Fairfield News

OTTUMWA ? The Jazz Underground, a collection of Midwest musicians specializing in original music and fresh performances of jazz standards, will be performing at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John Auditorium on the Indian Hills Community College Ottumwa Campus.The concert is free and open to the public.The Jazz Underground is led by two Indian Hills music faculty: saxophonist and composer David Sharp and drummer ...

GATESArmy Pvt. Cullin R. Gates has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and ...

TUESDAYTTT, Chapter E, McElhinny House, 7 p.m.Swimming Skills Classes, for all ages and skills, Roosevelt Aquatic Center, 4-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through March 14. Proceeds benefit new pool and gym project. Registration: www.fairfieldparksandrec.com or 472-6159.Birmingham Homecoming Committee, Birmingham Lions Building, 7 p.m. Rescheduled for 7 p.m. March 12.Pianist Ilya Yakuskev, performance for ...

TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITYKIRKSVILLE, Mo. ? Tori Ogden of Fairfield was among a group of 15 Truman State University athletic training students who met Feb. 20 with legislators at the capitol in Jefferson City, Mo.The students were at the capitol to promote athletic training and share their experiences at Truman with the legislators.Ogden, an athletic training major at Truman, is the daughter of David and Carla ...

FHS CLASS OF 1956The Fairfield High School graduating class of 1956 will have its monthly breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Thursday at the Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store.??? FHS CLASS OF 1959The Fairfield High School graduating class of 1959 will have its monthly coffee club meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday at Yummy?s Gourmet Cakes.Everyone is welcome to attend.???

Anna Mae Burger of Fairfield will celebrate her 80th birthday with an open house from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.Her daughters, Colleen Bates and Betty Russell, along with their families will host the open house. Family and friends are invited.Mrs. Burger was born March 16, 1933.Send cards for Mrs. Burger to Calu Apartments, 205 W. Briggs Ave., Apt. 219, Fairfield 52556.

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Friends of the Harlan-Lincoln House at Iowa Wesleyan College will sponsor its 10th annual Brown Bag Lecture Series at noon each Tuesday during March in the Chadwick Library on campus.Presentations are free, but donations will be accepted. Attendees can bring a brown bag lunch.Tuesday ? ?The Garretson Family: Pioneers, Inventors and Abolitionists.? Cathy Garretson Helman, a rural Salem native, ...

Alliant Energy?s Hometown Rewards program in Fairfield is offering residents the opportunity to get up close and personal with local renewable energy projects Saturday.Fairfield?s Second Saturday?s Workshop series will host an introductory panel discussion about residential renewable energy projects happening in Fairfield. Immediately following the 30-minute panel, workshop participants will receive a map ...

Orders are due before March 8 for the S.H.A.R.E. Iowa Inc. food packages available in March.Orders can be placed by calling the St. Mary Catholic Church office at 472-3179 or the Southern Iowa Economic Development Association office at 472-6140. Orders also can be placed online at www.shareiowa.org. Food pickup will be at 8 a.m. March 23 at the Fairfield Eagles Club.Several different food packages are available;...

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.Lent will be observed Feb. 13 through March 29. Fish will be offered each Friday until March 29 as an alternative. Notify meal site if fish is preferred when making reservations.Mond...

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: Sloppy Joe on bun, corn, sweet potato fluff, pear halves, tomatoes and fruit choice ...

FAIRFIELD WOMEN?S CLUB GARDEN CLUBThe Fairfield Women?s Club Garden Club members will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday at the McElhinny House.Russell Rebling will present the program ?Aquaponic.? Kim Keller will present ?The Best New Plants for 2013.? After the program, president Donna Clark will conduct a business meeting.Area women interested in attending can call Clark at 472-4248.