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The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department will be offering youth beginner and advanced beginner swimming lessons starting Monday at the Roosevelt Aquatic Center.Beginner lessons, for ages 4 years and older, will be from 4-4:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, May 23 and May 25. Advanced beginner lessons, for ages 5 and older, will run from 4:30-5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, May 23 and May 25.Participants in the ...

LADIES AUXILIARY TO DIMMITT-VORHIES POST 2271Nine members of the Ladies Auxiliary to Dimmitt-Vorhies Post 2271 met Monday at the Post Home.A thank-you note from the Girl Scouts was read, and a thank-you from Patrick Perkins, who appreciated cheese curds mailed to him during his deployment, also was reported.Installation was held with Irene Stagers serving as the installing officer. Deb Rowe, auxiliary ...

Fairfield High School will present a spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Fairfield High School Auditorium.The concert will feature music prepared by the bands and choirs for competition at the Iowa State Large Group Contest held today.The concert will begin with the Ninth-Grade Concert Band, directed by Aaron Adam, performing four pieces. ?Military Escort? is a march written by Harold Bennett. ...

DOUDS ? School food service staff and teaching faculty are invited to Douds Elementary School Monday afternoon to meet with Farm to School maven Sue DeBlieck, area farms and Jefferson County Horticultural Specialist Kim Keller.The event is one of many Farm to School initiatives that are reshaping the way school lunches look and taste, as well as the health of kindergarten thorugh 12th-grade students. The event ...

DES MOINES ?Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey reminds eligible farm owners that June 1is the deadline to apply for the 2011 Century and Heritage Farm Program. The program recognizes families that have owned their farm for 100 years in case of Century Farms and 150 years for Heritage Farms.Farm families interested in participating in the Century or Heritage Farms Program must have their applications ...

Horses, including a foal, stand outside a barn Wednesday to enjoy the weather before the rain forcast for today, Friday night, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Nellie Davisson of Des Moines, formerly of Fairfield, will celebrate her 98th birthday May 12 with a card shower.Cards may be sent to Mrs. Davisson at Wesley Acres Health Center No. 136, 3520 Grand Ave., Des Moines 50312.

While attending Camp Courageous in Monticello last week, Washington Elementary School student RJ Hawkins and fellow Fairfield students were on hand as Lifeguard Air Ambulance from St. Luke?s Hospital in Cedar Rapids landed at the camp. RJ, a helicopter enthusiast, got to sit in the pilot?s seat alongside his teacher, Jen Christensen, with the help of pilot Skip Barthle. All the students got to see the helicopter ...

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The Fairfield Arts and Convention Center announces the cancellation of comedian David Koechner?s performance May 15 at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts.According to Koechner?s agent, he has gone into filming for an upcoming major motion picture and is unable to fulfill his touring obligation. Koechner was scheduled to appear in Dubuque, Fairfield and Cedar Rapids and is cancelling all three ...

Agapeland Preschool and Childcare Center has announced openings in summer club programs for school-age children ? Club 56 and Seven Up Club.Club 56 is a program for children who are 5 or 6 years old, and Seven Up Club is a program for children ages 7 and older.The summer program is during the regular hours of child care from 6 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Both clubs offer a day full of crafts, outside ...

Fairfield Elks representative Kevin Curran, far right, recognizes the recipients of the Elks? ?Most Improved Grade Point Average? award during the Brookhart Relays on Monday. Recipients are, from left, Daniel Schwarz, Natosha McClellan, Ramon Gonzalez, Shelby Mauck and Michael Smithburg. Each student will receive a certificate of achievement and a $50 U.S. Savings Bond from Elks. They also will receive gift ...