AREA COMMUNITY NEWS: Suppers planned in Milton, Birmingham, Stockport, Brighton, Indian Hills

Milton Fire Department hosting soup supper

MILTON - The Milton Fire Department is hosting a soup supper at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the American Legion Building in Milton.

Several homemade soups will be served.

A freewill donation will be collected for the supper.

Birmingham Homecoming planning fish, chicken fry

BIRMINGHAM - The Birmingham Homecoming fish and chicken fry is planned from 5-7 p.m. March 8 at the Birmingham Lions Building.

The meal will include a choice between fish fillets or chicken strips and macaroni and cheese, baked beans, coleslaw, and a dessert served with soft-serve vanilla ice cream, and tea, coffee or lemonade.

The meal is $9; free for children age 6 and younger.

Carryout is available.

All proceeds will help support Birmingham Homecoming events.

A second fish and chicken fry meal is planned March 15, also from 5-7 p.m. at the Birmingham Lions Building.

Stockport Fire Department serving soup supper

STOCKPORT - The Stockport Fire Department is planning an 'all-you-can-eat” soup supper at 5 p.m. March 9 at the Stockport Legion Hall.

A freewill offering will be collected for the supper.

The menu will include chuck wagon chili, broccoli and cheese soup, old-fashioned potato soup, bread, cheese, pickles, dessert and drink.

Brighton Chamber planning pasta dinner March 9

BRIGHTON - The Brighton Chamber of Commerce is hosting a spaghetti and lasagna dinner from 5-7 p.m. March 9 in the Brighton Community Center.

The dinner will include a choice of spaghetti or lasagna, garlic bread, drinks and choice of dessert.

A freewill offering will help support Brighton Chamber activities and Whoopee Days. Whoopee Days will be June 13-16 this year in downtown Brighton.

Those attending the pasta dinner can offer suggestions for the Brighton Whoopee Days theme and grand marshal candidates.

Submissions are due by March 10. The person who suggests the winning theme will receive $25.

To submit an idea, email judy.m.augustine@gmail.com, or visit Brighton City Hall, Brighton Locker, Sweet Blessings or CaManders.

Culinary Arts Scholarship Dinner tickets available

OTTUMWA - An annual event that raises funds for scholarships for culinary arts students at Indian Hills Community College will be held March 15. The Culinary Arts Scholarship Dinner is scheduled for the main dining room on the IHCC Ottumwa campus with a social and reception starting at 5:30 p.m.

A five-course dinner is prepared and served by the culinary arts students and chef instructors. The American Culinary Federation of Southeast Iowa is partnering with the students for the dinner, which allows the students to highlight some very important techniques they have learned in the culinary arts program.

Anthony Nace, an Ottumwa High School graduate, will be the guest speaker. Nace earned his degree from Indian Hills and began his culinary career as a cook at Zombie Burger in Des Moines. He also served as a chef at Des Moines Golf and Country Club and is currently the executive chef at Blu Toro Cantina & Grill in West Des Moines. He recently won a people's choice award in a competition in the Des Moines area.

Nace will speak at 6 p.m., following the reception and before dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Ticket sales are limited and those who plan to attend are asked to make reservations by March 7. Tickets can be purchased online through the Marketplace on the Indian Hills website at www.indianhills.edu.

For more information, contact Program Director Mark Fisher at 641-683-5198 or mark.fisher@indianhills.edu.