EASTER FOODSFormer employees and their spouses are invited to attend a reunion of Easter Foods employees at 11 a.m. Sunday at Jefferson County Park?s Shelter No. 1.A catered meal will be served at noon.Call reservations to 472-0206.In case of inclement weather, the reunion will be at First United Methodist Church in Fairfield; use the east entrance.???
STOCKPORTThe Stockport Library Board will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at the library for a cleaning day.???The Stockport Public Library will be open at 3 p.m. Saturday for the Stockport High School alumni to come in and see the yearbooks, trophies, sports pictures, country school pictures and to reminisce with classmates who come for the Stockport Alumni Banquet this weekend.???Volunteers are needed to help ...
The Maharishi Vedic Pandit Benefit Art Show 2 opens 6:30-9 p.m. Friday at the Health and Wholeness shop.Paintings are by John Staiano.Donations are tax deductible. A minimum is required to receive a painting.The show will continue through the month of June.
Fairfield?s Hometown Rewards Program is hosting Energy Games Day from 1:30-3 p.m. Saturday at the Fairfield Public Library.Energy Games Day is part of Fairfield?s Hometown Rewards Program Second Saturdays Workshop Series. It is free, open to the public and appropriate for all ages.Families can warm up with Energy Bingo and then enter Family Feud to test how energy-wise they are.Bingo participants will play for ...
Jefferson County Fair Open Division president Joyce Stanley, left, and Kathy Peck display the quilt made from the 2012 Open Class block challenge entries. The quilt will be auctioned the opening night of the 2013 Greater Jefferson County Fair between the Little Miss Contest at 6 p.m. and the queen contest at 6:30 p.m. June 26 on the show arena stage. The proceeds benefit the Jefferson County Fair Open Class ...
BONAPARTE ? Vintage bride dolls have been dressed by southeast Iowa women for a doll-dressing contest held in conjunction with Bonaparte Main Street?s Civil War Experience Saturday.Sponsored by Gianna and Roy Barrow of Bonaparte, the dolls dressed in 1860-era outfits now are on display for voting by quarters in Waterfront Place. The voting will end, and winners announced at 4 p.m. Sunday.The doll winning the ...
DES MOINES ? Iowa?s long winter and recent spring rains can really take a toll on homes, especially older ones with aging roofs, siding or windows.If your house is in need of essential repairs this spring USDA Rural Development has low-interest loans and grants available to help eligible families make needed improvements. Loans have a fixed interest rate as low as 1 percent and typically may be repaid over a ...
CHRISTNER HILLThe annual reunion of relatives of the John and Bertha Christner Hill family will be Sunday at the Wayland Community Center in Wayland.A covered-dish picnic is planned for noon.All relatives and friends are invited and welcome to attend.???
Orders are due Friday for the S.H.A.R.E. Iowa Inc. food packages available in June.Orders can be placed by calling the St. Mary Catholic Church office at 472-3179 or the Southern Iowa Economic Development Association office at 472-6140. Orders also can be placed online at www.shareiowa.org. The pickup date will be at 8 a.m. June 22 at the Fairfield Eagles Club.Several different packages are available; participan...
Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation is sponsoring a Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center blood drive June 10 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 progressed from MDS into acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), said Dawn Safrit, ...
OTTUMWA ? The Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra will culminate its 26th anniversary season of concerts in Ottumwa with a free outdoor concert, Music-on-the-Green, at 7 p.m. Sunday on the Marge Dodd Stage at Indian Hills Community College.Folks can bring lawn chairs and picnic baskets. The concert will be under the direction of David Sharp, a professor of instrumental music at Indian Hills Community College. Jim ...
VFW LADIES AUXILIARYThe Ladies Auxiliary to Dimmitt-Vorhies Post 2271 met May 13 at the post home, with 11 members present.Installation of officers was held. Deb Rowe was the installing officer.The audit was read and approved.Memorial Day plans were discussed.Joyce Hostetter was given a life membership in the National Home for Children.Cake was served to honor Mother?s Day.The next meeting will be held ...
Fairfield Middle School officials have announced the winners of the school?s Positive Behavior Supports System drawing for May.With the Positive Behavior Supports System, FMS students are rewarded for positive behavior by staff by being given a ticket for when they are ?caught? doing something good.Once a month, the school has a drawing and gives out prizes to reward students for their positive behavior. For ...
BIRMINGHAM ? The Birmingham Homecoming is set June 7-9 in City Park.The Birmingham Lions Club will kick off the annual festivities with a tenderloin supper at 5 p.m. June 7. The prince and princess contest and a cakewalk are planned that evening.June 8 will begin with a biscuits and gravy breakfast served by the Lions at 7 a.m. in the shelter house. A lunch will be served by Birmingham United Methodist Church ...
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