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Noah?s Ark and Caring Community Spay Neuter Assistance Program are offering a special program for female cats this March and April.?Beat the Heat? will offer both female cat spay and FVRCP vaccination for the low price of $25. The cost of these services typically ranges from $80 to $125 or more. CCSNAP has funding to subsidize 100 surgeries during the promotion.To take advantage of this offer, call Fairfield ...

BATAVIA ? The Batavia Masons are having a soup supper from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday at Kilwinning Lodge No. 198 in Batavia.Chili, potato soup and vegetable soup will be served for a free-will offering.The soup supper is open to the public.

Maharishi School students Pearl Sawhney and her brother Surya won first place March 2 at the Iowa Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in Iowa City and will go to Maryland on May 2-6 to present at the 50th National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, sponsored by the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force.Only two student teams or individuals in Iowa are invited to present their research before the national ...

Fairfield Middle School student council member Kristen Daugherty stands next to a container full of aluminum pop tabs. Students have collected almost 55 pounds of aluminum so far this year. Fairfield McDonald?s owner Barb Fredrick recently picked up the tabs and said the donation would be credited to the Iowa City Ronald McDonald House. Students are attempting to fill the container again before the end of the ...

Eleven Fairfield High School freshmen singers participated March 10 in the Iowa Choral Director?s Association Solo/Ensemble contest at Fairfield Middle School.The students sang in two ensembles, and four students also sang a solo. The students were given a rating from a judge of I (Superior), II (Excellent) or III (Good) based on the categories of Tone Quality, Intonation, Dynamics, Rhythmic Accuracy and Musical ...

Fairfield Middle School will be supporting a Jefferson County Relay for Life team by holding a ?Hat Day? Friday.Young Cancer Exterminator?s Hunter and James Bechtel wanted to help raise cancer awareness and funds for their Jefferson County Relay For Life team year and asked to get their school involved. Friday all FMS students will have the opportunity to support the fight against cancer by making a $1 or more ...

Everett and Wanda Berg of rural Farmington will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday.Everett Berg and Wanda Miller were married March 24, 1962, at the Methodist Church in Kahoka, Mo.An open house to help the Bergs celebrate the milestone anniversary is set from 2-4 p.m. Saturday at the Anson Community Church south of Farmington. The couple requests no gifts.Children of the couple are Steve Berg of ...

PENN WORKERS 4-H CLUBMembers of Penn Workers 4-H Club met at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office.President Kelly Lacey called the meeting to order. Jacob Morgan gave a presentation on halter breaking a calf.After the meeting, the club made 120 foam Easter eggs. Leaders Kim Lacey and Penny Morgan took the 4-H?ers to personally deliver the eggs to residents at SunnyBrook Assisted Living ...

One of the traditional seven warning signs of cancer is a change in bowel habits. This is for good reason. Once a person is past middle age, his or her bowel habits are quite well ingrained. They do not change significantly for any period of time unless there is a significant cause.Colon cancer is one of the most common causes of a persistent change in bowel habits. There are about 165,000 new cases of colon ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Anyone interested in knowing more about Alzheimer?s disease and related dementias is invited to a workshop from 9:30-11 a.m. Tuesday at Southeastern Community College in Mount PleasantSpecialist and program facilitator Donna Norris will cover: symptoms and effects of Alzheimer?s disease and other types of dementia; how Alzheimer?s affects the brain; causes and risk factors; how to determine ...

MONDAYKeosauqua T.O.P.S., United Methodist Church basement, weigh-in, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Meeting after weigh-in.All the Above Support Group, Living Stones Fellowship, 7 p.m. Call 233-0818.Keosauqua Alcoholics Anonymous, 107 Market St., 8 p.m. TUESDAYSpaghetti Supper, sponsored by Fairfield Lions Club, Best Western Fairfield Inn and Fairfield Community School District Activities Department, fundraiser for ...

Word of Life Lutheran Church is hosting a fifth grade St Patrick?s Day game night and dance from 7-10 p.m. today.