Fairfield News

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham United Methodist Church will have its fall supper at 5 p.m. Saturday.The supper will start at 5 p.m., and an auction will follow at 7 p.m.???The Haney-Brannan Legion Post 181 and the Legion auxiliary women are having a potluck dinner at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Birmingham Log Cabin in City Park.All veterans and spouses are welcome.???The Birmingham and Stockport Lions clubs will have a ...

The Fairfield Volunteer Center has moved out of the Fairfield Public Library and gone virtual.Executive director Elaine Hughes said the center will continue to maintain its programs and services and will serve the community by phone at 209-9045, email at fairfieldvolunteers@gmail.com and through its website at ~ and its Facebook page.

A Commercial Ag Weed, Insect and Plant Disease Management Continuing Instructional Course for commercial pesticide applicators will be held Nov. 13 at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office.Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the course runs from 9-11:30 a.m.The registration fee is $35 on or before Wednesday and $45 after Wednesday.To register or to obtain additional information about the CIC, call ...

Fairfield Public Library will open at noon Thursday.Library director Rebecca Johnson explained city employees, including those at the library, will attend a Safety-Wellness Fair event Thursday morning. Wellmark?s Blue Zones representative will provide information about workplace wellness initiatives, and the Iowa Municipal Workers Compensation Association will provide a safety training.The library will resume ...

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.Monday ? hamburger on wheat hamburger bun with lettuce, tomato and onion, potato wedge, spinach strawberry salad, Ambrosia Salad, banana bar.Tuesday ? glazed ham ball, baked potato ...

The Family Ties Relay for Life team is holding a Scrap for Life scrapbooking event Nov. 8-9 at Fairfield Foursquare Church to raise funds for the American Cancer Society.The two-day event will be 9 a.m. to whenever everyone is done Nov. 8 and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Nov. 9.The cost is $45 for both days; $30 for the night of Nov. 8 and Nov. 9; or $25 for either Nov. 8 or Nov. 9. The fee includes light breakfasts, ...

MONDAYScholastic Book Fair, Fairfield Middle School, 8:10 a.m.-4 p.m. Continues through Nov. 12.Van Buren School District Parent/Teacher Conferences, grades kindergarten-12th, 4-7:30 p.m.Van Buren School College Planning, Van Buren High School cafeteria, 6 p.m.Polishville Bingo, Polishville Community Center, food available 4:30 p.m.; bingo, 5:45 p.m. Call 319-694-3495.Blood Drive, First United Methodist ...

Orders are due Nov. 8 for the S.H.A.R.E. Iowa Inc. food packages available this month.Orders can be placed by calling the St. Mary Catholic Church office at 472-3179 or the Southern Iowa Economic Development Association office at 472-6140. Orders also can be placed online at www.shareiowa.org.The pickup date will be at 8 a.m. Nov. 23 at the Fairfield Eagles Club.Several different packages are available; ...

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 school and high school: ...

Iowa pheasant hunters can expect to find the best bird numbers in northwest, north central and central Iowa and while the number of birds in the field is well below peak years, good hunting opportunities do exist.?Even with low counts some hunters will have excellent hunts and plenty of opportunities and others will be able to flush a bird or two and put one in the bag,? said Todd Bogenschutz, upland wildlife ...

Claude Nicholson picks apricots from a tree on his and his wife Sharon?s 40-acre organic farm in rural Fairfield. The 75-year-old man picks apricots and cherries standing on a platform attached to the bucket of his tractor. He reaches a platform by climbing up a ladder place along the side. Since his retirement, Nicholson has been busy doing what he loves: farming and gardening. He makes Aronia granola bars in ...

DES MOINES ? Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey is encouraging Iowans to consider visiting a local apple orchard this fall.Apples are maturing, so now is a great time to visit an apple farm or pick some up at the local farmers market.?While the cool, wet spring challenged many Iowa farmers, it has been near perfect weather for Iowa?s apple trees and the result is many orchards are reporting a bumper ...