Obituaries

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 ? Salisbury steak with gravy, oven-browned potato, broccoli Normandy, diced peaches and orange juice.Tuesday ? beef and bean vegetable soup, saltine crackers, Orange Surprise ...

DES MOINES ? USDA?s Natural Resources Conservation Service is offering financial assistance to Iowa agricultural producers for installing conservation practices reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Applications must be submitted by Thursday to be eligible for priority funding. A second application cutoff date has been set for March 15.Through the Conservation Innovation Grant ? Greenhouse Gas project, NRCS will ...

A bluegrass jam session is set from 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.All pickers, singers and spectators are welcome. Accoustic instruments are welcome.Snacks and coffee will be available.Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to help pay for expenses.

OTTUMWA ? Southeast Iowans will be able to experience opera Saturday when OPERA Iowa?s educational touring troupe visits Indian Hills Community College.Featuring colorful scenery and costumes, theatrical lighting and musical accompaniment, OPERA Iowa will present a two-hour English version of Gaetano Donizetti?s ?The Elixir of Love? at 7:30 p.m. in St. John Auditorium on the IHCC Ottumwa campus.The performance, ...

AMES ? Practical Farmers of Iowa free interactive webinars, called farminars, will be presented live from 7-8:30 p.m. each Tuesday through Feb. 26.The series is open to anyone, and any computer with an Internet connection may be used to participate.To participate, go to ~ All archived farminars and audio podcasts of past farminars are available.Farminars are led by farmers from around the world. Many of the ...

KEMPFAir Force Airman Brandon L. Kempf graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills.Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science ...

FAIRFIELD WOMEN?S CLUB GARDEN DEPARTMENTThe Fairfield Women?s Club will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday at the McElhinny House.Hostesses are Karen Fulton and Kay Unkrich. Kathy Tollenaere and Dorothy Bell will present the program. President Donna Clark will conduct a business meeting after the program.Area women interested in attending should call 472-5475 or 472-6464.

?Tis the season to bake, eat and share your favorite cookies,This year, give gifts of homemade macaroons, sweet little meringue cookies with a chewy-soft interior and melt-in-your-mouth texture.Plus, you can freeze the unfilled cookies for up to three months by layering the cookies between sheets of wax paper in an airtight container. Thaw the cookies at room temperature before filling, and they?re ready for ...

MONDAYDue to Christmas Eve, many regularly scheduled activities might not be held; call ahead.Santa Claus Parade, presented by Fairfield Rotary Club, arrives in Central Park between 5:30-6 p.m.Enchanted Forest Walk, Waubonsie Park, Cantril, 5-8 p.m. Through Dec. 31.All the Above Support Group, Living Stones Fellowship, 7 p.m. Call 233-0818.Co-Dependency Anonymous, First Presbyterian Church, 7 p.m. Call ...

The holidays are here! Of course you will want to include your pet in the holiday festivities, but remember to help keep pets safe by following these simple rules:? Pets are part of the family, so it?s tempting for pet owners to want to share holiday foods with their dogs and cats. However, pet owners should be aware that human foods fed even in small amounts can cause stomach upset in pets or, in certain ...