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PACKWOOD ? Packwood Little League will have a fund-raising hog roast from 5-6:30 p.m. Saturday at Packwood Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).The menu will include pork sandwiches, green beans, fruit, chips and potato salad.Proceeds will be used for equipment and updating the ballpark. Possible additions include adding a larger equipment shed, additional bleachers, cement in front of the concession stand ...

Editor?s note: The monthly To Your Heath column is a venue for Jefferson County Health Center to provide health information that will benefit The Fairfield Ledger?s readers. To suggest ideas for future articles or to obtain information, call Jefferson County Health Center community relations manager Ginny Hughes at 469-4198.April is Autism awareness month and many parents are concerned that there is a relationshi...

Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation will be celebrating 10 years in its current location with an open house from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.Everyone is invited. Organizers will be offering refreshments and tours of the building, and the animals will be available for everyone to visit.For more than 27 years, Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation has offered loving care to homeless and abandoned cats and dogs. For the last 10 ...

In final preparation for ?Zombie Prom,? the cast and crew are inviting retired citizens to a final dress rehearsal at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Fairfield High School Auditorium.Admission to the rehearsal is free, but donations will be accepted.The show, a ?girl loves ghoul? rock ?n? roll Off Broadway musical set in the atomic 1950s at Enrico Fermi High, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through April 26 and 2 ...

MONDAYCommunity Shred Days, both Fairfield locations, MidWestOne Bank, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Call 472-6511. Continues through Friday.Blood Drive, St. Mary Catholic Church, 2:30-6:30 p.m. Appointments: 469-3241.Blood Drive, Prairie View United Methodist Church Ollie, 2:30-7 p.m. Appointments: 800-452-1097.Square Dancing, Fairfield Eagles Club, 7-9 p.m.Youth Fitness Class, for third- through eighth-graders, Roosevelt ...

The five Fairfield High School speech team students selected to perform at the Iowa High School Speech Association?s Individual Events All-State Festival were honored at the FHS speech banquet April 11. From left are: Claudia Sloat (musical theater), Eden Bell (acting), Evan Wood (literary program), Navin Martin (interpretive prose) and Makayla Kessel (review). The Individual Events All-State Festival was April 1 ...

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 ? beef macaroni casserole, peas, spinach and mandarin orange salad with Italian dressing, banana.Tuesday ? Italian chicken wrap, potato salad, tomato and cucumber salad, ...

OTTUMWA ? One of Shakespeare?s darkest tragedies, the Scottish play ?Macbeth,? will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through April 26 on the St. John Auditorium stage at Indian Hills Community College.Admission is free, but patrons are encouraged to reserve their seats in advance by calling 641- 683-5144.?Macbeth? is Shakespeare?s shortest tragedy, and tells the story of a brave Scottish general named Macbeth ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin High School officials have announced the names of students who earned recognition on the honor roll for the third-quarter of the 2013-14 academic year. Straight ?A? honor rollSeniors who earned straight A?s include: Eric Adam, Bryan Brain, Petie Clubb, Jessica Horras, Cade Millikin, Taiylor Morgan, Allie Philips, Hannah Robison, Tiana Slaney, Jenna Swanson and Samantha Wright.Juniors who ...

Band playing at Eldon churchELDON ? Piercing the Darkness, a band from the Sigourney area, will be performing at 6 p.m. April 27 at Living Hope Bible Church in Eldon.Everyone is invited.A free-will offering will be taken for the Promiseland Music Fest planned later this summer.For information, call the church at 641-652-3420. Mormon church showing Tabernacle choir, orchestra concerts today, SaturdayThe ...

EAST PLEASANT PLAIN ? A congregate meal will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 24 at St. Joseph Church in East Pleasant Plain.The menu will include ham balls, mashed potatoes, green beans, a salad bar, bread, pie, cream puffs and beverages.Bingo will be played after the meal.All ages are welcome. An elevator is available at the church.Reservations are not required, but appreciated. Reservations ...

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: sloppy joe on bun, sweet potato fries, green beans, fresh orange, milk; and in addition for high school students: fruit choice and tomatoes.Tuesday ? breakfast at the middle and high schools: assorted cereals, egg on bagel, orange ...