Fairfield News

MONDAYPolishville Bingo, Polishville Community Center, food available, 4:30 p.m.; bingo, 5:45 p.m. Information: Bill Peck, 319-694-3495.Canvass the Town, Trojan Booster Club door-to-door collection benefiting Fairfield High School sports, 5:30-8 p.m.Fairfield High School Marching Band Practice, Fairfield High School, 6-9 p.m.Joint Officers Meeting, Fairfield Eagles Club, 6:30 p.m.Birmingham Lions Club, ...

A Heavenly Pet Sanctuary adoption event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Tractor Supply Company in Fairfield.The event is part of TSC?s third annual Pet Appreciation Week.Heavenly Pet Sanctuary staff and volunteers will have cats, kittens and dogs available in the store, plus prizes and giveaways are planned.For more information, contact Karin Tobin at 641-954-2221 or karin.tobin@gmail.com.

The Iowa Master Gardener program is offering free summer garden webinars hosted by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.The series will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Sept. 3 at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office.Because weather patterns of the past couple of years have moved rapidly from drought to flood, the theme of the series is?Moisture Extremes in the Landscape.??Iowa Gardeners are ...

BONAPARTE ? Bonaparte Main Street Inc. will host its ninth annual Off-Road Antiques Show Sunday in the basement of the Bonaparte United Church.Doors will open at noon, with show hours from 1-4 p.m.The annual Off-Road Antiques Show is an opportunity to have items appraised for personal or insurance value.Admittance is free, but the cost to have items appraised is $6 per item or $15 for three items. A limit of ...

Ray and Laurie Woody of Fairfield will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception and open house from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church.The couple were married Aug. 16, 1963, in Arlington, Texas. They have two children, Stacey Thebodo and husband Chris of Orwell, Vt., and Todd Woody of Iowa City. They also have three grandchildren.Ray Woody is retired after having a veterinarian practice ...

TRINITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGEPALOS HEIGHTS, Ill. ­? Leighton Schnedler of Keosauqua was recognized for outstanding academic achievement on the Trinity Christian College Dean?s List for spring 2013.Trinity students must be enrolled full time and earn a minimum 3.5 grade point average to be recognized on the dean?s list.???

Wally and Frances Lewis of Alvarado, Texas, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Aug. 17.Wally Lewis and Frances Elaine Prunty were married Aug. 17, 1963, in Lanark, Ill.He retired from Arlington Plaza in 2006, and she has been a lifelong homemaker.They have eight children: son Mark Lewis and wife Chris of Bastrop, Texas, son Jeff Lewis and wife Marcy of Weatherford, Texas, daughter Tammy Gordy and ...

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 ? roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, spinach, strawberries.Tuesday ? roast pork, oven-browned potato, cheesy broccoli, mixed green salad with vinegar and oil dressing, ...

Rosary, healing service planned at Spiritus ChristiA rosary and healing service will be held Wednesday at Spiritus Christi Independent Catholic Church.A Rosaries of Divine Union will be at 6:15 p.m. and a healing service will be at 7:30 p.m.Rosaries of Divine Union is a way to explore the contemplative dimension of prayer through the rosary.The healing service is a service of prayer, communion and the laying ...

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has scheduled several area blood drives.A blood drive is set from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 16 in the conference room of the Jefferson County Health Center. Donors who last gave on or before June 21 are eligible to give at this drive.A blood drive is set from 3-6:30 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building. Donors who last gave on or before ...

Naturalist Therese Cummiskey will be hosting two sessions of meteor watching Sunday night and Monday morning at Jefferson County Park.?You?ll have to stay up late or get up early to enjoy the Perseid Meteor showers,? said Cummiskey. ?But with several dozen meteors an hour streaking across the sky, it will be worth it.?The sessions are planned for 11:30 p.m. Sunday and 4:30 a.m. Monday.Cummiskey explained the ...

Composer and singer/songwriter Jane Roman Pitt and Iowa landscape photographer Ken West, both of Fairfield, officially presented the music video ?Iowa Gold? to Gov. Terry Branstad Wednesday afternoon in the State Capitol Building in Des Moines.Earlier Wednesday, Pitt and West were interviewed by Charity Nebbe on Iowa Public Radio?s Talk of Iowa. The interview can be heard at ~A tribute to the richness of Iowa?s ...