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The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center recently held successful blood drives in the area.The mobile drew 54 pints Feb. 15 at Van Buren High School in Keosauqua, 28 pints Feb. 18 at Fairfield First United Methodist Church, 29 pints Feb. 19 at the Lockridge Senior Center and 40 pints Feb. 19 at Cambridge Investment Research Inc. in Fairfield.With the success of these blood drives comes the announcement of ...

The Jefferson County Tobacco Coalition?s quarterly meeting set for 12:45 p.m. at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office is open to anyone who would like to reduce and eliminate tobacco products across the county.Youth tobacco usage takes many forms. Tobacco companies in an attempt to keep increasing profits have started to market new products. Most of the new products do not even resemble traditional tobacco ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Homecoming Committee meeting set for today has been canceled.The meeting has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. March 12 at the Birmingham Lions Building.???The Birmingham Lions Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Lions Building.The committee is Dean Canaday and Carroll Unkrich.???The Over 50 and Fabulous Red Hat Ladies will meet for an 11:30 a.m. lunch March 12 at the Birmingham Lions ...

Spend a day exploring the world of Grant Wood with the American Gothic House Center?s annual Grant Wood Bus Trip April 27.This year?s adventure travels by Burlington Trailways bus to Iowa State University in Ames for a day of art, history and beauty.First stop will be the ISU Library to view Grant Wood?s murals ?When Tillage Begins? and ?Other Arts Follow.? The murals were designed by Wood while he directed the ...

OTTUMWA ? The Jazz Underground, a collection of Midwest musicians specializing in original music and fresh performances of jazz standards, will be performing at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John Auditorium on the Indian Hills Community College Ottumwa Campus.The concert is free and open to the public.The Jazz Underground is led by two Indian Hills music faculty: saxophonist and composer David Sharp and drummer ...

GATESArmy Pvt. Cullin R. Gates has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and ...

TUESDAYTTT, Chapter E, McElhinny House, 7 p.m.Swimming Skills Classes, for all ages and skills, Roosevelt Aquatic Center, 4-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through March 14. Proceeds benefit new pool and gym project. Registration: www.fairfieldparksandrec.com or 472-6159.Birmingham Homecoming Committee, Birmingham Lions Building, 7 p.m. Rescheduled for 7 p.m. March 12.Pianist Ilya Yakuskev, performance for ...

TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITYKIRKSVILLE, Mo. ? Tori Ogden of Fairfield was among a group of 15 Truman State University athletic training students who met Feb. 20 with legislators at the capitol in Jefferson City, Mo.The students were at the capitol to promote athletic training and share their experiences at Truman with the legislators.Ogden, an athletic training major at Truman, is the daughter of David and Carla ...

FHS CLASS OF 1956The Fairfield High School graduating class of 1956 will have its monthly breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Thursday at the Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store.??? FHS CLASS OF 1959The Fairfield High School graduating class of 1959 will have its monthly coffee club meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday at Yummy?s Gourmet Cakes.Everyone is welcome to attend.???

Anna Mae Burger of Fairfield will celebrate her 80th birthday with an open house from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.Her daughters, Colleen Bates and Betty Russell, along with their families will host the open house. Family and friends are invited.Mrs. Burger was born March 16, 1933.Send cards for Mrs. Burger to Calu Apartments, 205 W. Briggs Ave., Apt. 219, Fairfield 52556.

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Friends of the Harlan-Lincoln House at Iowa Wesleyan College will sponsor its 10th annual Brown Bag Lecture Series at noon each Tuesday during March in the Chadwick Library on campus.Presentations are free, but donations will be accepted. Attendees can bring a brown bag lunch.Tuesday ? ?The Garretson Family: Pioneers, Inventors and Abolitionists.? Cathy Garretson Helman, a rural Salem native, ...

Alliant Energy?s Hometown Rewards program in Fairfield is offering residents the opportunity to get up close and personal with local renewable energy projects Saturday.Fairfield?s Second Saturday?s Workshop series will host an introductory panel discussion about residential renewable energy projects happening in Fairfield. Immediately following the 30-minute panel, workshop participants will receive a map ...