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The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center mobile unit drew 78 pints of blood May 8 at Fairfield High School and 38 units May 14 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building.With the success of these drives, the blood center announces other area drives.The mobile unit will be at the Keosauqua Senior Center from 3-7 p.m. Wednesday. Donors must have donated last on or before April 3.The unit will ...

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 ? No meals.Tuesday ? Spaghetti and meat sauce, broccoli and cauliflower, spinach salad, vinegar and oil dressing, and peach banana gelatin.Wednesday ? Chicken salad sandwich with lettuce and a tomato slice, potato salad, broccoli, fresh fruit, and an ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week.Monday ? no school.Tuesday ? breakfast at the middle school and high school: assorted cereals, plain bagel with jelly, orange juice and milk; breakfast at the elementary schools: assorted cereals, wheat toast and butter with jelly or cereal with Nutri-Grain Bar, orange juice and milk. Lunch: Mandarin orange chicken, ...

The First Presbyterian Church in Fairfield recently awarded its scholarships for 2013 to graduating high school seniors and to those from the church family who are continuing their educational careers.Sidney Baumann, daughter of Pam and Greg Baumann, who will be graduating from Fairfield High School in June, received a Presbyterian Scholarship. She will pursue pre-pharmacy at Marquette University.Claire ...

The Jefferson County Relay for Life organizers and team members are making final plans for the 2013 relay set from noon to midnight May 4 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.?Plan to come and join us in the fight against cancer,? said organizer Kortney Heald. ?There will be activities for all ages throughout the day, with an emphasis on ceremonies, entertainment and activities from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., finished ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin Middle School officials have annunced the names of students who earned recognition on the third quarter honor roll during the 2012-13 academic year.Students in eighth grade who earned straight A?s were: Aspen Clark, Shea Dahlstrom, Jared Horras, Nathan Kielkopf, Kaylee Linder, Chelsea Lanphier, Ryan Millikin, Trever Northup, Drew Powers, Gabriele Rutherford, Hazel Ward and Willoh Mills.Seventh ...

The first Cancer Cruise Night to raise money for the American Cancer Society through the Jefferson County Relay for Life will be held Saturday beginning at 5 p.m.The group will meet at the Jefferson County Health Center front parking lot for the ?Cruise for a Cause,? a ride to Burlington featuring classic cars, as well as common, driven-daily cars and motorcycles.Each vehicle will donate $20.The group will ...

A card shower is planned for Eloise Norton of Fairfield, who will celebrate her 99th birthday Wednesday.Mrs. Norton was born April 24, 1913.She is the mother of Kenneth Norton of Fairfield and Connie Clark-Lauderback of Oskaloosa. She also has two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.Birthday greetings can be sent to Mrs. Norton at 2902 W. Adams Ave., Unit B, Fairfield 52556.