VFW Auxiliary 2271 Secretary May Watson presents a Prisoner of War-Missing in Action flag to Batavia Mayor Randy Major. The flag was in honor of all veterans, and as a Vietnam veteran, Major was proud to accept it.
MERCY COLLEGEDES MOINES ? Callie Millard of Agency has been named to the president?s list for the summer 2013 semester at Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines.To qualify for the president?s list, students must attain a grade point average of 3.75 or higher, in their most recent semester, for a minimum of six credit hours.
A TEDxFairfield event is set from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Café Paradiso.TEDxFairfield Women 2013 will continue TED?s multi-year conversation about women?s work and lives, present and future. A powerful conversation was started at TEDWomen in 2010 and continued through the next two years as TEDxWomen in New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. The spark: How are women and girls reshaping the future? From ...
Advances in technology have never made finding deals this holiday season so easy ? or so creepy.Marketers and mobile app developers have developed creative new ways to help shoppers find what they want for less.But these inventive techniques also allow for more aggressive tracking of consumer behavior, whether buyers are on their work computer, a mobile device or standing in the grocery aisle.It also now ...
Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week.Monday ? breakfast at all schools: assorted cereals, cereal bars and Nutri-Grain Bars, orange juice, milk. Lunch: pig-in-a-blanket, baked beans, peas, fresh apple, milk; and in addition for high school students: fruit choice and tomatoes.Tuesday ? breakfast at the middle and high schools: assorted cereals, scrambled ...
Eight seventh-grade Cadettes and one Daisy of Girl Scout Troop 9297 recently designed their own Thanksgiving service project: Thanksgiving Dinner for the Animals at Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation.The girls spent several hours designing pet faces for advertising and then set up two separate collection booths during the past weekend to accept donations. Additionally, the girls realized goals are seldom accomplished ...
The three churches in the Douds community will have a special Christmas service at 6 p.m. Dec. 8 at Zion Bible Church.Young people will sing, teens will provide special music and adults also will participate.The service lasts about 45 minutes to an hour, and afterward, refreshments are served.The United Methodist Church, Bethel Worship Center and Zion Bible Church, all in Douds, extend an invitation to all.
The second annual Jefferson County clothing drive and distribution, Caring Through Clothing, will be Friday and Saturday at First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.The event will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. Those attending should enter through the east door of the church.People in need of clothing, winter apparel, foot wear and blankets will be able to ?shop? for these items at no ...
Living Hope Bible Church will be hosting the Women of FaithChristmas 2013 simulcast ?An Evening of Hope and Joy? 7-9:30 p.m. Dec. 6.?An Evening of Hope and Joy? is a family event.Speakers for the simulcast will be Max Lucado, Sheila Walsh, Lisa Harper and Rick Warren, and the musical guest will be Francesca Battistelli.The event is free, and a nursery will be provided at the church.For information, call ...
The Rev. Frank Colladay Jr. stood at the end of the gate waiting.On the arriving plane was a passenger whose husband had just died of a heart attack on another flight. Her name was Linda Gilbert. The two had never met before.Colladay?s parish happens to be the world?s busiest airport. His flock consists of people passing through who might need comfort, spiritual advice, or someone to pray with.On this day, a ...
Leo ?Bud? Adamson of Fairfield will celebrate his 95th birthday Dec. 4.Mr. Adamson was born Dec. 4, 1918.He has three children: Kenny Adamson and wife Marilyn of Coralville; Gary Adamson and wife Shelia of Ottumwa; and Judy McNiel and husband Alan of Batavia. He also has six grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.A card shower is being planned to help Mr. Adamson celebrate his ...
George and Vicki Northup of Ollie observed their 45th wedding anniversary Oct. 26 and will celebrate with a trip to Cancun, Mexico, in December.George Henry Northup and Vicki Lynn Lynch were married Oct. 26, 1968, in the Ollie Baptist Church.The Northups have three children: Brenda and Scott Wells of Ollie, Lil George and Steph Northup of Charleston, S.C., and A.J. and Laura Northup of Denver, Colo. They also ...
Cequent Consumer Products employees collected nonperishable food and paper products during the week of Nov. 18. The Fairfield CCP delivered five boxes of goods to The Lord?s Cupboard Friday. From left are: Carol Silvia, Barb Koch, Amanda Ingwersen, Joanna Beebe, Katie Balster, Pam Fisher, Angie Parcell and Kathy Bloom.
JEFFERSON COUNTY RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNELJefferson County Retired School Personnel will meet at 12:15 p.m. Dec. 4 at SunnyBrook Living Care Center in the west meeting room.Hostesses will be Norine Septer, chairwoman, Judy Hunter and Mary Margaret Horras.The program will be presented by the Fairfield High School choral group.
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