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Home improvement workshops set

Home improvement workshops set

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

Several free home improvement workshops are planned during Home Improvement Week Monday through Sept. 24 at the Jefferson County ISU Extension office.The workshops will teach participants about fixing up their ?energy-hog? homes, making homes more efficient and healthy, restoring features of older homes and more about building science.The first workshop will be ?Sealing Your Home with Bill McAnally? at 7:15 ...

Fairfield Public Library hosting book sale

Fairfield Public Library hosting book sale

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

The Fairfield Public Library will have a two-week book sale beginning with an ?early-bird preview? from 6-8 p.m. Friday.A $5 admission will be charged for the early-bird sale; the fee is waived for members of Friends of the Fairfield Library. After Friday, admission to the sale will be free.Featured will be adult fiction and nonfiction books, children?s books, audio books, DVDs, VHS tapes and music CDs.Thanks ...

Relay for Life holding first 5K

Relay for Life holding first 5K

Relay for Life holding first 5K

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

Jefferson County Relay for Life will hold its first 5K run/walk the evening of Oct. 8 at The Walton Club.Registration for ?Light Up the Night for Hope? will begin at 5 p.m., with the run/walk starting at 6:30 p.m.Preregistration before Wednesday is $25 per participant, with a T-shirt guaranteed. If 10 registrations are submitted at the same time, a discounted rate of $20 per paricipant is applied.After ...

Fairfield High School Class of 1956

Fairfield High School Class of 1956

Fairfield High School Class of 1956

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL CLASS of 1956Fairfield High School Class of 1956 will hold its 60th-year reunion Friday and Saturday.An informal gathering will be at 6 p.m. Friday at the Walton Club. Nonclass members are invited.A banquet will be at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Fairfield Elks Lodge. Friends of the classmates are welcome to join the group after the meal.For information, call 919-6583, 472-2616 or 472-2543.

Host families sought for IHCC students

Host families sought for IHCC students

Host families sought for IHCC students

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

OTTUMWA ? The International Affairs Office at Indian Hills Community College invites area residents to take part in a unique cultural experience called the International Friendship Program. The effort allows local families the chance to make a difference in the lives of the college?s nearly 200 international students, who come from six of the world?s seven continents.The program is a non-live-in social host ...

Fyes to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

Fyes to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

Fyes to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

Delbert A. and Carolyn K. Fye will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2-4 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Ollie Baptist Church.Delbert Fye and Carolyn Henry were married Sept. 8, 1956, at the Ollie Baptist Church.The couple?s children are: DA Fye of Kingston, Tennessee, and Tracy Fye of Ollie and his fiancée Kelli of Hedrick. They also have two grandsons and are expecting a great-grandson.The...

Raffle benefits family

Raffle benefits family

Raffle benefits family

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

Proceeds from the raffle of this quilt will be donated to a young local family whose husband/father unexpectedly died to help with funeral expenses. The newly made quilt was constructed with 100 percent cotton fabric and batting, created in a smoke-free home, and is full-size, approximately 83-inches by 83 inches. It will be displayed today through Monday in the Century21 window on the square. Tickets are one for ...

Parcell Wright turning 85

Parcell Wright turning 85

Parcell Wright turning 85

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

Gertrude ?Trudy? Parcell Wright of Fairfield will be 85 years od Sept. 8. A card shower is planned. Cards can be sent to her at 205 E. Adams Ave., Fairfield 52556.

Country school reunion

Country school reunion

Country school reunion

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

COUNTRY SCHOOLBATAVIA ? The Country School Reunion will be held Sept. 10 at the Batavia Senior Citizens Center.Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m.All former students and teachers of the Hickory Ridge No. 2, Centennial, No. 7, Cross Lanes No. 3, Bogus No. 5, Hazel Dell, Locus Grove No. 3, Indiana No. 1, Des Moines No. 2, Highland Center and Brookville are welcome to attend. Anyone who has attended a one-room ...

Area Club news

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU WOMENJefferson County Farm Bureau Women will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pizza Ranch.Christine Schiedel will serve as hostess.Roll-call response is the climate and population of Syria.The program will be a tour of the Carnegie Historical Museum. Mark Shafer will lead the tour.All interested women are invited to attend.

Polishville plans September events

Polishville plans September events

Polishville plans September events

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

Polishville Community Center has announced events, including two dances and one lunch, with bingo, scheduled in September.The first dance is scheduled Sept. 11, with Jerry Beauchamp of Eldora providing the music. Food will be available for purchase at 4:30 p.m., and dancing will be from 6-9 p.m.The lunch and bingo will be Sept. 14. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with bingo starting at 12:30 ...

Pratts to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

Pratts to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

Pratts to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

Keith and Donna Pratt of rural Birmingham will celebrte their 60th wedding anniversary from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Fairfield.Keith Pratt and Donna McCracken were united in marriage Sept. 9, 1956, at the Methodist church in Bonaparte.The couple has five children: Allen Pratt and wife Elise of Chicago; Cindy Kennedy and husband Ancel of Truro; Brenda and husband Dave of Vestavia ...

Dedication to Skaggs at Birmingham park

Dedication to Skaggs at Birmingham park

Dedication to Skaggs at Birmingham park

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

BIRMINGHAM ? The family of the late Howard Skaggs will dedicate a cement picnic table and bench in his memory Saturday at Birmingham City Park.The event will be noon to 4 p.m. Sandwiches and drinks will be served at noon, and the dedication will be at 1:30 p.m.All family and friends are invited to attend.Howard Grant Skaggs, age 95, of Birmingham, died July 11, 2015, at his home in Birmingham. In lieu of ...

Nordykes celebrating 60th wedding anniversary

Nordykes celebrating 60th wedding anniversary

Nordykes celebrating 60th wedding anniversary

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:43 pm2543d ago

Kenneth and Doris Nordyke of Richland will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Elsie?s Barn near Richland.Doris Guy and Kenneth Nordyke were married Sept. 1, 1956, in Brighton. They moved to their farm south of Richland immediately following their marriage and then retired to their present home in Richland 20 years ago. Mrs. Nordyke also was employed as registered ...