Obituaries

New Life Community Church is hosting the Rev. Randy Davis of Drawing Closer Ministries for a series of special meetings beginning at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.Davis also will speak at 6 p.m. Sunday and 6:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. The community is encouraged to attend each meeting, said the Rev. Jim McGaffey, pastor at New Life Community Church.Davis uses chalk art to illustrate messages.While teaching a young ...

The marriage ministry team of First Pentecostal Assembly in Ottumwa, will host The Art of Marriage, a six-session video event presented by FamilyLife.The event will be held in the main sanctuary from 6:30-9:30 p.m. on May 4 and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 5.Registration deadline is Monday.Couples are encouraged to attend.Visit www.fpagoi.org for more information and to register, or contact Steve or Dawn ...

Jefferson County Conservation and the Southeast Iowa Audubon Society will be sponsoring a Pelican Watch Tuesday morning in the wetlands along the Cedar View Trail.According to local ornithologist Diane Porter and county naturalist Therese Cummiskey, pelicans stop only for a brief time at the wetlands, and it?s usually during the second week of April.?We?ll cross our fingers and hope they?ve arrived ... or that ...

Word of Life Lutheran Church is hosting a fifth grade St Patrick?s Day game night and dance from 7-10 p.m. today.

The Fairfield Lions Club held its annual recognition dinner Tuesday for the Fairfield High School academic top 10 seniors and their parents. Students receiving the awards were, from left, sitting, Jaimini Boender, Megan Palmer, Sarah Flinspach and Tori Ogden; standing, Lindsey Higgins, Serena Ward, Max Sloat and Shannon Cochran. Award winners not pictured are Alex Rodgers and Natasha Chang.

Jon and Nancy Hesseltine of Fairfield announce the engagement of their daughter Julie Hesseltine to Dan Krull, son of Mark and Shelda Krull of Buffalo Center.The bride-elect is a 2004 Fairfield High School graduate and a 2008 Buena Vista University graduate. She is a second-grade teacher at New Christian School in Newton and lives in Pella.The groom-elect is a 2005 graduate of West Hancock High School and a ...

A Jefferson County Relay for Life gathering for committee members, team captains, sponsors and those interested in becoming involved is set for 5:30 p.m. March 1 at the Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store Club Room.Organizer Kortney Heald explained this is not the regular monthly meeting, but a gathering of food, sharing ideas and fun.?It was an impromptu event, but we felt it was necessary,? she said.The ...

Vegetables, fruits, herbs and even flowers that enhance the growth, taste and productivity of each other is an enticing concept, isn?t it? Root secretions and odors share the honors in the attraction and companionship game between plants.Luckily, we don?t need to dig and sniff roots in order to determine if a carrot is best planted next to a cucumber. Gardeners for ages have been documenting which plants seem to ...

BIRMINGHAMAustin Tedrow of Libertyville was a new blood donor at the Mississippi Valley Regional blood drive Feb. 2 at the Birmingham Lions Building.A total of 18 units of blood was collected.The next blood drive will be March 29.???The Birmingham Lions Club will have a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Lions? building.The February committee is Hugh Shaw and Stanley Knipfer.???The Red Hat Ladies met ...

XAVIER UNIVERSITYCINCINNATI, Ohio ? Lauren Holt, daughter of Michael and Theresa Holt of Fairfield, has been named to the fall 2011 dean?s list in the college of arts and sciences at Xavier University in Cincinnati. Holt is a freshmen majoring in music education. She graduated from Fairfield High School in 2011.??? LUTHER COLLEGEDECORAH ? Luther College sophomore Alexander Greiner of Fairfield was named to ...