Fairfield News

FHS CLASS OF 1953Members of the Fairfield High School Class of 1953 held a 60th-year class reunion Sept. 14.The classmates and their guests met in the Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store Club Room for rolls, coffee and juice and visiting.A dinner was held at the Fairfield Eagles Club. The evening included visiting and picture taking.Classmates attended from Iowa, Missouri, Arizona, Michigan, Texas, Nebraska ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Over 50 and Fabulous Red Hat Ladies met for lunch Oct. 8 at Pizza Ranch in Fairfield.Twenty members were present. ?Happy Birthday? was sung for those with birthdays in October. Donna Pratt won the door prize, a yellow mum. No program was presented.Hostesses were Donna Kennedy and Shirley Burk.???Several Birmingham residents will be taking part in the fall program at 6 p.m. Sunday at the ...

The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department will be offering Train for Life for anyone 18 years old or older beginning Oct. 24 at Roosevelt Community Recreation Center.Participants will learn to work out at a level that helps burn fat and keeps the fun in exercise.?Sometimes we just go through the motions, but seeing a difference is where it is all at,? said personal trainer Kristy Clark. ?This program will ...

EAST PLEASANT PLAIN ? The final congregate meal of 2013 will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at St. Joseph Church in East Pleasant Plain.The menu will include chicken and biscuits, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, bread, pie, cream puffs, beverages and a salad bar.Bingo will be played after the meal.All ages are welcome. An elevator is available at the church.Reservations are not required, ...

OTTUMWA ? The public often thinks of farmers as white males of European ancestry living in isolated rural areas. And the public often thinks of immigrants as those who have slipped into the United States to take advantage of assistance programs. ?Vang,? a play about recent immigrant farmers, blows both of those stereotypes and opens discussion about how farming is done in the United States and how immigrants have ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNELJefferson County Retired School Personnel will met at 12:15 p.m. Oct. 23 at SunnyBrook Assisted Living.Hostesses and host will be Judy McDonough, chairwoman, Diane Hanson and Curt Hanson.The program will be ?Blue Zones? with Ken Dailey.­???

Jane McMahon will be teaching another Fairfield Park and Recreation Department swimming skills class, with all proceeds going to the community recreation project to build a new outdoor pool and gym.The three-day class is set from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23 and Oct. 24 at Roosevelt Aquatic Center.Each novice and experienced swimmer will get individual guidance to meet their needs and wants.Swimmers can ...

STOCKPORTThe Stockport United Methodist Church will have its Fall Supper at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 23 in the church?s fellowship hall.Carry-outs will be available. A freewill offering taken.???Stockport?s trick-or-treat hours are from 5-7 p.m. Oct. 31.A weiner roast, with all the trimmings, will be at the City Park shelter house.? Beverly Runyon, Ledger correspondent

Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is planning several Halloween activities, including pumpkin painting, a spook ride and a costume contest. Pumpkin paintingPumpkin painting is planned for first- through fifth-graders from 4-4:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center?s racquetball courts.The $10 cost per child covers the cost of all materials.Preregistration is required by Friday.Fo...

Donald and Eunice Atwood of rural Fairfield celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary, with a fellowship hour Sunday at Prairie View United Methodist Church.Donald Atwood and Eunice Treese were married Oct. 10, 1948, at the United Methodist Church in Packwood.The couple has three children: Gayle Olson and husband Dale of Webster City, Zoe Moritz and husband Bill of Michigan; and the late Norman Atwood, who is ...

Fairfield Public Library will show a free Halloween-themed movie, Friday evening in the public meeting room.The doors will open at 7 p.m., and the movie begins at 7:30 p.m.Organic popcorn will be available for donations, which help the library to renew its movie licenses.The movie is an outrageously wild comedy rated PG that?s sure to entertain everyone.In the movie, three outlandishly wild witches return ...

Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation will host a microchip and vaccine clinic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the animal shelter.Microchips are $25 and includes free registration of the chip.Rabies vaccinations, as well as yearly DA2PP, Bordatella and FVRCP vaccinations, for both dogs and cats, are being offered for $15 each.All dogs must be on leashes and all cates must be in carriers.Fairfield Animal Hospital?s ...