Fairfield News

Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk has announced the awards for the April 4 Spring Garden Celebrations: Books In Bloom.First place and overall winner was the Carnegie Historical Museum. Curator Mark Shafer designed several displays focusing on the artwork in the collection through the ?Meaning of Flowers? and showcasing the books, journals and postcards from the era.From ?postcard posies, to Victorian dried ...

MILTON ? Roberta Dorson Boyd will celebrate her 80th birthday during an open house from 1-3 p.m. Saturday at the American Legion Hall in Milton.Family and friends are invited. No presents are requested.Mrs. Boyd?s 80th birthday was in March.

OTTUMWA ? The Southern Prairie Chapter of the American Red Cross celebrated its 2014 Heroes of the Heartland Friday at the Bridge View Center in Ottumwa.The 2014 Heroes of the Heartland include Ashley Hale-Smith, Jim and Darla Jackson, Josh Chance, Jim and Karen Dellinger and Jeff Hendred.Ashley Hale-Smith was driving home from work at Jefferson County Health Center in July when she saw a truck crash and burst ...

Scott Vaughan of the Fairfield Lions Club presents cash awards to the Fairfield High School students who sold the most tickets to the recent spaghetti dinner. From left are: MacKenzie McClure, third; Olivia Hammel, first; Vaughan; and Matt Carr, second. The spaghetti dinner, hosted by the Lions Club, Best Western Fairfield Inn and the Fairfield school district activities office, benefits the fine arts and spring ...

RUBIO BREAKFAST CLUBRUBIO ?The Rubio Community Breakfast Club will meet from 7-10 a.m. Saturday.??? BONNIFIELD QUESTERSThe Bonnifield Questers will meet at 9 a.m. Monday at the home of Sharon Galloway.???

The First National Bank Relay for Life team is raffling off a Pandora bangle bracelet, with three charms, as a fundraiser.Tickets are $2 each or $5 for three tickets.Tickets can be purchased at either bank location.The drawing will be at the Jefferson County Relay for Life event Sept 27.

AIB COLLEGE OF BUSINESSDES MOINES ? Stephanie Adam of Fairfield has been selected by the full-time accounting faculty at AIB College of Business as one of two Outstanding Accounting Students.Adam was recognized at a reception March 27 at AIB.Adam vied for the honor against 44 other accounting students who had attained a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher in all their AIB classes ? not just ...

BIRMINGHAMBirmingham?s annual Easter egg hunt will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in City Park.The hunt will be divided into three age groups: 0-3, 4-7 and 8-12.Dean and Sandy Bass and helpers are in charge.???Birmingham Lions Club members will meet for a regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Birmingham Lions Building.The April committee is Ann Boley and Alice Stortz.???The annual meeting of the Birmingham ...

The Fourth of July holiday is in the reservation window for state park campsites and while there are currently plenty of options, campers shouldn?t wait as sites can go quickly.To find a campsite, go to ~As of Tuesday morning, reservable campsites with electricity have been filled at several state parks. Campers wanting to stay in those parks for the holiday will need to arrive early to secure a walk-in-site.A ...

Students use draw knives to work their bows during a Learn to Build Your Own Bow workshop at Jefferson County Park.Master bow maker Gene Winter of Waterloo will give a two-day workshop 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 3-4 at Jefferson County Park. Because of the time involved in making a selfbow and the one-on-one instruction required, the program is limited to six participants age 18 or older. To reserve a spot, call ...

The annual spring fish netting is underway at Lake Rathbun, Spirit Lake and Guttenberg and will begin Tuesday night at Storm Lake, as the spawning season picks up steam.Staff from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources collects walleye, northern pike and muskies soon after ice out to provide quality sport fishing in Iowa lakes and streams that otherwise could not support it.?If we didn?t stock walleyes and ...

DES MOINES ? Iowa?s Blank Park Zoo is teaming up with 10 organizations to introduce Plant.Grow.Fly., a conservation initiative to bring back native pollinators.Plant.Grow.Fly. encourages community members to plant pollinator habitat in yards, schools and businesses.The initiative is backed by several organizations including: Iowa State University?s Reiman Gardens, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Science ...