Fairfield News

ELDON ? Celebrate spring with a children?s wildflower pastel class from 1-2 p.m. Saturday at the American Gothic House Center.Students will take a stroll through the center?s gardens and learn about the prairie flowers.Attendees will have an opportunity to make their own wildflower creations using pastel chalk. Local artist Chris Abigt will host the class and guide students in their creations.The class is open ...

OTTUMWA ? The University of Iowa?s premiere touring repertory company, Dancers in Company, will perform free at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in St. John Auditorium on the Indian Hills Community College Ottumwa campus.Now in its 30th year, the company of graduate and undergraduate dancers are touring throughout Iowa and the Midwest, performing concerts and conducting outreach through lecture demonstrations for audiences of ...

MONDAYJefferson County Master Gardeners, Jefferson County ISU Extension Office, 5 p.m.Birmingham Lions Club, carry-in supper, Birmingham Lions Building, 7 p.m.EcoFestival, ?Fairfield, Water Your Plans?? part 1, Fairfield Public Library, 7-8:30 p.m. ~Square Dancing Lessons, Fairfield Eagles Club, 7-9 p.m.Youth Fitness Class, for third- through eighth-graders, Roosevelt Community Recreation Center, 5:15-6:15 ...

Blake Wallace and Shanda Sprouse, both of Fairfield, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.The bride-to-be is the daughter of Jerry Sprouse and Cheryl Huntoon of Fairfield. She is a 2007 graduate of Fairfield High School. She is attending Indian Hills Community College for health information technology. She works at Jefferson County Health Center.The groom-to-be is the son of Don and Toni Wallace of ...

The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is planning its inaugural Grill Master contest May 10 at Roosevelt Community Recreation Center.Registration for the contest is due May 2. To register, call Kristy Clark at 472-6159 ext. 105, visit the website www.fairfieldparksandrec.org or visit the rec center office.A maximum of 20 entries will be acepted on a first-come, first-served basis. All contestants must be ...

The SALT group of First Baptist Church will have a potluck meal at noon Thursday at the church.All senior citizens age 55 and older are invited.Those attending should bring one covered dish to share and their own table service.

The Batavia United Methodist Church will have a pancake and sausage breakfast from 7-10 a.m. May 3.A freewill offering will be collected for the breakfast, and proceeds will support ?Imagine No Malaria.?Everyone is welcome.

The Gamma Circle of First Presbyterian Church will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday at SunnyBrook Assisted Living.Susan Phipps will be the hostess, with Dorothy Bell as co-hostess. Frieda Dill will have devotions. Sandy Gillaspie will have the program ? Lesson 5.

Fairfield school district has listed its menu for the coming week.Monday ? breakfast at all schools: assorted cereals, cereal bars and Nutri-Grain Bars, orange juice, 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 at the middle and high schools: assorted cereals, egg and cheese on bagel, orange juice, ...

The 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 ? herb chicken breast, scalloped potatoes, asparagus cuts, peach-strawberry-banana medley, ice cream cup.Tuesday ? roast pork, candied sweet potatoes, cheesey steamed ...

What Pope Francis may tell Catholics in private telephone conversations doesn?t reflect church policy, the Vatican?s spokesman said Thursday.An unusual statement from The Rev. Federico Lombardi came after days of speculation that the pope wants to change Roman Catholic Church rules barring communion for faithful people who remarry after getting divorced.The question arose after Francis reportedly called an ...

Everyone is invited to join Jefferson County Naturalist Therese ?Toad? Cummiskey for a nature hike 1-3 p.m. Sunday in Jefferson County Park.?Sunday in the Park with Toad? participants will ?see what flowers are blooming and find out what frogs are singing,? said Cummiskey.Participants should meet at the Jefferson County Park Nature Center and be dressed to be on possibly wet and muddy trails. The group could ...