Fairfield News

MT. PLEASANT ? Iowa Wesleyan?s 2014 Annual Manning Speaker, the Rev. Renita J. Weems, will present two free lectures Feb. 27 in the Chapel Auditorium on the college?s campus in Mt. Pleasant.Weems will present a lecture titled ?So, You Want to Be a Prophet: Jeremiah? at 11 a.m. and a lecture titled ?So, You Want to Be a Prophet: 1st and 2nd Kings? at 7 p.m.The lectures are free and open to the public.Weems has ...

MT. PLEASANT ? Creative Outlet Theatre Ensemble, a newly refreshed theatre production company, will perform ?The Queen of Bingo? Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Dan Keeley Performance Space at WeAct Youth Theatre in Mt. Pleasant.Performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Doors open 30 minutes prior to start time.Tickets are $10, available at the door and online at creativeoutletiowa.com...

DES MOINES ­? The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is hosting public meetings over the Iowa Communications Network 6-9 p.m. Wednesday to listen to the public?s thoughts on the hunting and trapping regulations for this fall.The meetings are part of the process for making rules in state government.?Any rule changes must be discussed with Iowa?s citizens who might be impacted by the changes before the rule ...

Jefferson County Fairfield 4-H Clover Kids, from left, Brody Phillips, Olivia Sambothe, volunteer Karen Crossland and Benjamin Bartle make Valentine butterflies during a Clover Kids meeting Thursday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building. The group?s next meeting is planned from 5:15-6:15 p.m. March 13 at the Activity Building. For information about Clover Kids or 4-H, call the Jefferson County ISU ...

SIMPSON COLLEGEINDIANOLA ? Simpson College has announced the names of area students who earned recognition on the dean?s list for the fall semester.Lindsey Borgomainerio and Erin Thompson of Fairfield and Ashley Henkel of Lockridge were named to the dean?s list.To be on the list, a student must have a grade-point average of 3.70 to 3.99. ST. AMBROSE UNIVERSITYDAVENPORT ? Rachel Robinson of Fairfield, a ...

BLOOMFIELD ? Iowa writers are invited to submit work for the 2014 Davis County Players? short-play festival, ?Summer Shorts,? presented by the Davis County Fine Arts Council.The festival of short plays will take place Aug. 1-2 at the Iowa Theatre in Bloomfield.Playwrights from anywhere in Iowa are eligible. Writers are asked to submit unpublished material by May 15.Several plays will be selected for stage ...

Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment officials have announced the names of students who earned recognition on the president?s list and the honor roll during the first semester of the 2013-14 academic year. Principal?s ListTwelfth-grade students named to the principal?s list are Mickey DeAngelis and Avery Travis.Eleventh-graders on the principal?s list are Alex Hoffmann, Kadie Roberts, Keefe Lashway, ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNELMembers of the Jefferson County Retired School Personnel will meet at 12:15 p.m. Feb. 26 at SunnyBrook Assisted Living Center.Hostesses will be chairwoman Loretta Rinaberger, with Roberta Mattson and Lynda Unkrich.The program will feature Cedar Valley Winery.???

FFA 1986Fairfield Future Farmers of America community service chairman Shawn Schillerstrom, left, and Craig Elmore set out strawberry plants using the chapter?s crop transplant machine in mid-April of 1986.As a community service, the chapter purchased the $750 machine for free use by area residents interested in raising an alternative cash crop, such as strawberries, raspberries, broccoli or tomatoes, at a time ...

The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is taking registration for swimming lessons set to begin Feb. 25 at the Roosevelt Aquatic Center.Session 1 classes are for Beginner 1 swimmers, who can go under the water without help. They will work on front float, back float and start working on the American crawl.Session 2 classes are for Advanced Beginners, who will work on the back crawl, breaststroke, elementary...

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has scheduled several area blood drives.The Batavia community will host a blood drive 3-6:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Batavia Community Senior Center. Donors who last gave blood on or before Dec. 31 are eligible to give at this drive. For appointments, call 800-452-1097 or visit www.bloodcenterimpact.org.The Van Buren High School National Honor Society will host a ...

Southeast Iowa vegetable producers can learn how to grow quality transplants at an Iowa State University Extension and Outreach workshop Friday in Fairfield.The workshop will be 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office.Ajay Nair, Patrick O?Malley and Joe Hannan, horticulturists with ISU Extension and Outreach, are hosting the workshop in partnership with Jefferson County Extension. ...