Community

The Fairfield Senior Citizen Center will host its final bluegrass jam session until November at 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday.Pickers, singers and spectators are invited. Pickers are asked to bring acoustic instruments only.Snacks and coffee will be provided.Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

The Fairfield Elks Lodge has announced its Fairfield Middle School Students of the Month for March.Each school month, the Elks Lodge sponsors the ?Students of the Month? award. The purpose of this award is to acknowledge positive contributions of FMS students at school. These positive contributions range from assisting teachers and peers in classroom activities to displaying characteristics as a role model in ...

P.E.O. Chapter HA will host an AtHome America party from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Farm Bureau building.Proceeds from the event will go to P.E.O. charities that encourage and support women?s education.AtHome America?s homestyle specialist Joy Messer will present a variety of home-decorating accessories for every room, style, season and celebration. Products include wall decor, dinnerware and linens, ...

Fairfield High School junior Mukund Martin, standing with coach Betsie Wotherspoon, performed at the Iowa High School Speech Association?s Individual Events All-State Speech Festival on March 28 at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. In the category of after dinner speaking, Martin delivered a speech addressing a fictional dinner party of ?The Association of Boys Accidentally Wearing their Sister?s ...

Fairfield High School officials have released the names of students on the third-quarter honor roll for the 2010-2011 academic year. An asterisk denotes straight A?s.Students named to the A honor roll include:Seniors: *Stephanie Adam, Ena Alcan, *Ramses Alonso, Jesse Andermann, *Ashley Atwood, Brittany Craff, Shelby Davisson, Dana Diers, Brock Haines, Elizabeth Hamilton, Daniel Haney, Samantha Herman, ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin Preschool/Child Care Center will be hosting registration for the 2011-2012 school year from 2-6 p.m. April 14.Any parents of children needing preschool must attend this registration; the event is for parents only. Eligible children must be 4 years old by Sept. 15.Parents will fill out required registration forms and receive information about the program. A $25 fee must be paid at the ...

Shelters in Chautauqua, Waterworks and O.B. Nelson parks will open in May, and reservations are now being accepted.Park shelters must be reserved in advance. Weekend reservations must be made and paid for by noon on the Wednesday prior to the weekend of the reservation.Reservations are $15 for four hours. For reservations, stop by the Fairfield Park and Recreation office or call 472-6159; credit cards are ...

This little bird, relatively speaking, was spotted on a fence post Wednesday feeding on a field mouse, but quickly flew into a tree and continued to eat. It took some research and assistance from Stephanie Shepherd of the Department of Natural Resources and ornithologist Diane Porter to solve the mystery of the identity of this Merlin, which is a small falcon, sitting approximately 10 inches tall. They are not ...

The Fairfield Middle School will host a ?Buy One, Get One Free? Scholastic Book Fair starting Monday and ending April 8.Throughout the week, all FMS students will have the opportunity to visit the book fair during reading or G.O.A.L. class. The book fair also is open each day before and after school. The community is invited to stop by and look at the wide selection of books.Before the jazz band concert ...

The Lutheran Women?s Missionary League, Mount Pleasant Zone, will hold its Spring Rally on April 9 at Immanuel Lutheran Church.Hosted by the Immanuel Lutheran Ladies Circle, the day begins at 9 a.m. with devotions and concludes with lunch at noon.Sherry L. Johnson from Lutherans for Life in Iowa will be speaking on end-of-life issues. In addition to the speaker, the rally will include Bible study, a ...

DES MOINES ? Three Ottumwa schools will involve their students in the planting and care of 94 new landscape trees paid for by a Trees for Kids grant, administered by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.Schools are Eisenhower Elementary, Evans Middle School and McCarroll Early Learning Center. More than 17 different species will be planted in order to increase the diversity and health of the urban forest ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin Middle School officials have released the list of students named to the honor roll for the third quarter of the 2010-2011 academic year. This includes students with a B average and above. An asterisk denotes straight A?s.Students named to the honor roll include:Sixth-graders: Matthew Brain, *Aspen Clark, *Zackary Conger, Tyler Copeland, Shea Dahlstrom, Sydney Farmer, Madison Fears, Joe ...