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The Van Buren After-Prom Committee will be raising funds for the 2013 event during a tip night from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at Pizza Ranch in Fairfield.Organizers said 100 percent of the tips will go toward the after-prom party.

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 ...

The Fairfield High School music department will present the 2013 10th-12th grade Pops Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the FHS Auditorium.The concert will feature a variety of music from early jazz to today?s hits performed by several of Fairfield?s talented students.The 10th-12th Concert Band will perform music from the movies and more, including: ?Captain America?; ?A Disneyworld Celebration? with ?Fantasmic,? ...

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 ? Meat loaf, baked potato, sour cream, stewed tomatoes, peaches and orange juice.Tuesday ? Beef and macaroni casserole, broccoli, orange apricot gelatin and a cookie.Wednesda...

Youth serving lunch SundayThe youth of First United Methodist Church in Fairfield will serve a lunch at noon Sunday at the church.The proceeds will be used for the summer mission trip. Prairie View meetings set Wednesday OLLIE ? Prairie View United Methodist Church near the junction of Packwood Road and Highway 78, will have church committee meetings at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.The meetings will be followed by a ...

MONDAYBlood Drive, First United Methodist Church, 2-6:30 p.m. Walks-in donors welcome; for appointments call 472-5762.All the Above Support Group, Living Stones Fellowship, 7 p.m. Call 233-0818.Co-Dependency Anonymous, First Presbyterian Church, 7 p.m. Call 469-3005.Keosauqua Alcoholics Anonymous, 107 Market St., 8 p.m. TUESDAYLasagna Luncheon, hosted by Fairfield Women?s Club, McElhinny House, 11 a.m.-1 ...

This year, AARP Foundation is again providing free tax assistance and preparation for taxpayers with low to moderate income through the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program at the Fairfield Public Library.Taxpayers interested may sign up from 11 a.m. through 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the library.AARP Foundation Tax aide, in its 44th year, is the nation?s largest free tax assistance and preparation service.A person ...

Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has several blood drives scheduled in the area.The Birmingham Lions Club will sponsor a blood drive from 2:30-6:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Birmingham Lions Building. To be eligible to donate, donors must have donated last on or before Jan. 3. Walk-in donors are welcome, but appointments can be made by calling Harry Anderson at 319-498-4201.A blood drive is set from 9 a.m. to ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? The Iowa Wesleyan College Concert Choir, under the direction of Bradley Miller, will present its 2013 spring tour home concert at 11 a.m. Feb. 28 in the Chapel Auditorium on campus.Admission is free.The concert follows the annual tour. It features a variety of choral music selections, including Morton Laurdisen?s ?Sure on this Shining Night,? Ola Gjeilo?s evocative ?Northern Lights? and Paul ...

OTTUMWA ? Seneca Area on Aging, in partnership with Iowa?s Senior Health Insurance Information Program and Indian Hills Community Rural Health, will be holding a free ?Welcome to Medicare? seminar from 4:30-6:30 p.m. March 7 on the Indian Hills Community College campus in Ottumwa.Those who would like to attend must register by March 1 by calling Seneca at 800-642-6522 and asking for Information and Assistance ...

First United Methodist Church in Fairfield has postponed the tenderloin supper planned Friday evening at the church.As of Wednesday afternoon, a new date for the supper had not been scheduled.

BATAVIA ? Clara Swihart celebrated her 93rd birthday Sunday at the home of Joyce and Bob Perkins in Batavia.Four of Mrs. Swihart?s children were present: Joyce Perkins and husband Bob, Larry Wilson, Teena Roush and Tony Shields. Her other son, Bill Shields, could not attend.The group sang ?Happy Birthday? and ate ice cream and cake and took lots of pictures. Then she opened her gifts and cards while being ...