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Jefferson County Naturalist Therese Cummiskey has announced several of the Jefferson County Conservation programs scheduled in March have been canceled.?I am not having any maple syruping programs,? wrote Cummiskey in an email this morning, ?and the Waterfowl Watch and the bison program have been canceled.?The bison ecology program, which had been planned for Saturday at the Fairfield Public Library and ...

Indian Hills Community College will be holding a free financial aid workshop from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at the IHCC Jefferson County Center in Fairfield.During the workshop participants will be assisted with completion of FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The FAFSA is required for students seeking federal grants, student loans and work study at many educational institutions.In addition to staff ...

Fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students active in 4-H have the opportunity to visit the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb., and sleep under a 20-foot tree with free flying colorful birds or take part in an exploration station of the entire zoo June 5-6.Buses will leave the morning of June 5, making stops throughout Region 19 from Jefferson County to Lucas County to pick up participants. Buses will arrive in the ...

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.???