Fairfield News

A Girl Scout holiday craft event is planned from 2:30-4 p.m. Dec. 14 in the Fairfield Public Library meeting room.Registration for the event is free.Registration is due by Dec. 10.For registration and information, contact Sandy Davisson by calling 472-0707 or emailing taximom@iowatelecom.net.

BRIGHTON ? Children are invited to have breakfast and visit with Santa Claus from 10-11 a.m. Saturday at the Brighton Community Center in Brighton.Children will be able to eat a light breakfast and talk with Santa.The free event is sponsored by the Brighton Chamber of Commerce.

OTTUMWA ? A Christmas open house is set from 5:30-8 p.m. Friday at the home of Ken and Peggy Curtis in Ottumwa to raise funds for the Heartland Pregnancy Center.The event will include a tour of the Curtises? home decorated for the holidays. Desserts and coffee will be served.Tickets are $10. Tickets can be purchased at the door or at the Heartland Pregnancy Center.Call 641-683-3030 for details.

WASHINGTON, Iowa ? The Washington Chamber of Commerce is hosting the annual Candlelight Tour of Homes Saturday and Sunday. The tour includes five homes featuring architecture, construction and holiday decorations from 4:30-8 p.m. Saturday and 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday. Proceeds support holiday lighting around the Washington square.Ticket packages start at $9, with the option to add guided transportation or a signature ...

ELDON ? The annual ?Christmas in Eldon? community event Friday through Sunday will provide visitors with a wealth of holiday opportunities, including the Christmas Tree Wonderland, a visit to the Rock Island Depot Museum, a Christmas dinner, ?gingerbread? house decorating and, of course, a visit from Santa.The McHaffey Opera House hosts the annual Christmas Tree Wonderland with more than 100 trees decorated by ...

Charles and Lela Heisel of Stockport will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary during an open house hosted by their children from 4-6 p.m. Sunday at the Stockport American Legion Hall in Stockport.Charles Heisel and Lela Fletcher were married Dec. 7, 1963, at St. Patrick Church in Ottumwa, with the Rev. R.J. Von Ah officiating.The Heisels? children are Chuck Heisel, Sherri and Tim Nelson, Brian and Lisa ...

ESTLEAir Force Airman Jake W. Estle graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.Estle completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills.Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science ...

VFW Auxiliary 2271 Secretary May Watson presents a Prisoner of War-Missing in Action flag to Batavia Mayor Randy Major. The flag was in honor of all veterans, and as a Vietnam veteran, Major was proud to accept it.

MERCY COLLEGEDES MOINES ? Callie Millard of Agency has been named to the president?s list for the summer 2013 semester at Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines.To qualify for the president?s list, students must attain a grade point average of 3.75 or higher, in their most recent semester, for a minimum of six credit hours.

A TEDxFairfield event is set from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Café Paradiso.TEDxFairfield Women 2013 will continue TED?s multi-year conversation about women?s work and lives, present and future. A powerful conversation was started at TEDWomen in 2010 and continued through the next two years as TEDxWomen in New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. The spark: How are women and girls reshaping the future? From ...

Advances in technology have never made finding deals this holiday season so easy ? or so creepy.Marketers and mobile app developers have developed creative new ways to help shoppers find what they want for less.But these inventive techniques also allow for more aggressive tracking of consumer behavior, whether buyers are on their work computer, a mobile device or standing in the grocery aisle.It also now ...

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, scrambled ...