Community

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 ? pork cutlet, sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts with cheese, blushing pears.Tuesday ? chili with beans, creamy coleslaw, cereal muffin, sliced strawberries.Wednesday ? beef ...

An exhibition of the current works of James Shrobree and Gyan Shrosbree, including sculpture and paintings, will be at Maharishi University of Management?s Unity Gallery beginning Nov. 30.The show will run Nov. 30 to Feb. 4.A reception is planned 7:30-9 p.m. Friday.Unity Gallery is in the M.U.M. library building. The gallery opening hours are: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saurdays; and 7:15-9 ...

Fairfield Community School District listed its menu for the week:Monday ? breakfast at middle school and high school: assorted cereals, cereal bars, orange juice, milk; breakfast at elementary schools: assorted cereals, cereal or Nutri-Grain bar, orange juice, milk. Lunch: burrito, romaine, tomato, corn, applesauce, milk.Tuesday ? breakfast at middle school and high school: assorted cereals, bagel, jelly, ...

Lebanon United Methodist Church is hosting its holiday bazaar and cookie walk, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday open to the public.Local vendors will have holiday gifts for sale and the church is serving a soup lunch, with free will offerings accepted.

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...