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Several blood drives are scheduled in the area by the Mississippi Regional Blood Center.Prairie View United Methodist Church will host a Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center blood drive from 2:30-7 p.m. April 9.Donors who last gave on or before Feb. 23 are eligible to give again. Walk-ins are welcome, but for appointments, call Ann Snyder at 319-456-6708.Cambridge Investment Research Inc. will host a blood ...

Fifth-graders at Fairfield Middle School celebrated Kick Butts Day March 21 by creating a poster illustrating the harmful chemicals contained in cigarettes, including acetone, ammonia, arsenic and formaldehyde. Fifth-graders pictured, from left, are Nicole Singer, Ellie Baker, Jenna Wickenkamp and Clinton Morrison.

Orders are due April 6 for the S.H.A.R.E. Iowa Inc. food packages available in April.Orders can be placed by calling the St. Mary Catholic Church office at 472-3179 or the Southern Iowa Economic Development Association office at 472-6140. Orders also can be placed online at www.shareiowa.org. The pickup date will be the morning of April 1 at the Fairfield Eagles Club.Several different packages are available; ...

Drew Canaday of Stockport has been chosen by Elvin E. Cecil No. 147 of Stockport to attend the annual session of the Iowa American Legion Auxiliary Girls State June 17-22 on the Iowa State University campus in Ames.Canaday, the daughter of Michael and Teresa Canaday, attends Van Buren High School, where she is a junior class officer and is involved in National Honor Society, Rachel?s Challenge and band.Canaday ...

The Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its menu for the coming week.Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Fairfield senior center and at noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Lockridge senior center.In observance of Lent, fish will be offered as an alternative each Friday through April 8. Diners should let the meal site know if they prefer fish when making reservations.Monday ? ...

LOVE WITHOUT LIMITSLove Without Limits, a new support group for parents of children with special needs, will meet at 6:30 p.m. April 5 at Revelations Book Store and Café.For information, call Heather Beard at 641-451-0236.???RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNELThe Jefferson County Retired School Personnel met for an Easter luncheon March 28.Gregg Morton, chief deputy with the Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office, gave an ...

FRIDAYNarcotics Anonymous, New Life Community Church, 7 p.m.Alcoholics Anonymous, Fairfield Friends Church. Call 233-5139.Al-Anon, Fairfield Friends Church, 8 p.m. SATURDAYFairfield Easter Egg Hunt, Chautauqua Park, 10 a.m.Libertyville Easter Egg Hunt, Libertyville Elementary School, 10:30 a.m.Birmingham Easter Egg Hunt, Birmingham City Park, 1 p.m.Breakfast, benefiting Richland Friends Cemetery, Mother ...

The Fairfield Community School District has listed its menu for the coming week.Monday ? turkey fritter on bun, green beans, pineapple rings, pudding, milk.Tuesday ? corn dog, carrots, mixed fruit, cookies, milk.Wednesday ? BBQ Ribb on bun, peas, rosy applesauce, Jell-O, milk.Thursday ? beef stew, cinnamon roll, cheese slice, celery with peanut butter, pear halves, milk.April 6 ? fish patty with cheese on ...

Adriana Alonso, 8, concentrates on filling a plastic egg Monday morning at First United Methodist Church.

Dave and Patty Lage of Ankeny will be guest speakers at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Victory Fellowship Church in Brighton.The Lages will minister and have a healing service.

Several Fairfield and rural churches are planning special Holy Week and Easter events. Rural churchesPrairie View United Methodist Church, near the intersection of Highway 78 and Packwood Road, will have Palm Sunday worship, with Communion, followed by fellowship at 9 a.m. Sunday.Faith United Methodist Church in Libertyville will have a Parade of Palms at 11 a.m. Sunday. The church also will have a Tenebrae ...

Meeting an unknown person at the airport can produce a bit of anxiety. It evokes even more concern when arriving in a foreign country.A man and a woman met at a terminal water fountain.The woman commented, ?I am waiting for a renowned instructor to arrive. When he gets here, he is going to tell us about life with God.?The man smiled and said ?I am that instructor.?In her excitement, the woman left the ...