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OTTUMWA ?Antron Brown, driver of the Don Schumacher Racing-owned Matco Tools dragster, will visit with students and the general public Tuesday at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa.The former college track star at Mercer (N.J.) Community College will speak to Indian Hills students about education and career choices. Brown?s 7,000-horsepower Matco Tools dragster also will be on display at IHCC from 10 a.m. ...

Word of Life Lutheran Church is hosting a fifth grade Halloween game night and dance, 7-10 p.m. today in the church gym. Admission is $5.All area fifth grade youth are invited. Costumes and masks are welcome and a prize will be awarded for best costume. Costumes are optional.Board games, a hoop shoot contest, foosball, carnival type games and guessing games will be available. Prizes are awarded throughout the ...

FHS CLASS OF 1962The Fairfield High School Class of 1962 will have a fall luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 26 at Walton Club.Spouses, significant others or special friends are welcome.Contact Dixie Hogan Hoekman with reservations by Oct. 22 at wjh50@aol.com or 515-255-3992.??? FHS CLASS OF 1978A reunion planning meeting for the Fairfield High School Class of 1978 is set for 6:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at Pizza Ranch.???

LEBANON ? Lebanon United Methodist Church will hold a God?s Portion fall supper and auction Oct. 23.Serving begins at 5 p.m. featuring ham and scalloped chicken for a free will offering. The auction follows with many handmade items.Everyone is welcome.

United Methodist Women of First United Methodist Church, Fairfield, is hosting its annual bazaar and trash and treasure sale Oct. 19-20 at the church.The bazaar is open 4-8 p.m. Oct. 19 with a tenderloin meal served from 5-7 p.m. for a free will offering.The bazaar continues the next day, 8 a.m. to noon, Oct. 20. Coffee and rolls will be served in the morning.Crafts, baked goods, frozen apple pies and ham ...

HEDRICK ? Hedrick-Martinsburg United Methodist Church invites everyone to its Harvest Supper, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, serving ham balls or turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, noodles, green beans, corn, salad and dessert bar, at $8 for adults and $3 for children under 10 years.The Country Store opens at 1 p.m., featuring homemade noodles, baked goods and gently used items.

OLLIE ? Prairie View United Methodist Church will serve a Harvest Breakfast, formerly known as Hunters Breakfast, from 6-9:30 a.m. Saturday.Sponsored by the United Methodist Men, breakfast choices includes whole hog sausage, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, fried potatoes, scrambled eggs and coffee and juice.Free will offerings will be accepted with the proceeds benefiting special projects at the church.

First United Methodist Church in Fairfield will begin hosting weekly Wednesday-After-School ?Faith Weavers? sessions and activities from 3:40-5:15 p.m.Faith Weavers is free and open to students in kindergarten through fifth grade and will provide treats, crafts and projects and offer lessons and music.To register, bring children downstairs to the church dining room.New attendees are welcome. Weekly attendance ...

LOCKRIDGE ? New Sweden United Methodist Church is hosting a soup supper with homemade desserts, 5-7 p.m. Oct. 20.A hymn sing follows at 6:30 p.m.

The Jefferson County Trails Council has installed the first artwork on the western route of the Fairfield Loop Trail.This section opened in fall of 2011 and completed the 16 miles of the trail. The artwork enhances a pedestrian safety feature at the crossing of the trail with the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad on South 23rd Street.Judy Bales, who has worked with the trails council on numerous projects, ...

Ray and Renota Chambers of Packwood announce the engagement of their son, Alex Chambers, to Sarah Kitsis, daughter of Dave and Lori Dustin of Pleasantville.The bride-elect is a 2007 graduate of Pleasantville High School and a 2011 graduate of Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines. She is employed by Mercy Hospital in Des Moines as a registered nurse.The groom-elect is a 2006 graduate of Pekin High ...

Basil 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. and choir practice Wednesday night.Confirmation will be at 5 p.m. Sunday at Keosauqua United Methodist Church.B.A.T.T.L.E. is 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Stockport.The third annual ...