Fairfield News

JEFFERSON COUNTY RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNELThe Jefferson County Unit of the Iowa Retired School Personnel had a luncheon meeting Feb. 24 at SunnyBrook.The guest speaker was City Administrator Mike Harmon, who gave the group an update on Fairfield?s strategic plan. Among the points he covered, three were of special interest to the group. The construction project for Roosevelt Community Recreation Center is nearing ...

Youth art will be featured during the March Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk.Art walkers can stop in at the Fairfield Public Library from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday to see the exhibit of art created by students at Fairfield High School, Fairfield Middle School, Libertyville, Pence and Washington elementary schools, Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment and by participants of Go-Jindy.In addition, to the art on ...

Robin Hood, portrayed by Ronan Malloy, center, is arrested by the four guards, played by, from left: Erin Epperson, Giteeka Adhikari, Hypatia Wagener, and Lillie Sage.A cast and crew of nearly 60 Fairfield Middle School students, all under the direction of teacher and director Tena Edlin, will present ?The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood? at 7 p.m. today and Friday in the FMS Cafetorium.The play is the ...

Fairfield Public Library will host its seventh Mad Science Day Monday evening.?Don?t be alarmed if you hear any loud explosions and wild laughter at the Fairfield Public Library this Monday,? said Afton Hallauer, youth services librarian. ?Mad Science Day is back!?Young patrons in kindergarten through sixth-grade and their families are invited to participate in free, hands-on experiments going on from 5:30-7:30 ...

The Jefferson County ISU Extension office is offering an ?Evaluating Your Estate Planning for Farmers? meeting from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 14 at the extension office.The meeting is open to the public, especially those who would like to know what to do with the property that was left to them and otherwise, said Stan Hughes, director of Jefferson County ISU Extension and Outreach. Presenters Melissa O?Rourke ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Over 50 and Fabulous Red Hat Ladies will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday for lunch at the Birmingham Lions Building.???The Birmingham Homecoming Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Birmingham Lions Building.???The Birmingham Methodist Church board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the church.???A blood drive is scheduled from 2:30-6:30 p.m. March 10 at the Birmingham Lions Building.Walk-in...

ELDON ? Cardinal sixth-grader Grant Pedersen has been notified by National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2016 Iowa National Geographic State Bee April 1 in Des Moines.This is the second level of the National Geographic Bee competition, which is now in its 28th year. School bees were held in schools with fourth- through eighth-grade students throughout the state ...

OTTUMWA ? Milestones Area Agency on Aging will feature a guest speaker at the next Caring for the Caregiver support group meeting.Lorie Davis, a registered nurse from the Treatment Options Program at Fresenius Medical Care, will cover preventing and living with kidney disease, knowing about the symptoms and exploring home and treatment center dialysis.The program will be presented twice. Caregivers can attend ...

Producers can now submit CRP offers for new land or re-enroll CRP land that is expiring Sept. 30.To be eligible for this CRP general enrollment period, land must be considered cropped four of six years from 2008 to 2013 and meet certainly erodibility factors.This is a competitive bid process and offers will be ranked according to the environmental benefits.The deadline to submit an offer is Friday. Therefore, ...

FHS CLASS OF 1958Beginning Wednesday, the 1958 graduating class of Fairfield High School will have its monthly lunch at 11:30 a.m. the last Wednesday of each month at Kokomo?s Bar and Grill at Best Western Fairfield Inn.Call 472-6140 for information.

?Imaginative Little Libraries? will be the theme for the 2016 Fairfield Art Association?s summer art installation opening on the June 3 Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk and continuing through the end of summer.This will be the eighth year artists have been invited to participate in creating artworks placed in the downtown garden nodes.The ?Imaginative Little Libraries? will be inactive while downtown, but can be ...

The County Committee annual election was held in December. Brian Hollander, second from left, was re-elected to a three-year term, which began Jan. 1. Hollander represents Walnut, Lockridge, Round Prairie and Cedar townships. Jim Flinspach, third from left, serves as chairman for the COC, and Mike Ledger, left, is vice chairman. Shirley Mosinski, right, serves as the advisor for the committee. The committee?s ...