Fairfield News

Joshua Kurtz and Jenny Schmerbeck announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.The goom-elect is the son of Ronda and Kent Whitney of Fairfield and Pat and Laura Kurtz of Packwood. He lives in West Des Moines and works at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.The bride-elect is the daughter of Linda Remster of West Des Moines. She lives in West Des Moines and works at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.The wedding is set for ...

The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department has scheduled a four-week weight loss challenge with personal trainer Kristy Clark.The program will be from 5:45-6:30 p.m. the four Wednesdays in September beginning Sept. 4 at the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center and Roosevelt Aquatic Center.The challenge will involve a goal set by the trainer each week, weigh-ins, daily journalizing, weekly workout routines, ...

NELSONThe descendants of Clyde and Essie Morrell Nelson and Will and Harriett Workman Nelson had their triennial reunion Aug. 2-4.Attendees came from California, Oregon, Texas, North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois and Iowa.The evening of Aug. 2, 27 attendees met for snacks and visiting at the Birmingham City Park shelter. Diane Lyon was hostess.Aug. 3, about 80 attended a gathering at the Lacey-Keosauqua State ...

A Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center blood drive is set from 2-7 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building.A person can donate blood every eight weeks, so donors who last gave on or before July 10 are eligible to give again at the Sept. 4 event.Eligible donors must be at least 17 years of age ? or 16 with a signed parental permission form available at www.bloodcenter.org ? and ...

BONAPARTE ? Bonaparte United Church and Bonaparte Main Street Inc. will co-sponsor a quilt show during the Van Buren County Scenic Drive Festival Oct. 12-13 at the church.The hours for the show will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 12 and noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 13. A free will offering is requested for admission, and light refreshments will be served by the United Christian Women at no charge.The event will be a show ...

Practical Farmers of Iowa is hosting two related field days at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 4 at Mogo Organic Farm near Mount Pleasant and at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 4 at Harvestville Farm near Donnellson.The field days are being held in tandem to highlight strategies related to agritourism, specialty crops and related topics. The events were planned to complement each other, but participants don?t have to attend both. The events ...

AMES ? Beginning farmers are urgently needed to carry on Iowa?s diverse family farm legacy, but competition for land and skyrocketing land costs are making it harder for beginners to get started.The Beginning Farmer Tax Credit, administered by the Iowa Agricultural Development Division of the Iowa Finance Authority, is one program designed to help.Through the program, landowners who lease farmland to a beginning...

BREWSTER McINTOSHDescendants of George and Isabella Brewster McIntosh will have an annual reunion Sept. 15 at the Lacey-Keosauqua State Park lodge.A 12:30 p.m. carry-in dinner is planned.??? GILTNERThe Giltner family reunion will be held at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 8 at the Batavia Senior Community Center.Those attending should bring a dish to share and their own table service.???

NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. ? Shannon Cochran, a Northern Arizona University music performance major and resident of Fairfield, was among more than 4,500 students who made the dean?s list for the spring 2013 semester.???

OTTUMWA ? Dozens of Iowa artists, including two from Fairfield, will be at Ottumwa?s annual art festival, Walk on Art Street, Saturday.Two Fairfield artists, Dan Davis with his gourds and leather work and Sandi Dimmitt with her cards and photography, will be exhibiting and selling their work at the sixth-annual art festival.However, that is just a sampling of the diverse body of work which also includes ...

HUFFMANThe 87th annual Hiram Huffman reunion will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Chautauqua Park Shelter No. 2.The annual reunions were started in 1926 by the children of Hiram Huffman, who lived in Abingdon and near Floris. Huffman had three children with his wife Anna Ramey and six children with his wife Alice Christy.Everyone is welcome.

Isabelle Auwaerter Salterberg, a resident of Orange City and former long-time resident of Packwood, turns 90 years old on Saturday.Her children are inviting friends to send their well-wishes.Salterberg moved to the Packwood/Fairfield area in the early 1950s, working for Iowa State Extension first as a home economist and then as a 4-H aide.She was married to Earl Salterberg, now deceased.She moved to Orange ...