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Another holiday season is near.It won?t be long before the red kettles of The Salvation Army will appear in front of Fairfield?s Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store and Walmart.New Life Community Church is once again privileged to be able to partner with The Salvation Army in the annual holiday effort to better serve the Jefferson County community.Anyone who would like to volunteer to ring bells, call the Rev. Holland ...

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

Deacon Kris Conrad will be ordained to the priesthood during the 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday at Spiritus Christi Independent Catholic.Spiritus Christi is at 51 North Court St., on the square in Fairfield.Conrad?s future plans are to open an Ascension Catholic Alliance Church in the Sacramento, Calif., area.Spiritus Christi is part of the Ascension Catholic Alliance, an alliance of Independent Catholic Churches and ...

The Fairfield Community School District staff is continually learning and growing so that they can better serve and challenge the school district?s students. Much of this learning takes place on the Wednesday later starts, and other conferences and training are attended as well. I am taking this opportunity to mention just a few of the things our staff has been working on.? PBIS: PBIS stands for ?Positive ...

The fall supper at the United Methodist Church begins serving at 5 p.m. Saturday. An auction follows at 7 p.m.

Basal Faith Parish churches? weekly schedules:? Libertyville, Sunday worship 8:15 a.m. and Sunday school 9:30 a.m.? Birmingham, worship 9:45 a.m., choir practice after worship, Sunday school, 10:45 a.m.? Stockport, Sunday worship 11 a.m.United Methodist confirmation is at 5 p.m. Sunday at Keosauqua United Methodist Church.Ad board will meet a 7 p.m. Monday in Libertyville. UMW will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday ...

Boy meets girl, they fall in love, then life gets complicated.The age-old plot comes freshly alive in the romantic drama ?Mary?s Wedding? by Stephen Massicotte and directed by Al Constantineau, which opens today for a month-long run in Maharishi University of Management?s Sydney Spayde Theater.Calgary playwright Stephen Massicotte?s 80-minute, two-character play is set in Alberta, Canada, in 1914 and through ...

ELDON ? Larry Stone, freelance writer and photographer, and former outdoor writer with the Des Moines Register, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Eldon Library Hall.His appearance is one in a series of talks and lectures concerning Iowa, its land and people, sponsored by the American Gothic House Center and the Wapello County Conservation Board.Stone, who has spent 40 years exploring Iowa and is the author ...

A Holiday Bazaar and Cookie Walk are planned for Nov. 24 at Lebanon United Methodist Church.The bazaar, featuring local vendors with holiday gifts, is open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Saturday after Thanksgiving.A soup lunch will be served for a free-will donation.

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 ? Veterans Day, all meal sites closed.Tuesday ? ham and beans, tomato spoon salad, cornbread muffin, cottage cheese, pineapple, orange juice.Wednesday ? baked chicken, ...

Prairie View United Methodist Church holds Sunday worship at 9 a.m. followed by fellowship. Sunday school is at 10:30 a.m. A potato bar lunch is planned for 11:30 a.m.Choir practice is at 6:30 p.m. Monday.Bible study meets at 9 a.m. Tuesday.On Wednesday, UMW meet at 1:30 p.m.; Christian education, 7 p.m.; and Packwood Trojans 4-H, 7 p.m.Saturday, United Methodist Men will have its ?potato drop? at 8 a.m.

BONNIFIELD QUESTERS Bonnifield Questers will have a salad dinner hosted by the William Coop Chapter at 6 p.m. Monday at The Oaks at Parkview Care Center.??? PENN WORKERS 4-H CLUB Penn Workers 4-H?ers are very busy. They had a good turn out with leaders Kim Lacey and Penny Morgan getting ready for trunk or treat. Members who helped decorate the trailer that Everett Lacey took to the fairgrounds had a lot of ...