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Fairfield Middle School is in its second year of implementing Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports.The middle school students are encouraged to always display Trojan PRIDE: Prepared; Respectful; Integrity; Dependable; Environmentally Aware/Safe.The middle school teachers were asked to identify students ?Who consistently display Trojan PRIDE in their daily lives.? The teams came up with the following ...

Many of the great men of history had great fathers.John Adams and George Bush both raised presidents.Henry DeMille raised his son to believe in God. Cecil .B. DeMille later produced the movie ?The Ten Commandments.?Alexander Stewart served in World War I. Jimmy Stewart, his son, later played a conscientious soldier in Sergeant York.Jesus fought as well.He fought to remind people that God is interested in ...

The First Presbyterian Church in Fairfield recently awarded its scholarships for 2012. Awards are given both to graduating high school seniors and to those continuing their educational careers.Shannon Cochran, graduating from Fairfield High School Sunday, received a Presbyterian Scholarship. She will study opera and musical performance at Northern Arizona University.Continuing students Maryn Fulton, at Upper ...

The Fairfield Public Library is hosting its Summer Signup Event from 1-4:30 p.m. Saturday.The signup event is a one-stop information and registration for summer activities planned by area organizations.Booths will be set up by Fairfield Art Association, Fairfield Park and Recreation Department, Girl Scouts, Jefferson County Nature Center, Iowa University Extension, 4-H, Jefferson County Fair Open Class Departmen...

Deer, rabbits, raccoons, rodents, birds and insects. Not many of us automatically include insects when we think of wildlife, but they certainly don?t knock on your door and ask if they may chow down on your tomatoes, do they? Crop rotation, companion planting, interplanting, biodiversity, attracting beneficials, hand picking, barriers and spraying are all natural ways of repelling insects that invade your ...

Ralph and Patricia Lane of Greenfield and formerly of Fairfield will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary June 7 and gather for a family meal June 9.Ralph Lane, who grew up on a farm north of Greenfield, and Patricia Ossian, who was reared in Creston, were married June 7, 1952. During their ?children?s growing-up years,? the couple resided in mostly Fairfield and Muscatine.They are the parents of Gary Lane ...

Fairfield High School will be offering summer school courses for credit recovery beginning Monday.The summer school courses continue through June 29. Classes are 8 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday in the FHS library.The cost is $65.Students, and parents who are interested in sending their children to the summer school courses are asked to call the high school office at 472-2059.

William ?Bill? Pech of Des Moines, a 1984 Fairfield High School graduate, will have his 46th birthday May 31.Pech is in the last stage of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or A.L.S., known as Lou Gehrig?s disease.Cards may be sent to Pech at Fleur Heights Center, 4911 S.W. 19th St., Des Moines 50315.

Carl and Florence Graber of rural Lockridge will observe their 60th wedding anniversary May 31.A family celebration to honor the couple will be held prior to their special day. Friends and relatives are invited to participate in a card shower and are asked to send cards to 3044 220th St., Lockridge 52635.Carl Graber and Florence Stewart were married May 31, 1952, at the Baptist church in Lockridge, with the ...

The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is planning a Tiny Tots ?Discovery Kids? day camp for children 3-5 years old at the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center.Four different sessions are planned. Each session is a two-week program, from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Thursday, and each has a diferent theme. Participants will make crafts, sing songs and play games.Session 1, ?Lets Go to the Beach,? will ...

The Golden Strings Orchestra, violin and viola students of Liz Kwant, performed their spring show Friday at Maharishi School and Sunday at SunnyBrook Living Care Center.Kwant said the show will be broadcast on FPAC-9.

The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is planning trampoline and gymnastic programs at the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center in June and July.Several different sessions, with different times for different age levels, are planned.Registration is under way. Class sizes are limited. For information or to register, call 472-6159 or visit the website www.fairfieldparksandrec.com.