Fairfield News

OTTUMWA ? The Indian Hills Community College choral ensembles, under the direction of Laura Wiebe, will present a fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at St. John Auditorium.Featuring the Concert Choir, Chamber Singers and Tono Bella, the concert will include a variety of American, English and French choral works.The Concert Choir will perform a setting of the Navajo prayer ?Now I Walk in Beauty,? the American folk ...

Doris Ramsey peeks around the corner as Fairfield Middle School sixth grader Raven Steele points out the queen bee. The FMS sixth-graders went on a field trip Oct. 25 to Jefferson County Park. About 130 students rotated through seven stations to learn about the great outdoors. Presenters included Russ Dimmitt on trapping, Jason Steele on soils, Verne and Doris Ramsey on beekeeping, Elizabeth Keetz on archaeology, ...

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 ? spaghetti with meat sauce, green beans, layered lettuce salad, diced pears, orange juice.Tuesday ? pork cutlets, sweet potatoes, peas, Ambrosia Salad, vegetable juice.Wedne...

Fairfield elementary schools will be observing Red Ribbon Week beginning Monday.Each day, the students will be dressing up following a theme to bring attention to the benefits of staying away from drugs and alcohol.Monday: The theme at Libertyville, Pence and Washington schools is ?Role Model/Celebrity Day.? Students will dress up like their favorite drug-free celebrity/role model.Tuesday: The theme at ...

SOLITAIRESMembers of Solitaires are planning to have dinner Sunday at Hotel Ottumwa.The group will carpool from the First National Bank in Fairfield parking lot at noon.???

Several area communities have announced plans for Halloween events and trick-or-treating. Jefferson CountyThe haunted house in the old Batavia Elevator at the end of Third Street on the north side of the railroad tracks continues from 7-11 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Nov. 1 and 2. The $5 admission helps the Batavia Days Committee fund Batavia Days, Hillbilly Shrine Club, scholarships for Fairfield and Cardinal ...

Fairfield Area Community Theatre is preparing for a new adventure for its winter show according to F.A.C.T. president, Tim Lantz.?This year we will do a Christmas show and perform it at area church fellowship halls,? he said.Auditions for ?The Best Christmas Pageant Ever? will be at 2 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday in the Fairfield High School Auditorium.All auditions are open to adults and children. Children ...

Many activities set at Foursquare Harvest PartyFairfield Foursquare Church will have its annual Harvest Party from 4-6 p.m. Saturday.Activities will include an obstacle course, hayrides, a maze, bounce houses, a cake/candy walk; bingo, train rides, a photo booth, face painting and games with prizes and candy.Entertainment is planned.Free food, including hot dogs, popcorn and drinks, will be available. ...

James and Lois Hoskins of Fairfield will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary Wednesday.James Hoskins and Lois Angstead were married Oct. 30, 1948, at the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) parsonage in Fairfield, with the Rev. Sam Williamson officiating, and James Hoskins Sr. and Mabel Angstead as attendants.The Hoskinses have two sons, Delbert Hoskins and his significant other Becky of Fairfield,...

Susan Muntz of Fairfield will celebrate her 60th birthday with a family dinner Thursday.Mrs. Muntz was born Oct. 24, 1953, in Fairfield. She is married to Rusty Muntz. She is retired from the Iowa Department of Human Services and currently volunteers in the community.

From left, Lauren Steigleder, Maya Lane and Aaron Marcellus are ready to be judged in the annual Libertyville Halloween costume contest and parade Saturday afternoon on the Libertyville Elementary School grounds. Aaron Marcellus placed second in the first and second grade division.

Leaf viewers may have a good year to see vivid colors, according to Jeff Goerndt, the state forest section supervisor at the Iowa Department of Natural Resouces.?I think we?re going to have a good fall color year because of the weather we?re having,? Goerndt said earlier in October. ?You get the best and brightest colors when you?ve got the kind of fall weather we have now where you get sunny days and crisp, ...