Fairfield News

BIRMINGHAM ? The Birmingham Lions Club will host a Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center blood drives from 3-6 p.m. March 16 at the Birmingham Lions building.Donors who last gave blood on or before Jan. 19 will be eligible to give at the drive.Walk-in donors are always welcome, but for an appointment, contact Harry Anderson at 319-498-4201 or visit www.bloodcenterimpact.org and use code 5006 to locate the ...

Jefferson County Naturalist Therese Cummiskey is inviting students to make gourd birdhouses Monday morning at the Jefferson County Park Nature Center.Students in the Fairfield Community School District do not have classes Monday while teachers have a professional development day, so Cummiskey is inviting first- through sixth-graders to make birdhouses out of gourds.?These birdhouses are great for wrens,? ...

Fairfield Women?s Club will serve a lasagna luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the McElhinny House, with proceeds to help maintain the historic house.The menu includes lasagna, salads, bread sticks, pie and beverages.Deliveries and carry-out lunches are available and can be called to 472-5762 or 919-5761. Orders also can be faxed to 472-0866.Tickets, available Tuesday at the McElhinny House, are ...

ELDON ? The American Gothic House Center will celebrate Grant Wood?s 126th birthday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 11 at the KD Center in Eldon.A variety of home-cooked soups, breads and desserts will be served. Free will donations are welcome and proceeds support programming at the American Gothic House Center.For more information about the annual Grant Wood?s Birthday Soup Smorgasbord, call the American Gothic ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Homecoming Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Birmingham Lions building. Plans will be finalized for the fish and chicken fries to be held in March. Other items to be discussed will be Homecoming that is to be held June 2-4.­­­???The Presbyterian Women will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Jo Ann Denniston will be hostess and also giving devotions and the program.???Fro...

Two showings of ?Before the Flood,? are planned at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Feb 11 at The Orpheum Theatre.Admission is free, with a $5 suggested donation to cover costs. Following the film will be a discussion of actions people can take here and now about climate change.Three Academy Award winners ? Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, and Fisher Stevens ? have teamed up to produce a new film about the dangers of ...

Fairfield Middle School officials have listed the names of students who earned recognition on the honor roll for the second quarter of the 2016-17 academic year. Eighth gradeEighth-graders on the Straight ?A? honor roll include: Adriana Alons, Erica Bochmann, Ion Camero, Brecken Courtright, Clare Else, Claire Epperson, Yana Gaskell, Zachary Holcomb, Lauren Kraemer, Kevin Kretz, Amiritha Kumar, Autumn Lisk, ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its lunch menu for the coming week.Elementary schools:Monday ? breakfast: chocolate chip breakfast bar, milk, juice, fruit. Lunch: pork tenderloin on a bun, french fries, sliced tomato, mixed fruit, milk.Tuesday ? breakfast: frudel, milk, juice, fruit. Lunch: cheese-filled breadsticks with marinara, steamed broccoli, frozen fruit cup, milk.Wednesday ? breakfast: ...

Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its congregate meals menu for the coming week.Monday ? beef meatball, brown gravy, scalloped potatoes, creamed peas, apricot halves, wheat dinner roll or bread, with margarine, skim milk.Tuesday ?turkey tetrazzini, green beans almondine, Tomato Spoon Salad, mandarin oranges and bananas, wheat dinner roll or bread, with margarine, skim milk.Wednesday ? baked chicken ...

Orders are due before Feb. 10 for the SHARE Iowa Inc. food packages available this month.Orders can be placed locally by calling the Sieda Community Action office at 472-6140 or Claudia Greenig at 472-3569.Pickup will be at 8 a.m. Feb. 25 at the Fairfield Eagles Club.Several different packages are available; participants can purchase one or more in any combination.The $28 Best Value Package includes: a ...

Max Hollander of Fairfield will celebrate his 95th birthday Feb. 10.Mr. Hollander was born Feb. 10, 1922, in Fairfield and graduated from Fairfield High School in 1939. He married Maizie Berg in 1943 and served with the 843rd Engineer Aviation Army Battalion in Europe from 1943-1946. He and his wife farmed and operated an insurance business in Fairfield for many years.He has two daughters: Mary Ann Young and ...

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITYMILWAUKEE, Wis. ? Sidney Baumann of Fairfield has graduated from Marquette University.Baumann earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics. KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGECEDAR RAPIDS ? Kirkwood Community College has released its dean?s list for the fall 2016 semester.Kirkwood students from the area earning the distinction are: Fairfield ? Jolea Burkhart, Mishaylee Cline, Alyssa Fitch, Madison ...