Fairfield News

SOLITAIRESThe Solitaires will have lunch Sunday at Loriann?s in Richland.The group will carpool at noon from the parking lot of First National Bank in Fairfield.???

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has scheduled several blood drives.A community blood drive is planned from 3:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Batavia Senior Center. Donors who last gave on or before March 4 are eligible to give again at this drive. To donate, call the Ottumwa Telerecruitment Department at 800-452-1097 or visit www.bloodcenterimpact.org and use code 5135 to locate the drive.First ...

Fairfield Middle School officials have announced the names of students who earned recognition on the honor roll during the third quarter of the 2014-15 academic year. Eighth gradeEighth-graders who have a 4.0 grade point average are listed on the Straight ?A? honor roll. Those students include: Ashley Bloomquist, Annatta Charoenkul, Jillian Dunlap, Maria Fleishman, Alison Godwin, Laurel Hilger, Bryanna ...

Fairfield Public Library will host a free workshop on grant seeking for nonprofit organizations from 10 a.m. to noon April 7.The session will be led by Kief Schladweiler, funding information network services specialist with the Foundation Center.Schladweiler will highlight the electronic and print resources available for free use at the Fairfield Public Library, a partner in the Foundation Center?s Funding ...

A Free Little Library is now open in Lockridge. The library is in the yard of the Lutheran church parsonage on West Main Street. Everyone is welcome to find a book he or she would like to read, take it, then return it when finished and find another. The little library features books for people of all ages.

PACKWOOD ? Pekin High School and Pekin Middle School officials have listed the names of students who earned recognition on the honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2014-15 academic year. Straight A studentsStudents who earned recognition on the Straight A honor roll include:Seniors: Tanner Adam, Paige Baetsle, Madelyn Baker, Avery Bennett, Maggie Brown, McKenna Gambell, Jordan Hinshaw, J.D. Hollingsworth, ...

Bill and Donna Luzadder of Hannibal, Missouri, and formerly of the Lockridge and Fairfield area, will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary Friday.The couple were married March 27, 1965, in Kahoka, Missouri.The Luzadders moved to Hannibal in 2006, where they are near their daughter and son-in-law Denise and Gary Beahan and their two grandchildren.Mr. Luzadder is the retired owner/operator of Luzadder ...

Fairfield Lions Club and Best Western Fairfield Inn?s will host the annual spaghetti supper fundraiserfor the Fairfield school district?s fine art and athletic programs today.Dinner will be served 5-7:30 p.m. at the Best Western.?This has been a great community event,? said Jeff Courtright, the school district?s activities director. ?FHS students, coaches and sponsors will be serving the dinners. The high ...

XAVIER UNIVERSITYCINCINNATI ? Lauren Holt, daughter of Mike and Theresa Holt of Fairfield, was named to the dean?s list for the fall semester at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.Holt is a senior in the college of arts and sciences.To be named to the dean?s list, a student must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.­­???

Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is planning an Easter egg hunt at 10 a.m. Saturday at Chautauqua Park.The event will be divided into four age groups: preschool; kindergarten and first-grade; second- and third-grade; and fourth- and fifth-grade, with candy and prizes for each age group.Children should bring their own Easter baskets.The start will be at 10 a.m. sharp.In the event of bad weather, the ...

ELDON ? Cardinal middle and senior high schools will present the musical ?Mary Poppins? at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday in the Cardinal High School Gymnasium.Mary Poppins is the lead character in a series of eight children?s books written by P. L. Travers. She is a magical English nanny blown by the East wind to Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London, and into the Banks?s household to care for their ...

The Fairfield Women?s Club will host is annual Spring Bazaar Friday at the McElhinny House.The women?s club members will be serving coffee, tea and cinnamon rolls from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. They also will be selling baked goods, frozen ham balls and chicken casseroles.Preorders can be called to 472-4248.Proceeds from the Spring Bazaar will be used for maintenance of the historic McElhinny House, Fairfield?s first ...