Fairfield News

CEDAR FALLS ? The 90th annual Cedar Falls Bible Conference, a week of Bible study and preaching led by six of today?s finest Christian speakers, will be held July 30-Aug. 7 at the Riverview Conference Center in Cedar Falls.The conference will begin at 7:30 p.m. July 30 with a concert by Tim Zimmerman and the King?s Brass.D. Stuart Briscoe of Telling the Truth Ministries in Brookfield, Wisc., will be the ...

Daylily Gardens, located at 2257 Marigold Blvd., is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day through July 25.Hundreds of daylilies, some Stout Award winners, will be on display. Popular perennials include ?Big Bird,? a huge yellow daylilly; ?Vanilla Fluff,? a rare scented double daylily; and ?K-2,? a neon orange flower.?Simply park, walk and enjoy hundreds of stunning species,? said garden owner ...

It?s that time of year again to dust off the trumpet, clarinet or drum sticks ? summer band camp for Fairfield Middle School students will be Monday through July 29.Rehearsals for incoming sixth-grade students will be 8-9:15 a.m. each weekday. Rehearsals for incoming seventh- and eighth-grade band students will be from 9:45-11 a.m. each weekday.Incoming sixth-grade students should bring their red lesson ...

Laugh for the Lord?s Cupboard by bringing food donations to comedy night at 8 p.m. July 29 at the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center.Tim Sullivan, one of the country?s most traveled stand-up comedians, will headline the evening. Sullivan began his comedy career at 19 years old performing in bars and clubs throughout the Midwest. Sullivan eventually moved to the Pacific Northwest where he learned from veteran ...

FAIRFIELDCo-Ed II ? 472-3707Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (PG-13), 7, 9:30 p.m. Fri.; 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30 p.m. Sat.-Sun.; 7, 9:30 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.Transformers: Dark of the Moon (PG-13), 7, 9:45 p.m. Fri.; 2:30, 7, 9:45 p.m. Sat.-Sun.; 7, 9:45 p.m. Mon.-Thurs. MOUNT PLEASANTTemple Twin ? (319) 385-3726Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (PG-13), 7, 9:35 p.m. Fri.; 2, 7, ...

The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is offering gymnastics classes for children 3-14 years old starting Monday at the Roosevelt Recreation Center.Two sessions will last six days each and take place in the evenings, on either Mondays or Thursdays. Classes will be split up into age divisions.The program is structured to help children develop balance, body positions, flexibility, self-confidence and ...

FARQUHARTo Wendi and Mike Farquhar of Springfield, Mo., a boy, Carson Ray, 6 pounds, 14 ounces, born Thursday, July 7, 2011, in Springfield, Mo.He has three brothers, Nicholas, 12, Collin, 9, and Trey, 4, and one sister, Whitley, 7.Grandparents are Larry and Gloria Messer of Mount Pleasant, the late Wendell Olson, John and Jan Farquhar of Garner and the late Pat Farquhar.Great-grandparents are ...

A dozen Fairfield High School students recently returned from a two-week educational tour to Europe.The students embarked on a ?WWII and the Western Front? tour with EF Educational Tours to visit important war battlegrounds and sites. They were chaperoned by Sue Hansen, FHS French teacher, and her sister Soni Harney.The high schoolers began in London, where they were met by their guide, Allyson Seward, and ...

Southeast Iowa Blood Center has announced three upcoming area blood drives.Cambridge Investment Research Inc. will sponsor a blood drive from 12:30-5 p.m. July 26 in Cambridge?s Great Hall.To schedule appointments, call Lea Ann Clark at 472-5100, ext. 1541.A Jefferson County blood drive will be held from 2-7 p.m. July 26 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activities Building.Call (800) 452-1097 to ...

The following rural churches have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through July 23.Any rural church that would like to have its calendar for the week of July 24-July 30 printed in The Ledger July 21 should provide information to the newsroom by noon Wednesday. ANTIOCH INDEPENDENT2363 142nd St., FairfieldJohn Benedict, pastorSunday: morning worship, 10 a.m. BATAVIA UNITED METHODIST...

WASHINGTON, D.C. ? Sen. Tom Harkin announces Iowa college students can now apply for fall 2011 internships in his Washington, D.C. and Iowa offices.An internship in Harkin?s personal office, or with the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, is designed for college undergraduates, graduates and law students. Interns assist the staff in the areas of legislation, press, casework and outreach to the ...

Enzo Mazza, pictured, of Fairfield was one of 12 southeast Iowa students to win the Access Energy Cooperative Poster Contest and will receive a $50 savings bond from Access Energy. The poster contest focused on energy conservation and efficiency and renewable sources of energy such as wind, biomass and solar. Enzo is a second-grader from Washington Elementary School.