Fairfield News

John ?Sam? and Melinda Estle of Lockridge will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary Tuesday.Melinda Brokken and Sam Estle were married Sept. 17, 1988, at the First Lutheran Church in Fairfield.The Estles have two children. Their daughter Breanna is a student at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University. Their son Jake is stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, where ...

Avery N. Travis, a student at Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, has been named a semifinalist in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program.National Merit Scholarship Corporation officials announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 59th annual National Merit Scholarship Program today.These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the ...

BLOOMFIELD ? Chapter Q?s 33rd annual TTT Quilt Show is set for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 21 and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Mutchler Community Center in Bloomfield.Admission is $4. Proceeds support the national TTT project and local service projects.For details, call Carolyn Scott at 641-664-3777 or Judy Combs at 641-929-3758.

OTTUMWA ? The Ottumwa Community Players will have auditions for its production of ?Les Miserables? beginning Sept. 19 at the Bridge View Center in Ottumwa.Auditions are set: 6-9 p.m. Sept. 19; 6-9 p.m. Sept. 20; 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 21 for 10- to 12-year-old children; and 1-4 p.m. Sept. 21 for adults.?With this show being so incredibly well known, and with this kicking off our 60th season, we are extending ...

BENTONSPORT ? Bentonsport Historic District will be having the Annual Flea Market and Craft Show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.The event will include local artist demonstrations, various outside vendors with antiques, crafts, jewlry, photography, woodcrafts, tools, flea market treasures and more. New vendors are welcome.Sub sandwiches, fudge, brownies, pies, tenderloins, pulled pork and walking ...

AMES ? Practical Farmers of Iowa will have a free online seminar, or ?farminar,? from 1-2:30 p.m. Sept. 19.Many farmers planted cover crops on prevented planting acres this season and now have questions about managing those acres this fall and winter.Other farmers are considering planting cover crops for the first time this fall and have questions about species selection, timing, spring management and more.The ...

CULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGECANTON, Mo. ? Jeffrey Pace of Farmington was among Culver-Stockton College?s students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members who spent a recent Saturday volunteering for the fifth annual Extreme Dome Makeover.More than 400 volunteers participated in the event, sprucing up 13 public areas and private residences in Canton, Mo.Volunteers spent the day in various activities, such as ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Chief Judge Mary Ann Brown of the Eighth Judicial District of Iowa will speak at Iowa Wesleyan College on on Constitution Day Sept. 17.Brown was appointed chief judge for the Eighth Judicial District by the Iowa Supreme Court in 2012 and was originally appointed to the bench in 2001. The Eighth Judicial District consists of Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, ...

Several Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center blood drives are scheduled in the area.The Roosevelt Community Recreation Center in Fairfield will host a drive from 1-5:30 p.m. Sept. 17. Donors who last gave on or before July 23 are eligible to give again. Walk-in donors are welcome, but for appointments, call Derik Wulfekuhle at 472-6159.A blood drive will be from 3-6:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at the Jefferson County ...

NORDYKEFifty people representing four generations of the Carl and Maud Nordyke family attended the second Nordyke reunion Aug. 31 through Sept. 1 in Abingdon.The family shared potluck meals, attended services at the Abingdon Church of Christ, visited the American Gothic House and had the ?Pie Lady?s? homemade pie.Family attended from Washington, Minnesota and Iowa. Plans were made for a reunion next year in ...

LEANDO ? An old-fashioned band concert by the Tarnished Brass Band, under the director of Ken Burns, will be at 5 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Park in Leando.The event will be held in recognition of the 175th anniversary of the platting of the town of Portland in 1838, which was to become Leando.Leando, on the south side of the Des Moines River, opposite its twin city of Douds in Van Buren County, was platted as ...

COUNTRY SCHOOLSThe Country Schools reunion will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Batavia Senior Community Center.A cooperative dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m.All former students and teachers of the Hickory Ridge, Centennial, No. 7, Cross Lane, Polk No. 5, Hazel Dell, Locust Grove No. 3, Indiana No. 1 and Des Moines No. 2 schools are invited to attend.Those attending are asked to bring a covered dish and ...