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To Elizabeth and Travis Dimmitt of Maryville, Mo., a boy, Charles Laine, 7 pounds, 10 ounces, born Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville, Mo.He has one sister, Mattie, 2.Local grandparents are Peggy and Charlie Lee of Birmingham and Lee and Thelma Dimmitt of Fairfield.Great-grandparents are Leonard and Shirley Crafton of Birmingham.

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Boot Camp for New Dads is planned from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in the lower-level meeting room of the Henry County ISU Extension Office in Mount Pleasant.Boot Camp for New Dads, sponsored by Healthy Henry County Communities, is a community education program designed to enable new fathers to ?hit the ground crawling? when their baby arrives and head in the right direction in forming a new ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? The Southeast Iowa Band, under the direction of Robert McConnell, will present its fall concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Iowa Wesleyan College Chapel Auditorium in Mount Pleasant.The program will include a variety of musical selections, including highlights from the musical ?Gigi,? ?Dance Rhythms for Band,? ?America? from ?West Side Story,? ?La Fiesta Mexicana? and the theme from ?Schindler?s ...

Calling all bakers, architects, artists and everyone interested in participating in this year?s Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk Gingerbread Extravaganza: the art walk and the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce are partnering up again to celebrate the Gingerbread Extravaganza, which boasts one of the largest displays of gingerbread in southeast Iowa.?People love coming to the Gingerbread Extravaganza from all ...

Fairfield Middle School officials have released the names of students who earned recognition on the honor roll for the first quarter of the 2011-12 school year.Eighth grade, straight A?s: Abigail Adam, Logan Angstead, Nathan Davidson, Hannah Dettmann, Trevor Drish, Mackenzie Flattery, Shelby Holcomb, Loreena Hucke, Shea Malloy, Zachary Martin, Katherine Mueller, Oba Olaniyi, Lindsey Repp, Madelyn Swan, Jacob ...

The Fairfield Farmers? Market closed at the end of October, but most of the vendors, including some new ones, have moved to an indoor market at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.The market will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Nov. 19, Dec. 3, 10, 17 and 31.Vendors will be selling produce and baked goods and many different crafts.In November, a person can still purchase fresh locally grown ...

? Habitat for Humanity PreReStore work day, 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Tasks will include moving items in that were moved out last month for wall and ceiling insulation. It should take a couple of hours. Contact Jim Pedrick at jgpedrick@iowatelecom.net or call the ReStore at 209-9450.? Fairfield Volunteer Center Retired and Senior Volunteer Program is seeking individuals age 55 and older to serve as Friendly Visitors ...

P.E.O., CHAPTER HAMembers of P.E.O., Chapter HA will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the home of hostess Nancy Behner, 1853 Brookville Road.The chapter president, Sherry Manley, said the organization?s year book listed this month?s meeting as Nov. 7, but it will actually be Nov. 14.­­??? QUESTERSThe Bonnifield Questers and the William H. Coop Questers will meet for their annual salad dinner at 6 ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Stockport Lions Club will join the Birmingham Lions Club for a carry-in supper at 7 p.m. Monday at the Birmingham Lions Building.The Lions will be awarding prizes for the peace posters made by Van Buren school students.The November committee is Randy Householder and Kendall Smith.???The Birmingham Homecoming Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Birmingham Lions Building.?...

The Fairfield area community is urged, encouraged and invited to attend a special performance of the Broadway Players of FHS?s production of ?The Diary of Anne Frank? Tuesday, according to director Scott Slechta.Even though the curtain has dropped on the high school performance of ?Anne Frank,? the cast and crew are not done with rehearsals.The cast and crew are preparing for the Iowa Thespian Festival and ...

The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is planning a Thanksgiving craft workshop for first- through fourth-graders from 4-4:45 p.m. Nov. 21 at Roosevelt Community Recreation Center.Preregistration is required by Nov. 16. Call 472-6159, stop by the recreation center or register online at www.fairfieldparksandrec.com.An $8 fee is charged.

Fairfield Public Library will show another free film Friday.This 2011 R-rated film features a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan, and who has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals until he lands the case of his career: defending a Beverly Hills playboy accused of rape and attempted murder. But the seemingly straightforward case suddenly ...