Fairfield News

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Lions Club will meet for a carry-in supper at 7 p.m. March 28 at the Birmingham Lions Building.The March committee is Harry and Kriss Anderson.???The Over 50 and Fabulous Red Hat Ladies met recently for lunch at the Birmingham Lions Building. The Lions served the meal.Nineteen members were present. They sang ?Happy Birthday? for those with March birthdays.JoAnn Shoemaker won the ...

The following area houses of worship have submitted calendars for Sunday through March 26.Any congregation wanting to have its calendar for the week of March 27 through April 2 published in The Ledger March 25 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; ...

Fairfield Area Ministerial Association has planned special noontime community Holy Week services Monday through March 25 at five different Fairfield churches.The ecumenical services begin at 12:05 p.m., and are followed by a luncheon. A free-will offering is collected for the lunch and will benefit the Fairfield area Ministerial Association?s transient fund.The services will be held: Monday at First Presbyterian...

Third- through eighth-graders can learn all about bugs at ?Bug Camp? hosted by Jefferson County ISU Extension and Outreach March 30 at the Extension office.The camp will be divided into two sessions. The first session will run 9:30 a.m. to noon for third- through fifth-grade students.The second session will be 1-3 p.m. for sixth- through eighth-grade students.Each session is limited to 25 youth, and a lunch ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.?Kids in Iowa, including those at Van Buren High School in Keosauqua, will stand up to Big Tobacco Wednesday as they join thousands of young people nationwide for Kick Butts Day.More than 1,000 events are planned across the United States and around the world for this annual day of youth activism, sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.Van Buren County Youth Leadership Council at Van ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week.Monday ? breakfast: assorted cereals, assorted cereal/Nutri-Grain bars/toast, orange juice/fruit, milk. Lunch: pig-in-a-blanket, baked beans, peas, fresh apple, milk; and in addition for high school students: fruit choice and tomatoes.Tuesday ? breakfast: assorted cereals, eggs or cereal/Nutri-Grain bars, orange ...

Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its 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 ? spaghetti with meat sauce, pea salad, apricot halves, orange juice, 100 percent wheat bread with margarine.Tuesday ? turkey tetrazzini, green beans amandine, Tomato Spoon ...

?Why People Act the Way They Do? begins SundayThe Rev. Howard Innis, pastor of First Church of the Nazarene, is starting a five-part sermon series titled ?Why People Act The Way They Do, Including You? Sunday at the church.Each session will be presented at 6 p.m. each Sunday through April 3.Sunday: ?Our humanity (Humanness).? There is nothing wrong with what it means to live in the flesh. Being human is ...

Fairfield Middle School officials announced the February winners for its Positive Behavior Interventions and Support ? Trojan PRIDE drawing.Fifth-grade winners were: Maxwell Weaton, Paige Craun, Katelynn Adam, Viola Welsh, Ivy Larsen, Mikael Anderson, Ellie Stever, Maggie Rayburn, Ashlyn Lisk, Tisha Brinkshroeder, Dallen Rippey, Coty Engle, Felecia Strong, Paris Thommen, and Jayden Scharf.Sixth-grade winners ...

Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its 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 tips in gravy, mashed potatoes, green bean amandine, mandarin oranges, oatmeal-raisin cookie, 100 percent wheat bread with margarine.Tuesday ? ham and beans, Tomato Spoon ...

Fairfield Middle School students are learning about the importance of physical activity and heart health while raising funds to help others through Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart events.The students raised a grand total of $3,338.81 for the American Heart Association during its Jump Rope for Heart events.Jump Rope for Heart is a program that promotes physical activity and heart health through jump ...

Lenten fish fry today at East Pleasant Plain churchEAST PLEASANT PLAIN ? The Knights of Columbus are hosting a Lenten fish fry from 5-7 p.m. today at the SS Joseph and Cabrini Catholic Church in East Pleasant Plain.The menu will include a whole catfish or shrimp, baked potato, side dish, dessert and drink.Proceeds go to high school senior scholarships.The public is invited.For information, call Dean Adams at ...