Jefferson County youth will gather for the second annual Iowa Students for Tobacco Education and Prevention Summit Wednesday in Ankeny.I-STEP is Iowa?s youth-led tobacco prevention movement.All Jefferson County youth between the ages of 12-24 are invited. The summit includes speakers, a dance and a candlelight vigil. The event is free of charge, and buses are being provided to and from the summit from 20 ...
OTTUMWA ? Indian Hills Community College will once again be offering the popular G.E.M.S. ? Girls Exploring Math and Science ? camp this summer.Girls entering fourth through sixth grades in the fall are eligible to sign up for the free two-day camp that will be held June 20-21 at the Advanced Technology Center on Indian Hills? Ottumwa campus.The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, and lunch will be ...
Fairfield Public Library will be showing a free film June 14.The film is a 2012 American thriller that is an adaptation of Lee Child?s 2005 novel ?One Shot.? An ex-military investigator leaps off the pages of Child?s bestselling novel and onto the big screen in the explosive thriller. When an unspeakable crime is committed, all evidence points to the suspect in custody, but the fight for the truth brings the ...
OTTUMWA ? With the goal of sparking or strengthening an interest in a possible healthcare career in kids, Indian Hills Community College?s Health Occupations division will hold youth summer camps in June and July.?We live in a part of the state where it is difficult to recruit healthcare practitioners,? Lori Reeves of the college?s Rural Health Education Center, said. ?For this reason, it is important for us to ...
INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGEOTTUMWA ? Indian Hills Community College has released the names of the area students who completed their graduation requirements at the end of the 2013 Spring Term.This is a list of students who received an Associate of Arts (AA) degree, Associate of Science (AS) degree, Associate of Applied Science (AAS), degree, Diploma or Certificate at the end of the Spring Term.AGENCY: Ana M. ...
OTTUMWA ? Heartland Pregnancy Center, which has been serving Ottumwa and the surrounding communities for more than 20 years, is celebrating its anniversary with a 5K run and 1-mile walk June 22 at Jefferson County Park.The event is a fundraiser for the nonprofit organization which is dedicated to providing ?compassionate Christian care ... to families experiencing needs related to pregnancy.? It has had more ...
Eight high schoolers were confirmed May 19 at First United Methodist Church. From left are, front row: First United Methodist Church associate pastor Nate Nims,Katherine Mueller, Ntando Dube, Gavin Stever; back row: Drew Stever, Katie Bell, Nick Higgins and Loreena Hucke. Jolea Burkhart is not pictured.
Fairfield Middle School officials have announced the winners of the school?s Positive Behavior Supports System drawing for May.With the Positive Behavior Supports System, FMS students are rewarded for positive behavior by staff by being given a ticket for when they are ?caught? doing something good.Once a month, the school has a drawing and gives out prizes to reward students for their positive behavior. For ...
BIRMINGHAM ? The Birmingham Homecoming is set June 7-9 in City Park.The Birmingham Lions Club will kick off the annual festivities with a tenderloin supper at 5 p.m. June 7. The prince and princess contest and a cakewalk are planned that evening.June 8 will begin with a biscuits and gravy breakfast served by the Lions at 7 a.m. in the shelter house. A lunch will be served by Birmingham United Methodist Church ...
Habitat for Humanity has teamed up with Fairfield?s Hometown Rewards program to use the construction of a Habitat for Humanity home as a model in simple, affordable, energy efficient construction. On-site workshops for residents, contractors, students and landscape architects will highlight appropriate uses of technology and techniques that can be replicated in Iowa. Alliant Energy will film various parts of the ...
OTTUMWA ? Indian Hills Community College will hold an informational workshop 10:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday in Room B of the Community Education Center at the IHCC North Campus at the Ottumwa Airport to provide details on a new national program to train adults age 50 or older for new jobs in health care, education and social services.The ETC Plus 50 initiative will combine current programs and classes offered by the ...
Fairfield High School student Trent Taglauer joined other top students from across Iowa last month to explore scientific, agricultural and global career opportunities at the World Food Prize Iowa Youth Institute at Iowa State University.The day was filled with interactive workshops. Students, who had all researched and written a five-page paper on a global food security topic, presented their innovative solutions...
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