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Fairfield Community School District has scheduled parent-teacher conferences Tuesday and Feb. 14. Fairfield High School conferences will be 4-7:30 p.m. both days. Parents can stop in the office to pick up their student?s report cards, then visit with teachers in their classrooms.Fairfield Middle School conferences will be 5-8:30 p.m. both days.The fifth-grade teachers will be in their classrooms on the second ...

A bluegrass jam session is set from 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.All pickers, singers and spectators are welcome. Accoustic instruments are welcome.Snacks and coffee will be available.Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to help pay for expenses.

OTTUMWA ? Southeast Iowans will be able to experience opera Saturday when OPERA Iowa?s educational touring troupe visits Indian Hills Community College.Featuring colorful scenery and costumes, theatrical lighting and musical accompaniment, OPERA Iowa will present a two-hour English version of Gaetano Donizetti?s ?The Elixir of Love? at 7:30 p.m. in St. John Auditorium on the IHCC Ottumwa campus.The performance, ...

DRAKE UNIVERSITYDES MOINES ? The following local residents achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or above and were named to the Drake University Dean?s List for the fall 2012 semester:Jonathan Edgeton of Fairfield and Krystin Bradshaw of Hedrick.??? CENTRAL COLLEGEPELLA ? The following students were named to the fall 2012 Central College Dean?s List:Mitchell Bloomquist of Batavia, an athletic training ...

Amber Nightingale will be teaching a Hatha-style yoga class with a Embodied twist from 9:30-10:45 a.m. Thursday and Saturday in Morning Star Studio?s Sunset Room.Nightingale is leaving Fairfield and these are the last classes offered before her departure. The cost is $11.Nightingale studied yoga with Baba Hari Dass and is a certified 200-hour yoga instructor. She has more than 10 years of experience as a yoga ...

AMES ? Practical Farmers of Iowa free interactive webinars, called farminars, will be presented live from 7-8:30 p.m. each Tuesday through Feb. 26.The series is open to anyone, and any computer with an Internet connection may be used to participate.To participate, go to ~ All archived farminars and audio podcasts of past farminars are available.Farminars are led by farmers from around the world. Many of the ...

KEMPFAir Force Airman Brandon L. Kempf 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 an associate in applied science ...

FAIRFIELD WOMEN?S CLUB GARDEN DEPARTMENTThe Fairfield Women?s Club will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday at the McElhinny House.Hostesses are Karen Fulton and Kay Unkrich. Kathy Tollenaere and Dorothy Bell will present the program. President Donna Clark will conduct a business meeting after the program.Area women interested in attending should call 472-5475 or 472-6464.

KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGECEDAR RAPIDS ? Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean?s List for the fall 2012 semester.These students have achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after completing 12 or more credit hours with the college.Kirkwood students from the area earning the distinction are:From Batavia, Cory Campbell, who is studying agriculture business;From Eldon, Brandon Warren, who is ...

The Fairfield High School Renaissance Program will host a fundraising dinner Friday in the high school commons.Serving will start at 5:30 p.m. and continue until 7:30 p.m. or until food is gone.Dinner will include a pulled-pork sandwich, baked beans, chips and dessert for $5 per person. A dinner with two sandwiches will be $7.50. Those who wish to purchase a sandwich only may do so for $3.All proceeds will go ...

Julyn Beeman, daughter of Steve Beeman and Diane Beeman, both of Fairfield, and Seth Hoover, son of Jerry and Becky Hoover of Richland, announce their engagement.The future bride graduated from Fairfield High School and Des Moines Area Community College as a dental assistant. She works at River Hills Community Health Center in Richland.The future groom graduated from Pekin High School and works at Dexter ...

Pekin Area Church Women United is sponsoring ?A Benefit for Cousins? from 5-8 p.m. Feb. 9 at Pekin School.The cousins are Noah Conger and Reagan Kopsieker.Noah is a fifth grader at Pekin Elementary School and has polycystic kidney disease. According to the Rev. Carla Nelson, pastor of First Christian Church in Hedrick and Ollie Baptist Church, when Noah was born, he was not expected to live more than five ...