Obituaries

Morning Star Studio and Fairfield Folk Arts and Dance Coop are hosting a fund-raising benefit dance for Shanti Children?s Foundation 2-4 p.m. Sunday in Morning Star Studio?s ballroom.The dances ? circles, squares, sets and easy contras led by local callers ? will be easy and fun for beginners, children and nondancers.Attendees can mingle, watch and listen and stay as long as they would like.Live music will be ...

Orders are due before Friday for the SHARE Iowa Inc. food packages available in May.Orders can be placed by calling the Sieda office at 472-6140, Claudia Greenig at 472-3569 or SHARE Oskaloosa at 800-344-1107.Pickup will be at 8 a.m. May 30 at the Fairfield Eagles Club.Several different packages are available; participants can purchase one or more in any combination.The $25 ?best value? package includes: 1 ...

Maharishi School is showcasing its achievements for the entire community from 2-4 p.m. Sunday.The event will celebrate the school?s achievements and to honor all the support provided by the community.Everyone is invited.?Please join us for a celebration of student success, in your honor,? said Richard Beall, head of Maharishi School, expressing his appreciation to the school?s community of supporters.His ...

SOLITAIRESThe Solitaires will have lunch Sunday at Loriann?s in Richland.The group will carpool at noon from the parking lot of First National Bank in Fairfield.???

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has scheduled several blood drives.A community blood drive is planned from 3:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Batavia Senior Center. Donors who last gave on or before March 4 are eligible to give again at this drive. To donate, call the Ottumwa Telerecruitment Department at 800-452-1097 or visit www.bloodcenterimpact.org and use code 5135 to locate the drive.First ...

A Free Little Library is now open in Lockridge. The library is in the yard of the Lutheran church parsonage on West Main Street. Everyone is welcome to find a book he or she would like to read, take it, then return it when finished and find another. The little library features books for people of all ages.

PACKWOOD ? Pekin High School and Pekin Middle School officials have listed the names of students who earned recognition on the honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2014-15 academic year. Straight A studentsStudents who earned recognition on the Straight A honor roll include:Seniors: Tanner Adam, Paige Baetsle, Madelyn Baker, Avery Bennett, Maggie Brown, McKenna Gambell, Jordan Hinshaw, J.D. Hollingsworth, ...

Bill and Donna Luzadder of Hannibal, Missouri, and formerly of the Lockridge and Fairfield area, will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary Friday.The couple were married March 27, 1965, in Kahoka, Missouri.The Luzadders moved to Hannibal in 2006, where they are near their daughter and son-in-law Denise and Gary Beahan and their two grandchildren.Mr. Luzadder is the retired owner/operator of Luzadder ...

Fairfield Lions Club and Best Western Fairfield Inn?s will host the annual spaghetti supper fundraiserfor the Fairfield school district?s fine art and athletic programs today.Dinner will be served 5-7:30 p.m. at the Best Western.?This has been a great community event,? said Jeff Courtright, the school district?s activities director. ?FHS students, coaches and sponsors will be serving the dinners. The high ...

The Fairfield Women?s Club will host is annual Spring Bazaar Friday at the McElhinny House.The women?s club members will be serving coffee, tea and cinnamon rolls from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. They also will be selling baked goods, frozen ham balls and chicken casseroles.Preorders can be called to 472-4248.Proceeds from the Spring Bazaar will be used for maintenance of the historic McElhinny House, Fairfield?s first ...