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MOUNT PLEASANT ? Two speakers representing the United Nations will present a program at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Chapel Auditorium at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant.The program is free and open to the public. United Nations Day is Wednesday. The program is part of the Iowa Wesleyan College Forum series.Yashar Vasef, executive director of the Iowa United Nations Association, will present a program on the ...

PACKWOOD ? The Packwood Betterment Committee is hosting a Halloween party from 4:30-6 p.m. Saturday in the Packwood Fire Station Community Room.Packwood area trick or treaters can enjoy free food, games and prizes.

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Friends of the Harlan-Lincoln House will sponsor ?An Evening with Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln? at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Iowa Wesleyan College Chapel in Mount Peasant.Max and Donna Daniels of Wheaton, Ill., will portray President and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln at the White House, just before they leave for Ford?s Theatre.The Daniels have portrayed the Lincolns professionally since 1988. They are past vice ...

ELDON ? The American Gothic House Center in Eldon will hold its annual Halloween party from 2-4 p.m. Saturday.Children in preschool through fifth grade are invited to the American Gothic House in costume to make a spooky American Gothic parody in front of the house that made Grant Wood famous.Other activities planned for the afternoon include making paper-plate ghosts and leaf luminaries, pumpkin-pitchfork ...

P.E.O. chapters meetingPersonal trainer and fitness entrepreneur Susie Hathaway will speak to Fairfield P.E.O. chapters C, HA, MB and OO at 7 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church community room.Unaffiliated and inactive P.E.O.s are invited to attend.Hathaway, an American College of Sports Medicine-certified personal trainer, will give a presentation on exercises that can help prevent bone loss in ...

As the Broadway Players of FHS prepare for its upcoming performances of ?Musical Comedy Murders of 1940,? the group invites retired citizens to a special free dress/press review at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Fairfield High School Auditorium.Director Scott Slechta said, ?This invitation only audience allows the student actors to determine their quality and level of performance at this rehearsal. They [the cast and ...

A free dance for area middle school students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades is set from 7:30-10 p.m. Friday at the Fairfield Elks Lodge.Free pop and pizza will be served. Door prizes will be given, and a DJ video show is planned. Drug awareness and youth activity material will be on display.

Lifelong Fairfield resident Frances Martin will celebrate her 95th birthday Saturday with a reception at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building.Friends and family are welcome to come for punch, cake and socializing from 1-3:30 p.m.No gifts are requested, but cards would be appreciated.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. It is the time to remind us that mammography and breast examinations are important in the fight against breast cancer.In the last few years there has been a lot of controversy over revised guidelines and recommendations for screening mammography. This has lead to a great deal of confusion for many women knowing when to schedule breast examinations and screening ...

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

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 bar or Nutri-Grain bar; orange juice and milk. Lunch: sloppy Joe on bun, golden corn, peas, fresh grapes, milk.Tuesday ? breakfast at the ...

Hazel Wilburn of SunnyBrook Living Care Center will be celebrating her 99th birthday Saturday.Mrs. Wilburn?s daughter and family members will be serving cake from 1-3 p.m. Saturday in the SunnyBrook community room. No gifts are requested, but cards are welcome.Mrs. Wilburn was born Oct. 20, 1913, in Garrison. She has two children, daughter Lynda Ann Yochum and one deceased son Wilson C. Wilburn, and several ...