Amy Nordyke, Logan Scholtus, Krystal Sullivan, Graham Wittrock and Rachel Wonderlich.Juniors (Straight A?s): Eric Adam, Jared Bond, Petie Clubb, ...

Jefferson County youth will gather for the second annual Iowa Students for Tobacco Education and Prevention Summit Wednesday in Ankeny.I-STEP is Iowa?s youth-led tobacco prevention movement.All Jefferson County youth between the ages of 12-24 are invited. The summit includes speakers, a dance and a candlelight vigil. The event is free of charge, and buses are being provided to and from the summit from 20 ...

OTTUMWA ? Indian Hills Community College will once again be offering the popular G.E.M.S. ? Girls Exploring Math and Science ? camp this summer.Girls entering fourth through sixth grades in the fall are eligible to sign up for the free two-day camp that will be held June 20-21 at the Advanced Technology Center on Indian Hills? Ottumwa campus.The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, and lunch will be ...

Fairfield Public Library will be showing a free film June 14.The film is a 2012 American thriller that is an adaptation of Lee Child?s 2005 novel ?One Shot.? An ex-military investigator leaps off the pages of Child?s bestselling novel and onto the big screen in the explosive thriller. When an unspeakable crime is committed, all evidence points to the suspect in custody, but the fight for the truth brings the ...

OTTUMWA ? With the goal of sparking or strengthening an interest in a possible healthcare career in kids, Indian Hills Community College?s Health Occupations division will hold youth summer camps in June and July.?We live in a part of the state where it is difficult to recruit healthcare practitioners,? Lori Reeves of the college?s Rural Health Education Center, said. ?For this reason, it is important for us to ...

INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGEOTTUMWA ? Indian Hills Community College has released the names of the area students who completed their graduation requirements at the end of the 2013 Spring Term.This is a list of students who received an Associate of Arts (AA) degree, Associate of Science (AS) degree, Associate of Applied Science (AAS), degree, Diploma or Certificate at the end of the Spring Term.AGENCY: Ana M. ...

Organizers are reminding potential 2013 Greater Jefferson County Fair Little Miss contestants and their parents the deadline for applications is Friday at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office.The contest is open to girls no older than 8 or younger than 6 as of June 1, 2013, who have lived in Jefferson County for at least one year.The 2012 Little Miss was Chayse Gilchrist, daughter of Robert and Niki ...

OTTUMWA ? Heartland Pregnancy Center, which has been serving Ottumwa and the surrounding communities for more than 20 years, is celebrating its anniversary with a 5K run and 1-mile walk June 22 at Jefferson County Park.The event is a fundraiser for the nonprofit organization which is dedicated to providing ?compassionate Christian care ... to families experiencing needs related to pregnancy.? It has had more ...