Fairfield News

Registration for Fairfield Park and Recreation Department?s Santa Claus calls are due Friday.Santa Claus calls will be made from 4-7 p.m. Dec. 17.Anyone who would like to arrange a call for a boy or girl to speak with Santa can stop by the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center to fill out a registration form, which includes details about the child, such as name, age, gifts the child would like, good deeds he or ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week.Monday ? breakfast at all schools: assorted cereals, cereal bars and Nutri-Grain Bars, orange juice, milk. Lunch: chicken patty on bun, sweet potato fries, green beans, sliced pineapple, milk; and in addition for high school students: fruit choice and tomatoes.Tuesday ? breakfast at the middle and high schools: ...

Cookie walk, F.A.C.T. play set at St. Mary ChurchThe Helping Hands group of St. Mary Roman Catholic Church is having its annual cookie walk from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.Homemade cookies and candies will be available. Proceeds help the group with parish activities throughout the year.Also on Saturday, the Fairfield Area Community Theatre is having its final performances of Barbara Robinson?s ?The Best ...

MONDAYFairfield Middle School Band Concert, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grades, Fairfield Middle School cafetorium, 7 p.m.Eagles Joint Officers Meeting, Fairfield Eagles Club, 6:30 p.m.Girl Scout Leaders, meeting and cookie training, St. Mary Catholic Church, 5:30 p.m. Information: Sandy Davisson, 472-0707.Ladies Auxiliary, Dimmitt-Vorhies Post 2271, Christmas potluck, VFW, 5:30 p.m.Birmingham Lions Club, ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? The Henry County Cattlemen are holding a fundraising steak dinner to help South Dakota ranchers devastated by the early and harsh October snow storm.The dinner will be from 5-7 p.m. Friday at Manning Hall in Mount Pleasant.Cattlemen will be serving a steak meal with all the trimmings. The cost is a minimum donation of $25 per meal, but anything above that will be gratefully accepted.The Henry ...

Several Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center blood drives are scheduled in the area.A blood drive is set from 2-6:30 p.m. Monday at Mother Cabrini Parish Center in Richland. Donors can give blood every eight weeks, so those who last gave on or before Oct. 14 are eligible to give again Monday. To donate, call Cindy Adam at 319-456-2722.SunnyBrook Home Care Center will host a blood drive from 1-4:30 p.m. Dec. ...

Sweet sounds and sweet treats will be available for all at the 20th annual Chocolate Sunday fundraiser 2-4 p.m. Sunday in the Fairfield Middle School cafetorium.Talented Fairfield High School vocal and instrumental musicians, under the direction of Jim Edgeton, Zach Reiter, and Connie Keller, will provide entertainment while guests nibble on holiday treats and browse through more than 100 gift baskets available ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU WOMENThe Jefferson County Farm Bureau Women will meet for a potluck Christmas luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the home of Sandy Nelson.Those attending are asked to bring nonperishable food items to donate to The Lord?s Cupboard.Carol Messer will give a program about the annual Farm Bureau meeting recently held in Des Moines.???

Continuing a Fairfield holiday tradition, Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk, the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce and the Fairfield Art Association have once again partnered to present the Gingerbread Extravaganza as the centerpiece for the Friday art walk.Events are well underway with the building of 36 gingerbread houses by Fairfield Hy-Vee Bakery Department and Fairfield High Schools food classes. Then ...

The sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade Fairfield Middle School bands will present a winter concert at 7 p.m. Monday in the school cafetorium.?The students have been working hard on a variety of literature for your listening enjoyment,? said Mary Andersen, the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade band teacher.The sixth-grade will perform: ?Overlords,? an ominous, full sounding piece by Sean O?Laughlin; ?Go Tell It ...

OTTUMWA? Celebrate the music of the holiday season as Indian Hills Community College?s Department of Performing and Visual Arts presents its annual holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12.The public is invited to the free performance in St. John Auditorium on the Ottumwa campus.The performance will feature the Indian Hills Staff Choir, Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, directed by Laura Wiebe; the women?s ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Homecoming Committee?s soup supper and Santa Claus visit will be Saturday at the Birmingham Lions Building; the incorrect date was previously provided to The Ledger.Serving will begin at 5 p.m., and Santa will arrive at 5:30 p.m., with treats for children. From 7-8:30 p.m., a Christmas party for children, with stories, crafts and snacks, will be at the Birmingham Library.The proceeds ...