Fairfield News

PLEASANT PLAIN ? Pleasant Plain Friends Church will celebrate 175 years of ministry and mission Oct. 29.The theme will be ?Bloom where you are planted.?The church?s first preparative meeting was held Feb. 3, 1841, as a new planting by a delegation from Salem Monthly Meeting. Pleasant Plain is the second oldest Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) west of the Mississippi River, with Salem being the oldest.Early ...

OTTUMWA ? Heartland Pregnancy Center of Ottumwa?s annual fund raising banquet, ?Stories from the Heart,? will be 6:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at Indian Hills Community College?s art and sciences building.Tickets are $20. Table reservations are for groups of four. Reserved tickets and seating are available until Oct. 28.Other tickets are first-come, first-served the evening of Nov. 4.For information, call 641-683-3030.

The following area houses of worship have submitted calendars for Sunday through Oct. 29.Any congregation wanting to have its calendar for the week of Oct. 30 through Nov. 5 published in The Ledger Oct. 28 should provide information to the newsroom by 9 a.m. Thursday.Listings are not perpetually printed. A weekly or monthly calendar must be submitted for the listing to appear in The Fairfield Ledger; specify if ...

Church gathering donations for The Lord?s CupboardFirst Baptist Church will be canvassing the community to gather food and other items for The Lord?s Cupboard from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 29.Donors should make sure food donations have not expired.The Lord?s Cupboard of Jefferson County serves as the county?s sole emergency food pantry.The pantry serves about 500 families per month. More than one-third of those ...

The Broadway Players of FHS announce its fall production entitled ?What If ....Betsie Wotherspoon, Fairfield High School?s new drama director, promises ? as Monty Python used to say ? ?something completely different.?The title references Wotherspoon?s belief that every captivating story begins with the thought: ?What if . . . ?? The production is comprised of three short plays and a mini-musical, which answer ...

FRIDAYEldon Haunted House, Eldon City Hall, 7-11 p.m.Batavia Haunted House, old elevator in downtown Batavia, 7-11 p.m.Fairfield Mental Health Alliance Author Series, with ?Collateral Damage: The impacts of my mother?s mental illness on me? author Cate Grace, Fairfield Public Library, 7:45 p.m. Information: hopeforlifeevents@gmail.com.Steak and Chop Feed, with bake sale, Fairfield Eagles Club, 5-8 p.m.World ...

Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation is hosting a low-cost microchip and vaccination clinic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation.No appointment is necessary.The clinic is open to the public. All dogs brought to the clinic should be on leashes, and cats should be brought in carriers.Micro-chipping will be available for $25, which includes free registration of the chip.Rabies vaccinations,...

This work of art created by Fairfield High School student Calista Rowe is among the FHS student artwork on display at the JCHC Clinics, formerly known as Medical Arts Clinic, through the end of November. Students Julia Fritz, Phoenix Haessler, Phoenix Hunt, Gwen Kermott, Corynn Klehm, Shane Morrissey, Mira Pappin, Maddie Smith, and Sara Trent also have works on display at the clinic.

AMES ? Iowa cattle producers have a chance to support the Iowa Cattlemen?s Association through the Merck Animal Health ?Cartridges for Cash? program, formerly known as ?Wheels for Bucks.?The program now includes Revalor-XS (trenbolone acetate and estradiol), in addition to Ralgro (zeranol). The Iowa Cattlemen?s Foundation will receive $1 for every Revalor-XS cartridge and 50 cents for every Ralgro cartridge ...

KEOSAUQUA ? Become an archaeologist for the day by joining the Office of the State Archaeologist from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 28 to survey a historic site associated with the Mormon trails through Van Buren County.Participants will meet at the Keosauqua Boat Ramp. The site is associated with the first exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, when the travelers were bogged down for two weeks due to bad weather.Participants ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its lunch menu for this week.Elementary schools:Monday ? breakfast: chocolate chip breakfast bar, milk, juice, fruit. Lunch: cheeseburger on a bun, baked beans, cauliflower with dip; applesauce, milk.Tuesday ? breakfast: build-your-own yogurt parfait, milk, juice, fruit. Lunch: chicken alfredo, garlic bread, steamed broccoli, celery sticks, peaches, milk.Wednesday...

A group of area churches is having its eighth food packing session Sunday afternoon at Word of Life Lutheran Church.The church volunteers will now be packing food for Take Away Hunger instead of Kids Against Hunger.The first shift will start packing at 1 p.m., with the second shift starting at 2:30 p.m.; although volunteers are welcome to work for as short or as long as they would like. The packing event should ...