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Congregate Meals: June 10-14, 2013

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:27 pm2688d ago

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 ? ground beef gravy, mashed potatoes, lima beans, Surprise Salad, cookie.Tuesday ? baked chicken, macaroni salad, carrots, fruit cocktail, apple cinnamon bar.Wednesday ? ...

Pekin High School lists honor roll

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:27 pm2688d ago

PACKWOOD ? Pekin High School officials have announced the names of students who earned recognition on the honor roll during the second semester of the 2012-13 academic year.Seniors (Straight A?s): Emily Adam, Maleaha Earnest, Victoria Eckley, Eli Harper, Seth Jensen, Amy Nordyke, Logan Scholtus, Krystal Sullivan, Graham Wittrock and Rachel Wonderlich.Juniors (Straight A?s): Eric Adam, Jared Bond, Petie Clubb, ...

Jefferson County youth invited to tobacco education, prevention summit

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:27 pm2688d ago

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 ...

Indian Hills offering free math, science camp for girls

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:27 pm2688d ago

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 ...

Library to show free film

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:27 pm2688d ago

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 ...

Indian Hills hosting summer health camps for youth

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:27 pm2688d ago

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 ...

IHCC, IWCC, SCC, Augustana College

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:27 pm2688d ago

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. ...

Heartland Pregnancy Center plans run, walk for anniversary

N/A Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:27 pm2688d ago

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 ...

Confirmation

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:27 pm2688d ago

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.

Students recognized for behavior

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:27 pm2688d ago

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 ...

Fun, food planned for Birmingham Homecoming

ARLENE LYON, Ledger correspondent

Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:27 pm2688d ago

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, Hometown Rewards team up

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Community Sep. 30, 2018 10:27 pm2688d ago

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 ...