Fairfield News

Fairfield Middle School is holding a food drive for The Lord?s Cupboard through Friday.Students in 5th-8th grades are encouraged to participate and bring their donations to their homeroom teachers. Food donations must be nonperishable canned or packaged food, which has not expired.The Lord?s Cupboard of Jefferson County serves as the county?s sole emergency food pantry and serves about 500 food orders per ...

Fairfield High School officials have announced the names of students who earned recognition on the honor roll for the first-quarter of the 2016-17 academic year. ?A? honor rollThe ?A? Honor Roll, with * denoting straight ?A?s? includes:Seniors ­? Benjamin Anderson, Natalie Angstead, *Paige Buch, Cameron Burke, *Bailee Coleman, *Jenna Crile, Michael Fritz, *Samantha Fritz, *Rachel Funkhouser, Zaya Garner, ...

Everybody Sings, a community choir directord by Carol Negro, will perform at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Rising Phoenix Hall.The concert will be ?Songs of Gratitude and Praise.? The choir sings all types of chorus music from modern composers to American traditional songs, hymns, medieval madrigals, show tunes, Zulu and Hebrew songs of joy and celebration.A $10 donation is suggested for the concert Sunday.Negro also is ...

MT. PLEASANT ? The T.T.T. Annual Tour of Homes in Mt.Pleasant, presented by Chapter D.D., will be 1-5 p.m. Sunday.The $12 tickets are available at Jerry?s Restaurant and Browns Shoe Fit in Mt Pleasant. Sunday, tour tickets will be available at any of the tour homes and Jerry?s Restaurant.The tour includes:? Brazelton Lofts Apartments, is a beautifully restored historic building in downtown Mt. Pleasant.? ...

KEOSAUQUA ? The Van Buren Players will be holding auditions for its its winter production at 7 p.m. Nov. 14-15 in the Keosauqua High School music room.The Van Buren Players will be presenting ?Shrek - The Musical? on Feb. 24-26.Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film, ?Shrek ? The Musical? is a Tony Award-winning fairy tale adventure, featuring all new songs and a sidesplitting book by David ...

Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its congregate meals menu for the coming week.Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Fairfield senior center and at noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Lockridge senior center.Monday ? beef macaroni casserole, lima beans, Confetti Coleslaw, strawberries and bananas, wheat dinner roll or bread, with margarine, skim milk.Tuesday ? roast beef, ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin Middle School officials have announced the names of students who earned recognition on the honor roll for the first-quarter of the 2016-17 academic year. Straight ?A? Honor RollStudents on the Straight ?A? Honor Roll, with * denoting a 4.0 grade point average, include:Eighth grade ? Gracie Baetsle, Allison Bainbridge, Madison Bemis, *Ethan Cernic, Megan Criswell, Maryjane Ervin, Gage Farrier, ...

The Fairfield Women?s Club will serve an Election Day soup and pie luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the McElhinny House.The menu will include cheesy potato soup, vegetable beef soup, cornbread, assorted flavors of pie, and beverage.Deliveries and carry-out lunches are available and can be called to 472-5762 or 919-5761.Tickets, available Tuesday at the McElhinny House, are $9.The proceeds from the ...

Fairfield Middle School officials announced the October winners for its Positive Behavior Interventions and Support ? Trojan PRIDE drawing.?Fairfield Middle School is in its seventh year as a PBIS school,? said FMS associate principal Matt Jones. ?PBIS stands for Postitive Behavior Interventions and Supports. This program has helped us create a school climate that is safe and orderly. Students are expected to ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNELMedicare fraud was the topic when the Jefferson County Unit of the Iowa Retired School Personnel met Wednesday at SunnyBrook for a luncheon meeting.Lisa Bachman and Tom Kelley from Milestones Area Agency on Aging were the speakers. Bachman is an employee of Milestones, and Kelley is a volunteer for the organization.Two points were emphasized: People should never give ...

A fund-raising event to benefit Kim Williams is planned 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.Williams was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. Funds raised during ?Fight Cancer with Kim? will help take some of the burden of medical bills, travel expense, and treatment costs from her and her family.The Fight Cancer with Kim event will include a chili lunch, with serving starting at 10:30 ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Lions Club held its sixth blood drive of the year Thursday.Nineteen units were collected.Milestones were attained by the following blood donors: Ashley Moyer, 1 gallon; Ralph Anderson, 2 gallons; ?Allen Overlander, 6 gallons; and Kathyrn Bentzinger, 11 gallons.Gloria Mathias was the winner of the red fleece blanket.The next blood drive will be 2:30-6 p.m. Jan. 5 at the Birmingham ...