Fairfield News

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has scheduled several area blood drives.Birmingham Lions Club will host a blood drive from 2:30-6 p.m. May 1 at the club?s building. Donors who last gave on or before March 6 will be eligible to give again at this blood drive. For appointments, call Harry Anderson at 319-498-4201.First United Methodist Church in Fairfield will host a blood drive from 2-6:30 p.m. May ...

The Fairfield Community School District?s elementary art show will be 1-3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Pence Elementary School.All elementary students from Pence, Libertyville and Washington elementary schools will have artwork on display at the show.Picture-taking opportunities with spoofs of ?American Gothic,? ?Whistler?s Mother? and ?The Scream? will be available. Visitors should bring their cameras.Everyone ...

Eloise Norton of Fairfield will celebrate her 100th birthday during an open house from 2-4 p.m. Saturday at SunnyBrook Living Care Center.Mrs. Norton was born April 24, 1914, in Salina.She and her late husband, Verle Norton, have two children: Kenneth Norton of Fairfield and Connie Clark Lauderback of Oskaloosa; one granddaughter; and two granddaughters.Mrs. Norton?s children are hosting the celebration. No ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa ? Mayapples, bluebells and wild ginger in bloom signal the return of spring in Iowa, and Trees Forever is inviting the public to enjoy the beauty of the season with a spring wildflower walk at Hayes Timber in Washington, Iowa.Join Shannon Ramsay, founding president of Trees Forever, on the walk at 6:30 p.m. May 1 to celebrate 25 years of Trees Forever, its volunteers in Washington County and ...

OTTUMWA ? It?s been a busy year in the art department at Indian Hills Community College, and the students are ready to show off their work at the Annual Indian Hills Student Art Exhibition in the IHCC Art Gallery in the library on the Ottumwa campus.The exhibit will open at 7 p.m. Monday, with a public reception in the art gallery.The exhibit will showcase the creative work of IHCC students who have been ...

The community of Fairfield is celebrating Child Abuse Prevention Month during April to raise awareness that everyone plays a role in prevention.One event to raise awareness is for students, clubs and organizations to choose a day to wear all blue.Community Partnerships for Protecting Children is dedicated to making Jefferson County a place where children grow up safe, nurtured and able to reach their full ...

Dorothy Clark of Fairfield will turn 80 years old April 29.Mrs. Clark will be celebrating with a card shower. Cards can be sent to her at 205 W. Briggs Ave., Apt. 101, Fairfield 52556.Mrs. Clark has three children: Julie Kyle and husband Rich of Libertyville; Jerry Clark of Fairfield; and Deb Cox of Fairfield. She also has eight grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

Des Moines Area Community College President Rob Denson visits with DMACC Hunziker Center student Shannan Baker of Fairfield in the newly remodeled Hunziker Center in Ames. Baker is a first-year culinary arts student.

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Lions Club will have its spaghetti and lasagna supper beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Birmingham Lions Building.The incorrect date was printed in The Ledger last week.???The Birmingham Lions Club will have a carry-in supper at 7 p.m. Monday at the Birmingham Lions Building.Nancy Dewes will give a program about the Snacks in a Sack for school children.The April committee is Ann ...

Fairfield Park and Recreation Department has scheduled swimming lessons for beginners and advanced beginners, with the first classes April 29 at the Roosevelt Aquatic Center.Session 1 is for beginners ? those who won?t go under the water without help. Participants will work on going under the water, the front float and back float. Classes will be from 4-4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays April 29 through May ...

Bluegrass Music Association of Iowa is planning the second annual Showcase of Bands and Jam Session May 3 at the Fairfield Middle School.The free show is 5-8 p.m.Scheduled to appear are local artists Truckstop Souvenir; Milltown, a Northeast Iowa-based group; and an all-star youth band, Barton?s Hollow, from the Minneapolis, Minn., area.In addition to the stage performances, area musicians can participate in ...

RICHLAND ? The Richland Lions Club and Richland Community Club are hosting a fund- raising breakfast from 7-10 a.m. Saturday at the Mother Cabrini Parish Hall in Richland to assist the Patrick and Amanda Atkinson family with their son?s medical expenses.The Atkinsons? son, Evan, was born Dec. 3, with spina bifida with myelomeningocele. The baby had his first surgery the same afternoon of the day he was born to ...