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Maharishi University of Management president Bevan Morris will speak and show slides of his 100-day tour of 14 African nations and five Mediterranean nations at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Dalby Hall.Morris met with two presidents, a prime minister, two former presidents, 16 ministers and deputy ministers and other government leaders and educators and found receptivity to Consciousness-Based education and other Maharishi...

The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department will have a Little Tumblers session for children 18 months to 4 years old and their parent or caregiver beginning Thursday at the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center.The class, taught by Amy Miller, is designed to help toddlers and early preschoolers begin to develop skills in balance, coordination and socialization. Parents or caregivers accompany their child on ...

MATSONWEST POINT, N.Y. ? Cadet Zachary Matson, son of Colleen and Charlie Matson of Fairfield, graduated with distinction from the U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School at West Point, N.Y.The Class of 2012 was the first to graduate from the completed re-location of the prep school campus from Fort Monmouth, N.J.Matson graduated from Fairfield High School in 2008. While at USMAPS, he was made executive ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Library board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the library. Officers will be elected.­­­???The Rebekah Circle of the Methodist church will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the church. The hostess is Judith Hardin. They will be finishing plans for the Birmingham Homecoming lunch they will be serving June 16 in the city park shelter.­­???The Birmingham Homecoming Committee will meet at 7 p.m. ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNELThe Jefferson County Retired School Personnel met May 23 for their monthly luncheon.Eighteen members and two guests, Tom and Opal Handlen, District 6 coordinators from Davenport, attended.The Handlens gave a report from the organization.Following the luncheon, a tour of Creative Edge Master Shop was led by Fairfield High School graduate Marty Thomas.President Lois ...

A rally for religious freedom is planned from noon to 1 p.m. June 8 at the bandstand in Fairfield Central Park on the square.Similar rallies will take place simultaneously in Des Moines, Davenport and nation-wide as concerned Americans gather in response to the Health and Human Services mandate.The rallies, ?Stand Up For Religious Freedom? are a grassroots movement of citizens taking a stand to raise awareness ...

Faith Christian Outreach Church announces its annual Southeast Iowa Faith Conference held at 7 p.m. each evening June 10-13.It is free of charge. This year?s theme is ?Learning, Growing, Living.?Childcare will be available for children up to 3 years of age at all services. Children preschool through fifth grade, may enjoy the ministry of John Tasch. He has more than 35 years of experience in ministry to ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin High School officials have announced the names of students who earned recognition on the honor roll for the second semester of the 2011-12 academic year. Straight A?sSeniors: Nathanael Buch, Dakota Bunnell, Todd ?Tater? Clubb, Angela Daugherty, Tori Davis, Kayla Emery, Shayna Erue, Niccole Giberson, Paige Jensen, Brandy Millikin, Rachel Shaw and Anna Wilcox.Juniors: Emily Adam, Eli Harper, ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin Middle School officials have announced the names of students who earned recognition on the honor roll for the second semester of the 2011-12 school year. Straight A?sEighth grade: Nikole Arendt, Elizabeth Atwood, Emily Bemis, Courtney Comstock, Payton Lock, Taylor Lock, Shae Oostra, Sloan Reighard, Joel Swanson, Ryan Swanson, Tessa Winn and Gwynne Wright.Seventh grade: Aspen Clark, Zack ...

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 ...