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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. ...

BONNIFIELD QUESTERSBonnifield Questers will meet at 9 a.m. Monday at Joan Salts? home.

Close to 40,000 Iowans will turn 65 in 2012 and most will be encountering Medicare for the first time.?For those approaching age 65, there are four key Medicare questions,? said Kris Gross from the state of Iowa?s Senior Health Insurance Information Program.First, should a senior citizen enroll in Medicare Part A and Part B?If the senior determines with Social Security that the answer to that question is ...

CORNELL COLLEGEMOUNT VERNON ? Adeara Maurice of Fairfield, a student at Cornell College, has been named to the dean?s list, earning honors.Cornell named 36 students to the dean?s list for block five. Cornell names students to the dean?s list three times a year: for the fall semester, which is made up of four 3.5-week blocks; for block five; and for the spring semester, which is made up of four 3.5-week blocks.A...

Seneca Area Agency on Aging encourages people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, have difficulty speaking or are deaf/blind to apply for a discount voucher for special telephones with amplification features and captioning features.The program is made possible by Telecommunications Access Iowa, a program of the Iowa Utilities Board,and is administered by Deaf Service Unlimited.Vouchers cover 95 percent of the ...

To Kelly and Matt Giltner of Hamburg, Germany, a girl, Luca Elizabeth, 7 pounds, 14 ounces, born Friday, March 2, 2012, in Hamburg, Germany.She has one brother, Brett, 5, and one sister, Krista, 3.Grandparents are Tim and Jamie Kuiken of Fairfield and Norton and Addie Kay Giltner of rural Batavia.