Fairfield News

Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Fairfield Area is looking for a partner family to start the 2013 building project.Families in need of simple and decent housing can contact the family selection office by calling 233-8112 or emailing Shanaz Kreider at shanazr@earthlink.net by Thursday. Applications also can be accessed through fairfieldhabitat.org and mailed to the address indicated on the website by Thursday....

T-shirts and bracelets are being sold to support Fairfield High School senior Cody Cohen who is fighting Myelodysplastic Syndrome and is in need of a bone marrow transplant.The T-shirts, designed by Josie Hannes at Josie Hannes Design, feature a picture of Cohen and supportive messages on the front and information about MDS and bone marrow donation on the back. The shirts are available in youth large, adult ...

The Polishville Community Center has announced its events planned in March.A dance with Ned Francis of Mount Sterling is set for Sunday. Food will be available for purchase at 4:30 p.m., and dancing will be from 6-9 p.m.Bingo is set for March 4, with food available at 4:30 p.m., and games beginning at 5:45 p.m.A dance with Jerry Beauchamp of Eldora is set for March 17. Food will be available for purchase at ...

OTTUMWA ? The Alzheimer?s Association, Greater Iowa Chapter, is offering a comprehensive free educational program for the South Central Iowa region from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the Ottumwa Public Library.All individuals in the area are invited to attend.The event will begin with ?The 10 Warning Signs Alzheimer?s disease? from 9:30-10:30 a.m.A more in-depth look at how to care for people with ...

Noah?s Ark?s Caring Community Spay Neuter Assistance Program and area veterinary clinics are sponsoring the 13th annual promotion of February as national spay neuter month by offering surgery discounts during the month.Participating clinics include the Veterinary Clinic, Fairfield Animal Hospital, Keokuk County Richland and Sigourney Veterinary Clinics and the Village Vet in Birmingham.Call the clinics directly ...

Lee County Health Department is one of 22 designated Child Health Centers throughout Iowa helpingfamilies, including those in Jefferson and Van Buren counties, access health care.The I-Smile dental home initiative helps connect Iowa?s children with the dental services they need to grow up happy and healthy. I-Smile provides a variety of services benefitting the oral health status of the community ranging from ...

AMES ? The Iowa Department of Transportation has added a new service to its online services portal, myMVD, that allows suspended and revoked drivers to pay civil penalties that are due online.Iowa D.O.T. Motor Vehicle Division Director Mark Lowe explains, ?Iowa law imposes a civil penalty when a person?s driving privilege is suspended or revoked. This civil penalty must be paid before the person?s driving ...

The Van Buren After-Prom Committee will be raising funds for the 2013 event during a tip night from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at Pizza Ranch in Fairfield.Organizers said 100 percent of the tips will go toward the after-prom party.

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: Beef and bean burrito, Romaine salad, cucumber slices, peach halves, tomatoes and ...

The Fairfield High School music department will present the 2013 10th-12th grade Pops Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the FHS Auditorium.The concert will feature a variety of music from early jazz to today?s hits performed by several of Fairfield?s talented students.The 10th-12th Concert Band will perform music from the movies and more, including: ?Captain America?; ?A Disneyworld Celebration? with ?Fantasmic,? ...

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 ? Meat loaf, baked potato, sour cream, stewed tomatoes, peaches and orange juice.Tuesday ? Beef and macaroni casserole, broccoli, orange apricot gelatin and a cookie.Wednesda...

Youth serving lunch SundayThe youth of First United Methodist Church in Fairfield will serve a lunch at noon Sunday at the church.The proceeds will be used for the summer mission trip. Prairie View meetings set Wednesday OLLIE ? Prairie View United Methodist Church near the junction of Packwood Road and Highway 78, will have church committee meetings at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.The meetings will be followed by a ...