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A lifeguarding class will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center.Lifeguarding class pretesting will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.For information, call aquatic/recreation superintendent Christy Leazer at 472-7088.

The Jefferson County Conservation Board is planning several summer programs for youth.Bear Creek Geodes is an exploring program where participants third-grade and above, or first and second if accompanied by an adult, will travel to Van Buren County to visit Bear Creek and search for geodes from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 20 or July 2. A registration fee of $20, and $5 for an accompanying adult is due by June ...

The Jefferson County Conservation Board is planning a warbler hike Saturday morning at the Lacey-Keosauqua State Park.According to Jefferson County Naturalist Therese Cummiskey, the first two weeks in May are peak migration time for warblers, and Ely Ford in Lacey-Keosauqua State Park is one of the best warbler birding sites in southeast Iowa.Participants will meet at 7 a.m. at Ely Ford in the park. The program ...

DOUDS ? A benefit dinner and silent auction for Richard Moore of Douds is planned from 4-7 p.m. Saturday at the Douds Community Center.Moore was diagnosed two years ago with liver failure. He has spent time in Jefferson County Health Center and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics being treated in various procedures.Moore is awaiting news on his eligibility to be placed on a liver transplant list.His ...

Author Michael Perry will offer a reading and talk at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Fairfield Public Library.Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humorist, musician and radio show host from Wisconsin.Perry?s bestselling memoirs include ?Population 485,? ?Truck: A Love Story,? ?Coop? and ?Visiting Tom.?Raised on a small midwestern dairy farm, Perry put himself through nursing school while working on a ranch in ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU WOMENThe Jefferson County Farm Bureau Women will have a luncheon meeting at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pizza Ranch.Hostess will be Christine Schiedel, and the program, ?Gardening,? will be presented by Kathy Tollenaere and Dorothy Bell.Roll call will be ?History of India.???? CHAPTER M.B., P.E.O.Members of Chapter M.B., P.E.O. will meet at noon Wednesday at Nan Cameron?s home for a ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin Community School District kindergarten classes will host classroom-visit days Thursday and May 10.Pekin Preschool students will be visiting the classrooms, and other children, who will be 5 years old by Sept. 15 and attending kindergarten in the fall at Pekin, also are welcome.Parents who would like a child to attend the classroom-visit day, can call Pekin Elementary School at 319-695-3707 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 ? Bistro chicken breast, scalloped potatoes, asparagus, peach strawberry and banana medley, and an ice cream cup.Tuesday? Roast beef, baked potato half with sour cream, ...

Audrey Doud of Fairfield will be celebrating her 80th birthday with an open house from 2-4 p.m. May 11 at the AmericInn in Fairfield.The celebration is open to all who can stop by.The event is being hosted by Mrs. Doud?s family: daughter Judy Johnson and husband Dennis of Brown Deere, Wis., daughter Jean Clark of Fairfield, and daughter Vickie Bennett and husband Eric of Kirkland, Wash.Mrs. Doud was born April ...

Joe and Vicki Carr of Fairfield announce the engagement of their daughter Katelyn Carr to Brian Steele.The bride-to-be has a bachelor?s degree from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, and is a third-year pharmacy student at the University of Kansas. She resides in Lawrence, Kan.The groom-to-be has a master?s degree from the University of Kansas and is currently employed by the University of Missouri at Kansas ...

S.A.L.T. group touring barnsThe First Baptist Church S.A.L.T. group will have a potluck and tour of the Maasdam Barns at noon Thursday.Those attending should bring a covered dish to share and personal table service. Church women meetingThe Church Women Benevolent Group, formally known as DWF/CWF, will meet at noon Thursday for their bimonthly luncheon at SunnyBrook Assisted Living.All church women are ...

Fairfield High School horticulture class students and FFA members opened their annual spring plant sale Wednesday.?We have peppers, tomatoes, marigolds, petunias and some other miscellaneous annuals,? said ag teacher and FFA advisor Ann Johnston. ?And lots of heirloom tomatoes.?The plants are available from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today and Friday. Next week, the plants will be available from 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. ...