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Fairfield Middle School officials have released the list of students named to the honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2010-2011 school year.Students named to the straight-A honor roll include:Eighth-graders: Sidney Adam, Trevje Karugo, Clara Kelley, Ashley Nelson, Madison Roberts and Karley Williams.Seventh-graders: Abigail Adam, Nathan Davidson, Hannah Dettmann, Shelby Holcomb, Loreena Hucke, Shea ...

FSA reminds producers to file annual report of acreage by June 30The Iowa Farm Service Agency reminds producers to submit their annual acreage report to their local FSA county office by June 30 to meet FSA program eligibility requirements.?Producers must file their reports accurately and timely for all crops and land uses, including prevented and failed acreage, to ensure they receive the maximum FSA ...

Practical Farmers of Iowa has 33 on-farm research and demonstration projects under way for 2011. Sixty-seven farmers, including Fransis Thicke of Fairfield, helped devise and then volunteered to participate in the projects to uncover answers to questions that will help to improve their profitability and land stewardship. Cover crop plus no-till organic soybeans versus tilled organic soybeans, GMO versus ...

Rob Wonderlich, a dairy farmer from Ollie, was among more than 65 Dairy Farmers of America Inc. Board members and Young Cooperators who visited Capitol Hill recently to discuss issues affecting the dairy industry.DFA members and staff convened in Washington, D.C., for the cooperative?s annual D.C. Board Meeting and Hill Visits, where they conducted more than 175 visits with legislators.Wonderlich met with ...

Lucas James, Fairfield High School Class of 2009 graduate, has completed his seven-month training in Great Lakes, Chicago and in the Dam Neck Base at Virginia Beach.He graduated first in his class and will now serve in the United States Navy Reserves for the next six years while continuing his education in Iowa.James is the son of Diane and Lewis Denbaum of Fairfield.

The Greater Jefferson County Foundation Board of Directors hosted its inaugural scholarship picnic Thursday at Jefferson County Park.A total of 75 scholarship award winners, parents and board members enjoyed an evening of information and food prepared by board members Ken Malloy and Tony Webb.The inaugural event was held to show appreciation for the scholarship winners and their parents, and provide them a ...

With a little help from his friends, Fairfield?s own singer-songwriter Theo Shier returns to the stage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts.The concert will celebrate the release of his highly anticipated debut album ?Love the War of Love? before he begins a nationwide tour. Due out later this summer, the record is an eclectic mix of reflective acoustic realizations and ...

Even in the pouring rain last week, Maharishi School student Joel Eckhardt and his mom Suzanne walked to school along with many other students. Maharishi School students are participating in the ?Raise Cash, Skip the Gas? fundraiser. They earn $3.75 for the school?s sustainability programs every day they walk or bike to school. An average of 75 students have walked or biked to school on sunny days.

No golden ticket is needed to catch Fairfield Area Community Theatre?s ?Willy Wonka? when it comes to the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts in June.Roald Dahl?s timeless story of the world famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of ?Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,? which features the songs from the classic family film ?Willy Wonka and the Chocolate ...

World War II veteran Tom Bradley of Fairfield, pictured, visits the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial in Washington, D.C., which commemorates all the Marines who have died in battle since 1775, during an honors tour in April. On top of the monument?s base is a 78-foot-tall bronze statue based on the famous photograph of the U.S. flag being raised on Mount Suribachi during the World War II battle for Iwo Jima.The ...

Monday ? no school.Tuesday ? cook?s choice.Wednesday ? cook?s choice.

Frosty and Cherry Hermanstorfer of Mount Pleasant announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Shelly Lynn Smithburg, to Stuart James Jury, son of Jim and Ann Jury, Deborah Jury and Kevin Denly of Farmington.The bride-elect is a graduate of Fairfield High School, Iowa Wesleyan College and Buena Vista University, earning degrees in elementary education and accounting.The groom-elect is a ...