Fairfield News

LIBERTYVILLE ? The Libertyville Little League will be sponsoring a pancake breakfast/bake sale/auction April 5 at the Libertyville Elementary School.The freewill donation breakfast will start at 7:30 a.m. and continue until 11 am.The bake sale will be from 8-11 am.Auction items will be displayed beginning at 7:30 p.m., with Shae McCabe beginning the auction at 9 a.m.Little League teams will be having pictures ...

ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYTERRE HAUTE, Ind. ? Edna Jones of Fairfield has been named to the dean?s list at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for the winter quarter.In order to be named to the dean?s list, students must earn at least a 3.3 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale.Jones, the daughter of Frazer Jones and Bo Luo of Fairfield is a junior majoring in mathmatics.???

First Lutheran hosting special guest SundayThe assistant to the bishop, Pr. Paul Ostrem, will be joining the First Lutheran Church congregation for worship Sunday.Each year, a staff member from the Southeastern Iowa Synod worships with each of the synod?s churches, and it is Ostrem?s turn to join First Lutheran Church in Fairfield this year.Ostrem also will be presenting a forum after worship on the candidacy ...

Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week.Monday ? breakfast at all schools: assorted cereals, cereal bars and Nutri-Grain Bars, orange juice, milk. Lunch: hamburger on bun, romaine salad, sweet potato puffs, fruit cocktail, milk; and in addition for high school students: fruit choice and tomatoes.Tuesday ? breakfast at the middle and high schools: assorted ...

The Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its menu for the coming week.Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Fairfield senior center and at noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Lockridge senior center.Lent will be observed through April 18. Fish will be offered as an alternative each Friday. When making reservations, let the center know if fish is requested.Monday ? pork cutlet, ...

Community Tree Steward Program setOTTUMWA ? Iowa State University Forestry Extension and Indian Hills Community College have partnered with Wapello County Extension to offer the Iowa Community Tree Steward Program to the residents of Wapello and all surrounding counties in May and June.The Iowa Community Tree Steward Program is intended for citizens and professionals who wish to learn more about trees and tree ...

KEOSAUQUA ? The Van Buren School Carnival will be 6-9 p.m. Saturday at the Van Buren High School in Keosauqua.The carnival will include games, activities and food for all ages.Games will include: ?minute-to-win-it? competitions, balloon shaving, coin toss, golf putting, a cake walk, a free-throw shoot, a fish pond and more.Activities will include a bounce house, corn dig, rope dummy, face painting, photo ...

The Jefferson County Health Center Auxiliary?s Spring Tea will be 1:30-4 p.m. April 4 at First United Methodist Church.The tea will be in the lower-level dining room, and those attending should use the east entrance.Entertainment will be ?Fiddling Granny? JoAnne Ancel, with ?Aprons in the Kitchen.? Rita Hammes will read an story about aprons.An appreciation gift will be given to each person attending and a ...

Fairfield Middle School eighth-graders Kristen Daugherty, left, and Kai-Li Diyaljee are presented Peace Poster contest awards by Fairfield Lions Club president Scott Vaughan during a luncheon in January at the Best Western Fairfield Inn?s Kokomo?s Cafe. Daugherty?s poster placed first, and Diyalje?s placed second. According to FMS art teacher Holly McDow, there were only three entries in the contest this year. ...

BIRMINGHAMThe coyote hunters will host an appreciation supper for Jefferson and Van Buren counties landowners who allowed them to hunt on their property during the 2013-14 hunting season.The supper will be at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.The hunters will be roasting a hog as a way to say thank you to the landowners.­­­???The Birmingham Library Board will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the ...

Gary and Sharon Askew of Fairfield will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday.Gary Askew and Sharon Giberson were married March 29, 1964. They recalled there was a severe blizzard on their wedding day.The Askews have two children: son Curtis Askew and wife Stephany, who have one daughter and four sons, and live in Clarence; and one daughter, Carla Mahler and husband Evan, who have two sons, and live ...

Each school month, the Fairfield Elks Lodge sponsors the Fairfield Middle School ?Students of the Month? award to acknowledge positive contributions of students at school ranging from assisting teachers and peers in classroom activities to displaying characteristics as a role model.The Students of the Month certificates are awarded after a nomination and voting process is completed by each grade-level teaching ...