Fairfield News

JEFFERSON COUNTY OPEN CLASS COMMITTEEJefferson County Open Class Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office.The committee reminds county residents now is the time to be working on craft, art, sewing, photography and other projects for the 2013 Greater Jefferson County Fair. The fair is June 26 through July 1.The quilt blocks from the 2012 fair have been made into a ...

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 ? Salisbury Steak and gravy, O?Brien Potatoes, scalloped cabbage, fresh fruit.Tuesday? breaded chicken breast, parsley butter potato, oven-roasted vegetables, fresh fruit, ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Through special arrangement with the director, Charles Larimer, Friends of the Harlan-Lincoln House will present the final edit version of his film ?Love and Valor: One Couple?s Intimate Civil War Letters? at 7:30 p.m. May 17 at the Iowa Wesleyan College Chapel.Three years ago, Larimer shared an earlier version of the movie with a local audience. Larimer is again offering the showing as a ...

Jefferson County Right to Life is holding a non-5K run/walk in honor of mothers on Sunday.Instead of holding an event, the group is asking for donations to a Heartland Pregnancy Center: Heartland Pregnancy Center, 101 S. Market St., Suite 302, Ottumwa 52501; Choices Medical Clinic, 821 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City 52240; or InnerVisions HealthCare Clinic, 1355 50th St., Suite 400, West Des Moines 50266.

MONDAYVan Buren Junior High Spring Concert, Van Buren High School gym, 7 p.m.Ladies Auxiliary to Dimmitt-Vorhies Post 2271, VFW, 6 p.m.Eagles Joint Officer Meeting, Fairfield Eagles Club, 6:30 p.m.Birmingham Lions Club, Birmingham Lions Building, 7 p.m.All the Above Support Group, Living Stones Fellowship, 7 p.m. Call 233-0818.Co-Dependency Anonymous, First Presbyterian Church, 7 p.m. Call 469-3005.Keosauqu...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week.Monday ? breakfast at the middle school and high school: assorted cereals, assorted cereal bars, orange juice and milk; breakfast at the elementary schools: assorted cereals, cereal bar or Nutri-Grain Bar; orange juice and milk. Lunch: Pig-in-a-Blanket, corn, broccoli with cheese, fresh orange, milk, plus tomatoes and ...

Blessman to speak at Word of LifeJim Blessman of Blessman Ministries in Urbandale will speak at Sunday morning services at Word of Life Lutheran Church.Blessman will speak at both the 8 and 10:30 a.m. services about the ministry?s work in South Africa.Blessman Ministries is a nonprofit organization dedicated to reaching those affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis.Those involved with the ministry work to meet the ...

Each school month, the Fairfield Elks Lodge sponsors the Fairfield Middle School ?Students of the Month? award.The purpose of the award is to acknowledge positive contributions of FMS students at school. These positive contributions range from assisting teachers and peers in classroom activities to displaying characteristics as a role model in and out of the classroom. The Students of the Month certificates are ...

ELDON ? Cardinal Community School District?s 2013 Parade of Bands Concert will move to a new venue for its performance at 7 p.m. Tuesday.The annual concert is usually held in the high school gymnasium, but this year, the district was offered the opportunity to perform at the newly refurbished McHaffey Opera House in Eldon.?We believe this is the first performance in the Eldon opera house since movies were shown ...

4-H?er Danielle Garrison, right, gets some tips about showmanship from the Jefferson County 4-H horse project?s new leader Shea Earlywine. Horse workouts are being held each Monday evening at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds until the start of the county fair for participants to learn riding techniques, showmanship techniques, general horsemanship, speed events, tips for fair classes and more. Monday, the group ...

St. Mary Preschool is currently enrolling students in its preschool programs for the 2013-14 school year.St. Mary Preschool offers age-appropriate learning activities in a state-licensed, Christian environment. Typical activities include: story time, language activities, science, math, music, art, creative dramatics, field trips, prayer and Bible study, as well as kindergarten-readiness activities for 4-year-old ...

BONAPARTE ? Bonaparte Main Street Inc. is seeking sponsors for the Union and First National flags to fly throughout Bonaparte?s downtown during the second annual Civil War Experience June 8.A free-standing sign will be in front of the Opera House Community Room during the event with individual stars to identify sponsors and in whose name, if applicable, the flags are sponsored i.e.; ?In Memory of John Doe by ...