Fairfield News

Orders are due no later than Friday for the SHARE Iowa Inc. food packages available in September.Orders can be placed locally by calling the Sieda Community Action office at 472-6140 or Claudia Greenig at 472-3569.Pickup will be at 8 a.m. Sept. 22 at the Fairfield Eagles Club.Several different packages are available; participants can purchase one or more in any combination.The $28 Best Value Package includes: ...

Jefferson County Farm Bureau WomenThe Jefferson County Farm Bureau Women will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Riverside Family Restaurant III.Mary Carol Fish is serving as hostess and will present the program on her recent trip to Israel.Roll-call response is the climate and population of Ireland.All interested women are invited to attend.

Fairfield Public Library is partnering with the University of Iowa to offer ?Science Café? events.The first event in the series will focus on memory and cognition. Professor Daniel Tranel from the University of Iowa will lead an informal discussion from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday. Free beverages will be provided; those attending can bring a snack.Science Cafés are free public events that bring people together in a casual ...

The American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 47 has learned that printed information distributed in the Jefferson County area has a printing error, and would like to make a correction.The Wall That Heals, the scaled replica of the Vietnam veterans memorial in Washington, D.C., is being hosted by the auxiliary at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in September, with visiting allowed at the The Wall display 24 hours a day ...

Eloise Haupert of Fairfield will celebrate her 90th birthday Sept. 4.A card shower is planned to help her celebrate. Cards can be sent to 1303 South D St., Fairfield 52556.Mrs. Haupert was born Sept. 4, 1928, in Ollie.She has one daughter, Sheri Haupert-Betz of Fairfield, and one son, Kip Haupert, who died in 1980 at age 14. She also has one granddaughter, three great-grandchildren.

Jefferson County AMJefferson County AM will host a Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center community blood drive from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday at the Jefferson County Health Center.The blood drive will be held in the health center's conference room near the McCreery Cancer Center entrance door on the east side of the facility.Donors who last gave blood on or before July 6 are eligible to give at this ...

Fairfield Community School DistrictToday-Aug. 24 Today, Friday, Aug. 17:7 p.m. -- Meet the Trojans with freshmen football scrimmage, junior varsity football scrimmage, varsity football scrimmage, freshman volleyball scrimmage, junior varsity volleyball scrimmage, varsity volleyball scrimmage.Saturday, Aug. 18:Nothing scheduled.Sunday, Aug. 19:Nothing scheduled.Monday, Aug. 20:5 p.m. ? Cross Country: ...

Polishville sets August scheduleThe Polishville Association has announced its August schedule for the Polishville Community Center.A dance is set for Aug. 12 with Larry Fountain providing the music. Food sales begin at 4:30 p.m., and dancing is from 6-9 p.m.A free dance to celebrate the 90th birthday of Polishville Association secretary/treasurer Bill Peck will be Aug. 26. Jerry Beauchamp will provide the ...

Barnhart/Roach hold 50-year reunion BATAVIA --Thirty-three members gathered July 15 in Batavia, marking the 50th reunion for the family.Those in attendance were senior elder Clara Agnes Barnhart Swihart, Joyce Perkins, Larry and Donna Wilson all of Batavia; Bill Shields, Olivia Shields, Tina Shields and children Zachary and Zoey from Fairfield. Teena Roush came from Newton. All from Pella were Denise and ...

A microchip and vaccination clinic is set from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Noah's Ark Animal Foundation.The clinic is open to the public.Micro-chipping by a licensed veterinarian is $25, which includes free registration of the chip. Rabies vaccinations, as well as yearly vaccinations for both dogs (DA2PP, Bordatella) and cats (FVRCP), are offered for $15 each.Dog toenail trims are offered for $15, and cat ...

LibertyvilleThe Libertyville Community Celebration Committee is sponsoring a Libertyville Family Kickball Tournament July 21 at the Libertyville Little League fields.Check-in is at 8 a.m.Pre-registration is preferred by calling Kendall Roulet at 919-5669. The team entry fee is $25, with no more than 12 members per team. All ages and families are encouraged to play.Libertyville Little League will have concessio...

University of Northern IowaCEDAR FALLS -- Several students from the Fairfield area are among the students named to the spring 2018 semester dean's list at the University of Northern Iowa.To be included on the list, a student must have earned a grade point of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, while taking at least 12 hours of graded work during the semester. On the 4.0 system, an A is worth four points; a B, three ...