4/14/2021
Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center is the provider of blood and blood components to more than 90 hospitals in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin. In your area, MVRBC is the exclusive provider to Jefferson County Health Center.
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4/14/2021
Explore the great outdoors alongside your child! We will be doing a short introduction before heading out on a hike. This children’s nature program is geared for children who are 2-4 years old. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Toddler Time happens rain or shine, so be sure to dress for the weather!
Pre-registration is required.
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Pre-registration is required.
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4/14/2021 - 4/20/2021
Captured live from the London stage, the 'freshest, most fabulous, feel-good musical of the decade' (The Hollywood News) KINKY BOOTS dazzles!
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4/15/2021
Many United States residents mark Tax Day as the deadline to file their income tax details to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The date is usually on or around April 15. However, this deadline may be extended to accommodate holidays or extreme weather conditions.
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4/16/2021
Join Youth Services Librarian Alecs Mickunas every Friday at 3:00 PM for Story Time on the Square. Stories will be selected for preschool-age children through children in early literacy. This event is free and open to the general public. The activity's emphasis is on learning social skills, literacy, art and play! We ask that participants wear masks to protect our friends and neighbors. Hope to see you there!
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4/17/2021
The 2021 Legislative Forum series will be held on the 3rd Saturday of every month for January, February, March and April.
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4/17/2021
4/17/2021
Fairfield Public Library
Please join horticulturist Steve Taylor and botanist Laura McCormick for a two-part introduction to Wildflowers of Spring.
11 am Zoom Chat
1 pm Guided Wildflower Walk at Lamson Woods State Preserve (weather permitting)*
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4/17/2021
The Temp Associates office is open one Saturday per month from 8am-noon. We highly encourage any job seeker to stop by and see us during this time; specifically those who are unable to meet with us during our regular business hours. Currently not job seeking but know someone who is? Send them our way! While in the office, we will have you fill out an application as well as complete an interview. Did you know that one application is good for all 20+ clients we hire for? We hope to see you Saturday and don't forget to Dress for Success!
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4/18/2021
Pickle Creek Herbs
Join Jocelyn & Kyla for a live cook-along as they combine two of their favorite spring things: greens and the grill!
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Join Jocelyn & Kyla for a live cook-along as they combine two of their favorite spring things: greens and the grill!
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4/20/2021
Fairfield Public Library
The topic this month is Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration, presented by Dr. Aliasger Salem (Bighley Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Professor of Pharmaceutics; Co-Leader, Experimental Therapeutics Program, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center).
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The topic this month is Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration, presented by Dr. Aliasger Salem (Bighley Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Professor of Pharmaceutics; Co-Leader, Experimental Therapeutics Program, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center).
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4/20/2021
Enjoy stories, songs, finger plays and more with Youth Services Librarian Alecs Mickunas every Tuesday morning at 10:15 AM for Baby Story Time online with Zoom. Stories and activities will be selected for children age 4 and under but children of all ages are welcome to attend. Please log-on 5 minutes early to ensure sound and video are working properly.
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4/21/2021
Administrative Professionals Day® highlights the important role of administrative professionals in all sectors of the modern economy worldwide. It is on the Wednesday of Administrative Professionals Week®, which is on the last full week of April.
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4/21/2021
Live Streaming
Puccini's La Bohème, the passionate, timeless, and indelible story of love among young artists in Paris, can stake its claim as the world's most popular opera. In this live transmission from 2018, FrancoZeffirelli's classic production stars soprano Sonya Yoncheva as the fragile Mimì and tenor Michael Fabiano as the poet Rodolfo. Marco Armiliato conducts.
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4/22/2021
4/22/2021
Join us for Business After Hours on Thursday, April 22nd from 4:30pm - 6:30pm. This month for Business After Hours, Perfect View Window Cleaning will be doing a demonstration of their window cleaning services at 5:20pm at the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce office. This is primarily an outdoor event and masks are encouraged.
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4/22/2021
Join in removing invasive, non-native plant species from Jefferson County Park on Earth Day. Volunteers will learn about invasive species that threaten the Park before engaging in the hands-on work of removing these plants. The program will start at 6:00pm on Thursday, April 22nd. Please meet at the Chapel Studios pond parking lot on the north side of Jefferson County Park.
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4/23/2021
Join Youth Services Librarian Alecs Mickunas every Friday at 3:00 PM for Story Time on the Square. Stories will be selected for preschool-age children through children in early literacy. This event is free and open to the general public. The activity's emphasis is on learning social skills, literacy, art and play! We ask that participants wear masks to protect our friends and neighbors. Hope to see you there!
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4/23/2021
FPL Poetry Club
Celebrate Poetry Month together with our new club! This event is free and open to all ages.
Join us in-person at the library or online with Zoom. This month, in honor of William Shakespeare’s birthday, we will be discussing the sonnet -- the poetic form created by Shakespeare and known to us today by the collection of 154 sonnets first published in 1609. We will also read and discuss sonnets written by modern poets such as Edna St. Vincent Millay, Terrance Hayes, and others. You may pick up paper copies of the poems we will read on Friday at the library anytime this month. We also welcome any attendee to bring their own poems to read at our meeting! If interest is high, this will be a continuing monthly program.
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Celebrate Poetry Month together with our new club! This event is free and open to all ages.
Join us in-person at the library or online with Zoom. This month, in honor of William Shakespeare’s birthday, we will be discussing the sonnet -- the poetic form created by Shakespeare and known to us today by the collection of 154 sonnets first published in 1609. We will also read and discuss sonnets written by modern poets such as Edna St. Vincent Millay, Terrance Hayes, and others. You may pick up paper copies of the poems we will read on Friday at the library anytime this month. We also welcome any attendee to bring their own poems to read at our meeting! If interest is high, this will be a continuing monthly program.
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4/24/2021
4/27/2021
Enjoy stories, songs, finger plays and more with Youth Services Librarian Alecs Mickunas every Tuesday morning at 10:15 AM for Baby Story Time online with Zoom. Stories and activities will be selected for children age 4 and under but children of all ages are welcome to attend. Please log-on 5 minutes early to ensure sound and video are working properly.
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4/28/2021 - 5/4/2021
Secret Impressionists reveals the story of the art revolution sparked by the Impressionist movement of the late 1800s. The art-documentary unveils 50 previously unseen works by Impressionist masters Manet, Caillebotte, Renoir, Monet, Cézanne, Signac, Sisley, and Morisot.
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4/29/2021
Join Kelly McKay with Building Better Birders for a great morning of birding down in Van Buren County. There will be plenty of spring migrants to spy. Don’t forget your binoculars! Participants should meet at the Lake Sugema Wildlife Refuge Unit Headquarters located at 23213 Iowa Oak Grove Ave, Keosauqua.
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4/30/2021 - 5/2/2021
What Cheer Flea Market
Listed as one of the 11 don't miss flea markets of the midwest! Event dates in April, August and October 2021.
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Listed as one of the 11 don't miss flea markets of the midwest! Event dates in April, August and October 2021.
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4/30/2021
Join Youth Services Librarian Alecs Mickunas every Friday at 3:00 PM for Story Time on the Square. Stories will be selected for preschool-age children through children in early literacy. This event is free and open to the general public. The activity's emphasis is on learning social skills, literacy, art and play! We ask that participants wear masks to protect our friends and neighbors. Hope to see you there!
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4/30/2021 - 5/1/2021
ISU Extension and Outreach
The public is invited to 42 Fun Things to Do on the Great Iowa Road Trip, a special weekend event, to be held April 30 and May 1 in southern Iowa. A coordinated mapped route features a self-guided tour of 42 open doors and special activities in Marion and Mahaska counties, including the towns of New Sharon, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Pella and rural Leighton.
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The public is invited to 42 Fun Things to Do on the Great Iowa Road Trip, a special weekend event, to be held April 30 and May 1 in southern Iowa. A coordinated mapped route features a self-guided tour of 42 open doors and special activities in Marion and Mahaska counties, including the towns of New Sharon, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Pella and rural Leighton.
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5/1/2021
The Van Buren County Historic Preservation Commission has located 38 "forgotten" Van Buren County settlements and commemorated each with a plaque marker. Each plaque has historical facts on it about the Forgotten Village it marks.
Want to add some additional excitement to your Forgotten Village quest? There are now a series of 36 geocaches that coincide with the Forgotten Villages. The map and brochure are available at the Welcome Center and online.
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5/1/2021
Travel Iowa
Discover Iowa's Byways. Check In. Get Rewards.The Iowa Scenic Byway Passport is your ticket to discovering the beauty of Iowa’s miles of scenic byways. You’ll experience small town America, diverse landscapes, historic sites and unique restaurants, shops and attractions.
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Discover Iowa's Byways. Check In. Get Rewards.
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5/1/2021
World's Largest Popcorn Ball - 8 feet in diameter and 24 feet around!
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SAC CITY, IOWA, ISN’T KNOWN for much. But what it is known for - the world’s largest ball of popcorn - it is quite proud of. The ball draws in visitors from all over (and many who are directed to the city and its popcorn ball, which is stored in a shed, by billboards that run alongside the nearby highways), which helps nearby businesses with tourism dollars.
The ball of popcorn is believed to weigh around 9,370 pounds. It measured eight feet in diameter and has a circumference of just over 24 feet.
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5/5/2021
Cinco de Mayo is annually observed on May 5. It celebrates the defeat of the French army during the Battle of Puebla (Batalla de Puebla) in Mexico on May 5, 1862. It is not to be confused with Mexico's Independence Day.
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5/5/2021
Our 1st Annual Bike Rodeo will be held at Pence Elementary on May 5th and 12th during the afterschool program. This event is tailored for children in 2nd-4th grades to teach them the proper way to ride a bicycle safely. They will learn the necessary skills and precautions for their age range to help them be better riders.
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5/6/2021 - 5/8/2021
After cancellation of the festival in 2020 due to COVID, we are excited to invite guests back to Pella on May 6, 7 & 8, 2021 for the 86th annual Tulip Time Festival! Things will look a little different this year in order to keep our guests as safe as possible. This includes spacing out our food stands and vendors, providing enhanced sanitation stations, and encouraging social distancing. While you won't be able to see all of our floats in a parade this year, we are excited to bring new attractions, classic floats on display, and pop-up happenings throughout the three days of the festival.
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5/8/2021
Voltaire Twombly, the first Iowan to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, established a mercantile on the first floor of this unique limestone building in 1875. The building now houses exhibits featuring local treasures owned by the Van Buren County Historical Society. Make reservations to visit.
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5/8/2021
Fairfield High School Prom will be held at the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center on May 8th.
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5/9/2021
Mother's Day in the United States is annually held on the second Sunday of May. It celebrates motherhood and it is a time to appreciate mothers and mother figures. Many people give gifts, cards, flowers, candy, a meal in a restaurant or other treats to their mother and mother figures, including grandmothers, great-grandmothers, stepmothers, and foster mothers.
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5/12/2021
Explore the great outdoors alongside your child! We will be doing a short introduction before heading out on a hike. This children’s nature program is geared for children who are 2-4 years old. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Toddler Time happens rain or shine, so be sure to dress for the weather!
Pre-registration is required.
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Pre-registration is required.
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5/12/2021
Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center is the provider of blood and blood components to more than 90 hospitals in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin. In your area, MVRBC is the exclusive provider to Jefferson County Health Center.
We have implemented our Emergency Plan here at the Blood Center to protect donors and our staff. This includes:
• Placing only one screening station on a table (observing social distancing)...
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We have implemented our Emergency Plan here at the Blood Center to protect donors and our staff. This includes:
• Placing only one screening station on a table (observing social distancing)...
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5/12/2021 - 5/18/2021
Captured live from the London stage and directed by the original author of the show, Mark Bramble, 42NDSTREET is one of Broadway's most classic and beloved tales. Full of crowd-pleasing tap dances, popular musical theatre standards including "Lullaby of Broadway", "We're in the Money", "42nd Street" and more, plus show-stopping ensemble production numbers. Not to be missed!
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5/12/2021
Our 1st Annual Bike Rodeo will be held at Pence Elementary on May 5th and 12th during the afterschool program. This event is tailored for children in 2nd-4th grades to teach them the proper way to ride a bicycle safely. They will learn the necessary skills and precautions for their age range to help them be better riders.
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