Community

Basal Faith Parish Annual Church Conference will be held at Libertyville Faith United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Prairie View United Methodist Church holds Sunday worship at 9 a.m. followed by fellowship. Sunday school is at 10:30 a.m.Choir practice is at 6:30 p.m. Monday.Bible study meets at 9 a.m. Tuesday.The finance committee will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday; and the church council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

United Methodist Women of First United Methodist Church in Fairfield are hosting their annual Christmas Tea at 10 a.m. Dec. 1, in the basement of the church.Jeri Kunkle will present a program, ?History of Christmas Hymns.?All area women are invited.

Hawthorne Direct hosted the traditional gingerbread decorating event for Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk?s December Holiday Gingerbread Extravaganza last week at its facility in Fairfield.Art walk executive director Dania De Bortoli and former president and executive director Holly Moore set up shop in Hawthorne Direct?s conference room to decorate the gingerbread houses that will be displayed in local businesses ...

STOCKPORTThe Stockport American Legion Auxiliary is having its Shower for Veterans.The auxiliary will be collecting new items, such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss, pocket combs, tablet paper, ink pens, pencils, crossword puzzle books, puzzles, playing cards, new clothes including T-shirts, men?s boxer briefs, socks and more. Items can be dropped off at Stockport State Central Bank office. All items ...

TUESDAYBurn Day, yard waste, leaves, brush can be burned, Fairfield city limits, daylight hours.Annie?s Project, classes for women involved in farm operations, Jefferson County ISU Extension Office, 6-9 p.m. Preregistration required: 472-4166.Eagles Auxiliary, Fairfield Eagles Club, 7 p.m.Fairfield Lions Club, no meeting.N.E.S.T. Classes, Jefferson County ISU Extension Office, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Call 472-4166.Ma...

AMES ? The drought that parched fields, scorched crops and withered farm ponds in Iowa was indiscriminate, hitting farmers of all types, sizes and enterprises equally hard.In its wake, it revealed not just the unpredictability of weather, but the need for farmers to plan ahead to protect their farms from the inevitable droughts of the future.Maharishi University of Management?s Department of Sustainable Living ...

AMES ? Does your established farm seek a highly motivated farm employee? Are you looking for a way to support the next generation of Iowa farmers by sharing your farming knowledge with an aspiring farmer? If so, apply to be a trainer in Practical Farmers of Iowa?s new Labor4Learning program.The newly launched program is an effort to help beginning farmers receive paid, on-the-job training while helping experience...

Students from across the state ventured to Fairfield Oct. 20, where they auditioned for the All-State Music Festival chorus, band or orchestra.Few are selected for the highly prestigious honor, and Fairfield showed great success on audition day. Regardless of the results, there is a monumental growth in the students through this process that cannot be overlooked. Students take great strides in vocal technique, ...

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 ? Hearty Beef and Bean Vegetable Soup, saltine crackers, Orange Surprise Salad, homemade wheat dinner roll, pears, crispy rice bar.Tuesday ? Thanksgiving dinner: roast ...

Bill Hunerdosse of Fairfield will celebrate his 70th birthday with an open house Nov. 24.The celebration will be held from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday at Parkview Care Center, where Hunderdosse is a resident.An email card shower also is being planned. Cards can be emailed to dosse@iowatelecom.net.

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 and cereal bars, orange juice and milk; breakfast at the elementary schools: assorted cereals, cereal or Nutri-Grain bar; orange juice and milk. Lunch: spaghetti with meat sauce, romaine, peas, fresh grapes, bread and butter sandwich, milk.Tuesd...