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Naturalist Therese Cummiskey will be hosting two sessions of meteor watching Sunday night and Monday morning at Jefferson County Park.?You?ll have to stay up late or get up early to enjoy the Perseid Meteor showers,? said Cummiskey. ?But with several dozen meteors an hour streaking across the sky, it will be worth it.?The sessions are planned for 11:30 p.m. Sunday and 4:30 a.m. Monday.Cummiskey explained the ...

Composer and singer/songwriter Jane Roman Pitt and Iowa landscape photographer Ken West, both of Fairfield, officially presented the music video ?Iowa Gold? to Gov. Terry Branstad Wednesday afternoon in the State Capitol Building in Des Moines.Earlier Wednesday, Pitt and West were interviewed by Charity Nebbe on Iowa Public Radio?s Talk of Iowa. The interview can be heard at ~A tribute to the richness of Iowa?s ...

GOLDEN SPEAKERS TOASTMASTERS CLUBGolden Speakers Toastmasters Club in Fairfield recently recognized award winners and inducted new members.Four applicants were inducted: Lynette Vivacqua, Rick Starr, Rhea Saint and Katherine Kendz.Applicants affirmed their commitment to the Toastmasters? club promise. Club members, in turn, affirmed their willingness to support the new members in learning speaking technique ...

Local resident Arlene Roberts will be celebrating her 89th birthday Tuesday.A card shower is being held for Mrs. Roberts. Cards can be sent to her at 504 W. Jefferson Ave., Fairfield 52556.

WASHINGTON ? Senator Chuck Grassley met with three Iowa high school students while they visited the nation?s capital for the National Youth Leaders Conference in July.Nathaniel Zhu of Fairfield, Thomas Barker of Iowa City and Nick Ellis of Humboldt were nominated to attend the conference by educators and mentors for their demonstrated maturity and leadership skills. During their time in Washington, D.C., they ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Lions Club will have a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Birmingham Lions Building.The August committee is Hugh Shaw and Stanley Knipfer.???The Over 50 and Fabulous Red Hat Ladies will meet for an 11:30 a.m. lunch Tuesday at Village Café in Stockport.The hostesses are Letitia Weber and Donna Corry.???The Presbyterian Ladies will meet for a potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 14 ...

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAPHILADELPHIA, Pa. ? Lindsey Higgins, daughter of Rob and Michelle Higgins of Fairfield, has been named to the dean?s list at the University of Pennsylvania for the 2012-13 academic year.The annual award recognizes students who achieve a combined grade point average of 3.7 and higher for the fall and spring semesters.???

TUESDAYRoosevelt Aquatic Center, closed for annual maintenance. Re-opens Monday.Roosevelt Community Recreation Center, closed for annual maintenance. Re-opens Monday.Eagles Auxiliary, Fairfield Eagles Club, 7 p.m.Fairfield Girls? Sports Physicals, Fairfield Clinic and Medical Arts Clinic, 5:30-7:30 p.m.Pekin Community School District, school registration and fee payment, noon-8 p.m.Cardinal Community School ...

The Fairfield Kiwanis Club has announced the theme for the annual Kiwanis Kids? Day Sept. 21 is ?Kid?s Dream.?The day will feature a parade and a pancake breakfast.The pancake, sausage and beverage breakfast will be served from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. under the big tent on the east side of the Fairfield square.Tickets for the breakfast will be sold in advance by Kiwanis Club members and at the door. Advance tickets ...

CRILEThe 96th Crile reunion met July 28 at the Brighton Community Center in Brighton.A cooperative meal was served at 12:30 p.m., with 28 attending.After dinner, an informal meeting was held and introductions were made by each family and some stories of past reunions were shared. Alisha Herd has complied a brief history of the family of John Philip Crile and Gottliebie Kull and copies are available.The 97th ...

A former Fairfield resident, Steve Cecil and family of Madison, Wis., are gearing up to be missionaries to Russia for the next five years.Steve and his wife Kim, and three children, Kaela, 12, Connor, 8, and Caeden 5, will leave the U.S. Aug. 26, and move to Sochi, Russia, where the national leader of Europe Area Missions lives.The Cecils said this call to serve has been 18 years in the making.In 1994, after ...

First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is collecting new back-to-school supplies throughout August for distribution at Jefferson County Resource Center through Southern Iowa Economic Development Association Community Action.Suggested items include: new backpacks, Prang or Crayola paints, colored pencils, markers, wide-lined spiral notebooks, wide-lined notebook paper, crayons, No. 2 lead pencils, black or ...