The marriage ministry team of First Pentecostal Assembly in Ottumwa, will host The Art of Marriage, a six-session video event presented by FamilyLife.The event will be held in the main sanctuary from 6:30-9:30 p.m. on May 4 and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 5.Registration deadline is Monday.Couples are encouraged to attend.Visit www.fpagoi.org for more information and to register, or contact Steve or Dawn ...
The Edible Cityscape Project fruit tree sale will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the St. Mary?s Project.The annual fruit tree sale was founded four years ago in an effort to provide quality bare-root fruit trees to the community at an affordable price.Varieties will include pears, apples, cherries and plums to chestnuts, persimmons, currants and black raspberries.For more information or for a ...
A bluegrass jam session is set from 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.Pickers, singers and spectators are invited; acoustic instruments only.Admission is free, but donations are welcome. Snacks and coffee will be available.This will be the last jam session until November.
KEOSAUQUA ? The Van Buren School Carnival will be from 6-9 p.m. Saturday at the Van Buren High School gym in Keosauqua.The carnival will feature a variety of family-friendly activities for all ages, including a fish pond, jail, basketball shoot, pop toss, marriage booth, face painting, golf putting, concessions, Bozo toss, coloring contest, Twister, hay bale toss, bounce house, find the kernel, balloon shaving, ...
The Fairfield High School music department and the Broadway Players of FHS are inviting area senior citizens to a free dress rehearsal of ?The Wizard of Oz? at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the FHS Auditorium.Dorothy Gale of Kansas dreams of what lies over the rainbow. One day a twister hits her farm and carries her away over the rainbow to another world. She, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Cowardly Lion and Toto travel the ...
The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has several blood drives scheduled in Jefferson County.A blood drive is set from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday at the Jefferson County Health Center Conference Room. Donors who last gave on or before Feb. 17 are eligible to participate again. Walk-in donors are welcome, but those who would like an appointment can call 800-452-1097.A blood drive is set from 2:30-6:30 ...
WEST DES MOINES ? More than 80 Iowa Farm Bureau leaders visited Capitol Hill during March 19-22 to discuss key farm issues, including the Farm Bill and the recent budget cuts announced for that bill, trade, conservation and crop insurance with their elected officials.?The No. 1 issue is the Farm Bill and how that budget will play out,? said Craig Hill, president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, during a live ...
Aiden Miller, 3, enjoyed dying eggs March 26 during spring break activities for kids at First United Methodist Church.
Jefferson County Conservation and the Southeast Iowa Audubon Society will be sponsoring a Pelican Watch Tuesday morning in the wetlands along the Cedar View Trail.According to local ornithologist Diane Porter and county naturalist Therese Cummiskey, pelicans stop only for a brief time at the wetlands, and it?s usually during the second week of April.?We?ll cross our fingers and hope they?ve arrived ... or that ...
DES MOINES ? Iowa Farm Service Agency announced that the Conservation Reserve Program sign-up deadline has been extended through April 13.During this extended signup period, landowners may offer eligible land for CRP?s competitive general signup at their county Farm Service Agency office.Land currently not enrolled in CRP may be offered in this signup provided all eligibility requirements are met. Additionally, ...
It?s time to apply to the Fairfield Home School Assistance Program for the 2012-2013 school year.The Fairfield Community School District?s HSAP is a program in which certified teachers collaborate with parents to create individualized scholastic programming and social activities for kindergarten through 12th grade students.An information meeting is set from 1:30-3 p.m. Tuesday at the HSAP office in the old ...
JEFFERSON COUNTY HEALTH CENTER AUXILIARYJefferson County Health Center Auxiliary will award four $1,500 scholarships to graduating high school seniors.Applicants must be a resident of Jefferson County and must be pursuing a career in a health-related field.Applications can be picked up at the counselors? office in either Pekin or Fairfield high schools.Completed applications should be returned to the counselor...
MOUNT PLEASANT ? National Poetry Month will be celebrated at Iowa Wesleyan College with three events .WordUp Wesleyan, a writing festival, will be held from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Howe Student Activity Center. Student organizations are sponsoring a number of activities to encourage creativity. Opportunities to write bad love poetry, take part in music mad libs, create six-word stories, invent word ...
New Life Community Food Pantry has undergone some changes in the last couple of months to better meet the needs of people truly needing assistance in Jefferson County and the surrounding areas.The Rev Linda McGaffey, pastor of New Life Community Church, explained the New Life Community Food Pantry ?is an emergency assistance provider and therefore the available services of the community must first be accessed. ...
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