Community

Serve Outdoors will have its annual fundraising banquet at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Roberts Memorial Center in Keosauqua.No membership fee is required. A free-will donation will be collected.A meal will be served, followed by games, stories and a benefit auction.Organizer Matt Johnson said the auction will include ?a generator, household goods, two or three guns, a big variety of stuff.?During last year?s ...

Word of Life Lutheran Church is hosting a fifth grade dance and game night at the church, 7-10 p.m. today for any fifth graders.

When every day leaves you feeling undone,have you spent time with the Holy one?Can you imagine walking alone with no help to guide you?That?s when you come undone.Listen here closely as your life you liveWhen the stone rolled away Satan?s plans were undone.So read God?s word, trust in Him, believe His truth He will never leave you undone.He paid all the cost for you He has wonundone is for Satanyou are ...

Fairfield Middle School officials have announced the winners of the school?s recent Positive Behavior Supports System drawing.With the Positive Behavior Supports System, FMS students are rewarded for positive behavior by staff by being given a ticket for when they are ?caught? doing something good.Once a month, the school has a drawing and gives out prizes to reward students for their positive behavior.The ...

Everyone is invited to a soup supper, 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Fairfield.Free will offerings will be accepted.The meal will include soups, Kenny?s cornbread, drinks and pies.

Basal Faith Parish has the following activities this week:? Birmingham ? Sunday worship, 9:15 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m? Libertyville ? Sunday school 9:15 a.m.; fellowship, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship 10:30 a.m.; Monday, ad board will meet with board of trustees, 6:30 p.m. ? Stockport ? Wednesday, W.O.W. BA.T.T.L.E. - 5:30 p.m., all ages are welcome.Confirmation meets at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Keosauqua United ...

The Internal Revenue Service has announced it now plans to begin processing individual income tax returns on Jan. 30, eight days later than originally targeted.The announcement means the vast majority of tax filers ? more than 120 million households ? should be able to start filing tax returns Jan. 30.Refunds could be delayed to mid to late February.?This has been an epic beginning to tax season 2013,? said ...

The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is offering a coupon class from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center racquetball courts.Participants will learn how to use coupons, get great deals and save money. They will learn the basics of couponing, such as the lingo, websites to get coupons, advice on printable coupons, where to get the best deals and more.The fee is $10.To ...

HEMMAir Force Airman Andrew M. Hemm, the son of Michael Hemm of Batavia, graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills.Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward ...

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 ? meatloaf, baked potato with sour cream, stewed tomatoes, peaches, orange juice.Tuesday ? creamed turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans sauté, tossed lettuce salad with ...

Each school month, the Fairfield Elks Lodge sponsors the Fairfield Middle School Students of the Month award.The purpose of the award is to acknowledge positive contributions of FMS students at school, which range from assisting teachers and peers in classroom activities to displaying characteristics as a role model in and out of the classroom. Students of the Month certificates are awarded after a nomination ...

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: burrito, romaine, tomato, cucumber slices, fresh apple, milk, plus fruit choice for ...