Fairfield News

The following area houses of worship have submitted calendars for Sunday through Feb. 6.Any congregation wanting to have its calendar for the week of Feb. 7-13 published in The Ledger Feb. 5 should provide information to the newsroom by 9 a.m. Thursday.Listings are not perpetually printed. A weekly or monthly calendar must be submitted for the listing to appear in The Fairfield Ledger; specify if the submitted ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week.Monday ? breakfast: assorted cereals, assorted cereal/Nutri-Grain bars/toast, orange juice/fruit, milk. Lunch: pig-in-a-blanket, baked beans, peas, fresh apple, milk; and in addition for high school students: fruit choice and tomatoes.Tuesday ? breakfast: assorted cereals, eggs or cereal/Nutri-Grain bars, orange ...

Polishville Community Center will start its 2016 events with two dances in February.The first dance, weather permitting, is scheduled for Feb. 7, with Ned Francis of Mount Sterling providing the music. Food will be sold beginning at 4:30 p.m., and dancing will be from 6-9 p.m.The second dance, also weather permitting, is scheduled for Feb. 21, with Larry Goodman of North English providing the music. Food will ...

FAIRFIELD WOMEN?S CLUB GARDEN DEPARTMENTThe Fairfield Women?s Club Garden Department will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at SunnyBrook Assisted Living for coffee and a social hour with a short business meeting.Anyone interested in attending the Garden Department meeting should call 472-4248.???RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNELThe Jefferson County Unit of the Iowa Retired School Personnel met Wednesday at SunnyBrook for a ...

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITYAMES ? Mason Ellis of Fairfield was among the more than 8,370 Iowa State University undergraduates recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the 2015 fall semester dean?s list.Students named to the dean?s list must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale while carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours of graded course work.Ellis is a second-yea...

Editor?s note: The monthly To Your Heath column is a venue for Jefferson County Health Center to provide health information that will benefit The Fairfield Ledger?s readers.To suggest ideas for future articles or to obtain information, call Jefferson County Health Center community relations manager Wanda Bagby at 469-4198. The month of January has a reputation. People overindulged during the holidays with ...

Women?s circle meeting TuesdayMaxine Bates Circle of First Baptist Church will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday.Margaret Stephens will be hostess.The women will be tying a quilt and rolling bandages, so those attending are asked to bring scissors. Church hosting monthly soup supper ThursdayFirst Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will have its January soup supper from 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday.The menu will include ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa ? Hailing from Alaska?s capital city of Juneau, the Zahasky family, also recognized internationally as the Alaska String Band, brings the best of American music to their audiences ... and their next performance will be at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Washington Community Theater in Washington, Iowa.The performance is sponsored by the Washington Concert Association.The energetic family band occupies ...

BONAPARTE ? Bonaparte Main Street Inc. will host its third Annual Spaghetti Supper Jan. 21 in the Whitely Opera House in downtown Bonaparte.Serving will run from 5-7 p.m.The menu will include: spaghetti, with a choice of Heidi?s homemade spaghetti sauce or homemade Alfredo sauce, plus garlic bread, homemade desserts, and drinks.The spaghetti supper is a fundraiser for the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization so ...

STOCKPORTBluegrass, country and gospel music is planned at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Stockport Christian Church.Everyone is invited to bring his or her own instrument and join in or simply come to listen to the music.A free-will offering will be collected to defray the cost of using the church.The event is planned the third Sunday of each month.For information, call Wayne Keller at 319-796-2130.

A free square dance class and dance is planned from 7-9 p.m. Monday at the Fairfield Eagles Club.According to Sarvani Viger-Edson of the Fairfield Square Dance Club, modern western square dancing has made a comeback in Fairfield during the last three years, with more than 200 people taking the series of 12 lessons.Monday will be a chance to see what all the fun is about, said Viger-Edson, ?and believe it or ...

THURSDAYDue to Christmas Eve, many regularly scheduled activities might be canceled. Call ahead to check.Santa Claus Parade, sponsored by Fairfield Rotary Club, arriving in Central Park, about 5:30 p.m.Enchanted Forest Walk, self-guided tour, Waubonsie Park, Cantril, 5-8 p.m. Free. Ends Dec. 31.Alcoholics Anonymous, Fairfield Friends Church, 8 p.m.Celebrate Recovery, New Life Community Church, potluck, 6 ...