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JEFFERSON COUNTY RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNELMedicare fraud was the topic when the Jefferson County Unit of the Iowa Retired School Personnel met Wednesday at SunnyBrook for a luncheon meeting.Lisa Bachman and Tom Kelley from Milestones Area Agency on Aging were the speakers. Bachman is an employee of Milestones, and Kelley is a volunteer for the organization.Two points were emphasized: People should never give ...

The Broadway Players of FHS are inviteding retired citizens of Fairfield to the free dress review of their fall play at 7 p.m. Monday in the Fairfield High School Auditorium.?What If ...? is comprised of three short plays and a mini musical: ?Death of a Snowman?; ?12 Angry Pigs?; ?Gone Missing;? and ?Much Ado About Nothing.?Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 and 29 and 2 p.m. Oct. 30 at the auditorium. ...

PLEASANT PLAIN ? Pleasant Plain Friends Church will celebrate 175 years of ministry and mission Oct. 29.The theme will be ?Bloom where you are planted.?The church?s first preparative meeting was held Feb. 3, 1841, as a new planting by a delegation from Salem Monthly Meeting. Pleasant Plain is the second oldest Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) west of the Mississippi River, with Salem being the oldest.Early ...

OTTUMWA ? Heartland Pregnancy Center of Ottumwa?s annual fund raising banquet, ?Stories from the Heart,? will be 6:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at Indian Hills Community College?s art and sciences building.Tickets are $20. Table reservations are for groups of four. Reserved tickets and seating are available until Oct. 28.Other tickets are first-come, first-served the evening of Nov. 4.For information, call 641-683-3030.

Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation is hosting a low-cost microchip and vaccination clinic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation.No appointment is necessary.The clinic is open to the public. All dogs brought to the clinic should be on leashes, and cats should be brought in carriers.Micro-chipping will be available for $25, which includes free registration of the chip.Rabies vaccinations,...

AMES ? Iowa cattle producers have a chance to support the Iowa Cattlemen?s Association through the Merck Animal Health ?Cartridges for Cash? program, formerly known as ?Wheels for Bucks.?The program now includes Revalor-XS (trenbolone acetate and estradiol), in addition to Ralgro (zeranol). The Iowa Cattlemen?s Foundation will receive $1 for every Revalor-XS cartridge and 50 cents for every Ralgro cartridge ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its lunch menu for this week.Elementary schools:Monday ? breakfast: chocolate chip breakfast bar, milk, juice, fruit. Lunch: cheeseburger on a bun, baked beans, cauliflower with dip; applesauce, milk.Tuesday ? breakfast: build-your-own yogurt parfait, milk, juice, fruit. Lunch: chicken alfredo, garlic bread, steamed broccoli, celery sticks, peaches, milk.Wednesday...

A group of area churches is having its eighth food packing session Sunday afternoon at Word of Life Lutheran Church.The church volunteers will now be packing food for Take Away Hunger instead of Kids Against Hunger.The first shift will start packing at 1 p.m., with the second shift starting at 2:30 p.m.; although volunteers are welcome to work for as short or as long as they would like. The packing event should ...