Fairfield News

MOUNT PLEASANT ?The Iowa Wesleyan College Choir and Mount Pleasant Chorale will present ?Amazing Peace: A celebration of Christ?s birth in song and word,? a service of Lessons and Carols, at 7 p.m. Sunday at the First United Methodist Church in Mount Pleasant.The groups are under the direction of Bradley Miller, assistant professor of music at Iowa Wesleyan College.Highlights of the concert include performances ...

OTTUMWA ??The Madwoman of Chaillot,? the 1947 comic French fable by Jean Giraudoux, will be performed Thursday through Dec. 1 at Indian Hills Community College. The play will begin at 7:30 p.m. each day in St. John Auditorium on the college?s Ottumwa campus. Admission is free, but patrons can reserve their tickets by calling 641- 683-5144.Under the direction of theatre professor Ronelle Willadsen, the play is a ...

From left, Jean Keller and Emily Ledger discuss the Jefferson County Health Center Auxiliary cookbooks with Walta Bloomquist at the auxiliary?s annual Christmas tea Nov. 16. The women are all members of the organization and are selling the cookbooks full of local recipes and historical information about the 100 years of the health center.

ELDON ? The annual Gingerbread House display at the American Gothic House Center in Eldon will be held Dec. 1-14.Gingerbread house builders ? amateur and professional builders alike ? are asked to bring their creations to the center by Nov. 30 for the annual Christmas season exhibit.The houses will be on display from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 1-4 p.m. Saturdays through Mondays.While on ...

HCI Care Services, formerly known as Hospice of Central Iowa, will hold Hospice 101 from 1-3 p.m. Monday in the Jefferson County Health Center?s conference room.Event is free and open to the public. No reservation is necessary. Light refreshments will be served.Attendees will learn about hospice care and the benefits individuals and their families receive through the personalized care, including: advance care ...

AIB COLLEGE OF BUSINESSStephanie Adam of Fairfield has received an Accounting Academic Achievement Award at AIB College of Business.To be considered for the recognition, Adam and other honorees were required to maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher in all their classes ? not just accounting ? over the course of the previous year. Eligible students were reviewed by the accounting faculty.Th...

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 ? pork cutlet, sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts with cheese, blushing pears.Tuesday ? chili with beans, creamy coleslaw, cereal muffin, sliced strawberries.Wednesday ? beef ...

An exhibition of the current works of James Shrobree and Gyan Shrosbree, including sculpture and paintings, will be at Maharishi University of Management?s Unity Gallery beginning Nov. 30.The show will run Nov. 30 to Feb. 4.A reception is planned 7:30-9 p.m. Friday.Unity Gallery is in the M.U.M. library building. The gallery opening hours are: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saurdays; and 7:15-9 ...

Fairfield Community School District listed its menu for the week:Monday ? breakfast at middle school and high school: assorted cereals, cereal bars, orange juice, milk; breakfast at elementary schools: assorted cereals, cereal or Nutri-Grain bar, orange juice, milk. Lunch: burrito, romaine, tomato, corn, applesauce, milk.Tuesday ? breakfast at middle school and high school: assorted cereals, bagel, jelly, ...

Lebanon United Methodist Church is hosting its holiday bazaar and cookie walk, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday open to the public.Local vendors will have holiday gifts for sale and the church is serving a soup lunch, with free will offerings accepted.

Basal Faith Parish Annual Church Conference will be held at Libertyville Faith United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Prairie View United Methodist Church holds Sunday worship at 9 a.m. followed by fellowship. Sunday school is at 10:30 a.m.Choir practice is at 6:30 p.m. Monday.Bible study meets at 9 a.m. Tuesday.The finance committee will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday; and the church council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.