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The Fairfield High School music department will present its annual dinner show at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the high school commons.Doors will open at 6 p.m. for seating, with the program and dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m.The concert features the jazz band from the instrumental music department and many small groups from the vocal music department. All of the groups will be presenting programs filled with jazz, rock ...

To Tawsha Eklund and Cody Martin, both of Fairfield, a boy, Keiten Kane Martin, 8 pounds, 15 ounces, born Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, at Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant.He has two half sisters, 2-years- and 5-years-old.Grandparents are Kathy and Jim Eklund of Fairfield and Rebecca and Tony Westercamp of Mount Sterling.Great-grandparents are Charles and Kathy Williams of Fairfield, Doris Eklund of ...

Jefferson County 4-H clubs will have a bake sale from 4-6 p.m. Monday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building.The sale will help support local Jefferson County 4-H clubs because all funds raised will go back to the clubs.According to Jefferson County Youth Coordinator Sunny Allison, the bake sale will be a ?great time to buy that last-minute Valentine gift for your teachers, parents, kids, ...

Three area vineyards and wineries are participating in the third annual Scenic Rivers Wine Trail Chocolate Lovers and Wine Weekend from noon to 5 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday.Cedar Valley Winery of Batavia will be offering orange peel scones, wine-soaked chocolate cherries and chocolate-dipped ladyfingers.Crane Winery in Selma will be offering decadent brownies.Whispering Pines Winery in Keosauqua will have a ...

Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra will feature two young artists during its winter concert this weekend.The two talented young artists are clarinetist Surekha Mullangi and pianist Heather Gillis.The music will include: Stamitz - Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in B Flat Major (romanze, rondo) performed by Mullangi;Brahms - Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major (allegro appassionato) performed by Gillis;Sibelius - Pohjola?s ...

A bluegrass jam session is planned from 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.Pickers, singers and spectators are invited. Acoutic instruments are allowed.Snacks and coffee will be available.Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

In an ongoing effort to ensure every dog and cat in the area has a home, Caring Community Spay Neuter Assistance Program and area veterinary clinics are sponsoring the 12th annual February Spay Neuter Promotion.The Veterinary Clinic, Fairfield Animal Hospital, Richland and Sigourney veterinary clinics and the Village Vet in Birmingham are all offering discounts to anyone who brings in a dog or cat for a spay or ...

UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUEDUBUQUE ? Logan Webb of Batavia was appointed to the University of Dubuque fall semester 2011 academic dean?s list.To be named to the dean?s list, a student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for that semester.??? IOWA LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGECory Trump of Fairfield is listed on the Iowa Lakes Community College fall honors list.Students on the list are ...

TUESDAYCostume Night, wear costumes, Trojan boys? basketball game vs. Chariton, Fairfield High School Gymnasium, 7:30 p.m.T.T.T. Chapter E, McElhinny House, 7 p.m.Beginner Swim Lessons, classes begin, Roosevelt Aquatic Center, 4-4:30 p.m. To register, call 472-6159 or go to www.fairfieldparksandrec.com.Beginner I Swim Lessons, classes begin, Roosevelt Aquatic Center, 4:30-5 p.m. To register, call 472-6159 or ...

The Southern Prairie Chapter of the American Red Cross based in Ottumwa is looking for common citizens, the unheralded and unselfish pillars of the community for local recognition.Nominations for the Heroes of the Heartland event are being taken now for the local recognition event.The Red Cross is depending on the public to nominate individuals who have performed an extraordinary act of courage or has put in ...

RUPELt. j.g. Patrick A. Rupe, son of Martin and Cindy Rupe of rural Bladensburg and the grandson of Mary Catherine Adam of Fairfield and the late Walter Adam, has earned his wings as a naval aviator.Rupe graduated from Ottumwa High School in 2003 and University of Northern Iowa in 2008. He taught school for a year at Ottumwa High School, In August 2009, he entered Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I., and ...

Fairfield High School will host an award-winning youth speaker and teen life coach, Jeff Yalden, at an all-school assembly from 1-2:15 p.m. Thursday.?We?ve invited the eighth graders also,? said FHS Principal Aaron Becker. ?Yalden will discuss life choices, character, drugs and alcohol, bullying and harassment. He comes highly recommended.?Yalden also will meet with a student leadership group of about 50 ...