Fairfield News

WASHINGTON ? Senator Chuck Grassley met with three Iowa high school students while they visited the nation?s capital for the National Youth Leaders Conference in July.Nathaniel Zhu of Fairfield, Thomas Barker of Iowa City and Nick Ellis of Humboldt were nominated to attend the conference by educators and mentors for their demonstrated maturity and leadership skills. During their time in Washington, D.C., they ...

BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Lions Club will have a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Birmingham Lions Building.The August committee is Hugh Shaw and Stanley Knipfer.???The Over 50 and Fabulous Red Hat Ladies will meet for an 11:30 a.m. lunch Tuesday at Village Café in Stockport.The hostesses are Letitia Weber and Donna Corry.???The Presbyterian Ladies will meet for a potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 14 ...

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAPHILADELPHIA, Pa. ? Lindsey Higgins, daughter of Rob and Michelle Higgins of Fairfield, has been named to the dean?s list at the University of Pennsylvania for the 2012-13 academic year.The annual award recognizes students who achieve a combined grade point average of 3.7 and higher for the fall and spring semesters.???

TUESDAYRoosevelt Aquatic Center, closed for annual maintenance. Re-opens Monday.Roosevelt Community Recreation Center, closed for annual maintenance. Re-opens Monday.Eagles Auxiliary, Fairfield Eagles Club, 7 p.m.Fairfield Girls? Sports Physicals, Fairfield Clinic and Medical Arts Clinic, 5:30-7:30 p.m.Pekin Community School District, school registration and fee payment, noon-8 p.m.Cardinal Community School ...

The Fairfield Kiwanis Club has announced the theme for the annual Kiwanis Kids? Day Sept. 21 is ?Kid?s Dream.?The day will feature a parade and a pancake breakfast.The pancake, sausage and beverage breakfast will be served from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. under the big tent on the east side of the Fairfield square.Tickets for the breakfast will be sold in advance by Kiwanis Club members and at the door. Advance tickets ...

CRILEThe 96th Crile reunion met July 28 at the Brighton Community Center in Brighton.A cooperative meal was served at 12:30 p.m., with 28 attending.After dinner, an informal meeting was held and introductions were made by each family and some stories of past reunions were shared. Alisha Herd has complied a brief history of the family of John Philip Crile and Gottliebie Kull and copies are available.The 97th ...

A former Fairfield resident, Steve Cecil and family of Madison, Wis., are gearing up to be missionaries to Russia for the next five years.Steve and his wife Kim, and three children, Kaela, 12, Connor, 8, and Caeden 5, will leave the U.S. Aug. 26, and move to Sochi, Russia, where the national leader of Europe Area Missions lives.The Cecils said this call to serve has been 18 years in the making.In 1994, after ...

First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is collecting new back-to-school supplies throughout August for distribution at Jefferson County Resource Center through Southern Iowa Economic Development Association Community Action.Suggested items include: new backpacks, Prang or Crayola paints, colored pencils, markers, wide-lined spiral notebooks, wide-lined notebook paper, crayons, No. 2 lead pencils, black or ...

The last Hometown Rewards Program Second Saturday workshop will focus on ?do-it-yourself? window restoration from 1:30-3 p.m. Saturday.Bob Yapp will be presenting the free workshop ?Old Windows Aren?t a Pane - They?re GREEN? at 50 E. Madison Ave.The workshop will be an intense, learn-by-watching opportunity. Many homes in Fairfield have wood, double-hung, windows, and Yapp?s workshop is designed to give ...

MONDAYFairfield Boys? Sports Physicals, Fairfield Clinic and Medical Arts Clinic, 5:30-7:30 p.m.Fairfield Community School District, districtwide school registration and fee payment, Fairfield Middle School, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.Pekin Community School District, school registration and fee payment, noon-8 p.m.Roosevelt Aquatic Center, closed for annual maintenance. Re-opens Aug. 12.Roosevelt Community Recreation ...

STOCKPORTStockport vacation Bible school started Monday and will run through Friday. It is held from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Heritage Events Center for children in prekindergarten through fifth grade.???The last summer reading program will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Stockport Public Library. The children will read about pirates, make eye patches and wear pirate bandanas on a scavenger hunt around the city of ...

AMERICAN CHAIN AND CABLEThe annual reunion of the now closed American Chain and Cable manufacturing factory will be at 6 p.m. Saturday in Chautauqua Park Shelter No. 3.Former employees, spouses and friends are invited to the potluck supper.Those attending should bring a dish to share, table service and beverage.???