Community

The Fairfield Farmers? Market will begin its outdoor season Saturday in Howard Park.The market will be open from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturdays and from 3-6 p.m. on Wednesdays.Saturday, Jefferson County Green Band will be performing at 10 a.m., and the annual plant exchange begins promptly at 10 a.m. and only lasts about a half an hour.May 12, Chandra Das and Global Cooling will be performing at 10 a.m. ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin community school?s kindergarten roundup for kindergarten pupils will be Friday.No classes for the present kindergarten students will be held Friday.Children must be 5 years old prior to Sept. 15 to be eligible for kindergarten for the 2012-13 school year. Parents must bring their child?s birth certificate.All beginning kindergarteners should come to Pekin at approximately 8:15-8:30 a.m. ...

A home at 305A S. 12th St. will be dedicated at 10 a.m. Saturday by the Greater Fairfield Area Habitat for Humanity.The public is invited to attend and tour the refurbished home, which is located across the street east of Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store.Local Habitat for Humanity volunteers have worked along side Markus Radtke and Jennifer Coates since October to improve the townhouse. A third bedroom was ...

The last day to purchase a Fairfield High School yearbook is at 11 a.m. Friday at www.jostensyearbooks.com or by calling 866-282-1516.No extra Quills are being ordered this year, so there will not be an opportunity to purchase one later.Jostens now has an online time capsule, with access available with the purchase of a yearbook, that can be visited again and again to remember FHS days.

The Jefferson County Tobacco-Free Coalition will meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Jefferson County Public Health Office.

The Fairfield Community School District has listed its menu for the coming week.Monday ? fajita chicken and mozzarella wrap, fluffy rice, corn, baked apples, milk.Tuesday ? BBQ Ribb on bun, carrots, mixed fruit, cookie milk.Wednesday ? corn dog, peas, pear halves, pudding, milk.Thursday ? cheeseburger on bun, french fries, pineapple, peanut butter bar, milk.May 4 ? Walking Taco with lettuce, meat and cheese, ...

Living Stones Fellowship is hosting a free concert beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday featuring ?Breaking Adam,? a Christian rock band.The next weekend, ?Saved on Sunday? with rap artist Double J, also a Christian rock band plays at 7 p.m. May 5, with a cover charge of $5.

MONDAYBlood Drive, First United Methodist Church, 2-6:30 p.m. Walk-ins welcome; for appointments call 472-4303.White Cane Days, Fairfield Lions Club.Keosauqua 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. TUESDAYMay Day, fun, ...

Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its menu for the week.Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Monday-Friday at the Fairfield center and at noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Lockridge senior center.Monday ? ground beef gravy, mashed potatoes, lima beans, Surprise Salad, cookie.Tuesday-May 4 ? not available.Meals are offered on a contribution basis for persons 60 years of age and older and their ...

The nearby crop had barely sprouted. No tassels topped the field. Yet the preacher declared, ?The fields are ripe for harvest.?Four months early? Barely in the ground? Surely not that field.While his friends scratched their heads, he talked about planting, harvesting and eternal life.He said, ?Someone else planted the field. You will help them by harvesting. Together you will bring in one crop.?The preacher ...

The Eldon United Methodist Church is holding a rummage and bake sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 4, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 5. Quality items and clothing from children?s through men?s 4X sizes will be for sale.Lunch will be available both days.

New Sweden United Methodist Church is holding an open house from 2-4 p.m. May 6.The open house is for everyone, and especially to thank the community in helping the congregation rebuild after a June 18, 2010, fire that destroyed the 1871 wooden beam church.New Sweden United Methodists were in the new, one-level, handicapped accessible church on Nov. 6, 2011.Last fall, in anticipation of moving back to their ...