Fairfield News

Women of ELCA officers installedFirst Lutheran Church in Fairfield installed its 2014 Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church officers during worship Sunday.The Rev. Stacy Grau, pastor of the church, presided over the installation service.Those serving this year are: co-presidents Marilyn Kane, Norma Bogner and Carol Carlson; vice president and treasurer Margaret Berg; secretary Patty Richardson; justice ...

Three Batavia Volunteer Fire Department members, from left, Joel Shipley, John McKeever and Ethan Eakins, model the turnout gear purchased with funds received from a grant from the Greater Jefferson County Foundation during its 2013 grant period. The next grant period for the foundation will begin May 1, with a deadline of June 1. Online grant applications are available on the foundation?s website: ~ Further ...

John Koontz of Fairfield will celebrate his 95th birthday Jan. 30.His family is planning a card shower. Cards can be sent to 216A Southgate Circle Apt. A, Fairfield 52556. No gifts are requested.The retired farmer was born in Fairfield. He and his wife Ruth have two children, Jeff Koontz and Patti Small, both of Fairfield.

WASHINGTON (AP) ? When President Barack Obama meets Pope Francis in the Vatican in March, both men will speak a common economic language rooted in similar views about poverty and income inequality, giving prominence to an issue that the U.S. president wants to be a central theme of his second term.In the complicated relationship between the Obama administration and the Catholic Church, the White House sees the ...

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: pig-in-a-blanket, baked beans, peas, fresh apple, milk; and in addition for high school students: fruit choice and tomatoes.Tuesday ? breakfast at the middle and high schools: assorted cereals, cheese ...

Fairfield financial institutions will host a Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center blood drive from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 29 in the lower-level community room of First National Bank.Donors can give blood every eight weeks, so those who last gave on or before Dec. 4 are eligible to give again during the blood drive Jan. 29. To donate, call Laura McCormick at 472-3161 or visit the website www.bloodcenterimpa...

GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITYDES MOINES ? Recognition for outstanding academic achievement for the 2013 fall semester has been given to three Grand View University students from the local area.Those who earned recognition were Veronica Payne of Fairfield, Sarah Wells of Douds and Lindsay Albert of Eldon.The students are named to the dean?s list for earning a grade-point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale while ...

Friends of the Fairfield Public Library are offering a new ?Seeds to Grow? fundraiser to benefit the library.The program was developed by Seed Savers Exchange to make heirloom seed packets available at a discount. Seed Savers Exchange is an organization in Decorah that implements heirloom-seed saving.Friends are offering six heirloom collections: Big Salad Bowl; Container Magic; Kids Favorites; Pizza Party; ...

From left, Joselyn Simmons, Tyler Breeding and Nicole Giberson take a break during a rehearsal of ?Les Miserables.? Simmons and Breeding, who play Eponine and Marius, respectfully, are Fairfield High School graduates, and Giberson, as Cosette, is a Pekin High School graduate. The play will be performed at 7 p.m. Thursday through Sunday at the Bridge View Center in Ottumwa.

Jefferson County will offer the Commercial Ag Weed, Insect and Plant Disease Management Continuing Instructional Course for commercial pesticide applicators Feb. 12.The program will be shown at locations across Iowa through the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pest Management and the Environment program.The local attendance site is Jefferson County ISU Extension Office on the Jefferson County ...

The Fairfield Public Library will present a free movie Friday evening.Doors open at 7 p.m., and the film begins at 7:30 p.m.The film is a comedy about two salesmen whose careers have been torpedoed by the digital world. Trying to prove they are not obsolete, they defy the odds by talking their way into a coveted internship at Google, along with a battalion of brilliant college students. But, gaining entrance to ...

CENTRAL COLLEGEPELLA ? Hedrick native Mycaela Crouse, senior biology major at Central College, presented at the Heartland Global Health Consortium during October at Drake University.Crouse?s poster presentation was entited ?The Effects of Environmental Levels of Triclosan on Newly Hatched Zebrafish LC50 and Heart Rates.? The presentation was awarded first place in the Undergraduate Division.??? ROSE-HULMAN ...