Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors accepted the resignation of Pence Elementary School Principal Nathan Wear at the Monday night meeting at the high school.Wear notified the board Feb. 28 of his intention to resign at the end of his 2010-11 contract.He has been hired as Solon High School principal in Solon.Board president Gail Miller expressed appreciation for Wear?s service to students,
A contract for three blocks of water main improvements was awarded to a newly formed company out of Cedar Rapids Monday night.Premier Excavating?s bid of $62,552.67 was the lowest of six Fairfield received.?[City administrator Jeff Clawson] and I discussed this some, and I guess we?re both of the opinion that we have a bond, everybody has to have a first job and as long as their attitude is right ? they?re willing
Trae Van Tasell of Fairfield Middle School, right, plays a drowning victim with physical education teacher Nancy Diers this morning at Roosevelt Aquatic Center. During the exercise, it was Diers? job to escape the student?s hold so she could attempt a safe rescue. Others in the class practiced the defense mechanism, once as the drowning victim and again as the rescuer.For this photo, see the Tuesday, March 15, 2011,
Fairfield police and Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation today are continuing an investigation into an incident that has been tagged as a ?hate crime.??We?re not calling it a hate crime until we determine exactly what happened,? said Jefferson County Attorney Tim Dille this morning.Usama Alshaibi, age 41, of Fairfield, an Arab-American filmmaker, claims he was beaten and called derogatory racial names after
Jefferson County will be closing a section of Vetch Boulevard near Lockridge so a bridge can be replaced over Brushy Creek.The road will be closed about 0.5 mile north of 218th Bloulevard, which is also known as Old Highway 34.The road will be closed to all traffic beginning March 21 for 60 to 90 days while the bridge work is being done.A detour will be marked with signs.
The Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce and Fairfield Economic Development Association committee searching for the groups? next leader has hired a firm to aid in the process.FEDA president Pat Doyle said the committee hired Ploeger Recruiting Services of Burlington after hearing the firm?s presentation during a meeting Monday.?This is the same company used when we hired Brent [Willett, the current chamber and FEDA
The Jefferson County Engineer?s Office is proposing removing 10.2 miles of roadway from the county?s farm-to-market system, while adding 20.3 miles to the routes eligible for state funding.In addition to 5.2 miles of Business 34 ? west from the Fairfield city limits to Filbert Avenue and east from the Fairfield city limits to Osage Avenue ? acquired by the county after completion of the Highway 34 Bypass, proposed
A reduction in state aid is the primary culprit behind a proposed increase in Jefferson County?s levy rates.The proposed 2011-2012 county budget raises the rural property tax levy rate 21.6 cents from $9.37802 to $9.59359 per $1,000 taxable valuation and the urban property tax levy rate 34.5 cents from $6.89687 to $7.24167 per $1,000 taxable valuation.?That was a fairly difficult time getting to that small of an
In March 1961, Fairfield barber Larry Hall was busy cutting flat-tops and Elvis Presley pompadours.Although the styles have changed, Hall is still at it 50 years later in the same location on the northeast corner of the square.?There were 15 barbers in Fairfield then,? said Hall. ?Today it?s just me and Ronnie Fischer. Nobody wants to be a barber any more.?Long-time Fairfield barber Maynard Barton repurchased the
TOP: Pence Elementary School second-grader Izzy Ferrell tosses a pie of whipped cream toward second-grade teacher Luyre Sobaski during the school?s annual carnival Friday night in the gym. ABOVE: A packed house enjoyed the festivities that included games in the gym and classrooms and raffles for prize baskets. RIGHT: Sobaski wears some of the paper plates and whipped cream that carnival-goers threw at her in the pie
IOWA CITY (AP) ? A filmmaker shooting a documentary about the treatment of Arabs in the U.S. claims he was attacked and called racial epithets after he wandered uninvited into an Iowa house party, and police are treating the case as a hate crime after officers found him with a bloody face.Usama Alshaibi said Monday he was repeatedly punched and kicked by four men after he arrived at the party early Sunday in
Jefferson County Health Center Auxiliary first vice president Judy White arranges some of the clothing beneath one of the new signs posted to remind people of the important contribution the auxiliary has make to the community through purchases at the Bargain Box. Some of the messages are about the 12 scholarships given each year, while others simply thank the community for its support and patrons for their business.
The final draft of Fairfield?s 2011-12 fiscal year budget will include a 2 percent pay increase for city employees. The Fairfield City Council Ways and Means Committee now sends the budget to a Feb. 28 public hearing and a March 14 city council approval date.The committee had been considering a 3 percent pay raise to help offset a 6.46 percent increase in employee health insurance costs and last year?s pay freeze.?E
Local organizations put in requests for more than twice the money available in Fairfield?s 2011-2012 Local Option Sales Tax community betterment fund.The Fairfield City Council Ways and Means Committee trimmed the $128,000 wish list to $50,625 during a meeting Thursday night. Sixteen groups are slated to receive funds, though the list is unofficial until the budget is certified by the full council in March.As in
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