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The Fairfield Middle School will host a Scholastic ?Buy-One-Get-One-Free? Book Fair Monday through April 12 in room 102.When students purchase a book, they get another book of equal value or less free.Throughout the week, all FMS students will have the opportunity to visit the book fair during reading or GOAL class. The book fair also is open each day before and after school for students and community members.F...

ELDON ? The American Gothic Performing Arts Festival will host its inaugural Trivia Night Saturday at the Ottumwa Country Club to benefit the organization?s upcoming summer festival.Teams of 10 people will compete in 10 rounds of general knowledge trivia, with 10 questions per round. Prizes will be awarded to the top-scoring teams and each individual competitor will be eligible to participate in a silent auction ...

Kenny and Donna Greiner of Brighton will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Brighton Community Center.The event will be hosted by their children, Lonnie Greiner and wife Melodie of Fairfield, Scott Greiner of Brighton and granddaughter Macy of Fairfield.Kenny Greiner and Donna Hill were married April 7, 1973, at the First Lutheran Church in Fairfield.The ...

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 ? Roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, crispy creamy spinach, and strawberries.Tuesday ? Roast pork, oven brown potato, cheesy broccoli, mixed green salad with oil and vinegar ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week.Monday ? breakfast at the middle school and high school: assorted cereals, assorted cereal bars, orange juice and milk; breakfast at the elementary schools: assorted cereals, cereal bar or Nutri-Grain bar; orange juice and milk. Lunch: Beef and bean burrito, romaine salad, cucumber slices, peach halves, tomatoes and ...

BONAPARTE ? A whiskers-growing contest is planned as part of Bonaparte Main Street?s Civil War Experience scheduled for June 8.Annette Spencer is organizing the event stressing authenticity and costume. Whiskers should reflect original styles from the Civil War years in the following five categories: Best longest, well groomed, Best Civil War goatee with or without mustache, Best Civil War lamb chops, mutton ...

FAIRFIELD LATIN and BALLROOM ASOCIATIONThe Fairfield Latin and Ballroom Association is hosting a Latin, swing and ballroom dance Sunday evening at Morning Star Studio.A lesson in salsa begins at 7:30 p.m., and the dance is from 8-10 p.m.Admission is $3 per person.For information, contact Paul Saipher at 919-5698 or fflbra@iowatelecom.net.??? FAIRFIELD RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNELThe Fairfield Retired School ...

The 2012-13 Jefferson County Health Center Auxiliary officers and committee heads are, from right, front: Judy Lauritsen, recording secretary; Ulala Conger, health education; Judy White, president; Mary Margaret Horras, scholarships; middle: Sharyn Workman, first vice president; Walta Bloomquist, library/service cart; Deb Bartholomew, Bargain Box manager; Marilyn Allison-Nance, corresponding secretary; Judie ...

Fairfield Park and Recreation Department and Fairfield Little League will host a spring softball clinic for 7- to 10-year-old girls Tuesday.The free clinic will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Fairfield High School gym.The clinic will allow participants to work on fundamentals of the game to prepare for the upcoming season. Participants will be working on fielding, base running, hitting and pitching.All the ...

STOCKPORTAll flowers and decorations will be removed this week from Spencer Cemetery.???The Stockport American Legion Auxiliary is sponsoring April Shower for Veterans. Drop off donations Monday through April 22 at State Central Bank and Village Cafe.Hospitalized veterans at the VH Hospital in Iowa City are in need of: denture cleaner and adhesive, hair brushes, combs, nail clippers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, ...

The Libertyville Little League will be sponsoring an all-in-one pancake breakfast, bake sale and silent auction Saturday at Libertyville Elementary School. The free-will donation breakfast will be from 7:30-11 a.m., and the bake sale and auction will be from 8-11 a.m.Little League teams will be having pictures taken throughout the morning at the school.The public is invited.Donations or silent auction items ...

The annual Fairfield Community School District Elementary Art Show will be open from 6:30-8 p.m. Friday during the April Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk at Pence Elementary School.The halls and gym of Pence are transformed into a gallery of children?s artwork for the long-standing traditional annual show, but this marks the first year it will be open on a Friday night for the art walk.The Elementary Art Show ...