Fairfield News

OTTUMWA ? The Physical Therapist Assistant Club at Indian Hills Community College is holding a collection for used wheelchairs, canes, walkers or crutches that will be repaired and distributed to needy disabled persons in Third World countries.The IHCC club is partnering with the Wheels for the World project, a disability program of Joni and Friends Foundation.The club will be accepting manual wheelchairs ? ...

The Birmingham Libary recently received several memorials and gifts. MemorialEleanor Skaggs from friends, ?Assassin Bugs,? Orchid Mantises? and ?Dung Beetles,? all by Andrew Hipp; ?Copperheads,? ?Coral Snakes? and ?King Snakes,? all by Heather Feldman; ?Vampire Bats? and ?Flying Foxes,? both by Emily Ruable; ?Cobweb Weavers? and ?Fishing Spiders,? both by Jake Miller; ?The Captive Heart? and ?Paradise Valley,? ...

Students at Washington Elementary School are learning about the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Kids and focused on Habit 6: Synergize or ?Together is Better? in March.Habit 6 is about two or more people working together to produce more than they would be able to separately.Teachers nominated one student, who exemplified Habit 6, from their classrooms for recognition at a recent assembly.Kindergarten teacher ...

Sue Hopper began Camp Grandma eight years ago to give children in Lockridge something fun to do, and is now an annual event.It is a week of crafts, radio-controlled boat racing, horseback riding lessons and more.A lake provides daily opportunities to body-surf on a 200-foot slip-n-slide, slide down inflatable water slides, paddle-boats and canoes. A certified lifeguard, life jackets, and many volunteers help ...

Youth services librarian Jessica Garchik is hosting a free movie for children at 2 p.m. April 27 at the Fairfield Public Library.?It will be ?Puss in Boots.? and is totally free for anyone who would like to join us,? said Garchik.Fairfield Community School District students will not have classes April 27. Teachers will have an in-service day.

What makes you so happy that you do not feel hungry?Many people use food to satisfy emotional emptiness. Some of Jesus? friends probably fell into this category.Jesus was sitting by a water fountain. They brought him food.They were all hungry, but Jesus would not eat.Jesus said, ?I do not feel hungry when I am doing what my Father asked me to do.?His best friends scratched their heads, heard their own ...

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, sour cream mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, fresh melon, orange juice.Tuesday ? Swedish meatballs, noodles, broccoli, banana bran muffin, Waldorf salad.Wednesday ...

The Midwest premiere of a documentary, with a Paul Horn soundtrack, ?Bhutan: Taking the Middle Path to Happiness? by Tom Vendetti will be at 7:45 p.m. today in Dalby Hall of the Argiro Student Center on the Maharishi University of Management campus.A discussion about the Bhutan study abroad program being offered by the university in June will be held following the screening.For information, call Bill Goldstein ...

A bake sale to raise money to help with the fundraising efforts of the Jefferson County Relay for Life to fight cancer is planned from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Parkview Care Center.The bake sale organizers said a wide variety of all homemade goodies will be available: cookies, breads and cakes.Crafts also will be available for sale.The Jefferson County Relay for Life will be from noon to midnight May 5 at ...

More than 100 units of blood were drawn at recent Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center drives.Seventeen units of blood were drawn March 27 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building.Twenty-five units of blood were drawn March 28 at the Keosauqua Senior Center.Twenty units of blood were drawn March 29 at the Birmingham Lions Building.Thirty-three pints of blood were drawn April 10 at Cambridge ...

The education department of Maharishi University of Management will host the fourth in its colloquium series on educational change from 7:45-9:15 p.m. Monday in the Festival Hall of the Argiro Student Center.This colloquium will feature speakers involved in the Center for Wellness and Achievement in Education and its flagship ?Quiet Time? program.CWAE serves more than 2,000 students and 400 teachers and ...

SOLITAIRESMembers of Solitaires will have dinner Sunday at Bonaparte Retreat.Members should meet at noon in the First National Bank in Fairfield parking lot to pool rides.­­­??? FAIRFIELD LATIN and BALLROOM ASSOCIATIONThe Fairfield Latin and Ballroom Association will host a Latin, ballroom and swing dance Sunday at Morning Star Studio.A lesson in West Coast swing starts at 7:30 p.m., and the dance is from ...