Fairfield News

OTTUMWA ? The annual spring concert of the Indian Hills Community College Jazz Band will be at 7:30 p.m. May 6 in St. John Auditorium.The concert is free and open to the public.Under the direction of Professor David Sharp, the group will perform a variety of traditional and contemporary big-band jazz pieces including ?Low Blow? by Jay Chattaway, Count Basie?s ?Lester Leaps In,? ?One Step Ahead? by Mike Kamuf, ...

Fairfield Elks Lodge 1192 Past Exalted Ruler Matt Welcher passes the gavel to incoming Exalted Ruler Debbie Davis during a ceremony March 23. Davis is the first female exalted ruler to lead the Fairfield lodge in its 100-plus year history. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is a fraternal organization founded in 1868. Each year, the order spends more than $80,000,000 for benevolent, educational and ...

MONDAYKids vs. Cancer Tip Night, fundraiser for American Cancer Society, Pizza Ranch, 5-8 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.Keosauqua Alcoholics Anonymous, 107 Market St., 8 p.m. TUESDAYYard Waste Burning, Fairfield city limits, daylight hours when wind conditions are appropriate. Final ...

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: Hamburger on a bun, romaine salad, sweet potato puffs, fruit cocktail, tomatoes and ...

OTTUMWA ? Bridge City Explosion, Indian Hills Community College? show choir, will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in St. John Auditorium on the college?s Ottumwa campus.The free performance is open to the public.Director Diana Upton-Hill said selections to be performed range from the romantic to the erratic as the group will feature songs from Broadway and Off-Broadway. However, she added they may not ...

Fairfield Park and Recreation will not be offering child care at the Roosevelt Communty Recreation Center after Tuesday.Other options are being considered for the future.For information, call the park and recreation office at 472-6159.

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 ? ground beef gravy, mashed potatoes, lima beans, Surprise Salad, cookie.Tuesday ? baked chicken, macaroni salad, carrots, fresh melon, apple cinnamon bar.Wednesday ? meat ...

The Golden Strings Orchestra, violin and viola students of Liz Kwant, will be playing their Spring Show May 3-4.The students will perform May 3 for the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment.The students will serenade residents of SunnyBrook Assisted Living May 4.The show will be videorecorded and broadcast on Fairfield Media Center, Fairfield?s public-access television station, on channel 9 throughout ...

President Judy White opened the Jefferson County Health Center Auxiliary Spring Brunch with a booming ?Aloha.?Following this theme, the tables were adorned with brightly colored handsewn centerpiece placemats, spring plants, and many authentic seashells. Each of the 81 guests received a lei which completed the feeling of being at the beach.The tropical menu included vegetarian egg casserole, porcupine meatballs,...

KEOSAUQUA ? Van Buren Community School District staff and students have asked community members to remember Van Buren graduates who are part of a current Iowa Army National Guard deployment to Afghanistan.About 100 soldiers are mobilized from the 833rd Engineer Company, formerly known as Company B, 224th Engineer Battalion.They include: Tyler Jones, a 2009 Van Buren graduate and the son of Greg and Penny Jones ...

Fairfield All Star Jazz Band to play at special serviceFirst Presbyterian Church will present a special worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday featuring the Fairfield All Star Jazz Band.The Rev. Joe Phipps, pastor of the church, will intermingle scripture and an enlightening message with music performed by church organist Betty Mayer and the 16-piece jazz band. Songs to be performed as part of the service ...

The Greater Fairfield Area Habitat for Humanity will break ground for a new house at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at 807 N. Ninth St.The public is invited to share in the groundbreaking and meet the family of Dustin Wickenkamp, who will purchase and help build the home.Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, habitat builds and renovates simple, decent houses with the help of homeowner partner ...