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The Revs. Arley and Peg Ellingson of Libertyville are leading a Volunteer In Mission team to southwest Iowa and invite interested people to work with them in Shenandoah July 8-13.Cost is $100, which includes meals and lodging while at Camp Shenandoah. Payment is due June 25. All travel and personal purchases are at the participant?s expense.Living accommodations are at Shenandoah Wesley Center in dormitory ...

Flashing red lights in the rearview mirror evoke groans, eye rolling and dread. They rarely surprise the driver.The officer saunters to the window and asks, ?Do you know why I pulled you over??The honest answer would be, ?Yes, but I do not want to admit it.?On the spiritual judgment day, when Jesus asks, ?Do you know why you are being judged,? every man will know the reason.Who will be innocent?No one.Who ...

Historic Mount Moriah M.E. Church, 1.5 miles north of Douds on 120th Street, will host an annual community worship service in conjunction with the annual Douds Field Day/Douds-Leando Alumni weekend. Everyone is welcome and invited.A social time with breakfast refreshments begins at 9 a.m., June 24, the worship service is at 10 a.m., the same day, both at the church.Leading the service will be the Rev. Phil ...

First Church of the Nazarene will show the movie ?Courageous? (Honor Begins at Home) beginning promptly at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at the church.The community is invited.?Folks need to come early and get a good seat,? said the Rev. Howard Innis, pastor of the church.Innis shares the movie?s description: ?Four men share one calling: To serve and protect.?As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, David ...

Fairfield Middle School officials have announced the names of students who earned recognition on the honor roll during the fourth quarter of the 2011-12 academic year. Fifth gradeStraight A ? Brittan Bowman, Jillian Dunlap, Alison Godwin, Laurel Hilger, Madison Kraemer, Samuel Mattson, Shane Morrissey, Devyn Redmann, Noah Stone, Bailey Travis, Thomas Twohill, Joel Varela, Yirmi Vega, Abigail Waldon, Joseph ...

Fairfield girls in kindergarten through eighth grade are invited to a Girl Scout birthday party Friday at Fairfield Friends Church.A night of games, crafts, pizza, cupcakes and movies is planned to celebrate 100 years of Girl Scouting. Girls do not have to be Girl Scouts to attend.Girls can be dropped off at 6:30 p.m. Those not staying overnight should be picked up at 10 p.m. Girls in kindergarten and first ...

DES MOINES ? The Iowa State Fair Fabric and Threads Department is seeking fabric donations and volunteers for the fourth annual State Fair Sew-In.The free program offers fairgoers a chance to try their hand at simple sewing and quilting while providing warm blankets to local children in need.Donations of two-yard cuts of fabric in juvenile prints and patterns are needed for quilt backings. Cash donations are ...

Renowned Filipino American artist, lecturer and cultural preservationist Fred DeAsis will present a mini workshop and demonstration of the Philippines? ancient writing system ?baybayin? at the Philippine Independence Day celebration event Saturday.The annual event is hosted by Filipino American Association of Fairfield Iowa, under the leadership of Gene and Vilma Kintanar Thorn. The workshop/demo includes a ...

STOCKPORTThe Stockport Development Group will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Ellen and Ray Snyder.Plans are being made to help out at the Firemen?s BBQ and have an open-air market.All members are urged to attend.???The Stockport Public Library will start its summer reading program ?Dream to Read? July 11 instead of the first Wednesday of the month, due to the July Fourth holiday. Children, ...

ROCKHURST UNIVERSITYKANSAS CITY, Mo. ? Jame Murphy of Lockridge earned a master of science in communication science and disorders from Rockhurst University May 12 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.???MARQUETTE UNIVERSITYMILWAUKEE, Wis. ? Jennifer Wagner, the daughter of former Fairfield residents David and Sephanie Wagner, graduated in May from Marquette University.Wagner earned a master of arts in ...

AUGUSTANA COLLEGEROCK ISLAND, Ill. ? Sixteen Augustana College students, including Katherine Dinkel from Fairfield, are currently in Cuenca, Ecuador, for 10 weeks and will return in mid-August.Dinkel, a senior, is majoring in biology and music general.Students will live with families while in Cuenca. The host families work with the students to teach them about the culture of Ecuador as well as to encourage the ...

Optimae Lifeservices and Jefferson County Health Center are teaming up to offer Project SEARCH in Fairfield.Project SEARCH is a successful program to prepare young adults, age 18-25, with intellectual and developmental disabilities to obtain competitive employment. Project SEARCH uses a combination of classroom instruction and workplace internships, which will take place at the health center beginning in ...