Fairfield News

Registration is underway for the Fairfield Park and Recreation Department Cheer Camp.The camp will be divided into two sessions.Session 1 is for third- through fifth-graders. The group will meet from 4-4:45 p.m. Mondays Sept. 9 through Oct. 7.Session 2 is for first- and second-graders. The group will meet from 4:45-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays from Sept. 10 through Oct. 8.Both groups will meet in the Roosevelt Community...

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 ? Labor Day, no meal served, all meal sites closed. Check at the senior center for alternatives.Tuesday ? ground beef gravy, mashed potatoes, lima beans, Surprise Salad, ...

The Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment is inviting local parents and children to attend an open house Sept. 6.An open discussion with Richard Beall, school head, is set for 1 p.m. Thelatest changes and improvements to the curriculum, the success and achievements of students and how children can benefit from attending Maharishi School will be shared.A new full-day kindergarten program is planned.Those...

Gamma Circle meeting setThe Gamma Circle of First Presbyterian Church will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday at the church. UMM breakfast set Sept. 7The United Methodist Men of First United Methodist Church will have a breakfast at 7 a.m. Sept. 7. United Methodist kicks off Sunday school, youth groupFirst United Methodist Church will be kicking off its Sunday school program and youth group Sept. 8.The Sunday school ...

Installation on the drip irrigation system at the Fairfield Community Orchard will continue Saturday and Sept. 5.Volunteers are needed. The work is set to begin at 8:30 a.m. each day.Because of the heat, volunteers were not in the orchard today to water the trees.

Amanda Rush Pichler and Darin Lee Webb were united in marriage Saturday, May 11, 2013, at The Kirkwood in Des Moines.The bride is the daughter of Barb Rush of West Des Moines. The groom is the son of Tony and Mary Webb of Batavia.The bride wore a street-length satin dress. The dress was accented with purple empire waist and halter straps and completed with a purple petticoat. She carried a bouquet of pink ...

Eloise Haupert of Fairfield will celebrate her 85th birthday Wednesday.A card shower is being planned by Mrs. Haupert?s daughter Sheri Betz. Cards can be sent to 1303 South D St., Fairfield 52556.Betz also hosted a reunion in honor of Mrs. Haupert?s birthday Aug. 6, with 43 family members from across the United States attending. Festivities included dinner, photos at the Ron Prill Bandstand in Central Park and ...

Patricia Steiner, an Iowa State University Extension and Outreach nutrition and health specialist and food safety advisor, is warning canning in the oven is not a safe shortcut to preserving food at home.?Home food preservers have heard of oven canning and are wondering if it is a safe method,? said Steiner, explaining canners have learned about the method from friends and family or on the Internet, where it is ...

Orders are due Sept. 13 for the S.H.A.R.E. Iowa Inc. food packages available in September.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. Sept. 28 at the Fairfield Eagles Club.Several different packages are available; ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Rebekah Circle of the Birmingham Methodist Church will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at the church.The hostess is Terri Shaw.???The annual Birmingham Homecoming tractor pull will be Sept. 8 on the south edge of Birmingham.Food will be available.For information, call Richard Ross at 319-498-4590, Wes Greenfield at 319-498-4411 or Roy Rains at 319-498-4504.? Arlene Lyon, Ledger correspondent STOCKPOR...

The Fairfield High School 2012-13 yearbooks will be distributed Friday during the first half of the varsity football game in Trojan Stadium.Jolene Bullis, FHS librarian and yearbook advisor, said distributing the Quills during the football game offers an opportunity for graduates, parents and students to sign for and pick up their copies.After the distribution event Friday evening, Quills will be available for ...

AIB COLLEGE OF BUSINESSDES MOINES ? Stephanie Adam of Fairfield has been honored as a presidential scholar at AIB College of Business for the summer 2013 term.To qualify as a presidential scholar, Adam attained a grade point average of 3.80 or higher for the term.Adam is earning a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting at AIB.Presidential scholars lead by example, inspiring those around them to aim higher ...